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‘Mayday! Mayday!’ Smash EDO Brighton: anti-war march clashes with police
May Day, 4th May 2009: Hundreds of people from all over the country met in Brighton today to protest against the war, capitalism, and the arms trade. Organised by the Smash EDO movement, which for years has been campaigning against the EDO/ITT weapons factory based in Brighton, the protest started off very peacefully and remained generally positive throughout the day.
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FIT Teams shut down in Brighton
Reports have been received that FIT teams have been physically stopped from operating at the Shut ITT/EDO Mayday demo[Full Story | 13 comments ]
Timeline for SmashEDO Mayday!Mayday! Street Party
15:16: Police attempted to cordon a group at multi-storey carpark on Whitecross Street, were outfoxed. Protestors simply streamed through a carpark onto Trafalgar Street, massing behind the police lines and kettling them in. Police reinforcements running up Trafalgar road to rescue their kettled collegues. Now march is near Pelham Square heading towards St. George's Place.
14:52: March now at viaduct on London Road - heading back towards the city.
14:45: March got through police lines on Cleveland Terrace and withstood baton charges on Stanford Avenue. One snatch arrest reported on corner of Cleveland Road and Stanford Avenue.
14:38: March has moved into Lucerne Road from Chester Terrace
14:30: March on Preston Drove moving away from park being pursued by riot police.
14:26: People reported to be moving across the park - reports that park is surrounded by police.
14:21: March now in Preston Park.
14:02: March now on Preston Road. Line of police vans protecting the Royal Bank of Scotland - short shield officers now following the demo
14:02: Some marchers moving into Vere Road off Ditchling Road.
13:57: March is on Ditchling Road where reports suggest police have blocked the road. Reported that some marchers are turning down the hill back towards the city.
13:48: Police Horses are being forced away by thrown objects
13:47: March reunited at Druids Arms - North End of Level - reports are that march is very responsive and police are being outfoxed.
13:44: March seems to have been split - part of march being pushed towards the Level - front of march still heading up London Road - riot officers employing short shields
13:37: Police horses forcing marchers off the pavement outside McDonalds after cans were ineffectively thrown at McDonalds - police van being rocked and sprayed by the crowd - red flare under police van - riot police appear and baton charge protestors
13:30: March is heading to London road on Trafalger Street- earlier on a police cctv got sprayed and drove off - 'Smash bombs, dodge batons, bring the war home!' banner being displayed - estimated crowd now into the 1000's
13:20: March has reached Brighton Station
13:00: March reported to be moving up North Street, past the clock tower towards the station
12:55: Estimated now 500 - 600 people - lots of red flags - militant bloc at front - fluffier at the back - lots of leaflets being given out - riot vans at the back and front
12:48: Street Party now reaching Barclays on North Street
12:42: Street Party is on the move - about 500 people now - moving towards the City Centre/North Street
12:32: 8 police horses reported to be near roundabout.
12:30: Report that Fit Watch and others have driven FIT and police from the roundabout - a samba band has moved in
12:10: Sound system on roundabout - traffic stopped in one direction - people dancing in the streets
12:01: Mayday Mayday banner hung at the pier - about 200 people there - roundabout shut off - kids bloc en route - police being very hands off present
11:40: Meetup location announced - the aquarium roundabout by the pier
11:35: Critical Mass is on the move
11:13: Police presence at Critical Mass includes two police horses, Evidence Gathering Teams and a number of vans
11:08: 40 to 50 cyclists meeting up at Brighton Station for Critical Mass with two sound systems
10:30: SmashEdo Radio begins broadcasting on 101.4fm
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Brighton Mayday update
Mounted police on the seafront - Madeira drive outisde Concorde.London road pigged out - at Cowley Club front and back, and at convergence. 15 cops in all.
Cops in city centre talking photos outside McDonalds on Western Rd
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FIT in Brighton
FIT (the Metropolitan Police's Forward Intelligence Team) are monitoring people going in and out of the Cowley Club on London Rd in Brighton (2.30). There have been two officers opposite the front and back of the club entrance for the last few hours, so far just making notes.[Full Story | 1 addition | 3 comments ]
extra infolines set up for the Mayday! Mayday! mass street party
FOR UP TO THE MINUTE UPDATES ABOUT THE DEMO - call the Mayday! Mayday! infoline - Save these numbers in your phone as this will be one of the only ways to find out the meeting point for the demo[Full Story ]
Important - Message about Smash EDO Updates
see www.smashedo.org.uk/mayday-09.htm[Full Story ]
Bring a radio to the Mayday! Mayday! Street Party
Bring stereos and radios to the Mayday Street Party so we can be the sound system[Full Story ]
Mayday! Ahoy -One more Smashing Update
With only a few days to go before the Smash EDO Mayday! Mayday! party things are going well. This e-mail contains all the info you will need to join the party. Please note the ways of finding out the meeting point. A few more infoline numbers might be added in case they are needed so keep checking the party page on
http://www.smashedo.org.uk/mayday-09.htm Although this info might look similar to earlier mailouts, please skim through it as details have been added.
See you all on Monday! (the forecast says sunshine)
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Smash EDO Press Release: EDO Boss Must Come Clean Say Protesters
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Smash EDO Press Release -Brighton Police threaten 'Ringleaders' of Bomb Protest
Smash EDO Press ReleaseFor more info contact Chloe Marsh or Andrew Beckett on 07754135290
30th April 2009
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Smash EDO target map creates story angle for desperate journalist
Following this morning's printing by the Argus of the story of sussex police being told to be good little police officers at the upcoming may day event in Brighton they have decided to have a go at Smash EDO just to restore the status quo. http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4324472.Protesters_produce_map_of_Brighton_targets_for_May_Day_action/
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Mayday in Brighton mobile updates on Last Hours
Lasthours.org.uk tested a new feature of the site over the G20 protests. We sent mobile updates live to the site cataloging the days events as they happened.This not only provided the opportunity for people not attending to find out what was happening as it happened from an anti-authoritarian perspective but also aided in analysis and evidence gathering after the events.
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Open letter to Sussex Police
We will be travelling down to Brighton for the Mayday bank holiday on May 4th, and I hope you'll make it worth our while.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
Sussex cops told by chief not to get caught hitting Smash EDO protesters
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4321000.Sussex_Police_chief_warns_officers_to_behave_at_Brighton_protest/ [Full Story | 5 comments ]
Handy Map for the Mayday! Mayday! Demo (Should work this time!)
On May 4th Smash EDO are holding a mas s street party against war, greed and militarism. Here's a handy map of war profiteers in Brighton and Hove.
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU
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Shy KB EG16
Not liked to be filmed, one of the Sussex finest was seen in public today.
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