[Sosfbay-discuss] action against arms makers

[Jim Doyle]

Excerpts from a report in today's Guardian


  *Decommissioning the arms trade*

When government agencies cloak arms exports to Israel in secrecy,
we have a moral and legal right to prevent their damage


During the night of January 17 2009, the last day of the Israeli attack 
on Gaza,
six peace activists climbed the fence of a Brighton arms factory EDO MBM 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/17/gaza-armsfactory-protest>.
Entering through broken windows and wielding hammers, they systematically
smashed computers and machinery, and destroyed records.

In Brighton, [2003] rallies against the outbreak of the Iraq war saw 
thousands on the streets 
<http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2003/3/21/137907.html>,
expressing anger, even against the New Labour-led council.

Ironically, the day before the EDO MBM factory was broken into [2009],
Brighton council censored a motion of condemnation (jpg) 
<http://www.wikileaks.org/leak/uk-greens-brighton-edo-2009.jpg> against 
EDO MBM's
supplies of components to Israel tabled by the Green party.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/22/arms-trade-protest-edo