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Determined activists hauled arms traders in front of the courts yesterday in a private prosecution over their attempts to flog illegal weapons in London.
French company Magforce International and Chinese company Tianjin Myway International were banned from the Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in London last year after being accused of promoting illegal torture weapons by advertising them in their brochures.
The weapons included leg irons, electric stun guns and electric stun batons.
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Today’s interconnected conflicts are enriching the arms industry while pushing the entire world towards permanent militarisation, argues ROGER McKENZIE
Witnessing a war of words at a meeting on tackling militarism at The World Transformed, BEN COWLES spoke to a union rep who is organising against war from inside the arms industry itself, to hear about worker-led solutions to ending weapons production
