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War Profiteers' News
August 2010, No. 25
Editorial
The Decommissioners - we won!
Can arms trade be controlled by a Treaty? - The UN ATT negotiations and the real world
Brazil - becoming an arms producer power
Farnborough: an arms fair operating alongside a civil aerospace exhibition, obscured by an airshow
Campaign against Vedanta- stepping up the pressure
U.S. Congressional Wartime Commission Targets Armed Contractors
War Profiteer of the Month: BAE Systems
Campaign of the Month: Exclamation of Outrage
June 2010, No. 24
Editorial
European and US weapons in Israeli attack on Gaza Flotilla
Shareholder Actions
European campaigners meeting in Amsterdam
Peace activists as defence industry shareholders
Eurosatory Kept in Peace
Derry Raytheon 14 trial - acquittals again
Western mining companies and slave labor in Eritrea
Dexia Israel announces it will continue providing loans and financial services to local municipalities of settlements in the occupied territory
War Profiteer of the Month: BP
Campaign of the Month: Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance - Stop the Bombs
April 2010, No. 23
Editorial
BBVA stained itself with blood in Bilbao [videos]
Venezuela increase arms purchases from Russia whilst expanding the militarisation of society
Delhi Disarmament Events and United Nations Arms Trade Treaty Experts Conference from 14 to 17 February 2010
Avrusta Disarmers on second trial
Series of divestment actions by students in the US in support of the Palestinian people
BAE tops global list of largest arms manufacturers
Arms transfers in South America increased by 150 percent
Corporate Watch report: The Vile Scramble for Loot: How British corporations are fuelling war in the DR Congo
Gendered Impact of Small Arms & Light Weapons - Book
War Profiteer of the Month: CACI
Campaign of the Month: Tag War
Upcoming events
February 2010, No. 22
Editorial
South Korea: Weapon Zero Team
Run Raytheon run
Report from WRI's International Conference: "Nonviolent Livelihood Struggles and Global Militarism"
Israel cracks down on peace activists at Brussels Holiday Fair - Theatre against arms trade leads to arrests and charges of falsification
Private contractors and sexual assault in Iraq
OIP tagged as warprofiteer - TAG team inspects production site in Audenaarde Belgium
Church of England exits Vedanta over ‘ethics'
French nuclear power fed by uranium from Niger
BAE guilty but escapes court
Delhi Disarmament Conference & Events 2010
War Profiteer of the Month: Elbit Systems
Campaign of the Month: Ceasefire Campaign argues for responsible closure of Denel
November 2009, No. 21
Editorial
Cheese or Tanks?
Keep Space for Peace Week
BDS actions in Great Britain
Uranium Corporation of India Limited: Wasting Away Tribal Lands
Jail terms for 'Angola-gate' guilty
Campaign of the Month: Dongria Kondh against Vedanta mining
War Profiteer of the Month: Tata Group
September 2009, No. 20
Editorial
Actions against DSEi arms fair - perception of failure?
Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems agrees huge deal with Indian Army
The Cellular Companies and the Occupation
Damming Magdalena: Emgesa Threatens Colombian Communities
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
Israel military supporting Honduras' coup
Venezuela: Militarism and social rights
War Profiteer of the Month: Mahindra
Campaign of the Month: Popular Initiative for a Ban on All Swiss Arms Exports
Upcoming events
June 2009, No. 19
Editorial
ITEC weapons exhibition Brussels: Vredesactie reveals controversies
22 Arrested at Blackwater's Illinois Compound
Drones of death arrests
Campaigners visit nuclear bomb-makers Jacobs in London
Veolia abandons Jerusalem Light Rail projectunder political pressure
Dexia Israel stops financing Israeli settlements
Indigenous communities against the extraction industry in Peru
Japan and the arms trade
War Profiteer of the Month: Vedanta
Campaign of the Month: Nevada Desert Experience
Upcoming events
April 2009, No. 18
Editorial
Shareholders and nonviolent direct actions at BBVA's Annual Shareholders Meeting
Notes from an arms fair (Abu Dhabi)
Swedes nearly disarmed export fighter jets
2009 War Resisters League's US Income Tax Pie Chart
Baby Show ExCel Centre London 2009
The Catalan Campaign to Demilitarise the Education denounces the presence of the army at the Education Fair in Barcelona
War Profiteer of the Month: Heckler & Koch
Campaign of the Month: Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
Upcoming events
February 2009, No. 17
Editorial
Stop arming Israel! - Actions and resources against the arms trade with Israel
New mercenaries 'made in Spain'
Ecuador – series of protests against large-scale mining
Orissa, India: tribe forms human chain to keep British company off sacred mountain 29 January 2009
Disarmament for Peace and Development - Warfare or Welfare
War Profiteer of the Month: Serco
Campaign of the Month: Who Profits from the Israeli Occupation Industry
Upcoming events: 14 of February, Launch of Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns// 9 of March Court trial for Swedish disarmament activists// 1- 5 April No to War - No to NATO
December 2008, No. 16
Editorial
Disarming Swedish arms export
War Profiteers + Obama Administration = ???
