Disarm DSEi: Call for help at festivals and events over the summer.

DSEi (Defence Systems Equipment International) is the largest European arms fair of 2003. It is sponsored by the government with exhibitors and delegates from all over the world. Exhibitors include BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Rolls-Royce and many other notorious companies. DSEi is held at the Excel Centre in London Docklands from 9th – 12th September.

A broad coalition of groups have come together under the Disarm DSEi banner to co-ordinate a week long festival of action, protest and resistance against the arms fair and the unjust global system which supports it.

Help us to make Disarm DSEi the biggest ever protest against the arms trade!

Are you going to any festivals over the summer?
Would you like to help spread the word about Disarm DSEi?

Below is a list of festivals where we would like to publicise Disarm DSEi. If you would like to go to any of these and either leaflet or help at our stall please get in touch by email ( disarm@dsei.org) or phone (07817 652 029). For some of them helping at the stall might mean you get in to the festival for free.

Most of the stalls are unconfirmed at the moment so we need people to help in order to make them happen.

For more information about any of the festivals below check out the Party and Protest Guide on the Schnews website (www.schnews.co.uk).

This list is obviously far from complete. If you are going to any other events and would like to take Disarm DSEi publicity materials, please get in touch. Similarly if you know of any events where we should have a stall or a workshop, please let us know.

In the list below
S = stall if possible
L = leafleting
W = workshop if possible

JUNE
14-15 Leamington Peace Festival S, L
15 Camden Green Fair S, L – stall confirmed
20-22 EU Summit, Greece L, W
22 West London Green Fair S, L – stall confirmed
27-29 Glastonbury L

JULY
5 Alternatives to war conference L
13 Brighton Peace Festival S, L
19 Respect festival, London S, L
19-20 Ashton Court Festival S, L
20 Ambient Green Picnic, Guildford S, L
25-27 WOMAD S, L
26 Pride Parade L
26-3 Aug No Border Camp, Italy L, W
30-3 Aug Big Green Gathering S, L, W
31-3 Aug Cambridge Folk Festival S, L

AUGUST
1-8 Sidmouth International Festival L
9 Brighton and Hove Pride L
13-17 Earth First Summer Gathering L, W
20-25 Tribe of Doris Intercultural Summer School S, L
22-24 Canterbury Fayre L
22-24 Leeds Festival L
29-31 Eastern Green Gathering S, L, W

See the Disarm DSEi website for more information: www.dsei.org

To contact the Disarm DSEi coordinating group:
Email:  disarm@dsei.org
Tel: 07817 652 029
Join our email discussion list to find out more about what’s planned and contribute your ideas. Simply send a blank email to:  DSEi2003-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Or join our announcements list to hear about DSEi-related events. Send a blank email to:  DSEi-announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Supporting groups so far include:
Anarchist Federation, Anarchist Youth Network, CAAT, Cardiff Anarchist Network, Carnivalistas, CND, D10, Destroy DSEi, Disobedience, East London Against the Arms Fair, Globalise Resistance, Global Women’s Strike, Hackney Refugee and Migrant Support Group, Hastings CND, London International Socialist Resistance, LSE People & Planet, Revolution, Rhythms of Resistance, SOAS People & Planet, SOAS Stop The War, Surrey Anarchist Group, Tower Hamlets STW, War on Capitalism, Wildfire, WOMBLES, Women in Black, Youth & Student CND.

If you are in a group that would like to become a supporting group, please let us know.