Myself I am shocked by the sale of war, and those who buy and sell weapons have no moral core. War always brings hardship, torture and groaning, which is almost enough to dispel the mercy of the stone. I feel very strong, but my lips are sealed, because my future depends on making these transactions. These words were written by William Cowper in the poem “Poor Africans” in 1788.
During the slave trade, the Liverpool City Council spent thousands of pounds against the abolitionist movement and granted the freedom of the borough to the then “spin doctor”.
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This is in a city where hand screws, soldering irons and shackles used for slaves, as well as devices for opening their mouths when they refuse to eat, can be seen and sold on the windows of the ship’s salesperson.
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Fast forward to today, and the Liverpool City Council decided not to cancel the arms show scheduled for October, even if they own the venue.National demonstration will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2021 Liverpool Anti-Weapons Expo.
This is a very reasonable resolution adopted by the Council on July 21, 2021: “The Council noted that’European Electronic Warfare’ is a major war convention organized by the Clarion Defense Organization, which organizes several The biggest war convention.
“The Liverpool Convention will cover a range of fighter aircraft, missile systems and drone components, as well as the technology behind the weapons in use today. Electronic warfare will bring together many of the largest global weapons companies with government and military officials from all over the world.
“The Council firmly believes that the’European Electronic Warfare’ event to be held at the Liverpool Arena and Conference Centre (ACC Liverpool) in October 2021 will showcase and showcase all kinds of armaments and military equipment that do not conform to or conform to the values of peaceful socialism. City Council And the wider city.”
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But the conclusion of the resolution is: “The council has no right to interfere with ACC Liverpool’s booking.” So is Liverpool once again a window to export suffering, massacre and persecution?
An alliance of more than 60 members of Liverpool’s 90 MPs, the Peace MPs, has now been established. The alliance “fully and unitedly opposes European electronic warfare incidents.” These parliamentarians have already signed a statement to this end, although it did not actually call for the cancellation of the war exposition.
This petition It does require the cancellation of the arms exposition. If they seriously consider cancellation, all MPs should also sign. Although it was proposed in 2020 and mentioned the members of the council of councillors who were later told to resign, it is still absolutely relevant.
Four Labour MPs “broke the whip” and voted for an amendment proposed by the Green Party, which sought to reach an agreement banning the war exposition. This was defeated. The four Labour MPs who voted for the Green Party amendment are Sam Gorst, Dave Cummings, Lena Simic and Alison Clarke.
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Ritchie Hunter (Ritchie Hunter) is ” nerve Liverpool Magazine.
