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Report of Surprise noise demo today at EDO

18-06-2012 22:02

Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM – From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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Smash EDO: Mass action July 16th and G8 convergence

17-06-2012 20:27

We would love to get you all to Brighton for the 15th and 16th of July.

On Sunday the 15th Smash EDO are hosting a convergence to start building resistance to next year's G8 which will take place in the UK, and on Monday the 16th there is a planned summer of resistance mass action where we'll need as many of you as possible.
Below are the callouts for both.

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Surprise noise demo at EDO - Report

16-06-2012 09:55

Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM – From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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Magna Carta Anniversary Marked with Death of Habeas Corpus Rights for Guantánamo

14-06-2012 17:13

Credit: London Guantánamo Campaign
Magna Carta Anniversary Marked with Death of Habeas Corpus Rights for Guantánamo Bay Prisoners
- London Guantánamo Campaign, 14 June 2012

The London Guantánamo Campaign [1] regrets the decision of the American Supreme Court, on 11 June, to reject petitions from 7 Guantánamo Bay prisoners [2], held without charge or trial for over a decade, to challenge the basis of their detention. This comes in the same week as the 797th anniversary of the Magna Carta, on Friday 15 June, conferring the rights to a fair trial and habeas corpus [3], among others, for almost the past eight centuries. The court gave no reason for its decision to overturn this basic right it had earlier upheld.

The London Guantánamo Campaign will mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, on 26 June, with a vigil in Trafalgar Square at 6-8pm:  http://londonguantanamocampaign.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/26-june-london-saysno-to-torture.html

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Report of Critical Mass against EDO

14-06-2012 11:12

Getting ready to ride
Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM - From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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Report of Smash EDO Phone and twitter blockade

13-06-2012 10:09

Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM - From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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Smash EDO direct action affinity group training, Wed 13th

12-06-2012 18:42

There will be an affinity group direct action training tomorrow, Wednesday, 6.30pm at the Cowley Club Brighton.

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Phone and twitter blockade of EDO today

12-06-2012 09:08

Phone and twitter blockade of EDO. The one last month was a real success so we're having another one! You can participate from wherever you are.

Why not ask EDO and @ITTExelis more about their business?

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Remembering the victims of Israeli air strikes outside EDO: Summer of Resistance week seven

11-06-2012 17:08

Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM - From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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Solidarity with Bradley Manning, 6-8 June

10-06-2012 11:56

Brisbane
Four solidarity events by supporters from the WISE Up for Bradley Manning network took place on Wednesday 6th and Friday 8th June as Bradley Manning was back in court for another pretrial hearing. These were in Chester, London and Exeter as well as Brisbane, organised by our man in Oz, Ciaron.

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Smash EDO: Naming the dead, Phone blockade and critical mass

09-06-2012 22:00

Here's an updates with summer of resistance event coming up. Get involved!

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Report of Surprise noise demo today at EDO

08-06-2012 18:48

Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM - From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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Welcome to Britain: a young Afghan's experience

08-06-2012 17:47

Where the boy is currently detained
What follows is the telephone transcript of a conversation I just had with a teenage detainee awaiting deportation on the next charter flight to Afghanistan (11th June). It is a typical story of one of the many Afghan youngsters put on the fortnightly charters.

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Imagining a world without EDO: Smash EDO Summer of Resistance week six

06-06-2012 20:16

Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM - From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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6-8 June: Vigils for Bradley Manning in London, Chester and Brisbane

04-06-2012 22:52

Bradley Manning is back in court in Fort Meade, Maryland, US this week for a further motions (pre-trial) hearing. Solidarity vigils will be held on 6 June in Chester, England and in Brisbane, Australia and on 8 June in London (and possibly Exeter, to be confirmed). There will also be vigils at Fort Meade and elsewhere around the world. Consider holding a 'Free Bradley Manning' vigil wherever you are.

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Smash EDO Press Release - Anti-militarists march against attack on Iran

04-06-2012 21:22

Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM - From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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11 Glorious years!! Rejoice at the continuing golden Peace Campaign

02-06-2012 15:46

Let us rejoice at the 11th anniversary of the London Parliament Square peace campaign. An 11th anniversary is typically called steel and steel is what Brian Haw and Barbara Tucker have shown over these last 4,000 odd days.

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Press Release-Smash EDO prepares for march against the prospect of war with Iran

01-06-2012 08:26

Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM - From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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Sussex gets a new political copper: SmashEDO Summer of resistance demo report

31-05-2012 11:15

DF386 Stephanie Franks
Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM - From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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Smash EDO Statement on today's judgement on John Catt's appeal

30-05-2012 14:05

John Catt had appealed against the retention of data on him by the National Domestic Extremism Database. Today he lost his appeal.