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Demo about Heckler & Koch weapons activities, Market Square in Nottingham

Tash [alan lodge] | 22.01.2009 20:14 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War

12.30pm on Thursday 22th January, people had gathered at the Council House Steps in Market Square, to protest about the activities of the gun manufacturer, Heckler & Koch. Offices of the company are based at Unit 3, Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham.














12.30pm on Thursday 22th January, people had gathered at the Council House Steps in Market Square, to protest about the activities of the gun manufacturer, Heckler & Koch. Offices of the company are based at Unit 3, Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham.

Over the last year or so, people have protested at the gates of the Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane. This was the first event, held in the Market Square, in the hope of putting the issue before more members of the public.

Regular monthly Pickets at Easter Park, the SECOND MONDAY of the month (at 12:30);
also they we will now hold an additional monthly protest and fliering session in Market Square, every FORTH THURSDAY (at 12:30), meet by the lions on the City Council House steps.

Flyer : Download Print PDF of H&K leaflet [1.7Mb]
 http://indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/01//418368.pdf

Pictures of the last Lenton Lane event [plus link to all previous events and description of the issue at:

Demos continue [January] at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ in Nottingham
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2009/01/418134.html

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To highlight the link between the arms trade and refugees, Shut Down H&K and No Borders Nottingham held a demonstration on Saturday 29th November in Market Square in Nottingham called "FULL CIRCLE – from weapons to wars to refugees".

Full Circle Demo: From weapons to wars to refugees. Market Sq. Nottingham
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/12/414055.html

There was a good turnout, in spite of the freezing weather. Leaflets handed out, drums banged, speeches made. and banners displayed. Further, to highlight their concerns, some folks held a "die-in" to help illustrate their worries for the violence attributed to the arms trade and its consequences.

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Shut Down Heckler & Koch Campaign
 http://nottsantimilitarism.wordpress.com/heckler-koch

earlier events:

Demos continue [December] at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ in Nottingham
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/414750.html

Demos continue at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ in Nottingham
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/11/412769.html

Further Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ in Nottingham : Pix 1
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/10/410821.html

Further Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ in Nottingham : Pix 2
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/10/410842.html

Another Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ in Nottingham
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/07/403399.html

Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ in Nottingham
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/398393.html

Surveillance at Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ in Nottingham
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/398414.html

Protest at Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ in Nottingham : Pictures
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/07/376847.html

'Die-In' at Nottingham University to protest at un-ethical investments
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/340171.html

Nottingham University Student Die-In :: to protest at un-ethical investments
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/365708.html

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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email:  tash@indymedia.org
Member of the National Union of Journalists [No: 014345]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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Tash [alan lodge]
- e-mail: tash@indymedia.org

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Great stuff!

22.01.2009 22:45

Great stuff!

HK still part of the BAe Clan (in the Deliverance sense of the word)?

Starsky & Hutch


Re: Great stuff!

23.01.2009 14:55

No, in 2002 BAE Systems sold H&K to a quartet of private investors including Andreas Heeschen, a German businessman and London socialite who has donated £73250 to the Conservative Party, and British arms dealer Keith Halsey, who spends his ill-gotten gains cruising the Mediterranean in an ice-breaker ship complete with helipad.

Shut Down H&K
- Homepage: http://www.shutdownhk.org.uk/


Grrr!

23.01.2009 17:23

So much for karma then!

Starsky & Hutch