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Weekend of DSEi fundraisers and meetings

DISARM DSEi | 25.07.2003 11:57 | London

Weekend of fundraisers and meetings to support DISARM DSEi. Help shut down Europe's largest arms fair. Get involved, come to the meetings.

25 - 27th July: DSEi London Weekend of Events
DISARM DSEI 2003
6 - 12 September 2003, London Docklands
DSEi (Defence, Systems & Equipment International) is the largest European arms fair. At the last fair in 2001 there were 664 exhibitors and delegates were invited from 68 different countries to buy guns, bombs, military planes, small arms, mines and tanks.

25th July
Seaside Tribe warning...'TSUNAMI II' @ Hammersmith PoNaNa - Friday 25th July
- 10pm-3am
Tidal Breaks, House & Trance featuring...

10-11pm Headsy - Progressive Funk
11-12pm Nut Nut - Tribal House.......with 'Saxophone Stew' saxing it up
12-1am Russ the Love Must - Trance
1-2am Sema - Tribal Break Beats......with Derief & others on the Bongos
'Drums against Guns!'
2-3am Paperboy - Breaks......with DISARM bongo players

Anti-War-Arms & Seaside Tribe visuals by PARALLAX & DISARM DSEi

Interactive Sound Art Sculpture by 'Inlightentertainment'

Fundraising crew from DISARM - £1 a ticket for 3 prizes: Bongos, Mark Thomas
Tickets & House Champagne

Backdrops by BongoBash & Millena, Juggling glowing coloured orbs by Michael

Healing Zone with qualified masseurs Abby & Kitty

Word-of-mouth friendly crowd - Seaside Tribe do not advertise or flyer their
events
Percussionists are allowed in FREE - lets make some noise!

For ALL the above entertainment just... £5 ticket, £7 paying guest list £10
door


26th July, 2pm.
Disarm DSEi Public Meeting,
University of London Union, Malet St, WC1
Nearest tubes: Goodge St or Russell Square

Shut Down DSEi
Disarm DSEi is coordinating a week of protest and resistance including a unity march, counter conference, vigils, NVDA and a day of direct action blockades.

Come to the Public Meeting
Find out what's being organised, contribute your ideas, share your thoughts, join a working group.

For more information please contact:
Disarm DSEi, c/o 11 Goodwin St, N4 3HQ
07817 652 029,  disarm@dsei.org, www.dsei.org
Discussion list:  DSEi2003-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Disarm DSEi has over 30 supporting groups, see www.dsei.org for further details.

27th July

2pm
Destroy DSEi Open Meeting
Destroy DSEi is planning a day of direct action blockades on the 10th September - Shut down DSEi by any means necessary. Get involved with planning for this event at the meeting, which is part of a series of fortnightly Destroy DSEi meetings.
@ LARC (62 Fieldgate St, Whitechapel), nearest tubes: Whitechapel, Aldgate East.

See www.destroydsei.org for more details, or contact:
Destroy DSEi,Box 8, 84b Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX
07887 620379,  dsei_da@london.com
Subscribe to the discussion list by sending a blank email to:  dsei_da-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Destroy DSEi is a supporting group of Disarm DSEi.

5pm
Film & Music Night
A Disarm DSEi Fundraiser
Also @ LARC (62 Fieldgate St, Whitechapel)

Films being shown:
*Duck Soup*
1933.the Marx Brothers go to war.a parody on the state and the army.
*Circus Kosovo*
A recent release.a travelling circus of clowns goes to Kosovo and plays to the kids
*Dr. Strangelove*
1963.classic Kubrick.dark anti-war comedy
.and films about DSEi and the arms trade

Plus
*Mbira music from Zimbabwe*
Music of the Shona people.sung and performed on mbira (thumb piano) and hosho (shakers)

Plus
*Food and drink*

Entry: £2 (or donation)

DISARM DSEi
- e-mail: disarm@dsei.org
- Homepage: http://www.dsei.org

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