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Newsletter

Video & Audio

Trailer for 'On the Verge' - The Smash EDO Campaign film

Shit Happens - ITT are paid a visit on the day they take over EDO MBM

Juke Box Jury - The police arrest five people for singing karaoke badly outside EDO MBM

EDO Trilogy - triple bill of films about the response by the Smash EDO camaign to the Israeli bombing of Lebanon

EDO Schnewsflash - Paul Hills, MD of EDO MBM, has to climb over his own fence after EDO MBM is blockaded

Schmovies Injunctivitis double bill - two short films on EDO's attempt to get stifle protest

Every Death an Opportunity - short film about EDO and the campaign against them.

Video Nasties During Israel's attacks on Gaza and the Lebanon, Sussex Action for Peace held its second march on August 19th, protesting about the West's lack of response to war crimes in the Middle East. Before the march began it soon became apparent that Sussex Police were having none of it. Apart from the obvious Police overkill and crappy excuses for changing the route of the march, the number of police FIT teams that were deployed was way beyond the norm – even filming kids in buggies!

Smash EDO Noisy Noise Demo - Smash EDO making some noise on 30th May 2007.

The 'Oh Dude' Massacre - raw unedited footage from an F-16 gun camera as the pilot bombs a crowd of civilians in Fallujah. Shows the dehumanised face of modern war.

Indymedia Radio from May 31st Demo - Recorded live at the demo, includes interviews with participants and arrests - including the Indymedia journalist making the recording!

'Noise Annoys' hi lo - SchNEWS took a trip up to one of the smashEDO demos recently and bumped into an old mate - Mark Thomas.

August 13th City Centre Demo - Indymedia footage of this demo - includes clear evidence of massive overpolicing and police brutality - at 2:50 one cop gouges the eye of a man who's arms are held by other cops.

Injunction Media Coverage - Two TV News Reports broadcast at 6:30pm (BBC - 30 Seconds) & 7:00pm (Channel Four - 51 Seconds) from Friday 29nd April 2005 of the Interim High Court (Strand, London) Ruling regarding EDO's 'Injunction' using 'Stalking Laws' to limit peaceful protests. Hosted by Sussex Action for Peace.

Injunction Media Coverage - Two BBC TV News Reports broadcast at 1:00pm & 6:30pm on the 22nd April 2005 of the EDO Peace Protesters High Court Appearance. Hosted by Sussex Action for Peace.

Injunction Media Coverage - National BBC TV News Report broadcast at 10:30 pm on the 14th April 2005 of the EDO Peace Protesters High Court Appearance. Hosted by Sussex Action for Peace.

Fact Sheets & Flyers

Carnival against the arms trade - On June 4th 2008 is the national demo/carnival agianst EDO and the arms trade in general. Download the two-sided A4 colour flyer in pdf format (1.4 meg)

Colour Leaflet (2006) - Download the generic Smash EDO flyer containing basic points about EDO-MBM and the campaign against them. A4, two sides, colour, pdf, 950kb.

ITT & EDO - EDO are being taken over by another US arms firm ITT. Find out ITT's links with Hitler, Pinochet and Franco - and where their UK offices are! A4, two sided, b&w, pdf, 93kb.

Protest Camp 2007 Leaflet

Protest Camp 2007 Poster

Smash EDO Sticker (2007)

General Leaflet (2005) - EDO Kill Kids For Cash - We Can Stop Them!

Civilian Casualties in Iraq - A full copy of the famous Lancet report, which puts civilian casualties of the war in Iraq at 100,000 at a 'conservate estimate'.

Injunction

In April 2005 EDO MBM applied for a civil injunction restricting protest outside EDO MBM. Campaigners fought against the injuunction in the High Court and, in 2006, EDO's case collapsed resulting in the lifting of the injunction. Here are some of the original papers from the case.

Interim injunction judgement - On 29th April 2005 Judge Gross granted an interim injunction. Here's the text of his judgement.

Preliminary Issues Trial judgement - In November 2005 Judge Walker ruled on the part of the defendants defence which related to a defense of 'prevention of crime'. The issues considered relate to whether there was nexus between the defendants actions and the prevention of war crimes in Iraq and Palestine. David Perry attended as a party in the case on behalf of the Attorney General. EDO MBM denied they sold weapons to Israel.

Final Judgement - Judge Walker's final order ruling that EDO and their lawyers had abused the process of the court and acted improperly in the case. This judgement lead to the collapse of the injunction and an order for EDO to pay indemnity costs to the defendants (over £35 000 went to individual litigants in person).