EDO/ITT Brighton gets paint splatter makeover
True Grit , 15-03-2011 - 15:20

EDO/ITT defence company in Brighton gets paint splatter makeover in solidarity with Middle East and North Africa uprisings.
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Admissibility of WikiLeaks Cable to be tested on Sri Lanka massacres of 2009
WikiLeaks , 29-01-2011 - 09:18

TamilNet reports that the use of Wikileaks cables as admissible evidence is to be tested in US courts as Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka runs away from another private visit to the US.
This has significant impact on UK wide legal attempts to indict the perpetrators of Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes in Sri Lanka, 2009 - many residing in the UK if not frequent visitors.

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Barclays Shut All Day, After Lively Protest.
bristol against the arms trade , 24-01-2011 - 22:57

Protestors clashed with police and security guards during a picket of banks in Broadmead and Cabot Circus.

About 80 people, many wearing guy fawkes masks and others dressed as clowns, joined the rolling demonstration to highlight the banks’ involvement in the arms trade.

They gathered in Castle Park before marching down Union Street and into Broadmead, at first followed by two patrolling police officers.
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Target Barclays - Bristol
stig , 23-01-2011 - 23:25

Protesters in Bristol successfully shut down Barclays in Broadmead after entering the building and some conflict with police and security guards.
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Report of Smash EDO noise demo 19/01/11 - More petty arrests
Smashy , 20-01-2011 - 15:07

EDO is a Brighton based arms manufacturer owned by ITT. They produce bomb release equipment for the US, UK and Israeli armed forces.

The Smash EDO campaign aims to close the factory down. Every Wednesday, since 2004, activists have gathered outside the factory gates to bang pots and pans
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An account of Marco Jacobs' time in Brighton
Dick Tracy , 19-01-2011 - 15:57

see  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/01/472363.html

Marco Jacobs was an undercover officer in Brighton in 2004/5
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Barclays cash machine sabotaged in Solidarity with the victims of EDO/ITT
Dissident , 13-01-2011 - 12:44

Barclay Capital is the market maker for ITT Corporation on the New York Stock Exchange - see  http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=itt
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Smash EDO Noise Demo this Wednesday
Smashy , 11-01-2011 - 10:45

Smashing events...
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Smash EDO benefit Friday 14th of January
Smasher , 10-01-2011 - 11:34

14th January, 7pm at The Cowley Club, London Rd. Featuring Kiyomori, Sak-Less Jack, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Ollie Barron and 7 Day Conspiracy. Live bands till midnight followed by DJs till close.


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Smash EDO: dates for your diaries
Smasher , 01-01-2011 - 20:08

Here's what's coming up...
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Smash EDO wishes Paul Hills a merry Christmas
sMASHY , 20-12-2010 - 13:13

EDO/ITT is a manufacturer of weapon release components to the UK, US and Israel. They are based in Home Farm Road Brighton
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Who is in charge: the Foreign office, Defence ministry or the Oxford Union ?
OxfordWatch , 17-12-2010 - 06:19

With a fresh batch of 'secret' Wikileaks on Sri Lanka out yesterday, the 'private' visit of Dr. Liam Fox to Sri Lanka, as arranged for this weekend, is canceled.
Questions have been raised in UK parliament on the content of the 'private' meeting the Defence secretary had with Mahinda Rajapakse in the Oliver Messel Suite of the Dorchester Hotel in London, 1st December 2010.

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Update from EDO blockade
Smashy , 14-12-2010 - 13:27

The blockade action at EDO/ITT in Brighton today went off rather differently than usual....
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Anti repression Surprise demo at EDO
Smashy , 13-12-2010 - 17:13

See www.smashedo.org.uk and www.freedomtoprotest.org.uk
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Smash EDO: demo held in support of freedom to protest call to action
Smasher , 13-12-2010 - 15:12

A loud surprise noise demo was held outside EDO/ITT this morning in response to the freedom to protest call to action (www.freedomtoprotest.org.uk) that had been proposed for the weekend.
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Arresting the War Criminals in UK
Uk Tamil , 02-12-2010 - 23:57

Sri Lankan President's gone angry. He is breaking things around his new room wherever it is.
He and many of his war criminal entourage seem to be hiding in Sri Lankan embassy.
How they got transported there or when is unknown.
If he is in there then the only thing that matters is how they escape to airport.


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Smash EDO: Noise demo back today!
Smasher , 01-12-2010 - 11:53

After having taken a week off last week to join the students' demo, we are back outside EDO today as usual.
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No Smash EDO noise demo next week - Solidarity with the Student walkout
Smashy , 20-11-2010 - 23:55

Smash EDO are going to take a rare week off next Wednesday and go and support the student walk out...
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Smash EDO: Callout for noise demonstrators!
Smasher , 09-11-2010 - 23:03

Latest from Smash EDO...
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EDL, Brighton, the Crude Awakening, Anti-cuts marches - what can we learn?
Gnetetically modified , 05-11-2010 - 17:53

Lessons for the movement:
The Poll Tax Riots and 4 weeks of actions – EDL, Brighton, the Crude Awakening, Anti-cuts marche. How can we learn and move forward.

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US Activists demonstrate outside Home of ITT CEO
Interested... , 27-10-2010 - 12:58

A coalition of US activists demonstrated in the home neighbourhood of ITT chief executiveve, Steven Loranger, last week. US campaigners are targetting ITT, the owners of Brighton's EDO MBM, because of their involvement in the design and manufacture of drone technology and their pro-war lobbying activities. One of the participants in the 40 strong demonstration said of Loranger, "We're here today to inform his neighbors about how his personal ambitions impact all of our lives,"
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Smash EDO: Halloween noise demo this Wednesday!
Smasher , 25-10-2010 - 12:40

This is just a short reminder that this Wednesday (the 27th of October) Smash EDO are holding the yearly HALLOWEEN NOISE DEMO between 4-6 outside the factory on Home Farm Road. Come dressed in your scariest Halloween mask and be ready to spook them out!

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