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EDO MBM/ITT blockaded

Smash the arms trade | 29.06.2009 08:39 | Smash EDO | Anti-militarism | Migration | Repression | South Coast

Early this morning the Home Farm Road premises of arms manufacturer EDO MBM/ITT were blockaded in solidarity with those made refugees by global military aggression.


The protest is timed to coincide with the end of the Calais No Borders Camp, and aims to raise awareness of the links between the arms trade, international warfare and the creation of refugees, as well as the increasingly oppressive immigration policy of the UK government.

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Approx 8am

29.06.2009 08:46

Police are using 'obstruction of the highway' in an attempt to get supporting persons to leave. One person has been arrested for failing to move quickly enough.

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Approx 8.30am

29.06.2009 08:48

One more person has been arrested for unclear reasons.

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Approx 9.20am

29.06.2009 08:50

Three more people have been arrested for obstruction of the highway within the last hour.

Support is isolated from those at one of the two gates.

A cutting team is said to be on its way.

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10am

29.06.2009 09:02

The cutting team has arrived but is not doing any cutting. Instead they're hunting for keys.

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Approx 11.30am

29.06.2009 10:36

The first of four people locked on has been cut off and arrested, one is in the process of being cut off with the rest to follow.

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Approx 1pm

29.06.2009 12:00

All four people locked on have been cut off and arrested. The rest of the demonstration has dispersed.

The blockade lasted for a total of 7 hours.

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  1. well done — smasher
  2. Lets keep this up — ignoseey
  3. smash the arms trade — love it
  4. Hurray! — Grind
  5. keep it up comrades — ***