Police repression of activist film
Smash EDO | 17.04.2008 18:52 | Iraq | Palestine | Repression
On the Verge is a film about Smash EDO, an anti arms/anti war campaign from Brighton. For the last four years Smash EDO has used a variety of tactics including direct action to try and shut down an arms factory that was proud to supply weapons used against the people of Iraq, Palestine, Somalia.......The campaign is no stranger to dirty police tactics as it fought and won an injunction in the High court costing the company 1 million pounds!
Come and see the film the police are trying to stop being seen around the country, The Common Place in Leeds is facing harassment and students at Southampton University are being told that they need a license to show an educational film!
Nottingham date: 23rd April University park Campus 7pm
Come and see the film the police are trying to stop being seen around the country, The Common Place in Leeds is facing harassment and students at Southampton University are being told that they need a license to show an educational film!
Nottingham date: 23rd April University park Campus 7pm
Smash EDO
e-mail:
on-the-verge@hotmail.o.uk
Homepage:
http://www.smashedo.org.uk
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More info
17.04.2008 21:11
For more info see original article:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/03/394554.html
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/03/394554.html
Sam
Read for yourself
17.04.2008 21:45
There is no reason why people should be intimidated to cancel any screening of this film.
The issue of classification is laid out in the Video Recordings Act 1984. This act states that "commercial video recordings offered for sale or for hire within the UK must carry a classification".
In fact, this film will fall under the exemptions as stated in the act:
* Exempted works
(1) ..A video work is for the purposes of this Act an exempted work if, taken as a whole..
a) it is designed to inform, educate or instruct;
b) it is concerned with sport, religion or music; or
c) it is a video game.
(2) ..A video work is not an exempted work for those purposes if, to any significant extent, it depicts..
a) human sexual activity or acts of force or restraint associated with such activity;
b) mutilation or torture of, or other acts of gross violence towards, humans or animals;
c) human genital organs or human urinary or excretory functions;
Read for yourself: http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?activeTextDocId=1810866
The issue of classification is laid out in the Video Recordings Act 1984. This act states that "commercial video recordings offered for sale or for hire within the UK must carry a classification".
In fact, this film will fall under the exemptions as stated in the act:
* Exempted works
(1) ..A video work is for the purposes of this Act an exempted work if, taken as a whole..
a) it is designed to inform, educate or instruct;
b) it is concerned with sport, religion or music; or
c) it is a video game.
(2) ..A video work is not an exempted work for those purposes if, to any significant extent, it depicts..
a) human sexual activity or acts of force or restraint associated with such activity;
b) mutilation or torture of, or other acts of gross violence towards, humans or animals;
c) human genital organs or human urinary or excretory functions;
Read for yourself:
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?activeTextDocId=1810866
The Law
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