[IMC-UK-Features] Feature proposal

Thu Oct 9 09:27:33 PDT 2008

> I would put all references to the demonstration that still has not
> happened at the end of this feature.

I've put this in the last sentence of the abstract - is this ok ?

> and i would take out the local contacts for transport for the
> demonstration.
>
Can do - For what reason?

> .. and I assume that the abstract goes only as far as the links and the
> rest of it would go in the "body" i.e. visible after you click on "read
> more"?

that's right

> hi,
>
> thanks to all who have worked on this feature then read it then reworked
> on it. I would some changes too:
>
> I would put all references to the demonstration that still has not
> happened at the end of this feature.
>
> and i would take out the local contacts for transport for the
> demonstration.
>
> .. and I assume that the abstract goes only as far as the links and the
> rest of it would go in the "body" i.e. visible after you click on "read
> more"?
>
> I do think strongly that without these changes this can not go on the
> front page...
>
> thanks again
>
> ana
>
> thewallmustfall at riseup.net wrote:
>> ok
>>
>> added to the 'content' (see below)
>>
>> and sorted out the 1st person bit
>>
>> <p>
>> <strong>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...</strong></p>
>> <p>
>> Since 2001 over a million people have been killed worldwide by the US-UK
>> War of Terror.<a href="http://www.mbmtech.co.uk/"> EDO MBM/ITT </a>
>> supply
>> weapons components for the US-UK war machine.<a
>> href="www.smashedo.org.uk"> Smash EDO </a> has been campaigning for four
>> and a half years to close down EDO.</p>
>> <p>
>> The movement against EDO MBM/ITT is growing, in June this year over 600
>> people came from around the country to the
>> <http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/400163.html>â€˜Carnival Against
>> the
>> Arms Tradeâ€™ </a>. The Carnival managed to reach the Brighton bomb
>> factory
>> despite police attempts to stop us!
>> <p>
>> <strong>Resources:</strong> <a
>> href="http://www.smashedo.org.uk/shut-itt.htm">Webpage for the Shut ITT
>> Demonstration - Info on accomodation and transport</a> | <a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/10/409883.html"> Open Letter
>> to
>> Sussex Police</a> | <a
>> href="http://www.smashedo.org.uk/resources/colouredflyer2006.pdf">More
>> Info about the Smash EDO Campaign (pdf)</a> | <a
>> href="http://www.smashedo.org.uk/resources/edo&itt.pdf">Info about the
>> Merger with ITT (pdf)</a></p>
>> <p>
>> <strong>Links:</strong> <a href="www.smashedo.org.uk">Smash EDO</a> | <a
>> href="http://www.mbmtech.co.uk/">EDO MBM</a> | <a
>> href="/en/actions/2008/edo/">Smash EDO Indymedia topic page</a>|<a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/08/405497.html">Shutt ITT My
>> Space page</a></p>
>> <p>
>> <strong>Previous features:</strong> <a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/400163.html"> Smash EDO
>> Carnival Against the Arm Trade - Timeline </a>|<a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/399714.html"> Carnival
>> Against the Arms Trade </a>|<a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/400604.html"> Marie Vesco
>> RIP
>> </a>|<a href="/en/2008/03/394558.html">On the Verge - The Film They
>> Tried
>> to Ban</a> |<a href="/en/2007/10/383372.html">Singers Arrested Outside
>> Arms Factory</a> | <a href="/en/2007/08/379681.html">Smash EDO Action
>> Camp: Shut down the Brighton bomb builders</a> | <a
>> href="/en/2007/07/374989.html">Lebanon War protesters - Not Guilty!</a>
>> |
>> <a href="/en/2007/02/362939.html">EDO CORP: 2006 Alternative Report</a>
>> |
>> <a href="/en/2007/01/360710.html">2007 Is The Year To Shut EDO Down</a>
>> |
>> <a href="/en/2006/02/334463.html">EDO MBM Injunction crumbles</a> | <a
>> href="/en/2005/08/320702.html">EDO MBM desperate to stop protests as
>> resistance increases</a> | <a href="/en/2005/06/313576.html">Smash EDO
>> Take On The Law</a> | <a href="/en/2005/04/308039.html">Harassment Law
>> Used Against Anti-War Campaigners</a> | <a
>> href="/en/2005/01/303864.html">Campaign to Smash Edo</a> | <a
>> href="/en/2004/05/292127.html">Arms company shut down</a></p>
>>
>> On October 15th campaigners will gather at EDO/MBM ITT for a mass demo
>> against the arms trade. The meeting point is 12 noon opposite Falmer
>> Station next to the stone sign leading to the Sussex University
>> campus.</p>
>> <p>
>> Activists from around the country are expected to travel to Brighton for
>> the demonstration. Accomodation will be provided around Brighton and a
>> meeting for those going on the demonstration will be held on Tuesday
>> evening. Those thinking of coming are encouraged to get there for the
>> meeting on Tuesday and to come in affinity groups who are willing to
>> work
>> together at the demonstration.</p>
>> <p>
>> Since the successful Carnival Against the Arms Trade in June the
>> campaign
>> has continued against the bomb factory with weekly noise demonstrations
>> being held outside the factory gates. Police repression has increased
>> with
>> <a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2008/07/404919.html?c=on#c200811">
>> five people being arrested for incidents alleged at the carnival
>> </a>,and
>> <a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2008/08/406698.html">
>> five activists have been put on trial for conspiracy to cause criminal
>> damage </a>. <a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2008/07/404578.html">
>> Sussex police have continued their misuse of council byelaws to try to
>> restrict the use of noise by protesters at the factory </a>. A musical
>> protest was held in defiance of the arrests and one man was arrested for
>> <a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2008/08/407225.html">
>> playing an anti-war reworking of "Waltzing Matilda".</a> Sussex police
>> also <a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2008/06/402063.html">
>> showed up in full riot gear </a> to a critical mass protest in
>> commemoration of the death of <a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/400604.html"> Marie
>> Vesco,</a> who was killed en route to the 'Carnival Against the Arms
>> Trade'.</p>
>> <p>
>> EDO MBM's second factory in Fishersgate has closed down since the
>> carnival
>> but EDO/MBM/ITT has finally begun <a
>> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/08/407351.html"> full
>> production
>> of the Paveway IV </a> system, a guided bomb which is integral to the US
>> and UK's military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. </p>
>> <p>
>> On October 15th Smash EDO will take to the streets again. The movement
>> against EDO is growing. We will be here unitl EDO MBM/ITT isn't </p>
>> <p>
>> local contacts for transport to the demonstration:</p>
>> <p>
>> Nottingham - contact at nottsantimilitarism.org.uk
>>
>> Sheffield - sheffield at af-north.org
>>
>> Bath - bathactivistnet at yahoo.co.uk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> thewallmustfall at riseup.net wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> is there a problem with highlghting the demo. It is a large
>>>> mobilisation
>>>>
>>>> it is designed to be linked to a news ticker for the mobilisation
>>>> nearer
>>>> to the time
>>>>
>>> That wasn't quite the question though. It's barely more than a press
>>> release, and shouldn't I think be written in the 1st person /as the
>>> campaign/ (Our, us).
>>>
>>> It's not like there's a shortage of article it's could link to:
>>> /en/2008/07/404919.html
>>> /en/2008/07/405029.html
>>> /en/2008/08/406409.html
>>> /en/2008/08/407683.html
>>> /en/2008/10/409883.html
>>> /en/2008/10/409957.html
>>>
>>> l'n'r,
>>> Jeff
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