SchNEWS 710 - 19th February 2010

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Issue 710 Articles:

Gaza Defendants Hammered

Block 'n' A.w.e

Rossport: Lobster Plot

Calais: Hangar-ing On

Heckler Put Down

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HECKLER PUT DOWN

Nottingham’s local anti-militarists ‘Shut Down H&K’ did what it says on the tin today, with a rooftop occupation and lock on to the gates closing down the arms depot for the day.

Banners were unfurled by the two on the roof, and the 4 people locked on stayed put until they were cut off after 6 ½ hours. As regular SchNEWS readers will know, H&K supply high tech small arms to some of the world’s most repressive regimes. H&K weapons are estimated to have caused 1.5 million deaths worldwide to date.

*see www.shutdownhk.org.uk

Keywords: arms trade, heckler & koch, occupation

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