Anti-Militarist Network

Target Brimar Campaign Website

Brimar is a Greater Manchester based company that manufactures a range of screens and viewing equipment, including specialist cathode ray tubes. Although Brimar makes some equipment and components for civilian uses, it has come to mainly specialise in military devices.

Brimar’s devices are found in fighter planes, attack helicopters, tanks, armoured missile launchers.

We are calling for a national demonstration to launch the Target Brimar campaign. This will be on Saturday 17th October at noon.

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The website for the NATO Welcoming Committee has been launched. The NATO WC will provide a convergence space for activists to converge and stay in throughout the Assembly, as well as providing food, medical services in terms of street medics and a well-stocked medics space, legal support through the Scottish Activist Legal Project, trauma support and other forms of support to activists.

They are calling for a mass demo to try and shut down NATO on Friday the 13th of November, the first day of the assembly.

DESTROY THE BANKS!
DESTROY THE INVESTORS!
DESTROY THE ARMS TRADE!

Defence Systems Equipment International (DSEi)—the world’s largest arms fair—is due to take place in East London between 8 and 11 September 2009. At DSEi 2007, there were 1352 exhibitors from 40 different countries with a total of 26,5000 visitors.

The Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) will be holding a National Gathering on Saturday October 31st at Toynbee Studios, London (nearest tube Aldgate East). Arrive 09:45 for 10:15 start. Finish at 17:00.

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The next AMN Gathering will take place in Nottingham, the 11th – 12th of July. For more information see www.antimilitaristnetwork.org.uk/nextgathering. On the Monday after the gathering Notts Anti-Militarism will hold a demonstration against their local arms dealer, Heckler and Koch (details tbc). Click Read More to see about two other events coming up.

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Welcome to the first Action Roundup from for Anti-Militarist Network. To have your events or actions covered either add them to Indymedia UK under the anti-militarism topic, or email us.

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The anti-militarist network invites all who are prepared to take action against global militarism for a two day conference at the Cowley Club Social Centre in Brighton on the 2nd and 3rd of May 2009.

A provisional timetable for the weekend is now available.

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Last week the G20 leaders met in London to discuss the economic crisis, and how much of the public’s money they were going to plough into the financial institutions that are responsible for this hole mess in the first place. They were meet by thousands who had far more important issues to raise, such as climate change, border controls and war. On the 1st of April crowds descended on the Bank of England as part of G20 Meltdown (IMC reports). The city centre was brought to a stand still and two banks had their windows smashed.

A few days later NATO were attempting to celebrate their 60th year of military supremacy in the French city of Strasbourg. Tens of thousands flooded the city to protest through a diversity of tactics and to stop NATO celebrating in quietly (pictures on IMC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9).

NO TO WAR! A CALL TO ACTION! 3-6th OF APRIL!

At the beginning of April NATO meets in Strasbourg to celebrate its 60th Anniversary. This is no time to celebrate. This is a time to take action. The movement against militarism in the UK is building.
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In November 2008 a gathering of reflection and planning for a new anti-militarist movement took place in Edinburgh. Having taken a critical look at the current state of the anti-militarist/anti-war/peace movement in the UK whilst celebrating the movement’s successes and analysing its shortcomings, the Anti- Militarist Network (AMN) was formed.

Join us for the second gathering to further discuss how we can build an anti-militarist movement capable of resisting and stopping current and future militarism and aggressive state violence.

This gathering will also continue to bring together a broad-based network of groups and individuals to begin mobilising for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly that will take place 13th-17th November 2009.

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