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Open Invite to Paul Hills from Smash EDO

On Tuesday August 11th 2009 Smash EDO will be holding a public debate around the subject of direct action under the heading "Is breaking the Law to Resist War Crimes Ever Justified". As you are aware the campaign has, for the last five years, used ...

From ANDREW BECKETT, UK Indymedia Newswire,  10 Aug 2009

Smash EDO - Open letter to The Argus

On Monday The Argus reported that the police spent £310 000 on the policing of Smash EDO's Mayday! Mayday! protest. On Tuesday August 11th 2009 Smash EDO will be holding a public debate around the subject of direct action under the heading "Is ...

From ANDREW BECKETT, UK Indymedia Newswire,  29 Jul 2009

Andrew Beckett: Decommissioning the arms trade

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/22/arms-trade-protest-edo When government agencies cloak arms exports to Israel in secrecy, we have a moral and legal right to prevent their damage During the night of January 17 2009, the last ...

From ANDREW BECKETT, UK Indymedia Newswire,  24 Feb 2009

Freedom to Protest Court Case - Smash EDO Protester Appeals Conviction

An anti arms campaigner is appealing his conviction on Monday 21st July. The man was arrested under a Brighton and Hove council byelaw for playing music at a demonstration outside Brighton arms manufacturers EDO MBM/ITT. The Smash EDO campaign ...

From ANDREW BECKETT, UK Indymedia Newswire,  18 Jul 2008

SMASH EDO PRESS RELEASE - Death of Marie Vesco

Death of Marie Vesco The death of Marie Vesco, aged 19, en route to the Carnival Against the Arms Trade outside the Arms Factory EDO-MBM, has been a blow to everyone involved in the campaign. Marie and her friends were cycling from London to ...

From ANDREW BECKETT, UK Indymedia Newswire,  5 Jun 2008

Sussex Students Union supports Smash EDO activists denied legal aid

Seven anti arms trade activists, six current and one ex-student, who blockaded the gates of EDO MBM, a weapons manufacturer in Home Farm Road Brighton, have been denied legal aid. The protesters, are being taken to court for aggravated trespass, an ...

From ANDREW BECKETT, UK Indymedia Newswire,  22 May 2008

Starting today, "Click it or Ticket"

Seat belt usage in Wisconsin is at its highest level ever, but still trails the national average. The Wisconsin State Patrol says 75% of Badger State drivers are putting on their safety belts, compared to 82% nationally. The DOT's Don Hagen says some ...

From ANDREW BECKETT, Wisconsin Radio Network,  19 May 2008

EDO BLOCKADED ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHOCK AND AWE

Protesters super glued themselves to one main gate and the pedestrian gate,others used arm tubes to build a barricade across the second main gate, while two super-glued themselves to the two fence panels previously used by EDO staff to gain entrance ...

From ANDREW BECKETT, UK Indymedia Newswire,  20 Mar 2008
Related Topics: EDO Corporation

POLICE CENSORSHIP OFSMASH EDO FILM GOES NATIONWIDE

Staff at the Arthouse Community Cafe in Bedford Place, Southampton were approached at 11 a.m (Weds 19th March) by police accompanied by licensing officers. Threats were made concerning their licensing if the film, due to be shown on Thursday 20th ...

From ANDREW BECKETT, UK Indymedia Newswire,  19 Mar 2008

Police Ban Smash EDO film

According to the Duke of York's cinema they received an e-mail at 4.15 p.m today (Mon March 17th) from Martin New , a council environmental health officer. He explained that the police had reported that the film had not been certificated and ...

From ANDREW BECKETT, UK Indymedia Newswire,  17 Mar 2008

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