Raytheon 9 Film +talk by Joanne Baker
Raytheon 9 Film +talk by Joanne Baker
“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.
On the 17th of January 2009, during the brutal attack on Gaza 6 people entered the EDO/ITT arms factory in Brighton and decommissioned the premises rendering the factory out of action causing a quarter of a million worth of damage and closing the premises down for a month. The EDO decommissioners are on trial on the 17th of May, they are charged with conspiracy to cause criminal damage and criminal damage of over £250,000 to the Factory. Bristol Stop the War in conjunction with the EDO decommissioners will be showing the Raytheon 9 film at the Magpie Arts Centre on Picton St. (Ashley rd entrance) Plus Joanne Baker will be talking on the devastation inflicted on Iraq by the bombing and the occupation forces. The Raytheon 9 film describes how, on the 12th August 2006, during the Israeli military campaign against Lebanon, 9 men stormed an arms factory in Derry, Northern Ireland. They caused an estimated £350,000 worth of damage and were arrested. They denied nothing, yet the jury acquitted them of all charges. Joanne Baker has been actively engaged with the humanitarian situation in Iraq since 1997. She visited Iraq between 1999 and 2004 and has witnessed first hand the devastating effects of the High Tech weapons used by the coalition forces. She defied sanctions and entered Iraq with a rucksack full of medicines and visited the Hospitals and returned to Britain informing people that new and terrible weapons were causing similar deformities in births as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. She has written an informative and concise book about Depleted Uranium and the devastation it has reaped in Iraq.She is a teacher, human ecologist and human rights campaigner, she talks both with humanitarian compassion and political insight. The evening is designed to bring awareness of the fact that these murder factories are just up the road from us in our towns and cities, masquerading as respectable businesses and getting away with the worst war crimes perpetrated in human history. The people of Iraq Afghanistan and Palestine can only look to us, the ordinary people of this country, to expose and bring to trial these war criminals in our midsts. . In the meantime if you want to support the EDO decommissioners this is what you can do: sign the on line petition http://www.petitiononline.com/decom1/
Write to Elijah James Smith, one of the EDO decommissioners who has been on remand since the 17th of Jan 2009 Elijah Smith, A3186AM , HMP Lewes , 1 Brighton Rd, Lewes, Sussex, BN7 1EA ENGLAND Make sure you write his prisoner number on the pages of the letter or card, to make sure it reaches him. Support our trial Join the peace vigil on the first day of the trial (17th of May) For tickets to the trial contact bristolstopwar@hotmail.com or turn up during the trial and hold your own vigil outside the court. Everyday do something against the war.
Related Link: http://decommissioners.co.uk/
