World Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

Smash EDO: Noise demo and public planning meeting today

Yesterday saw an inspiring start to the Summer Of Resistance so stay involved!

Mayday! Mayday! Smash EDO Summer of Resistance Day One

The Summer of Resistance is 3 months of direct action against arms dealers EDO MBM (part of ITT Exelis). more info at

http://smashedo.org.uk/summer-of-resistance

Stand off in Santa Cruze ends with arrests

01-05-2012 08:02 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | Liverpool | World

Stand off in Santa Cruze ends with arrests

Finding out about the Armed Forces in Schools

30-04-2012 08:31 | Anti-militarism | Education | World

Over at ForcesWatch we're building up a picture of the way the Armed Forces engage with schools - to help us do this we've launch a survey for parents, teachers and school students.

Smash EDO Press Release - The Summer of Resistance begins on May 1st

Smash EDO gear up to Summer of Resistance

Smash EDO, the Brighton based campaign to close down arms manufacturer EDO MBM (a part of US corporation ITT Exelis), has been building up to the start of our summer campaign. The Summer of Resistance is billed to start on Tuesday 1st May with a noise demonstration at the factory.

U.S Special Forces Unconventional Warfare Manual TC 18 01

‘The intent of U.S. unconventional warfare efforts is to exploit a hostile power’s political, military, economic, and psychological vulnerabilities by developing and sustaining resistance forces to accomplish U.S. strategic objectives.’

Bahrain: on the unintentional eloquence of press releases

27-04-2012 09:45 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Last weekend's Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix sham has been an object lesson in the political and moral bankruptcy of our age, argues Hicham Yezza.

It takes a lot for something as bland and functional as a press release to make an impression of any sort. So credit is due to the august Bahrain News Agency for releasing one of the most absurd and imbecilic texts ever allowed to see the light.

Barclays 2012 AGM, Friday, 27 April, London

25-04-2012 12:49 | Smash EDO | Anti-militarism | Palestine | World

Barclays 2012 AGM will be held at 11:00 (UK time) on Friday, 27 April at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Seems like a prime Target Barclays opportunity for Londoners.

Target Barclays in Brighton, Sat 28th, 1pm

There will be another Smash EDO, Brighton Jordan Valley Solidarity and Brighton and Hove PSC target Barclays demo outside Barclays in North Street, Brighton, this Saturday (the 28th) at 1pm.

Come along to make it as lively as the previous ones.

Smash EDO: The Summer of Resistance starts 1st of May

On May 1st we will be holding a big noise demo at EDO/ITT starting
at 12pm.

Flyer:

http://smashedo.org.uk/events/event/demo-to-mark-the-start-of-the-bsummer-of-resistrance

Please come along and help kick off the Summer with a
bang. Bring pots, pans, musical instruments and sound systems.

Confront the real terrorists: demo at arms dealers' dinner today

25-04-2012 10:14 | Smash EDO | Anti-militarism | World

April 25 2012, 6.30pm at the Royal Garden Hotel,
2-24 High Street Kensington: nearest tubes High Street Kensington and Knightsbridge.

National Gallery Complicit in Arms Trade - Disarm the National Gallery

23-04-2012 16:19 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Terror War | World

On 31st March 2012, Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) & Stop the Arms Fair (STAF) launched a campaign to ‘Disarm the National Gallery’ in Trafalgar Square, London. A video of this action including never seen before footage of protests & discussions inside the National Gallery and an interview with BBC correspondent & Channel 4 reporter Paraic O’Brien at Stop the Arms Fair 2011 can be viewed here -

http://youtu.be/r-sf68oEB6wP

U.S. Abuses a Females Human Rights - Repatriate Aafia Siddiqui

Human right campaigners rallied outside the U.S embassy in London, marking the 9th anniversary of Aafia's abduction, rendition & false imprisonment. A video featuring her case, discussions with Asim Qureshi (Cage Prisoners) discussing her legal battle, Pakistan’s role, her children & the issue of repatriation & speeches from the rally can be viewed here –

http://youtu.be/y1_A85uahfE

EDO gets new Paveway IV contract – We need to step up our resistance

The MoD has awarded Raytheon a new £60 million contract to replenish supplies of Paveway IV guided bombs to the British Army. EDO MBM (a unit of US arms dealers ITT Exelis) will manufacture the umbilical interconnect system and containers in Brighton. Paveway IV bombs have been used in Afghanistan and Libya and an earlier model of the Paveway was used in Iraq.

The MoD claims that this will sustain hundreds of jobs at the factories concerned (see

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-17597889).

International Arms Conference disrupted By Ravers

03-04-2012 12:26 | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

The International UAV (unmanned drones) conference was sponsored by by the University of Bristol and BAE systems.
However, on the first day, mon 2nd april, the conference was successfully disrupted by about 150 local anti arms ravers.

Bob Brown on Global Democracy and World Parliament

02-04-2012 10:36 | Anti-militarism | Ecology | Globalisation | World

Bob Brown delivers the 3rd annual Green Oration

Smash EDO: Upcoming events

Just a a quick reminder of some Smash EDO related events happening in the next few days.

An Interview with Ed Greens: ‘Screaming Revolution’ & Palestine

30-03-2012 20:07 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Palestine | World

Ed Greens, 21 year old musical artist & poet from Camden Town, London performed at the Hackney Picture House yesterday. The show premiered the music video to ‘Screaming Revolution’ by Empdy x Ed Greens. I caught up with brother Ed to ask a few questions, particularly, how he came to start making ‘active’ music and why Palestine is a common thread in his music.

A Night Of Whalepunk In Sheff - Sea Shepherd Benefit!

A night of whalepunk to raise much needed funds for Sea Shepherd -

http://www.seashepherd.org/

Fukushima : Appeal Of Hashizume Bun, A-Bomb Survivor Of Hiroshima

28-03-2012 12:31 | Anti-Nuclear | Anti-militarism | Ecology | World

Fukushima : APPEAL OF HASHIZUME BUN, A-BOMB SURVIVOR OF HIROSHIMA

accuracy : Hashizume Bun, the 80-year-old author of "The Day the Sun Fell: I was 14 years old in Hiroshima", was less than 1.5 kilometers from the hypocenter of the explosion.

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8582161-japans-nuclear-crisis-haunts-hiroshima-survivors