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Further Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ in Nottingham : Pix 1

Tash [alan lodge] | 14.10.2008 17:49 | Anti-militarism

At 4pm on Monday 14th October, people had initially met on the corner of Abbey Bridge and the road leading to Lenton Lane. Then, arriving together, people gathered at the gates to the UK headquarters of Heckler & Koch, based within the Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham.






















At 4pm on Monday 14th October, people had initially met on the corner of Abbey Bridge and the road leading to Lenton Lane. Then, arriving together, people gathered at the gates to the UK headquarters of Heckler & Koch, based within the Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham.

One would have thought that a city infamous for its gun crime would be a poor location for a warehouse full of guns. Not according to H&K, who do great business equipping war-mongers on any side.

Proud owners of H&K weaponry include the brutal militias of Darfur - the Janjaweed. Funnily enough, despite the outcry against the massacres in Darfur, they obviously weren't quite bad enough to stop selling weapons to the perpetrators. Even a recent arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against a senior Sudanese politician accused of selling H&K weapons to the Janjaweed hasn't seemed to stem the flow of H&K guns to a militia accused by everyone including the US of committing genocide. (H&K guns also fill the arsenals of the US Dept of Homeland Security, US Navy Seals & the FBI amongst others).

H&K have a 'strategic partnership' with the world's largest mercenary company Blackwater. H&K supply the guns to the Iraqi and Afghan puppet governments, and Blackwater provide the training.

There was a plan for H&K to produce special edition 'Blackwater' weapons - complete with the Blackwater logo on them. However, after Blackwater made the headlines for killing 17 innocent Iraqis (not the first time that Blackwater have killed innocent Iraqis, but the first time that it made the news in a major way), the plan was shelved.

Interestingly, local media also came under pressure; Trent FM, who had shown some enthusiasm about reporting these demos, received a word in their ear from both H&K's press office as well as the police, warning hacks that it would be 'irresponsible' to publish the fact that H&K has a warehouse full of weapons in Nottingham, as it may prompt criminals to try and steal them.

In response the campaigners pointed out to the radio station that H&K's address was published at Company House, as well as in several business directories. About the radio station being leaned on, the campaigners said that "If the security policy of H&K and Notts police relies on no-one finding out the company's location, then clearly it is they who are irresponsible, not our campaign and not the media. A large warehouse stocked with high-power assault rifles and submachine guns with inadequate security to prevent a robbery is clearly a significant danger to the public, and publicisng such a danger is very much in the public interest."

The H&K warehouse, located at Easter Park, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, is next to the 'Trent Vineyard', an evangelist church that held the funeral of Danielle Beccan, a 14 year old girl who was killed in a drive-by shooting. At her funeral service the then mayor of Nottingham said, "Guns have no place at all in our community - not in Nottingham, not in my city nor any other city in Britain."

One campigner said: "The arms trade relies on secrecy. Most people abhor the idea of factories and warehouse making and selling weapons around the world, and arms companies know this. By lifting the lid on the business, anti-arms protesters can make a put the pressure on the government/corporate killing machine to stop killing for profit." [schNews]

As you can see from the front board, Unit 3 is simply 'let'. One feels that they might just be a little embarrassed about their presence on the Easter Park Estate. Previous occupants had been the Royal Small Arms Factory. Even during wartime, they had a sign on the gate, saying who they were! Another example might be British Aerospace Works at Filton, Bristol. Again, they say who they are on the gate. This lot still remain shy of folks knowing of their activities. In my opinion, lights need to be shone into dark corners .

Continued ..... >

Further Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ in Nottingham : Pix 2
 http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/10/410842.html



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Shut Down Heckler & Koch Campaign
 http://nottsantimilitarism.wordpress.com/heckler-koch

earlier events

Another Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ in Nottingham
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/07/403399.html

Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ in Nottingham
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/398393.html

Surveillance at Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ in Nottingham
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/398414.html

Protest at Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ in Nottingham : Pictures
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/07/376847.html

'Die-In' at Nottingham University to protest at un-ethical investments
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/340171.html

Nottingham University Student Die-In :: to protest at un-ethical investments
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/365708.html

____________________________________________
ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email:  tash@indymedia.org
Member of the National Union of Journalists [No: 014345]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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Tash [alan lodge]
- e-mail: tash@indymedia.org

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Flyer

14.10.2008 23:12



H&K flyer from this last demo

tash
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new york,darfur,radford, H&K supplied murder& genocide,supply democracy not fash

18.10.2008 19:19

Ive worked in manufacturing & been a protester for over the last decade.
As protesters & people please lets differentiate more in propaganda between arms dealers who try to only deal to nations that truelly believe& act on the universal declaration of human rights & those that deal to genocide like H&K. H& K will be haunted until they stop, by protesters like us & the families of those theyve helped murder
Many Governments & organisations who should be enforcing universal law but arent, activists like us can help. There are good people & unionists in manufacturing& admin who would support us alot more if we had more discretion& were alot clearer. Until fascism &extremism finally dies out people need some weapons for self defence& our tactics refined to help change that faster. Otherwise people will just think we are naive & bad arms dealers+ fascists will find it easy to destroy our message.
I say this as someone who when a much younger activist did not understand, but Iam also someone whoes worked in manufacturing& understand it alot better now.

There are also weapons that definetely should be focusing more on like armed Killbots"9 people died in S.Africa recently&3000 or so had to be withdrawn in Iraq after repeatedly turning weapons at their controllers,nuclear especially nuclear cobalt .At moment I feel I dont want to go on any CAAT demos until tactics improve, if you want to discuss this email, I'd be happy to take time to elaborate, I will email your gen enquires

I am sure fellow workers & protesters can understand that Ive thought alot about this on courses at university,& in 15 years of activism & manufacturing.

respect for the universal declaration of human rights& heres to a true universal federation n& more truces with police& armies to get it done peacefully, down with oppresion& government.
It may seem crazy that the main people at the moment really standing up,organistin & taking action for international & universal laws & anarchists, its not crazy its universalism!;)

green syndicalist