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Author: pauldmcgowan

21 April 20206 May 2020 pauldmcgowan

Divestment from the Arms Trade: Collective action in the West Midlands

Local campaigner Paul McGowan shares a case study of how grassroots action by the Coventry Justice and Peace Group persuaded the West Midlands’ municipal pension fund to divest from some arms companies.

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Main image credits: Fruit seller in Hebron by Chloe Skinner. Royal Navy nuclear-armed submarine HMS Vanguard returns to HMNB Clyde, Scotland, November 2009, Defence Images (MoD) via Flickr. Woman sitting on the ruins of her house destroyed by Israel in Masafer Yatta, January 2023, via Wikipedia.

 

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