Blockade action in ITP Basque weapon factory
Student demilitarisation action at New School in NYC, USA
Resources on war profiteering
War Profiteer of the Month: Citigroup
Campaign of the Month: My Money Clear Conscience
Upcoming events: 18 December 2008: Day of action for the release of Israeli conscientious objectors // 1-5 April 2009: No to war - No to NATO
October 2008, No. 15
Editorial
Australia - arms fair cancelled because of strong public opposition
4-12 of October: Keep Space for Peace Week
New campaign for disarmament of Swedish weapons export
Action against Aimpoint as part of the events at the European Peace Action Forum in Sweden.
Shut ITT! Mass demonstration against arms manufacturers EDO MBM/ITT in Brighton, UK
War Profiteer of the Month: EADS and Daimler
Campaign of the Month: “We don’t buy Mercedes: Boycott Cluster Bombs!”
Upcoming events: International Day of Action: War starts from Europe
August 2007, No. 14
Editorial
The Raytheon 9 - Not guilty!
Raytheon activist in Brisbane, Australia - acquitted
Anti-war protesters arrested at Alliant Techsystems in Anoka, USA
Use of Iraq Contractors Costs Billions, Report Says
Veolia Environment involved in the construction of illegal tramway in occupied East Jerusalem
UK-Zimbabwe: BAE linked to Zimbabwean arms dealer
Blackwater Awarded Millions in Small Business Contracts
Exxon Mobil Earns Record $11.7B in 2nd Quarter
War Profiteer of the Month: Finmeccanica
Campaign of the Month: War Tax Resistance in Colombia
Upcoming events: Nuclear-Free Future Month // European Peace Action at the European Social Forum // International Day of Action: War starts from Europe
June 2008, No. 13
Editorial
Over 100 countries adopt treaty to ban cluster bombs
Venezuela and the arms trade
Clarion Events purchases three major arms exhibitions from Reed Elsevier
Action against Eurosatory
Disarm08- action camp against Swedish arms industry
Actions at Annual General Meetings
New resources
War Profiteer of the Month: KBR
Campaign of the Month: War on Want Campaign on Corporations and Conflict- Corporate Mercenaries
Upcoming events: European Peace Action at the European Social Forum // International Day of Action: War starts from Europe
April 2008, No. 12
Editorial
“The Most Dangerous Place on the Face of the Earth”
Court rules Government's termination of BAE investigation unlawful
FIDAE: Chilean aerospace and defence fair
Fermons Eurosatory
Anti arms trade documentary censor by the police in the UK
Dutch Court of Appeal finds insufficient evidence to convict conflict timber trader
South Korean War Profiteers Study Group
Corporate hall of shame
War Profiteer of the Month: ExxonMobil
Campaign of the Month: Disarm the Budget in Paraguay
Upcoming events: European Network Against Arms Trade(ENAAT) annual meeting // European Peace Action at the European Social Forum // International Day of Action: War starts from Europe
February 2008, No. 11
Editorial
Defexpo India 16th - 19th of February 2008 International Land and Naval Systems Exhibition
Mapuches and the conflict with the logging industry
Action against BBVA in Bilbao
Demonstration - Hands Off Iraqi Oil
UC Santa Barbara students protest university for hosting Army research conference
WRL’s famous “pie chart flyer,”which analyzes Bush’s 2009 Budget has just been released
Cocodryl.com - Corpwatch's New Collaborative Research Project
War Profiteer of the Month: General Dynamics
Campaign of the Month: Disarm UCL
Upcoming events: 22/03/08 NATO Game Over
December 2007, No. 10
Editorial
Economic Conversion - new challenges and opportunities
Ecuador: Oil corporations helping to militarise the Orellana province
Action at Bank of New York Mellon (Brussels) to oppose investment in Uranium Weapons
New report: Baghdad Bonanza
Study War No More
Bank Secrets
Join The Arms and Security Initiative E-Newsletter
War Profiteer of the Month: Rio Tinto Alcan
Campaign of the Month: Stop CATerpillar
Upcoming events: 22/03/08 NATO Game Over
October 2007, No. 9
Editorial
Blackwater continues killing Iraqis
Shutting down DSEi?
