Cardiff activists blockade MRO arms fair in city centre.
Coronel Buendia | 16.09.2003 14:45 | Anti-militarism
There is indeed a lot to support, but peace is obviously not one of the favoured topics for discussion. After two hours in the sun, the protestors from a range of groups including CND, CAAT, Women in Black, Cardiff Anarchist Network, Cardiff Social Forum, Stop the War coalition, Friends of the Earth, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party took direct action against the conference when a bus full of delegates started to move off for a tour of one of the local repair facilities. Both entrances to the CIA were blockaded and the delegates were left to swelter on their bus for 45 minutes until police reinforcements arrived, and the protestors were finally dragged out of the way. All in all it was a successful demo that left the so-called “civilian” contractors under no illusions that for however much the Welsh Assembly might grease their hands to come to Wales, local people are not interested in having these death-mongerers in their town. The next two days of the conference can expect no less of a welcome!
Coronel Buendia
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