War Starts Here: resist the DSEI arms fair with Quaker Roots

Monday 8 September

• Merchants of Death Walk of Witness to expose arms company HQs. Family-friendly action, starting with refreshments and crafts at Westminster Meeting House at 1pm. All welcome. Walk is at 2–4.30pm from Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 52 St. Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4EA (see more on Quaker Roots' website).

• Evening vigil for DSEI at ExCel Centre, with Pax Christi 6.30–8pm at Royal, Victoria Square nr ExCel Centre (West Gate), London E16 1BD.

Tuesday 9 September

• No Faith in War Day on the opening day of the arms fair 8am–5pm, Western Gateway Excel Centre, Royal Victoria Dock (nearest tube: DLR Royal Victoria), London, E16 1AA (see more on Quaker Roots' website)

Wednesday 10 September

• Stop DSEI hand-in. Meet at Embankment tube station at 11am. (see more on Quaker Roots' website)
• an action at a strategic target

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"We are called to live in the virtue of that life and power that takes away the occasion of all wars. Do you faithfully maintain our testimony that war and the preparation for war are inconsistent with the spirit of Christ? Search out whatever in your own way of life may contain the seeds of war. Stand firm in our testimony, even when others commit or prepare to commit acts of violence, yet always remember that they too are children of God."
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Quaker Roots is a community of Friends building a creative, vibrant and radical Quaker response to the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair.

Taking place in east London every two years, DSEI is a huge trade show bringing together 1,500 arms companies with representatives from militaries from around the world. Some of the world's largest companies market tanks, planes, drones, rifles, ammunition, surveillance technology, training and a huge array of other weapons.

In witnessing our testimony to peace, Friends have been driven to join the movement of resistance to this arms fair, which brings global human rights violations to our doorstep. Arms fairs like DSEI are a key root cause of the violence and injustice around the world.