EDO-MBM suffered major disruption for the third time in three months when activists completely blocakaded all entrances to Brighton’s bomb factory.
The workers began arriving at around 6am. By 7.30 there were over 100 workers with their cars outside the factory. They were met by protesters who used megaphones to make the workers listen to details of the carnage that their weapons wrought in Gaza, Lebanon and Iraq.
Later that morning the protesters bore witness to the surreal sight of the managing director, Paul Hills, having to climb the fence of the factory in order to get inside. He then returned brandishing an angle grinder, which he instructed an employee to use to cut a hole in the company’s own fence through which employees were eventually able to get inside the factory.
The factory was completely blockaded from 6am to 9.30am, stopping production for several hours. Having achieved this aim, the blockaders decided to unlock themselves before the police intervened. There were no arrests.
The protest is continuing outside the factory, which supplies weapons components to the USA and Israel. Spokesperson Andrew Becket said “Yesterday was UN Peace Day. These protests highlight the hypocrisy of a United Nations Peace Messenger City that is involved in the production of weapons that have been used to kill more than 1000 people in Lebanon and over 100,000 people in Iraq. It’s time that we live up to our city’s title and kick this deadly factory out of Brighton.”
Last Saturday hundreds of protesters marched aginst EDO MBM, despite police repression, to deliver a petition to Brighton and Hove Council calling on them to condemn EDO. Smash EDO have been holding noise protests outside the factory once a week for three years. Since the bombing of Lebanon began Smash EDO have hit back at the war profiteers with two blockades, a rooftop occupation and regular telephone blockades of the factory.
The campaign will continue until EDO shuts down or ceases production of military technology.
Later that morning the protesters bore witness to the surreal sight of the managing director, Paul Hills, having to climb the fence of the factory in order to get inside. He then returned brandishing an angle grinder, which he instructed an employee to use to cut a hole in the company’s own fence through which employees were eventually able to get inside the factory.
The factory was completely blockaded from 6am to 9.30am, stopping production for several hours. Having achieved this aim, the blockaders decided to unlock themselves before the police intervened. There were no arrests.
The protest is continuing outside the factory, which supplies weapons components to the USA and Israel. Spokesperson Andrew Becket said “Yesterday was UN Peace Day. These protests highlight the hypocrisy of a United Nations Peace Messenger City that is involved in the production of weapons that have been used to kill more than 1000 people in Lebanon and over 100,000 people in Iraq. It’s time that we live up to our city’s title and kick this deadly factory out of Brighton.”
Last Saturday hundreds of protesters marched aginst EDO MBM, despite police repression, to deliver a petition to Brighton and Hove Council calling on them to condemn EDO. Smash EDO have been holding noise protests outside the factory once a week for three years. Since the bombing of Lebanon began Smash EDO have hit back at the war profiteers with two blockades, a rooftop occupation and regular telephone blockades of the factory.
The campaign will continue until EDO shuts down or ceases production of military technology.
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Hahahahahaha!
21.09.2006 14:46
Weapons Inspector
Did get some press...
21.09.2006 21:39
smashy
to clarify
22.09.2006 07:59
the point of the comment was that even though the story was only carried yesterday across the net *internationally* by IMC UK ,the share price still appeared to drop at the time the story was posted.
It looks like EDO tried to counteract bad press by releasing news of a new contract on the same day. Such news would normally make the stock go up, but most likely because of the protest this failed to work.
Its unlikely that international investors were watching BBC South local news before deciding to sell. The Argus article didn't come out till today.
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