monstrous anger of the guns: how the global arms trade is ruining the world and what we can do about it

’Equips readers with the information they need to resist the lies that feed humanity’s urge to commit suicide. Read it!’ Yanis Varoufakis, economist and politician

’Devastating testimony. Faultless research. It’s impossible to exaggerate the timeliness of this powerfully written book’ Peter Oborne, journalist and broadcaster

’The importance of this book cannot be overstated’ Mary Nazzal, barrister and legal activist

We are seeing injustices caused by war and occupation unfold in real-time via social media, and we are speaking out in our millions against these horrors. Yet, from Gaza to Ukraine, the bombs continue to fall. We must understand why this is happening if we are to end it.

Monstrous Anger of the Guns lays bare the dark and deceitful world of the global arms trade, which, often funded in our name, is a business that counts its profits in billions and its losses in human lives. Leading activists and campaigners connect the dots, showing how notions of citizenship, democracy, and trust in governments are misguided and how we can fight back by building mass movements, using direct action and legal justice to end the flow of weapons and the environmental and human devastation they bring.

Rhona Michie is a Director at Shadow World Investigations, co-founder of the Corruption Tracker, and a member of the Steering Committee of Campaign Against Arms Trade. Andrew Feinstein is the Executive Director of Shadow World Investigations and author of The Shadow World, which was adapted into a prize-winning documentary. Paul Rogers is an Emeritus Professor at Bradford University and author of Losing Control. Jeremy Corbyn is a socialist MP and founder and director of the Peace and Justice Project. He was twice elected leader of the Labour Party. He is a lifelong campaigner for peace, justice, and human rights.

Jeremy Corbyn is a socialist MP, who led the British Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. A lifelong peace activist, he is currently the Director of the Peace and Justice Project.

​Rhona Michie is the Director of Projects and Planning at Shadow World Investigations and a co-founder of the Corruption Tracker. She was listed as an Emerging Expert by the Forum on the Arms Trade in 2022, is a member of the Steering Committee of Campaign Against Arms Trade and coordinator of the ’Arms Out’ film and workshop tour.

Andrew Feinstein is the Executive Director of Shadow World Investigations. He resigned as an African National Congress Member of Parliament in South Africa in 2001, protesting the government’s refusal to investigate corruption in a ＄10 billion arms deal. He is the author of The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, an internationally acclaimed exposé later adapted into a prize-winning documentary.

Paul Rogers is an Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University and International Security Advisor to openDemocracy. He is the author of Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century.