Anne-Marie O'Reilly
14th April, Menwith Hill, North Yorkshire Lindis (Percy), Coordinator of Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB) reports on events at the NSA base in Menwith Hill. I went to NSA Menwith Hill at 12 – 2 pm (as it’s Global Day of Action Against Military Spending today!). The Ministry of Defence police were …
14th April, Glasgow Our first action on Monday, for the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, went really well. In the space of two hours, just under 80 people took part in our vote and many more took postcards. We thought it would be good to repeat this action at fairs/ farmers’ markets etc …
14th April, Huddersfield Huddersfield Wool Against Weapons unfurled part of a 7 mile long pink scarf for peace in St George’s Square Huddersfield as part of a global day of action calling for military spending to be redirected to meet human needs. Just part of the £34.5 billion of the annual UK military budget could …
As the Global Day of Action on Military Spending took place on 14 April 2014, tens of organisations in the UK set out their vision for a shift in priorities in this open letter. If you share its sentiment, why not adapt it and send it to your local paper too? Sir, The latest world …
Last month, another £570 million of public money for upgrading the UK’s nuclear weapons was announced (£120 million to refuel a Trident sub; £150 million more to be spent on nuclear plants making the reactors; and £300 million to refurbish the submarine yard). Budget Day confirmed that when it comes to military spending, there’s no …
Read moreTake action to end the scandal of military spending
The government plans to spend £2.5 billion on 14 fighter jets to fight unspecified ‘future threats’. Meanwhile public sector cuts continue to drive homelessness, hunger and inequality in the UK, and renewable energy is woefully underfunded. On 14 April take action with people around the world to say it’s time to shift priorities.
The links between austerity and arms trade spending are complicated and – sadly – plentiful. The links were expanded on in the recent New Internationalist magazine’s July-August 2013 issue on debt. While bailout conditions impose austerity on debt-stricken southern European economies, demands to tighten the belt on military spending are not so vocal. According to a …
Read moreAusterity hypocrisy: military spending is spared the chop
On the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, campaigners took the message to parliament. See more great photos here and here. Every year a whopping £700 million of public money is spent supporting arms exports, often to countries in conflict and human rights abusers. This subsidy is handed to a deadly sector which in …
Reposted from a report on ICN by Ellen Teague. “The UK spends £39 billion a year on the military and arms, while vital services in health, education, welfare and renewable energy are cut or under threat”. This was the concern raised at a meeting in the Houses of Parliament on Monday 15 April, when Pax …
Read moreCalls in Parliament for military spending to be directed to meet human needs
We decided to leaflet on the issue of aid not Arms for Syria on Monday 15th April between the Railway Station in Leicester and the main street into town, from 5 – 6.30. Although there were only 3 of us, from the moment posters went up on the walls behind us people were queuing to …
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