When?
Thursday,
March 19th,
18:30
Where?
The Jam Jar
4a The Old Malt House, Little Ann Street, Bristol, BS2 9EB
To get in touch please email: bristolagainstarmstrade@riseup.net
BAAT is a non-hierarchical group of activists who share a belief in direct action to oppose militarism and the arms industry in Bristol.
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Arms Walk notes
Sunday 10th November
Our Arms Walk on Remembrance Sunday is to remember all who have died in UK wars, especially civilians. You are welcome to bring white poppies, photographs/names of the dead, and your thoughts and feelings….
Meet at the University of the West of England (UWE) Frenchay Campus (by bus stops) at 11am. Bring a picnic lunch. The walk finishes on Gloucester Road North near the Air Balloon pub at around 3 pm. The 75 bus will get you back the city centre.
Bristol is home to the MoD’s Defence Equipment and Support Agency (DE&S) and has one of the largest defence/aerospace sectors in Europe. Bristol companies are involved in the design and manufacture of components for missiles and fighter jets used in current conflicts such as Yemen, Iraq and Syria.
During this walk we will be discussing what security really means, defence diversification, and how we can create a safer world for all our children
Friday, 5th July
Meet at the University of the West of England (UWE) Frenchay Campus (by bus stops) at 11am. Bring a picnic lunch. The walk finishes on Gloucester Road North near the Air Balloon pub at around 3 pm. The 75 bus will get you back the city centre.
For those who wish to participate but do not feel up to doing the whole walk, you are welcome to join us for a picnic lunch on the grass close to MOD Abbey Wood (just off Filton Rd) at around 1 pm. We will also use this time for reflection on the environmental costs of war. Bring any pictures, poems, thoughts you might like to share on this theme. The MoD is close to Abbey Wood shopping park and Filton Abbey Wood railway station. 70 and 73 buses go close to there.
Bristol is home to the MoD’s Defence Equipment and Support Agency (DE&S) and has one of the largest defence/aerospace sectors in Europe. Bristol companies are involved in the design and manufacture of components for missiles and fighter jets used in current conflicts such as Yemen, Iraq and Syria.
During this walk we will be discussing what security really means, defence diversification, and how we can create a safer world for all our children. Please view and share this event on Facebook.
Tuesday 27th November
A screening of ‘Swords into Ploughshares’ – the Lucas Plan 40 years on.
6 – 8 pm at Truthout Cinema, The Arts House Cafe, 108A Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3RU
Sunday 11th November
We start at the University of the West of England (UWE) Frenchay Campus and finish in Filton on Gloucester Road North. Bring a picnic lunch and we will finish at a pub for those still thirsty.
Meet us at 10 am on the centre at the bottom of Christmas Steps BS1 5BS to get 70/71 bus to UWE
or go directly to UWE Frenchay Campus for 11 am meet at bus stops.
Bring a picnic lunch and we end at a pub around 3 pm for those still thirsty. A 75 bus from Gloucester Road North will take you back to the city centre.
Bristol is home to the MoD’s Defence Equipment and Support Agency (DE&S) and has one of the largest defence/aerospace sectors in Europe. Bristol companies are involved in the design and manufacture of components for missiles and fighter jets used in current conflicts such as Yemen, Iraq and Syria.
During this walk we will be discussing what security really means, defence diversification, and how we can create a safer world for all our children. Please view and share this event on Facebook.
Sunday 15th July
We start at the University of the West of England (UWE) Frenchay Campus and finish in Filton on Gloucester Road North. Bring a picnic lunch and we will finish at a pub for those still thirsty.
Meet us at 10 am on the centre at the bottom of Christmas Steps BS1 5BS to get 70/71 bus to UWE
or go directly to UWE Frenchay Campus for 11 am meet at bus stops.
Bristol is home to the MoD’s Defence Equipment and Support Agency (DE&S) and has one of the largest defence/aerospace sectors in Europe. Bristol companies are involved in the design and manufacture of components for missiles and fighter jets used in current conflicts such as Yemen, Iraq and Syria.
During this walk we will be discussing what security really means, defence diversification, and how we can create a safer world for all our children. Please view and share this event on Facebook
Friday June 15th
RETHINKING SECURITY
National Conference in London
A national conference on 15th June 2018 with Shaista Aziz, Patrick Corrigan, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Prof Mary Kaldor, Asad Rehman, Prof Paul Rogers, Molly Scott Cato and more…
The conference will be exploring the impact of current approaches to national security on agendas for peace, justice and environmental sustainability. We’ll also be considering what a different approach could look like, and how to bring about change. More information and registration here.
Tuesday 22nd May
Swords into Ploughshares – Arms to Renewables
Bristol Radical History Group and Bristol North West Labour Party present a new film on the bid by Lucas Aerospace workers to move from arms manufacture to making socially useful products. Introduced by Hilary Wainwright co-editor of Red Pepper.
To see details and register with Eventbrite click here
Monday 7th May – Arms Walk
Register with Eventbrite
Monday 19th March
FILM: Flying Blind
A successful young woman engineer in the aerospace industry develops a passionate affair with a younger student until visited by MI5. Set in Bristol, this film highlights the evils of the arms industry. a MUST SEE, for anyone interested in the disarmament campaign
Please promote https://www.facebook.com/events/1883297931714860/
Truthout Cinema every Monday 6.00-8.00pm at the Arts House, 108A Stokes Croft, BS1 3RU.
Free entry but donations appreciated.
