Episode
How to stop the arms trade
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- The World Unspun
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- May 12, 2025
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- 4383
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Summary
Share your thoughts on this series by filling out our listener survey. While war and genocide means devastation for most, for the arms industry it means big business. While the arms trade is vast and secretive, there is a groundswell of people across the world taking action to challenge its power, from the gates of arms factories to our highest courts. In late April, at Palestine House in London, New Internationalist editors were joined by speakers at the frontlines of some of these movements to discuss how our governments and institutions are fuelling armed conflict and genocide around the world from Palestine to Sudan, what we can do about it and how to build international links in the process. Featuring speakers from Palestine Action, Peace Direct, Campaign Against Arms Trade and Global Legal Action Network. Read NI553: The Arms Trade This podcast is part of our series How to stop the arms trade Host: Maxine Betteridge-Moes Lacey Credits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Producer, Digital Editor), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-Editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial Assistant), Samuel Rafanell-Williams (Sound Design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design), Thomas Barlow, Impress (Media Consultant) Speakers: Amy Hall ( New Internationalist ), Saeed Taji Farouky ( Palestine Action ), Maaz Salih Idres ( Peace Direct ), Katie Fallon ( CAAT ) and Charlotte Andrews-Briscoe ( GLAN ) Further Reading from this Episode: How to dismantle the deadly arms trade (Amy Hall, New Internationalist) Sudan’s warring generals are armed to the brink (Eiad Husham, New Internationalist) Partners in power: Israel, India and the arms trade (Mohammad Asif Khan, New Internationalist) No billionaires. No media moguls. No corporate ads. Just truly independent, co-operati…