Edo Arms Factory - Protest Report

Sam Hiscox | 16.12.2008 22:01

EDO MBM Technology Ltd in Brighton UK, designs, develops and manufactures weapon interfacing systems, cable assemblies and electrodynamic products for the aerospace and defense industries - components for making and dropping bombs. Sam Hiscox went down to a protest against the factory to speak to the proesters. The march was fairly violent and all protesters interviewed here prefered to maintain anonimity.

http://www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/success/edo-arms-factory---protest-report

Sam Hiscox

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Sam Hiscox, if you're reading this...

17.12.2008 00:18

...you provide no evidence that the "march was fairly violent" apart from someone saying that the police had 'maced' someone in a wheelchair. I doubt you mean police violence, but if you do say so. And if you don't, but provide not a shred of conjecture about protestors 'violence', then keep your gutter-journalism off this forum.

radar

@radar: I think he does mean police violence

17.12.2008 01:00

@radar: I think you are being too paranoid. It's fairly clear to me that the author is referring to violence used by the police against protesters.

Not that I think it would be wrong for people to be violent to the police, but maybe is it tactical to avoid it.

anon

That's what he meant

17.12.2008 05:31

It's clear that he means the police. However, many anti-arms trade activists are reluctant to get involved with Smash EDO because it refuses to adopt a non-violent stance towards protest. That's one of the reasons Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) tries to avoid being openly associated with Smash EDO: CAAT believes that its confrontational activities are often designed to provoke violent confrontations with the police.

Tim S

CAAt and smash edo

17.12.2008 10:10

you'l have to back up that statement with some evidence

CAAT advertises EDO marches and publishes stories about the campaign. Smash EDO acts as a CAAT local contact in Brighton.

Stop spreading untruths

ooo

Come and see the Violence Inherent in the System!

17.12.2008 11:22

Sam - Please hide the faces of the protesters.

"Violence" is a subjective concept; different people find different things violent and different things acceptable. Non violence guidelines act like vague laws - they put people in a position of authority where they implement the law arbitrarily. There were reports of barricades being kicked out of protesters hands and face masks being ripped off by CAAT officials at disarm DESI. Wars are competitions between units of authority; authority can't be abolished by authority.

anon
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