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Fri May 1 09:17:41 PDT 2009

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Police told to "Behave" at Smash EDO Mayday Street Party

<a href="www.smashedo.org.uk/mayday-09.htm">Smash EDO's Mayday! Mayday!
Street Party on 4th May </a> looks set to be the next stop on the summer
of rage. The mobilisation has been linked firmly to a new wave of
resistance against global capital. A <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/04//427416.pdf"> map </a> has
been published showing the location of EDO's key investors and business
partners in Brighton. The list includes highstreet banks, BP, American
Express and Mcdonalds. The message is clear, EDO cannot operate in a
vacuum; it is propped up by the state and a network of global
corporations.

Despite all this the police seem to be firmly on the back foot after
the media backlash, triggered, by the <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/426083.html">killing of Ian
Tomlinson, against police violence and repression at the G20.</a><a
href="http://www.theargus.co.uk/search/4321000.Sussex_Police_chief_warns_officers_to_behave_at_Brighton_protest/">
Sussex Police have been told to 'behave'</a> by Chief Constable Richards
who fears that “People’s confidence in policing has been shaken by things
they have seen on their TVs and read in their newspapers".

All this must be rather difficult for Sussex police as they have been
gearing up for some serious repression of Smash EDO for quite sometime. <a
href="https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2008/06/400421.html">
Dick Barton</a>, a Sussex Police officer seconded to the Home Office who
was responsible for training Iraqi police recruits in Basra and Baghdad,
has been given the dubious honour of coordinating investigations of
'crimes against EDO'. Past police tactics have included <a
href="http://www.schnews.org.uk/schmovies/edo-numberone.mov"> following
'organisers'</a>, supporting a <a
href="http://www.smashedo.org.uk/injunction.htm"> dodgy injunction</a>, <a
href="https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/08/406698.html"> engaging in
ridiculous conspiracy cases</a>,<a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2009/03/425356.html?c=on#c218868">
attempting to cultivate informers</a> and <a
href="https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/10/410912.html"> attacking mass
demonstrations</a>

Sussex police, desperate for information, have written to people they
perceive to be organisers, saying that the policing of the demonstrations
will not be repressive if organisers negotiate with the police. Smash EDO
responded, in an <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/428130.html">open letter</a>,
giving the example of the <a href="http://climatecamp.org.uk"> Camp for
Climate Action</a> who engaged fully with the Met before their G20 protest
but were still <a
href=http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/426429.html">subjected to
brutal attacks.</a><a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/428984.html"> The police have
told the Argus that they plan to target suspected 'ringleaders'</a>. The
Gold commander for Mayday! policing has taken to <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/428204.html">posting appeals
for information on Indymedia.</a> 
There will be a gathering of the <a
href="http://antimilitaristnetwork.noflag.org.uk/"> Anti Militarist
Network</a> on the 2nd and 3rd of May. The gathering will discuss building
cooperation between anti-militarist groups and plan mobilisations against
the <a href="http://www.dsei.co.uk/">DSEI arms fair</a> and the <a
href="http://antimilitaristnetwork.noflag.org.uk/nato/">NATO parliamentary
assembly</a> later this year.
Timetable For the mayday! Mayday! Street Party:
10.30am - <a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/429067.html">Smash EDO
101.4FM</a> begins to Broadcast
11am - Critical Mass starts from Brighton Station 
12 noon - Street Party begins 
Info for the Mayday! Mayday! Street Party:<a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/429052.html">Update from
Smash EDO Including Info on How to Find out About the meeting Point for
the Demo</a>|<a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/04//427416.pdf">Anti
Militarist Map of Brighton</a>|<a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/429067.html"> Smash EDO Radio
101.4FM</a>|<a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/428128.html?c=on#c221427">
Timetable for the Anti-Militarist Gathering - 2nd-3rd May</a>|<a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/429057.html?c=on#c222283">
FITwatch Spotter Card</a>|<a
href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/428989.html"> Bikeride from
London to the Street Party</a>
Previous Coverage of Smash EDO Mass Demonstrations:<a
href="https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/10/410912.html">Shut ITT -
October 2008</a>|<a
href="https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/400163.html">Carnival
Against the Arms Trade - June 2008</a>|<a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_-v2bi33Qc">Freedom to Protest -
June 2008</a>

cheers

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