[IMC-UK-Features] Smash EDO Startpage Special

[thewallmustfall at riseup.net]

I am reproposing the below feature as a startpage special on the uk page

photos and links will be added today


> 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>
> <p>
>
>
>
> 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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