Andrew Smith is a spokesperson for Campaign Against Arms Trade and tweets @CAATuk
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGovernment steps up role as a global arms dealerThe UK defence minister endorses arms sale abroad, with potentially grave political consequences.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaArms sales to Egypt: when rhetoric overtakes realityIt is impossible to show solidarity with the people of Egypt while arming and supporting the tyranny oppressing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFrom Yemen to Gaza and beyond: UK arms export controls are brokenBritain claims its arms exports controls are stringent - the reality is the opposite.
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Published in: TransformationArms companies are making money by taking over UK schoolsEurope's largest arms manufacturer, BAE Systems, has applied to sponsor the failing Furness Academy. The reason is profit.
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Published in: TransformationImagine if we used renewable energy to build a safer worldThe UK government spends £37 billion on the arms industry every year. What if it invested in green energy instead?
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Published in: TransformationWe are all complicit in the bombardment of Gaza"We always wonder if we killed the right people, if we endangered the wrong people, if we destroyed an innocent...