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Campaigners block the road in East London outside the DSEI arms fair
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HUNDREDS of peace campaigners gathered outside of London’s ExCel centre today to tell arms dealers and the world’s worst human rights abusing nations that they are not welcome.
It came as UK Defence and Security Exports published the list of countries invited to Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI).
Eight of the nations are on the British government’s own list of countries of concern, such as Saudi Arabia.
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
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