Fiesta for Life
September 2001: Anti-DSEi.
Fiesta for Life in the Docklands
14-09-2001 06:26
The 'Fiesta for Life against Death' focusing on Europe's biggest arms fair drew over a thousand people to East London on 11 September. Campaigners from a wide array of groups, including Reclaim the Streets, Earth First, Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), Wombles and Christian pressure groups, converged into a loud and colourful protest at the lavish Excel conference centre in Canning Town, one of the most deprived regions in Britain. Despite heavy policing from the onset, crowds remained bright and calm, gaining support from much of the local community on the issue of international arms trade.Fiesta for Life in the Docklands 2001
10-09-2001 23:00
The Campaign Against Arms Trade and the umbrella group Disarm DSEI have joined in a "Fiesta for Life against Death" in the Docklands of London to shut down DSEI, the largest arms fair in Europe.Spaces for the DSEI protest raided
08-09-2001 14:41
UPDATE 10/09/01: The DSEi protests have now finally been covered by the Guardian, the Independent, Reuters and others.Police raided two squats in south London this Friday and arrested four people for 'conspiracy to commit violent disorder', 'evidence' being that police found body armour and a stick with a nail in it (they were later released on bail). The Borough squat on the corner of Great Dover St and Globe St and the London Bridge space on Tooley St were both being used as preparation spaces for the DSEI (arms trade) protest on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses report that police have destroyed props at the Borough space. Meanwhile over the weekend events were held in Brighton and London to highlight the arms trade and the DSEi protests.
Corporate Media Ignores Arms Fair Protest
07-09-2001 00:10
In a surprising change of form the corporate media seems to be ignoring the colourful protest planned for next Tuesday 11th September against the DSEi arms fair in London.Previous larger actions (and some small ones) have always been preceded by numerous press articles predicting 'hardcore anarchist violence', and yet there has so far been no coverage at all of the plans to hold a 'Fiesta For Life Against Death' protest at the Defence Systems and Equipment international exhibition on Tuesday.