For details see www.theartshousecafe.org/cinema.html
“Like” us on facebook at “Truthout Cinema”
Tuesday 27th March 2018
DPRTE Arms Fair in Cardiff
The Cardiff Arms Fair ( DPRTE – Defence Procurement, Research, Technology and Exportability Exhibition) described on their website as the “UK’s Premier Defence Procurement Event” is being hosted annually at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena. One of their main exhibitors is BAE Systems, the 3rd largest arms producer in the world. We need to protest against such an event and show our opposition to the arms trade. We will be protesting vociferously and creatively on the 27th of March. Come and join us.
ALL DAY Motorpoint Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2EQ
FFI on the event here HEREhttps://www.facebook.com/events/289981134861105/
TRANSPORT FROM BRISTOL
Join the Bristol minibus
7.30 am (prompt) outside the Colston Hall off The Centre BS1 5AR
7.45 am (prompt) outside Kebele/Resist Social Centre, Robertson Road, Easton BS5 6JE
Return late afternoon
Reserve your seat by texting ROW 07711214168
Promote HERE https://www.facebook.com/events/2044998342440649/
Organised by BAAT Bristol Against Arms Trade https://bristolagainstarmstrade.wordpress.com
Funded by CAAT Campaign Against Arms Trade www.caat.org.uk
Tuesday 12th September
BANNERS AROUND THE BEAR-PIT
Join us for a day of solidarity hanging pro-Palestine and anti-arms trade banners around the Bear-Pit roundabout (opposite Debenhams, St James Barton Roundabout, Bristol BS1 3LT) in solidarity with the protests against the DSEI arms fair in East London.
ALL DAY 8.00am until 7.00pm. Help needed in stints throughout the day but especially during the morning and evening rush-hours for leafleting and media work.
Just turn-up and help out.
Organised by Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Bristol Against Arms Trade.
Please promote on fb HERE
Great response to this event from Green MEP Molly Scott Cato:
Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for the South West region, said:
“DSEI is no more than a festival of violence. It has absolutely no place in a civilized society. The UK is one of the largest arms exporters in Europe and has consistently failed to comply with EU reporting obligations. In particular, billions of pounds’ worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a repressive regime that routinely flouts humanitarian law, is not only immoral; it also contravenes EU rules on arms exports. It’s time for the EU to get tough on countries like the UK. We need a sanctions mechanism against member states that fail to comply with EU rules. Ultimately, we need to shut DSEI down and put our energy and investments into peacebuilding rather than exporting weapons of death.”
Banners against the Arms Fair
Saturday 26th August
Join us 2.30-5.30pm painting banners for the “Stop Arming Israel” day and the DESI week of action. In the Yard next to the PRSC shop, Jamaica Street (off Stokes Croft) BS2 8JP. Please share on facebook
The international weapons industry will set up shop in London at a huge arms fair, DSEI. The weapons sold here fuel the death, destruction and injustice perpetrated by militaries, police forces and at borders around the world. A week of action has been called 4th – 11th September 2017 with multiple actions planned on each day. See
Organised by Bristol Against Arms Trade
TRANSPORT FROM BRISTOL For individual day-actions public transport is probably the best option. There is also camping nearby for the whole week so join our minibus departing Sunday 3rd Sept at 10am (prompt) outside Kebele, Robertson Road, Easton BS5 6JY returning Sat 9th/Sun 10th (share fuel costs). FFI TXT Row 07711-214-168
STOP THE DSEI ARMS FAIR!
CAAT workshop at Hamilton House
80 Stokes Croft Bristol BS1 3QY
Saturday 1st July 2–5 pm
DSEI (Defence & Security Equipment International) is one of the world’s largest arms fairs. It takes place in the ExCeL centre in the Docklands area of London every two years and receives major financial, logistical and political support from the UK government.
Why stop it?
- The weapons sold here fuel the death, destruction and injustice perpetrated by armed forces and militias around the world.
- These companies are profiting from the death, maiming and displacement of millions of innocent people.
- Most casualties in today’s conflicts are civilians – many of them children.
- Arms fairs encourage governments to spend public money on militarism rather than health and education.
A huge week of action is planned to stop the set-up of London’s DSEI arms fair between 4-11 September 2017.
The workshop will show you how to turn creative action ideas into reality, and meet others keen to take action locally and travel to London to join the national demonstrations. Together, we can create an inspiring and effective week of action to shut down DSEI. It’s free to attend and you can just turn up on the day.
Bristol Arms Walk – Sunday, 4th June, 2017
International Day for Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
10 am to 3 pm approx.
The walk is approximately 4.5 miles and passes close to two dozen arms companies and military organisations in just a couple of hours.
We start at the University of the West of England (UWE) Frenchay Campus and finish in Filton on Gloucester Road North. Bring a picnic lunch and we will finish at a pub for those still thirsty.
Meet us at 10 am on the centre at the bottom of Christmas Steps BS1 5BS to get 70/71 bus to UWE
or go directly to UWE Frenchay Campus for 11 am meet at bus stops.
Bristol is home to the MoD’s Defence Equipment and Support Agency (DE&S) and has one of the largest defence/aerospace sectors in Europe. Bristol companies are involved in the design and manufacture of components for missiles and fighter jets used in current conflicts such as Yemen, Iraq and Syria.
Many victims of these conflicts are children and 4th June is International Day for Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
During this walk we will be discussing what security really means and how we can create a safer world for all our children.
Bristol Against Arms Trade 