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DSEI will host Israeli government, military and defense industry representatives

Submitted by Shoal Collective on Sep 4 2017 03:58

Originally published on International Middle East Mdia Center

This September, the world’s largest arms fair will be held in London. The DSEI weapons exhibition will be hosting political and military delegations from around the world who will be shopping for drones, guns, missiles, tanks and ammunition from the thousands of arms companies who will be attending.

‘It’s only the beginning’: UK McDonald’s staff take historic strike action

Submitted by RosalindR on Sep 3 2017 21:15

Workers at McDonald’s stores in Cambridge (East England) and Crayford (Southern England) are mounting historic strikes on Monday morning. Organised by the BFAWU (Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union), they will be the first ever unionised strikes at a UK McDonald’s.

DSEI: A supermarket for state surveillance and border wars

Submitted by Shoal Collective on Sep 3 2017 15:06

As borders are increasingly militarised and their operation privatised, migration, more than ever before, is also an anti-militarist struggle, write Amy Hall and Sara Woods of Shoal Collective.

West Papua's Silent Genocide

Submitted by Shoal Collective on Sep 2 2017 17:46

The brutal occupation of West Papua is under-reported - but UK and US corporations are profiting from the violence, write Eliza Egret and Tom Anderson

The revolving door between the government and the arms trade

Submitted by Shoal Collective on Sep 2 2017 17:40

The involvement of high-ranking Tory ministers at the DSEI arms fair highlights the thin line between government department and the arms industry, writes ELIZA EGRET

‘War starts here, let’s stop it here’: Anger as death-dealers head for London

Submitted by Shoal Collective on Sep 2 2017 07:44

In the final essay of a three-part #StopDSEI series, originally published by Ceasefire Magazine, Paul Cudenec reports on the toxic politics at the heart of DSEI, the world's largest arms fair, and the protest action set to greet it in London's Docklands next week, with opponents aiming to physically to stop it being set up.

Saudi’s bombing campaign is destroying my country, Yemen, and Britain is helping them do it

Submitted by Shoal Collective on Sep 2 2017 07:39

In the second essay in a three-part #StopDSEI series, originally published in Ceasefire magazine, Safa Al-Shamy gives her perspective on the motivations for the Saudi attack on her country, Yemen, the humanitarian crisis it has caused, and the UK's role in supporting it.

The war on Yemen is about capitalism, not sectarianism

Submitted by Shoal Collective on Sep 2 2017 07:25

In the first essay, in a three-part series originally published in Ceasefire Magazine, Tom Anderson reviews the roots of the crisis in Yemen, where the civilian population has been enduring a brutal bombing campaign by a Saudi-led coalition, supported by the UK, since 2015.

Behind the Christiansburg Target strike: an interview from the shopfloor

Submitted by Mike Harman on Sep 1 2017 21:09
Target strike

New River Workers Power organised a five day strike at Target in Christiansburg, Virginia. Though the action itself was participated in by few workers, the strike successfully forced Target to starting an investigation into abusive manager Daniel Butler and so far has not resulted in repercussions for strikers.

All out! Birmingham bin strike back on

Submitted by Ed on Sep 1 2017 08:59

Bin workers in Birmingham are back on the picket line after the council went back on the agreement they reached with the union only two weeks ago.