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Afghanistan info night at LARC this Friday (27th)

24-07-2012 08:57

Blair's crusade against hoodies continues in Afghanistan to this day...
For those of you wanting something to do during the Olympics opening ceremony...

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Smash EDO: Andrew Feinstein talk and London CAAT action

17-07-2012 21:08

Smash EDO upcoming events update.

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EDO MBM shut-down after activists lock on to police cordon

17-07-2012 16:37

On Monday 16th July anti arms trade campaigners held a mass ‘citizens’ weapons inspection’ of the EDO MBM arms factory in Brighton.

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Smash EDO: Final info for July 16th

12-07-2012 15:42

One final reminder about details and lead up events before the weapons inspection on Monday.

If you have any portable sound system, please bring it along to the action!

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Gathering to plan resistance to the G8 - this Sunday in Brighton

12-07-2012 09:29

This is a call for all of those who wish to mobilise for a MASS
MOBILISATION against the G8 summit in the UK in 2013.
A initial meeting will take place on SUNDAY the 15th JULY, from 11am to 6pm, at the COMMUNITY BASE centre in Brighton, hosted by people from the Smash EDO campaign.

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Noise demo at EDO today

11-07-2012 12:00

www.smashedo.org.uk

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Smash EDO: Meeting point for weapons inspection announced

09-07-2012 11:12

With only one week to go Smash EDO activities this week are all about the upcoming mass-action on Monday the 16th of July. We need as many of you as possible to get involved in the weapons inspection of EDO.

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EDO MBM manufacturing parts for US A10 plane as Smash EDO prepares for mass demo

09-07-2012 10:17

On the 16th July Smash EDO will be meeting at 1pm for a mass demonstration against the EDO MBM Brighton arms factory

The meeting point will be the Level.

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Reports from Smash EDO's Summer of Resistance

06-07-2012 15:08

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

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Smash EDO: Events and weapons inspection on July 16th

04-07-2012 10:50

We've got a few things coming up in the weeks leading up to the weapons inspection on the 16th.

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Phone and Twitter Blockade of EDO Today

03-07-2012 10:54

Phone and twitter blockade of EDO. The one last month was a real success so we're having another one! You can participate from wherever you are. Call EDO on +44 (0) 1273810500 and tweet EDO's parent company @ITTExelis with questions and comments about their trade. There are examples of sample tweets you can copy and past from the last time at the bottom of this email or -even better- come up with some new ones. Please hashtag your tweets #SmashEDO

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EDO in Brighton developing new generation of micro weapons for US assassinations

29-06-2012 12:03

Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM

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Bad Music Demo - Smash EDO Summer of Resistance week eight

27-06-2012 20:46

A bad singer outside EDO
Smash EDO have called for three months of direct action to close down EDO MBM - From 1st May to 1st August 2012.

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Smash EDO Citizens' Weapons Inspection of EDO MBM

25-06-2012 09:21

On Monday 16th July 2012 at 1pm a group of concerned citizens from Brighton and beyond will be attempting to inspect the EDO MBM factory in Moulsecoomb to further highlight the factory's complicity in the murder of innocent civilians around the world.

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Smash EDO: Summer of Resistance Action Callout

24-06-2012 20:39

Smash EDO are half way through a Summer of Resistance against EDO/ITT
Exelis. The aim of the summer is to intensify the pressure on the weapons
factory, with as many actions as possible taking place between the 1st of
May and the 1st of August. The more groups that take part the more effective it will be, so we need your help!

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Remembering Simon Levin

24-06-2012 12:43

Simon Levin,who had campaigned against EDO for many years, passed away on 24th June 2011 - one year ago

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FCUKBA: a month of immigration repression and resistance

23-06-2012 00:41

A UKBA arrest
A month in immigration & control & resistance in the UK, 22nd May - 22nd June

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Reflections on the Tory smear campaign against Smash EDO

22-06-2012 14:06

Smash EDO is a grassroots response to the EDO MBM factory in Mouslecoomb's complicity in war crimes - a banner under which people opposed to those crimes can rally. Towards that end Smash EDO is currently organising a Summer of Resistance against EDO MBM.

Over the past few months Brighton and Hove Conservative Party (B&HCP) and, in particular, Robert Nemeth, Deputy Chairman (political) of B&HCP and manager of the office of Mike Weatherley, Tory MP for Hove, have engaged in a smear campaign which has attempted to label our campaign as anti-Semitic.

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Day of the Dead - For the victims of aerial bombardment

21-06-2012 08:24

tonight - 9pm The Level, Brighton (weather permitting)
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