The reason they don't use this against the EDO protestors is that EDO has a policy now of ignoring the protests against them. They discovered that trying to fight us just led to negative publicity so now they don't prosecute and seek only to have us moved off the premises or prevented from blocking entrances. This has been combined with court injunctions against named individuals preventing them protesting in away way near the site.

I sorry to say that these tactics have proved highly effective, SmashEDO very much revolved around five key individuals who are now prevented from attending the site so evey protest is attracting less and less people this when combined with the new multiple exntrances EDO has built make blocking near impossible so the protests are far less effective than they once were.

We desperetly need new blood for the campaign which faces a real chance of dissapearing soon if not revitalised.

I think its fair to say that the continued trials for the Carnival Against the Arms Trade, combined with the big decommissioning case, ShutITT cases and an appeal to the High Court after a Crown court ruling declared evidence in some of the ShutITT cases inadmissable, demonstrates that EDO are in no way 'ignoring' SmashEDO protests.
They still are attempting to use aggravated trespass on activists as a trial two weeks ago showed. Furthermore, there have been many successful blockades since the fence and gates were put in years ago (see previous indymedia reports)

Also the highly successful Mayday demonstration and continued lively weekly and surprise noise demos plus planned future demos show that SmashEDO is as alive and active and ever. The claims by police that SmashEDO is simply a few core individuals who now cannot attend the site are completely unfounded and the tactics used by EDO and the police have done nothing to quell protest against the disgusting existence of merchants of death in Brighton.

The injunction that Smashy refers to collapsed over years ago and cost EDO over a million pounds. Protest at the factory has gone from strength to strength ever since.

The only thing that i can agree with amidst the whole plethora of misinformation that smashy is attempting to spread is that it is always good to see new people joining the fight against the arms trade.

Some dates for your diary of upcoming demonstrations around EDO/ITT:
Wednesday June 17th -Remember Gaza: outside EDO/ITT from 3.30pm (please
note the earlier starting time).

During January 2009 the Israeli army launched an attack on the civilian
population of Gaza. Over 1400 people were killed including over 300
children. EDO supply components to the Israeli army and were hence
complicit in this massacre.

On June 17th, five months after the bombing, we will be reading out the
names of all 1400 people who were killed outside of the bomb factory to
ensure that this war crime is not forgotten.

Wednesday July 1st - The History of ITT from 4pm outside EDO MBM/ITT
The ITT Corporation, which took over EDO in December 2007, have a long
history of working with fascist regimes. They worked with the Nazi regime
in Germany throughout its genocide, with Franco in Spain and with Pinochet
in Chile. On July 1st we will be re-enacting the bloody history of ITT.
Feel free to participate as creatively as you like!

Sunday July 12th - Support the Decommissioners - Peace Walk from Brighton
to Lewes Prison
Meet 11am at The Level, Brighton
Meet at the Level to walk to Lewes, where we will be holding a
demonstration outside the prison gates.

On the 17th of January, as the bombs still rained down on Gaza, six people
entered the EDO factory. They threw computers and filing cabinets out of a
first floor window and took hammers to machinery used for weapons
production. Their aim was to disable the war machine and to take action
against those who profit from the aerial bombardment of Gaza. This walk
will take place in support of the decommissoners.

Please not that the walk might change if the two people currently on
remand are bailed or moved. Keep checking www.smashedo.org.uk for updates.

Wednesday July 22nd -Bikes not Bombs - Critical Mass against EDO/ITT
Meet at 3.30pm at The Level (the ride to the factory will start at 4pm).
If you do not have a bike, just go straight to the factory as usual.

What a lot of dreamt up bullshit from the first Smashy...
And remeber that as well as the special demos mentioned above, noise demos continue every Wednesday between 4-6.

So who are these five? There have been as many people as ever going to the weekly demo (admittedly fewer than we'd like) and there are now regular impromptu demos too. I guess this "Smashy" is a policeman and as we all know they really don't get it and probably never will.

It's very frustrating sometimes working with activists who refuse to face up to the truth and who label all alternative views as postings by cops. The SmashEDO campaign is in trouble and writing to Indymedia trying to pretend it isn't is just a bit pathetic really. We need to be more up front with people, tell the truth and rebuild the campaign.

If any of the above poster really are involved they will know exactly who I am referring to with the key five, if they are not then I suggest they stop posting and spreading lies.

There is nothing worng with stating the truth about the decline of the campaign and asking for new support, there is a lot wrong in lying

There are currently only 9 people bailed from the site and at least 6 of those are the decommissioners who were never really involved with the campaign on a weekly basis in the first place (they were all based in Bristol). I do not know where you get the "five key figures" from. If you are not a cop, then maybe you have met some people and just drawn the the wrong conclusions...
(by the way, why would anyone bother to write a pretend reply unless they were involved in the campaign? People have too much on their hands at it is...)