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Charm offensive: what happened when the Morning Star went to an arms fair
PHIL MILLER reports from the Defence and Security Equipment International expo, where he did not receive the welcome he was expecting
Heavy weaponry on sale at the Defence and Equipment Security International (DSEI) 2019 in London
[Phil Miller]
by the Greater Manchester Workers’ and Tenants’ Association
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AS the Docklands Light Railway wound towards Custom House, the number of police waiting at stations en route became disconcerting.
Looking down from the train to the streets below, rows of police vans could be seen parked up next to protest camps.
More than 100 activists had already been arrested in the days leading up to Britain’s largest arms fair, the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), and I felt it was increasingly unlikely the organisers would let me in.
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