Merrick
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Smash EDO activists not guilty!
Jul 01, 2010, 09:37
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Five of the remaining seven Smash EDO decommissioners have just been found not guilty! Unanimous verdict too!
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For those who don't know the case:
In the early hours of 17th January 2009, during Israel's 'Operation Cast Lead' offensive against Gaza, six people broke in to the EDO/ITT weapons' components factory in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, and allegedly caused hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage to the production line. (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-281XjHw50 for the local paper's video of some of the damage)
The six 'decommissioners' barricaded themselves inside, and proceeded to break computers and other equipment, with the aim of preventing the factory from being able to produce weapons. The action succeeded in stopping production at the factory for some time.
The decommissioners defence is that their actions were legally justified as they were acting to prevent a greater crime.
http://www.smashedo.org.uk/
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Merrick
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all of them acquitted
Jul 06, 2010, 16:18
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http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/07/454845.html
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geoffrey_prime
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Re: Smash EDO activists not guilty!
Jul 07, 2010, 02:41
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AND?
Are you just a ticker-tape machine for the news?
Let me throw in my opinion... no, I won't yet..
C'mon folks...."what do you think about this matter"?
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Lawrence
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Re: Smash EDO activists not guilty!
Jul 07, 2010, 02:45
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I think it just goes to show sometimes justice does happen.
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Merrick
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Re: Smash EDO activists not guilty!
Jul 08, 2010, 01:03
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geoffrey_prime wrote: AND?
Are you just a ticker-tape machine for the news?
Yes. This forum exists for radical politics and direct action.
Part of the function of that is to discuss issues, part of it is to flag up relevant ideas and events that might otherwise not have come to the attention of people here.
That's part of the founding remit, and in keeping with that it's been a common feature of what's gone on here, and indeed will continue to be so.
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PMM
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Re: Smash EDO activists not guilty!
Jul 08, 2010, 01:11
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Hi Merrick. Got to ask, since it seems to me to be one of the most important things to be posted here in recent times (at least potentially) in terms of what you can do lawfully (if not legally), but have you seen this: http://www.bbc5.tv/eyeplayer/video/john-harris-its-illusion ?
I'd love to know what you think of it.
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geoffrey_prime
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Re: Smash EDO activists not guilty!
Jul 12, 2010, 02:33
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My personal view..is just, "loaded questions", with the inevitable answers.....TOTALLY POINTLESS
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