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Shell
Shocker
It is a mystery to which the authorities
have turned a blind eye, and which evidence now suggests they may
have conspired to suppress. By Chris Grimshaw.
HEALTH IS GOING...
GOING... CORPORATE
Foundation Trusts and privatisation within
the health service
DSEI
Europe's biggest arms fair happening in London's
Docklands this September.
Iraq
update
Rich pickings for vultures as the corporates
move in.
Farms,
Fascism and famine
Land reform and the politics of disintegration
in Zimbabwe.
NIKE
Nike’s US court battle for free speech
(or to supress it depending on your viewpoint).
UK News roundup
Network Rail's disapearing trees, Road protest
latest, Nuclear Britain and Campsfield news
Book reviews
Web of Deceit by Mark Curtis investigating
Britain's real role in the world and One No, Many Yeses - A Journey
to the Heart of the Global Resistance Movement
by Paul Kingsnorth.
Diary
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DSEi
welcome to the fair...
“Set against
the backdrop of a stunning waterfront environment”*
Taking place in the third poorest borough in Britain.
“Numerous modern restaurant
facilities, business and press centres... Gourmet coffee, sushi, pastrami...
fresh cold sea food... Italian cuisine and wines”*
“Welcome to Newham Council... for payment, please press one...
for council tax or housing benefit, please press two... for environment
or abandoned vehicles please press four... ”
“Defence Systems Equipment
International... (DSEi)... Officially opened by the UK Secretary of
State for Defence... Organised in association with the Ministry of Defence...
An excellent platform from which (exhibitors) can present their latest
offerings...”*
“There has been some feeling among Newham councillors, yes. Strong
feeling. But basically the council has no control over what they decide
to do here”
“I live here, on this estate, with my family. I never knew it was
happening next door. It’s very upsetting. People should not spend
this money on killing each other”
*“DSEI 2001... broke records
in size and attendance... 664 exhibitors from 21 countries... 59 official
overseas delegations from 45 countries... official representation from
a further 23 countries”
“In 2001 there were representatives from Uganda and Angola shopping
here for weapons. At the time, their troops were butchering each other
and thousands of civilians in the Congo. They were here to buy more
weapons so the slaughter could be done better”
“Thousands of protestors from
all over the world are expected to travel to the UK to help stop Europe’s
biggest trade fair for guns, bombs, military planes, small arms, mines
and tanks. The arms trade, of which DSEi is an important part, is an
international political business made up of multinational companies
that make products to kill and maim for profit”
Campaign group Disarm DSEi
“I don’t personally
have a moral problem with it, no”
(representative of Spearhead, DSEi’s organisers)
“It’s about defence”
(MOD Export Sales Spokesman)
The UK: the
world’s second biggest arms exporter.
The venue: the ExCel Exhibition Centre, Docklands, London.
The date: 6 - 12th September 2003
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Disarm DSEi www.dsei.org
Campaign Against the Arms Trade www.caat.org.uk
(All * quotes from www.dsei.co.uk)
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