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i'm sure you already know about the action but the court case is due to start now on the 7th June 2010 read full story / add a comment

Film night at the Magpie and Peace vigil outside the trial in Hove Brighton

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FILM AND TALK
The War that never ends read full story / add a comment

It is our understanding that His Honour Judge Bathurst-Norman, who used to sit at Southwark Crown Court, has been assigned to sit on the case. This means the trial will be going ahead on 7th June.
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Summary of today's court hearing:

There is NO Guarantee the trial will start on the 7th

June due to having to find a Judge!
Seriously - there would appear to be a shortage!
Why - dunno answers on a postcard please.

This is the date that we are still working towards though.
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Due to THE Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) not complying with the courts orders the trial date has changed. read full story / add a comment

"Every bullet that is fired, every bomb that is dropped has to be made somewhere and that somewhere can be resisted"
The story of Raytheon 9, how 9 people took on an international arms company and won...inspiring film.
Plus an informative talk by Joanne Baker on the terrible consequences that the arms trade unleashes on a civilian population. read full story / add a comment

Hammers @ Dawn, London Saturday 20th March

SAMBA, POETRY, DJS, GOOD VIBES, FOOD.

VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED (PROB HACKNEY/ BOW)
AND UP DATED ON HERE OR
CALL 07804167930 ON THE NIGHT
DONATIONS ON THE DOOR
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Update on EDO/ITT Decommissioners Case.

Yesterday the Preparatory Hearing relating to the EDO/ITT defendants took place at Hove Crown Court.

Although scheduled for a two day hearing all was done and dusted within the first day.

This hearing, by Judge Kemp, was to determine which arguments in law could be brought by the defence before the court at there trial due to commence on 17th May, 2010.
It was anticipated by the defence that there are two linked issues that required consideration.
i) The circumstances in which a judge may withdraw a defendant’s defence;
ii) Whether the facts relied on by the defendants’ amounts to defences in law.

The points of law up for scrutiny were regarding to:

Criminal Damage Act 1971

Criminal Law Act 1967

The common law defence of necessity. read full story / add a comment

Yesterday two of the defendants in the decommissioning trial, were successful in their appeal of their conviction for offences relating to the 2008 'Carnival Against the Arms Trade'. Both defendants had been arrested in a mass invasion of the EDO MBM/ITT carpark. Fifteen people were arrested after the 'Carnival', which Sussex Police described as a riot. read full story / add a comment

Decommisioners Benefit 4th September
The Plough, Bristol read full story / add a comment

Birthday cards read full story / add a comment

BENEFIT GIG
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The EDO Decommissioners campaign have just produced their own t-shirts. All procedes to support the prisoners and campaign.
Brilliant designs, well we think so! Go to decommisioners.wordpress.com to order. Thanks to local collective Squidink for their help in production. read full story / add a comment

Court Case in Brighton 16th Feb Update:
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Yesterday in Brighton magistrate's court defendants in the EDO Decommissioners Case
had charges of Burglary dropped and replaced with Conspiracy To Cause Criminal Damage. read full story / add a comment

More than 1200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since Decmber 27th, more than 400 of which are children. They have deliberately targetted individuals in their homes, schools, hospitals as well as U.N compounds.

EDO MBM make vital components for the Paveway4 precision guided bomb, Paveway system of munitions, Hellfire missiles, and bomb release clips for F15 and F16 fighter aircraft, and has contracts with the Israeli Military. read full story / add a comment

I'm poor, I can't afford a pc in my house 24hrs a day. I don't live near a library, or any other free internet service, i only live near an internet cafe which charges. I work on minimum wage, I don't have time or money left to buy a bike and cycle around bristol looking for free internet access. All I have time and money for is the internet cafe near me. I only have about 50 - £1 to spend each week. read full story / add a comment

Prosecution opens case against 5 Sainsbury's GM-Fed milk protesters read full story / add a comment