Andrew Smith
The deadly dangers of the ‘special relationship’
The ties which bind the 'special relationship' between the UK and the US are a toxic mix of militarism and free trade. By Andrew Smith
We went to an arms company AGM. Here’s how they justify profiting from war.
BAE Systems weapons have been involved in countless atrocities - and we saw board members doing rhetorical backflips to avoid accountability, writes Andrew Smith from Campaign Against Arms Trade.
Three years into the war in Yemen, the UK has blood on its hands
The government continues to provide Saudi Arabia with the weapons it uses to kill thousands of Yemeni people. By Andrew Smith from Campaign Against Arms Trade
Six things you need to know about the UK arms trade
Andrew Smith from Campaign Against the Arms Trade gives the run-down on one of the UK's most profitable - and most deadly - industries.
Disarming DSEI
Andrew Smith writes about the campaign against London’s biennial arms fair and ending the worldwide arms trade
Selling repression around the world
Andrew Smith and Matthew Burnett-Stuart focus on the UK's role, and that of UK arms companies, in promoting tear gas and weapons for state repression around the world.
Museums exist to serve the public, not the arms trade
Our most famous museums and attractions are giving practical support and a veneer of legitimacy to the arms industry, writes Andrew Smith
The arms trade must be kept out of Remembrance Day
Andrew Smith and Matthew Burnett-Stuart from Campaign Against Arms Trade look at the role of arms companies in World War One and how they are trying to exploit Remembrance Day.
UK must end all arms sales to Hong Kong
Following the attempted suppression of protests in Hong Kong, writer and researcher Nicholas Gilby and Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) consider the UK's involvement in the violence and call for an end all arms sales to Hong Kong.
Resisting the UK’s political and military support for Israel
Andrew Smith, from Campaigns Against Arms Trade, explains how the UK are arming Israel
Keep water cannons off the streets of London
Water cannons are weapons, writes Andrew Smith – they should have no place in the capital
The EU’s arms traders are ignoring human rights for short-term profits
Andrew Smith looks at the hypocrisy of European arms sales to the Middle East and Africa
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