Smash EDO's Mayday! Mayday! event was the biggest yet for the campaign with around 2000 people attending. Thanks for showing up and making the day great! It could not have been done without you. There is a report of the day on 
http://www.smashedo.org.uk/news.htm where you can also find some links to other news coverage.
Now that Mayday is over it is important that the momentum continues. Get stuck in!
Coming up:
The first trial arising out of last year's Carnival Against the Arms Trade starts on Monday the 18th of May and is scheduled to last for eight days. Please come and show support at Brighton Magistrate's Court. from 10am.
The weekly noise demos are continuing as usual every Wednesday between 4-6 outside EDO on Home Farm Road (just behind Moulsecoomb station). The noise demos really are the backbone of the campaign and could do with some more regular support so drop by if you can!
Update:
Good news! During a hearing last Friday one of the EDO decommissioners, Robert Alford, was granted bail which means that he will be out of prison soon. Elijah Smith remains on remand and has been transferred back to Lewes prison from Bristol. Please send letters of support to
Elijah Smith VP7551, HMP Lewes, 1 Brighton Road, Lewes, Sussex BN7 1EA
For further info about the decommissioning see http://decommisioners.wordpress.com/
http://www.smashedo.org.uk/news.htm where you can also find some links to other news coverage. Now that Mayday is over it is important that the momentum continues. Get stuck in!
Coming up:
The first trial arising out of last year's Carnival Against the Arms Trade starts on Monday the 18th of May and is scheduled to last for eight days. Please come and show support at Brighton Magistrate's Court. from 10am.
The weekly noise demos are continuing as usual every Wednesday between 4-6 outside EDO on Home Farm Road (just behind Moulsecoomb station). The noise demos really are the backbone of the campaign and could do with some more regular support so drop by if you can!
Update:
Good news! During a hearing last Friday one of the EDO decommissioners, Robert Alford, was granted bail which means that he will be out of prison soon. Elijah Smith remains on remand and has been transferred back to Lewes prison from Bristol. Please send letters of support to
Elijah Smith VP7551, HMP Lewes, 1 Brighton Road, Lewes, Sussex BN7 1EA
For further info about the decommissioning see
http://decommisioners.wordpress.com/ 
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We should have had more people
15.05.2009 07:52
Before SmashEDO 2010 we need to re-think the event, the planning and the organisation. This year we achieved little and that needs to be faced.
Smasher
2010 smash EDO event WILL be bigger!
15.05.2009 08:16
10,000 for Smash EDO 2010 campaign
Ohyea
15.05.2009 09:56
lets aim at many many groups of 5, self autonomous small groups are beautiful not noisy 10000 raucaous lemmings - allow diversity not sameness for 2010. You dont have to agree with me - i used to care but things have changed.
kisses
birthday boy
demographic more important than numbers
15.05.2009 10:57
Organising on that level 2,000 people was a massive achievement, and as far as it's ever going to go.
What the next step has to be is organizing the 150,000 residents of Brighton itself!
(A)nti-Militarist
Little this year has been achieved??
15.05.2009 11:16
Anti-Militarist Smasher
engaged with the locals
15.05.2009 12:12
All the people i spoke to seemed to support the cause, some (espcially younger people) joined in with the march for a time.
Later on in the march there were often shouted warnings from passers by along the lines of "look out the police are coming from over there" and cheers from on lookers when people broke through or ran round police lines.
There are those (especially argus employees) who are very negative about what smash EDO do, but I don't think they are the majority of people in brighton, atleast not the majority who were actually there on the day - altho obviously some of those were tourists-.
The question is how to engage with them and really get them involved in the campaign.(or at the very least the next big demo).
ether
Agree with Ether
15.05.2009 14:34
Happy Friday
not enough?
17.05.2009 18:01
Mayday was fantastic, a display of solidarity and strength, and 2000 committed courageous people can achieve a hell of a lot more than 10000 who want to walk from A to B then go home on the SWP bus.
Mayday was well organised, with excellent logistics and was built from a campaign that has real staying power. EDO's days are numbered. If I was them I'd give up now and run away.
day tripper