[IMC-UK-Features] Startpage Special

[thewallmustfall at riseup.net]

Shiar and Wietse suggested a Smash EDO Startpage Special

here's a suggested text for it:

It needs photos and links added

Smash EDO Carnival Against the Arms Trade

On the 4th June, <a href="www.smashedo.org.uk"> Smash EDO, </a> a campaign
group aiming to shut down EDO MBM, a Brighton based Arms manufacturer,
will be holding a Carnival Against the Arms Trade aiming to highlight the
level of public opposition to the factory and be an oppurtunity to take
creative direct action against the arms trade </br>
<p>
The Carnival will include live music, a critical mass and a unifying theme
of red. </br>
<p>
Smash EDO are calling for activists to come from around the country to
join the carnival and help close down EDO</br>
<p>
Public planning meetings for the Carnival: Brighton| London </br>
<p>
Flyer for the Carnival </br>
<p>

body

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...</br>
<p>


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 Palestine.</br>
<p>


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.</br>
<p>


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.</br>
<p>


EDO are running scared - having spent 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.</br>
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h

> 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
>
> -------------->
>
>> 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.
>>
>
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