War profiteers fuelling the Burmese regime
International week of protest to stop the militarization of Space
The occupation Industry Research Project
The Coalition of Women for Peace invites activists to join our Corporate Research Team!!!
Oceans of Work: Arms Conversion Revisited
European Nations Agree to Share Military Arms Testing Facilities
War Profiteer of the Month: University of California
Campaign of the Month: AA-MOC State of Spain War Tax Resistance Campaign
Upcoming events: 6th November 2007 -- International Day of Actions against Investments in Producers of Uranium Weapons // 1 December-- Prisoners for Peace Day: Focus on Turkey // 22/03/08 -- NATO Game Over // Resist Military Globalisation!
August 2007, No. 8
Editorial
No Nukes! No Wars! No Profiteers!
UK - Government announces closure of arms marketing unit after public campaign
AXA disinvests (partly) from landmines and cluster munitions
Troops 'traded gold for guns'
Corpwatch annual report
Action at Alliant Tech
Poll: 63% of Iraqis Oppose Privatizing Nation's Oil Resources
War Profiteer of the Month: EADS
Campaign of the Month: CAAT's campaign against Arms Fairs
Upcoming events: WRI Seminar and Council 2007 in Israel // Shut Down DSEi 11TH SEPTEMBER 2007 // DESO closing party! // Keep Space for Peace week
June 2007, No. 7
Editorial
Reports from Annual General Meetings
Bite the Bullet: War-profiteering Education & Action Network
Reed Elsevier to stop organising arms fairs
Profile of AXA in War Profiteers' News No.6 (April 2007)
War Profiteer of the Month: Blackwater
Campaign of the Month: BBVA without Arms
Upcoming Events: Shut down DSEi // WRI Seminar and Council 2007 in Israel
April 2007, No. 6
Editorial
Campaigning against war profiteers
Hands off Iraqi oil!
In France Amnesty International and Handicap International break up with AXA
Reed Elsevier feels the heat
War Profiteer of the Month: AXA
Campaign of the Month: International campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel
Upcoming events: Annual General Meetings // Shut down DSEi // WRI's Gender and Militarism Seminar and Council 2007 in Israel
February 2007, No. 5
Editorial
Campaigning against war profiteers
Activist at Alliant Tech dismissed
BAE Systems placed above the law
Belgian banks score better than foreign banks
War Profiteer of the Month: Alliant Techsystems
Campaign of the Month: SMASH EDO
Upcoming events: Shut DESO Protest and Petition Hand-in // Barricade the War Machine in Pittsburgh // Demonstration every Wednesday against EDO // WRI Seminar and Council 2007 in Israel
December 2006, No. 4
Editorial
CONGO (DRC) and War Profiteers: a tragedy forgotten by the global peace movement?
War Profiteer of the Month: The Forrest Group
Campaign of the Month: No Blood in my Cell Phone
Upcoming events: World Social Forum
October 2006, No. 3
Editorial
'Stop the Merchants of Death' Conference
The toll of small arms
Banks continue to invest in cluster munitions
War Profiteer of the Month: Monsanto
Campaign of the Month: Block the Builders
Upcoming events: Shut DESO Action Day in the UK // International NATO Complaint Action // Prisoners for Peace Day: Focus on Russia
August 2006, No. 2
Editorial
The Pentagon halts Halliburton's exclusive Iraq deal
The civil community against the pollution and the militarization of Cabinda
Caterpillar resolution fails
War Profiteer of the Month: Lockheed Martin
Campaign of the Month: Campaign against ECAs by Campaign Against Arms Trade in the Netherlands
Upcoming events: Stopping the merchants of death // "US Intervention and military expenditure" // Shut DESO Action Day in the UK
June 2006, No. 1
Editorial
Private Military Contractors: USA Amnesty International Annual Report
The Financial factor: Campaigns against the role of banks and Export Credit Agencies in financing arms trade
AGM protest: BAE Systems, Shell, Serco
War Profiteer of the Month: Sodexho
Campaign of the Month: Preventive Boycott
Upcoming events: Globalising Nonviolence // Stopping the Merchants of Death // US Intervention and military expenditure