{"id":12479,"date":"2021-09-05T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=12479"},"modified":"2021-09-04T22:06:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T22:06:05","slug":"dsei-arms-fair-protest-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=12479","title":{"rendered":"DSEI Arms fair protest 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Police surround protesters who are stopping a lorry going into the arms<\/em> fair<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow, Monday 6th September 2021 sees the beginning of the protests against DSEI 2021 Arms Fair taking place at the Excel Centre in East London. Protests there will continue until 17th September, the final day of the arms fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No Faith In War’ protesters block the road by abseiling down from a bridge<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I hope to be able to be there and photograph some of the protests, as I have in several previous years. The more dedicated activists will be staying at a protest camp close to the fair, but I will only visit the site for a few hours, making my way across London and then back home – a journey of roughly and hour and a half each way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Women hold the London WILPF banner in front of a line of coffins on the blocked road<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Arms Fair is certainly one of the largest in the world, and attracts both buyers and sellers from many countries including some of the world’s most repressive regimes. Although the government claims to restrict the sale of British made weapons and equipment to some of the more reprehensible dictators, in practice these controls are ineffectual and somehow don’t seem to apply to some of our largest business clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These limited restrictions of course do not apply to those foreign nations and companies who have many stalls inside the fair and can do whatever business they like. In recent years this has been shown to include selling weapons that are outlawed by international agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The protests are organised by the Campaign Against Arms Trade, CAAT, though many other groups also take part. You can find details of the events on their web site<\/a>. The big day of action, Tank the Arms Fair<\/a>, is on Tues 14th September, the first day of the fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pictures here come from 2017, the last time I was able to photograph some of the protests. The fair – which the London Mayor and the local council have clearly stated their opposition – takes place every two years. I missed the 2019 protests as I was in Cumbria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will find much more about the protests and many more pictures from 2017 on My London Diary at these links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wreath for victims of the arms trade<\/a>
#Arming The World<\/a>
DSEI East Gate blocked<\/a>
Festival of Resistance – DSEI West Gate<\/a>
DSEI Festival Morning at the East Gate<\/a>
Protest picnic & checkpoint at DSEI<\/a>
Protesters block DSEI arms fair entrances<\/a>
No Faith in War DSEI Arms Fair protest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All photographs on this and my other sites, unless otherwise stated, are taken by and copyright of Peter Marshall, and are available for reproduction or can be bought as prints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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