Communities not Bombs

After two years of protest, the SDSC-UK arms fair has left Telford and relocated to Birmingham NEC. The arms trade needs to be resisted everywhere, so when it tries to set up shop in Telford or now Birmingham we are here to say "No".

We want to stop the Specialist Defence and Security Convention (SDSC-UK) promoting weapons used to destroy lives around the world. But so often we hear that the arms trade is 'creating jobs', and 'keeping us safe'.

This workshop will explore whether that is really true, helping us to understand the economics of the arms trade. We'll share ideas on how a different approaches to security might help us build economic justice instead - in our communties here in the West Midlands, and beyond.

Read more about our opposition to SDSC, including our open letter to NEC Group.

Photo: a protester outside SDSC in 2024.