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Military helicopters outside the ExCeL Centre, Newham, East London
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THE company behind Britain’s most notorious arms fair is now promoting another weapons jamboree, this time in Bahrain.
Clarion, which organised the Defence Equipment and Security International (DSEI) in London earlier this month, has sent an email urging delegates to attend the Bahrain International Defence and Equipment Conference (BIDEC) at the end of October.
Around 200 companies and 10,000 visitors are expected at the event, which will take place “under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad” — Bahrain’s autocratic ruler.
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
