[IMC-UK-Features] Smash EDO Action Topic

[wietse]

Eh up,

> ...I am happy to create the page once we agree on it.
>
> how do we get agreement ?
>   

I guess we have reached an agreement if no one voices any objections on 
this list in the next few days.

> ...  We will need to find > the links to all the Smash EDO related
> articles to go on the page and> we'll manually need to tick the
> appropriate tickbox in admin on all of
>   
>> them.
>>     
>
> I would be happy to help with ticking the boxes in admin to create the page
>   

Cool. It's easy enough to do but involves a lot of manual ticking and 
clicking..

> here's a brief intro (brief enough??)
>   

Eh.. Thats way too long but I would suggest that you use this text for a 
startpage special which can then sit at the top of the page. This can 
also include background links etc. For example like the SOCPA action 
page: https://indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/socpa/

The description is normally only a short sentence. Have a look at the 
climate camp action page for example: 
https://indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2008/climatecamp/

The description there reads: " The climate camp to be held near 
Kingsnorth early August 2008 - see www.climatecamp.org.uk " at the top 
of the middle column, just under title.

I'd say we wait until Friday and if no one has objected by then we 
create it. Maybe we could both meet in the chatroom (IRC) on Friday and 
get it created and populated with articles.

Also, in the meantime you could create a wikipage and list all the 
titles and links of the edo related articles. Like I did for the Ocean 
Defence topic page: 
https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcUkAtSea#Content_For_The_New_Page

Wietse

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> Every bomb that is dropped and every bullet that is fired in the name of
> this war of terror has to be made somewhere and wherever that is it can be
> resisted...
>
> ITT/EDO MBM are a unit of a US corporation manufacturing weapons by the US
> and UK armed forces in Iraq and the Israeli army in Palestinr
>
> Smash EDO are residents of Brighton who came together to resist the war in
> Iraq and the occupation of Palestine. People in Brighton were sickened to
> learn that a company in their home town was not only profiting from, but
> making possible the illegal and immoral slaughter in Iraq. Smash EDO is a
> grassroots response to EDO's complicity in murderous crimes - a banner
> under which people opposed to those crimes can rally.
>
> As the UK government blindly follows the US regime, citizens of the UK
> have a special responsibility to prevent crimes around the world being
> committed in our name, with our taxes, with weapons built in our
> communities.
>
> EDO are running scared - spending millions of pounds trying to silence
> activists through the courts. Dozens of the directors of EDO MBM have
> resigned due to the four year long direct action campaign and EDO has
> closed down part of its operation in Brighton. In December 2007 EDO
> Corporation was sold to ITT - It remains to be seen whether the business
> in Brighton will continue.
>