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Corporate media ignores Dsei arms protest

mhor | 04.09.2001 09:26

Is it me or has anyone else noticed the complete lack of hysterical (or otherwise) media articles about the DSEI arms far protest set for next tuesday (11th september)?


With one week left to go before a significant protest the usual pre-demonstration press coverage would have seen scores of articles about 'hardcore anarchists thugs planning riot violence', and yet so far the only coverage I've seen has been a small article in The Guardian (see below) which doesn't even mention the date of the arms fair or for that matter the fact that protests will be occuring.

One assumes then that the reason corporate media is backing off from this one is that even they realise the usual mud slinging line would not really fit with a story of trying to stop a deadly arms fair - like, 'violent anarchists plan to stop weapons being sold' etc

With one week left to go it'll be interesting to see if anything else gets printed...

The latest copy of the Big Issue does a small feature which should raise some more interest but even that article does not give the protest details or the website address www.disarm-trade.org

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Guardian
Saturday September 1, 2001
Human rights anger over arms fair invitations
Richard Norton-Taylor
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4248913,00.html

Guardian ongoing Arms 'special investigation'
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/armstrade

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mhor
- Homepage: http://www.disarm-trade.org

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First mainstream piece on DSEI

07.09.2001 22:36

BBC News24 just ran a story about the raids on the Borough squats and security preparations for the arms fair.

watcher

Social Centre Raid by State Oppression

08.09.2001 13:01

hi there

salmon sharp here

i was arested with three other people
and my dog in the eraly ours of the mornning
at the squat in tooley street

they arested us on suspicion of
conspiracy to incite violent disorder
we have bean bailed to apear at plaistow police station
on 16th november 2001 at 11.00am

as usual this was another case of police
heavy handed tactics and state oppression
lucky that no body got injured
the cops turned up in riot gear
they blocked off the roads they had ambulances and the fire brigade with them too

and smashed there way in to both of the social centres
they destroyed all of the nice props and banners
for the D.S.E.i actions
and have made both social centres uninhabitable
they have confiscated all mobile phones
im now phoneless
if they whant a war then i can give them a war
that will shock the nation

all brew crew be ready for it
the revolustion coming

if they use tactics like this then we must be ready for the next one

any body interested in macing a social centre after D.S.E.i
any comments pleace email me at
 salmonsharp@hotmail.com

Salmon Sharp
mail e-mail: salmonsharp@hotmail.com

reply for a columnist

08.09.2001 13:13

I e-mailed Polly Toynbee about why the mainstream media aren't reporting DSEI actions in advance - and got this reply:


I didn't know about it, so thanks for the info. (How come the organisers haven't
emailed the press and journalists like me?? Sounds more like cock-up than
conspiracy.)


zoe