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To: Pride in London
No Red Arrows over London Pride
We demand the cancellation of the Red Arrows fly past at the 2016 London Pride march and the withdrawal of BAE Systems from the parade.
Why is this important?
On 25 June, thousands of people will come together in London to celebrate their identity and their values. Celebrating and promoting institutions of war, that profit from the planning and execution of warfare globally, is an affront to the values that LGBTQI+ movements - and Pride itself - have been built on.
Pride is being used within a wider public relations strategy that aims to capture the imagination of the public whilst concealing the brutal nature of warfare and the gruesome trade of the arms industry.
The Red Arrows serve to promote British arms sales internationally, helping to sell weapons for BAE Systems to countries like Saudi Arabia. BAE Systems is a company that not only profits from war, but also incentivises it.
There is No Pride in War. Let’s keep the Red Arrows and the arms industry out of London Pride 2016.
Pride is being used within a wider public relations strategy that aims to capture the imagination of the public whilst concealing the brutal nature of warfare and the gruesome trade of the arms industry.
The Red Arrows serve to promote British arms sales internationally, helping to sell weapons for BAE Systems to countries like Saudi Arabia. BAE Systems is a company that not only profits from war, but also incentivises it.
There is No Pride in War. Let’s keep the Red Arrows and the arms industry out of London Pride 2016.
