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Arms designers shut down

No Borders (Hackney) | 09.09.2003 10:00 | DSEi 2003 | Anti-militarism | Migration | London

On Thursday 4th September military systems designers ESDU International shut down early before a demo by Hackney No Borders. Another small success in the run-up to shutting down DSEi.

Warmongers out of Hackney!

A dozen people picketed the office at 27 Corsham Street in Hoxton making the link between arms, trade and migration. The area was leafleted informing the neighbouring businesses, who had no idea what ESDU were up to, and chalk outlines decorated the ground. Everyone then went off to leaflet the tube station about DSEi.

ESDU design guided missile systems and are developing systems for the new generation of fighter plane.

No Borders (Hackney)
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You really haven't got the slightest clue, have you?

09.09.2003 20:58

ESDU do not "design guided missile systems" etc. What ESDU do is produce damned handy tip-top quality data about how materials behave under different conditions, what sort of fixtures and fastenings are the best to use in various circumstances, how air and water and soil behave, and what sort of mechanisms can do what sort of job. They produce reference books and data sheets: very good and entirely generic. Yes, I am sure weapons designers use ESDU products. But so do wheelchair designers and carpet manufacturers and people making everything from artificial heart valves to loudspeakers. So if you're going to picket ESDU then be sure to go and blockade the nearest steelworks too, cos weapons are made from metal.

[ http://www.esdu.com]

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