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Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) was set up in 1974 by a number of peace and other organisations who were concerned about the growth in the arms trade following the Middle East war of 1973. It is a broad coalition of groups and individuals in the UK working to end the international arms trade. This Trade has a negative effect on human rights and security as well as on global, regional and local economic development.

Originally posted to the old P & J website by Geoffrey Carnall

On the BBC’s ‘Today’ programme on 22nd January, Helena Kennedy spoke about the initiative to follow up the Power Inquiry: ‘Make it an Issue’. This was the latest phase of her concern to re-energise the democratic process, to re-connect people with politics. The cash-for-honours scandal had only reinforced the impression that people with money had far more influence than was good either for them or the wider community.

This article was originally posted to the old P & J website by Idoia Garcia

The human brain is a mystery. Scientists say that we only use 20% of our total faculty, which means that many things are still to be discovered. We can remember our first day of school, when we broke a leg at 5, but sometimes wehave trouble trying to remember what
we had for dinner last night. Why do we remember some things more easily than others? Is it maybe that we don't want to remember? We cannot answer these questions yet one thing is certain: we can't let ourselves forget.