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👁️‍🗨️A sharp eye on military power in the UK.

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January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
War crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are being committed amid collapsing food systems, water shortages and cholera outbreaks.

CRIN’s new briefing examines how armed conflict & climate crisis are inseparable in Sudan and how fragmented international responses are failing children. 🧵(3/3)
Briefing: Children, conflict and climate in Sudan<br/> — CRIN
Sudan’s civil war has put millions of children in danger. Alongside mass displacement and war crimes - amounting to genocide in some regions - the conflict is also degrading the environment, with mili...
home.crin.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:12 PM
British military equipment has been found on Sudanese battlefields, used by the RSF, a paramilitary group accused of genocide.

This raise serious questions about UK arms exports to the UAE and their potential role in arming the RSF.

Read more via The Guardian ⬇️ 🧵(2/3)
UK military equipment used by militia accused of genocide found in Sudan, UN told
Exclusive: two dossiers of material seen by the security council raise questions over export of British arms to the UAE, which has been accused of supplying weapons to paramilitary RSF group
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:12 PM
As Palantir seeps into the UK's defence and healthcare sectors, it highlights the need for scrutiny of how data-driven technologies are reshaping UK public services and who ultimately controls them.
January 28, 2026 at 11:37 AM
In the US, Palantir’s tools are used by ICE in raids that rely on real-time data, including health records, to locate people. @goodlawproject.bsky.social is campaigning against the use of sensitive NHS data as a tool for surveillance.

🔗 Stop Palantir in the NHS: https://tinyurl.com/5936s932
January 28, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Palantir, a US technology company, works with the UK & US militaries, the Israeli military, US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) & policing bodies. As well as the NHS since 2020.

@medact.bsky.social warns that the contract risks patient trust & data safety.
No Palantir in the NHS! Campaign Toolkit - Medact
Introduction Helpful links and contacts Leaflets What is Palantir? What is the NHS FDP contract? How did Palantir get it? Data privacy, profiteering and surveillance Outsourcing, privatisation and quality concerns […]
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January 28, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Education should inspire curiosity, drive climate solutions and promote peace, not serve fossil fuel or arms interests.

ForcesWatch’s Arms Out Of Education project exposes and challenges arms companies in UK schools, find out more about our work⬇️
ForcesWatch » Arms Out Of Education
Arms Out Of Education is a project to raise awareness about, and challenge, the involvement of arms companies in UK primary and secondary education. Should companies that make a profit out of weapons and other military and surveillance equipment be operating in our schools? Some of the world’s largest arms companies run or sponsor activities ... Read more
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January 22, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Meanwhile, BAE Systems, the UK’s largest arms company, is bringing robot dogs to hundreds of schools through its STEM Education Roadshow.

These are not harmless educational programmes, they are targeting young people to normalise industries linked to climate collapse, conflict & genocide.
January 22, 2026 at 1:31 PM
This has come at a huge personal cost to the hunger strikers. We hope their own conditions have also been improved. The question of their pre-trial detention must now be addressed, as @hrw.org have stated this week.
Rights group disputes claim ministers cannot act over Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers
Human Rights Watch says attorney general has power to facilitate immediate bail, one of activists’ key demands
tinyurl.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Dixon shows that these military elites often claim to be non-political, but their history suggests close ties to the political right, support for monarchy and imperialism, and hostility to liberalism, socialism, feminism, and democratic accountability.

Download the Warrior Nation report⬇️
ForcesWatch » Warrior Nation: War, militarisation and British democracy
This report explores how the 'Militarisation Offensive' which started in 2006 to improve public recognition and support for the armed forces failed to produce majority support for the war in Afghanist...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:24 AM
At a time of renewed escalation and secrecy, this is an essential read on nuclear risk, deterrence myths, and the power of collective action.
January 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM