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Smash EDO Summer of Resistance: Down the Drones

16.05.2012 20:48 | Smash EDO | Afghanistan | Anti-militarism | Palestine | London | South Coast | World

Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM - From 1st May to 1st August 2012





A colourful demo was held at EDO MBM today, protesting EDO's manufacture of drone technology for the US and elsewhere. Activists waved flags and made lots of noise with bells, a sound system, horns, pots and pans.

Later on in the demo kites were flown over the factory to remind the workers of what its like to be constantly underneath the drones. We even rigged up a kite to take some surveillance footage, aerial footage will be posted soon.

EDO have been involved in US drones for years (see, for example,  http://www.spacewar.com/reports/EDO_To_Develop_Weapon_Release_System_For_Predator_UAS.html and  http://www.defensereview.com/general-atomics-mq-9-reaper-uasuav-retrofitted-with-gorgon-stare-electro-opticalinfrared-eoir-multi-camera-system-the-all-seeing-eye-in-the-sky-you-look-at-it-you-die/), EDO MBM in Brighton manufacture arming units which are incorporated into the drone's bomb release unit (see  http://web.archive.org/web/20070927214113/http://www.edocorp.com/documentation/ZeroRetentionForceArmingUt.pdf and  http://www.exelisinc.com/solutions/Pneumatic-Actuated-Single-Carriage-%28lightweight%29/Pages/default.aspx).

In Yemen yesterday 49 people were killed in two CIA drone strikes (see http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/15/world/meast/yemen-violence/index.html), at least eight of those people were civilians. Drone strikes are part of a policy of extrajudicial assassinations, illegal under international law.

We will be holding a public meeting about drone technology, with Chris Cole of Drone Wars UK, tomorrow evening at 7.30pm at the Friends Meeting House on Ship Street

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three months

17.05.2012 09:08

"Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM"

Which as usual will be largely ignored with the exception of the usual five or six soap dodgers whose obsession with Israel and Jews means they waste their lives in pointless empty protests against this fine company which provides employment for many in Sussex.

Brighton person

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Trolling.

17.05.2012 14:09

"Which as usual will be largely ignored with the exception of the usual five or six soap dodgers whose obsession with Israel and Jews means they waste their lives in pointless empty protests against this fine company which provides employment for many in Sussex."

On EVERY single post involving EDO, you are spamming the comments section with obsessive remarks about Jews and Israel.

Then, you complain that Indymedia is obsessed by Jews and Israel!

You're shitting in the living room, and then complaining that "somebody" has been shitting in the living room!

You're either a complete fool, or you're barking mad, in any case, you are not legitimate.

Go away and have a wash, and when you've done that, get yourself a job and start paying your taxes like the rest of us.

A real Brighton person.

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