London Arms Trade Map
Pinpointing elements of the trade in death within the M25.
with a good quote lifted from tracy’s post on the platial blog
“Recently a local London group was set up, determined to highlight the immorality of the ‘defence’ industry. I undertook to create this map using CAAT resources and the British Defence Industry Directory (Online), to begin to pinpoint those involved in making London the capital of the world arms-broking trade. “Certain things are immediately obvious. The first is the concentration of the big arms companies in the centre of the city. Companies like BAE, Raytheon and Rolls Royce are as much a part of the establishment as they can physically be: not surprising when the Defence Export Services Organisation, based on New Oxford Street, is a government agency that identifies potential opportunities for arms sales, then works with the companies and other elements of government to push for deals. In other words, civil servants are paid with our taxes to encourage the export of death.
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