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Charm offensive: what happened when the Morning Star went to an arms fair
PHIL MILLER reports from the Defence and Security Equipment International expo, where he did not receive the welcome he was expecting
Heavy weaponry on sale at the Defence and Equipment Security International (DSEI) 2019 in London
[Phil Miller]
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the tension between treating children as vulnerable dependants and recognising them as citizens with rights
The tightening of protest rights reflects a broader shift toward repression in Britain’s strained liberal democracy. Socialists and trade unionists must be ready to resist further attacks on our freedoms, warns JOHN McINALLY
Until ministers stop deferring to the market and start drawing hard lines, the public will remain at the mercy of private power, says MATT KERR
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
SEVIM DAGDELEN argues that a legal framework exists for a closure of US and Nato military base in Ramstein
AS the Docklands Light Railway wound towards Custom House, the number of police waiting at stations en route became disconcerting.
Looking down from the train to the streets below, rows of police vans could be seen parked up next to protest camps.
More than 100 activists had already been arrested in the days leading up to Britain’s largest arms fair, the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), and I felt it was increasingly unlikely the organisers would let me in.
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