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Peace Pledge Union chair Peter Glasgow (middle) and campaigns manager Symon Hill (left) protest outside Ministry of Defence building in London against defence spending
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PEACE activists called on the Tory government to “cut war, not wages” at nationwide protests against spiralling defence spending today.
Protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Defence (MoD) offices in Whitehall on Friday morning as staff entered the site, waving placards reading: “Nurses not nukes.”
Rallies and leafleting actions were also held in several towns across the UK as part of a nationwide day of action organised by the Peace Pledge Union.
While working people face austerity, arms companies enjoy massive government contracts, writes ARTHUR WEST, exposing how politicians exaggerate the Russian threat to justify spending on a sector that has the lowest employment multiplier
