Features in issue 2452

Iraq war emboldens Bush space plans

by Bruce Gagnon

Where will the future arms trade profits be found? And who will be making a killing (again)? Bruce Gagnon looks at the development of space-based weapons.

Daily living with terror

by Saswati Roy

The impact of small arms on communities takes many forms, from involvement in illegal production and trafficking as a means ofeconomic survival, to fuelling existing conflicts and creating a violent gun culture, where local disputes are invariably "resolved" using guns. Saswati Roy reports from India.

First-hand: Raytheon Peacemakers

by Scott Schaeffer-Duffy

Scott Schaeffer-Duffy argues that the key to sustaining long-term campaigns against weapons producers is creativity and community.

New days of action

by Stuart McCabe

Peace News reader Stuart McCabe puts forward a proposal for common days of action for arms trade activists to organise around.

The South African arms deal

by Terry Crawford-Browne

Terry Crawford-Browne reports on the European companies - profitting from weapons sales to South Africa, the legal challenges campaigners are making to the 50bn+ Rand deal and the deal's disastrous impact on domestic politics and society itself.

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