SMASHEDO: C'MON FEEL THE NOISE

There was more over the top treatment at Smash EDO’s weekly noise demo last Wednesday (19th) as Brighton coppers continue to do their utmost to imprison the determined bunch for whatever minuscule ‘offences’ they can find.

Ten activists were there to remind workers leaving the arms factory that it was the two-year anniversary of Israel’s bombing of Gaza which killed hundreds (See SchNEWS 661) and make noise with saucepans, drumsticks and pots and pans.

Towards the end of the demo, one activist was arrested under section 5 (behaviour likely to cause alarm) and numerous others have been slapped in irons over the last couple of months for similarly meagre charges, one person for writing in chalk on the EDO fence, and another for allegedly causing damage to the fence by banging it with a rock. Others have been taken in for breach of the peace and conspiracy charges.

Midweek noise demos continue - for more see www.smashedo.org