Protesters stage a die-in just outside the NEC while others read testimony from those affected by drones and air-strikes in Gaza

XR drummers outside the NEC, behind them the Peace Dove dances

A Quaker meeting for worship outside the NEC, including the Peace Dove

The Red rebels, dressed in flowing red robes and stark white faces, walk through the NEC

Did you know that an arms fair has been happening at the NEC, hidden from attendees of a spring fair & ice-cream show?

The Red Rebels, XR Drummers, Peace Dove & die-in activities helped make it visible yesterday and say #StopSDSC #StopTheHarm

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Witness against SDSC arms fair In February the Special Defence and Security Convention (SDSC-UK) will be coming to the NEC near Birmingham.  The fair left Telford following two years of protest, which Friends have supported in a…

Starting tomorrow, resistance to the SDSC arms fair in #Birmingham #NEC - you can expect music, poetry, street theatre, the peace dove puppet, a silent vigil - and many other ways to say no war profiteering. Come join us to #stopSDSC

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Challenging the arms trade at Birmingham NEC Arms fairs are not called arms fairs by arms dealers. They have a wonderful array of nonsense names and elaborate euphemisms. The arms fair taking place in the West Midlands this week is called the…

The arms industry is coming to #Birmingham NEC this week. Let's make sure we're there to resist them!
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#StopSDSC #StopArmingIsrael #StopArmingSaudi #BirminghamNEC #SDSC

I'm honoured to have been interviewed by the @faithjustice.bsky.social podcast about faith and resistance to the arms trade. I'm pleased to be one of many people of several faiths and none who will campaign against the #SDSC arms fair at #Birmingham NEC this week.
#StopSDSC #BirminghamNEC

Thank you! #StopSDSC

We stand in solidarity w/Rajan Naidu, Louise Scrivens, Ralph Wallin, Fran Wilde, Alison Bath, & Heather Wilde as they face trial for their courageous stand against the deadly global arms trade at the SDSC Telford Arms Fair. Peaceful resistance is vital. #NoArmsFair #XR #Peace #StopSDSC

Postcards and origami doves fanned on an envelope

Calling on Telford International Centre not to host the SDSC arms fair again next year! 💥🚫

Postcards detailing our personal opposition to the destructive global arms trade, along with hand-made doves, with messages of peace.

📮In the post this morning!

#stopsdsc #armstrade #peace

Unbelievably Telford hosts an annual arms fair, selling death and destruction to anyone who wants. Not what our world full of conflicts needs. But happily plenty there to resist it. #stopsdsc #stoparmingisrael