Interview with Campaign Against the Arms Trade's Andrew Smith

IN this special bonus episode of Podaganda, Ben Cowles and Steve Sweeny speak with Andrew Smith from Campaign Against the Arms Trade (Caat) about their legal victory halting weapon sales to Saudi Arabia. 

Show notes

Read about Caat’s Arms to Renewables campaign here: mstar.link/2xepsZC 

Read about the Italian dock workers who stopped weapons being shipped to Saudi Arabia: mstar.link/2xc5ONV 

Steve’s report on the French journalists from the Disclose investigative journalism platform who face prison for refusing to give details of the source that revealed the French government knew their weapons had been used against civilians in Yemen: mstar.link/2KBpUKn 

Check out Disclose’s brilliant website (in English) here: disclose.ngo/en 

Watch the Nae Pasaran trailer here: naepasaran.com

Here’s a link to an interview Ben did with Andrew last year about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s state visit to Britain: mstar.link/2X3ke2h  

Check out Caat’s blog post from 2014 on BBC Political editor Nick Robinson pulling out of a speaking engagement at an arms trade event: mstar.link/2RwRedl 

You can find the Star’s articles on Jamal Khashoggi here: mstar.link/2Yg1LvW 

Follow human rights and peace activist Sam Walton on Twitter here: twitter.com/SamWalton 

The Saudi prince’s state visit was a clear example of propaganda. Read Ben Cowles’s take on Mohammad bin Salman’s 2018 state visit here: mstar.link/2LfUuZj 

You can read Jeremy Hunt’s bizarre article on Politico here: mstar.link/2RzEylP 

Here’s the article Steve wrote about the Istanbul election: mstar.link/2N9U2ON 

Mark Curtis’s excellent book is called Secret Affairs. You can read Ian Sinclair’s review of the updated book here: mstar.link/2X6d4dM 

Intro music by Jamie Thrasivoulou and Andrew Death