[IMC-UK-Features] feature proposal

[Jim Dog]

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This would be really good to go up today as a buildup to mayday imho.
Can't seem to get onto the publish server today though (bad gateway
reply) otherwise I'd do it myself. Off to work soon so won't be
available until the morning, is someone else willing to get it up?

Solidarity

JimDog*

freethepeeps at riseup.net wrote:
> Proposal from thewallmustfall for a feature to go up in 24 hours - he
> thinks he's been knocked off the features list.
> 
> Police told to "Behave" at Smash EDO Mayday Street Party
> 
> <p><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. </p>
> 
> <p>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></p>
> 
> <p>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> </p>
> <p><strong>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.</p>
> <p>Timetable For the mayday! Mayday! Street Party:</p>
> <p>10.30am - <a
> href="http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/429067.html">Smash EDO
> 101.4FM</a> begins to Broadcast</p>
> <p>11am - Critical Mass starts from Brighton Station </p>
> <p>12 noon - Street Party begins </p></strong>
> <p><strong>Info for the Mayday! Mayday! Street Party:</strong><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>
> <p><strong>Previous Coverage of Smash EDO Mass Demonstrations:</strong><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></p>
> 
> 
> cheers
> 
> ftp
> 
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