Some of the collages created by participants at the workshop. On the morning of Friday, September 8, we assembled outside one of the main entrances to the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms trade fair at the ExCel centre in London to talk about the body politics of the arms trade.
As part of a wider Week of Action to Stop the Arms Trade, organized by Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), we were invited to deliver a workshop exploring bodies, feminism, queerness and militarism for Conference at the Gates, an open air conference-action that aims to build solidarity between academics, students, activists and artists.
The following are some of our reflections on the conversations we had at the conference. While the views expressed in this article are those of the convenors, they are informed by the thought- provoking and generous contributions of the participants who took part in the workshop.
