Smash EDO protesters arrested at Brighton factory gates

Police confront protesters glued to the EDO MBM Technology factory in Moulescoomb Police confront protesters glued to the EDO MBM Technology factory in Moulescoomb

Two people were arrested after protesters super-glued and bicycle-locked themselves to the front of a factory for nearly six hours.

A group from Smash EDO gathered outside the EDO MBM Technology factory in Home Farm Road, Moulsecoomb, from 5.30am yesterday (March 19).

The protest, which involved at least three campaigners securing themselves to the gates of the factory, was held to mark the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

A 58-year-old woman from Swansea and a 32-year-old man of no fixed address were removed and arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass.

A Sussex Police spokesman said: “A third protester, who had attached herself to the railings, asked to be released by police, who were happy to oblige. She was not arrested.”

The protest took place while Jessica Nero, 35, of Mitcham, Surrey, was appearing at Lewes Crown Court to appeal against her conviction for obstructing lawful activity during a previous protest outside the factory in April 2011.

Nero, who was fined £200 and given a two-year conditional discharge aft-er being convicted of the offence, had her case adjourned until April 12.

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Comments(41)

mimseycal says...
10:45am Wed 20 Mar 13

Spring must be in the air ... the self righteous Smash EDO mob has crawled out from its winter lair.

MuammarQaddafi says...
10:54am Wed 20 Mar 13

Funny how the Smash Eediots' moral sense ebbs and flows with the warm temperatures. You'd think that if something were really evil, it would be worth protesting in all weather.

Crystal Ball says...
11:05am Wed 20 Mar 13

Three disparate people does not constitute "a mob"!

Kiddon72 says...
11:18am Wed 20 Mar 13

Why pick on EDO ?

There is a company in Sussex that manafactures and repairs heavy machine guns. Are they targeted ?

There is a company in Sussex that manafactures parts for armoured fighting vehicles. Are they targeted ?

There is a company in Sussex that repairs air defence weapons. Are they targeted ?

If smash EDO are true to their claims why do they not protest against these other companies ?

FC says...
11:31am Wed 20 Mar 13

Hippies.

GET JOBS, SCUM.

Man of steel says...
11:55am Wed 20 Mar 13

"Kiddon72 says...Why pick on EDO ?"
I understood that it was started by a rentamob, hired by a rival company who wanted the business, and the great unwashed fell for it, joined in, and have continued ever since.

Mel Shock says...
12:14pm Wed 20 Mar 13

oh the right wing of Brighton surface once again.........your posts are hilarious.......

forgot, you need to be unemployed and unwashed to protest about something .......so does that include you ?? your protesting from your armchair............
.

Mr_Tom says...
12:26pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Mel Shock wrote:
oh the right wing of Brighton surface once again.........your posts are hilarious.......

forgot, you need to be unemployed and unwashed to protest about something .......so does that include you ?? your protesting from your armchair............

.
"A 58-year-old woman from Swansea and a 32-year-old man of no fixed address"

the rest of us were busy at work....

My mother protests against government cuts etc and works full time.. but this 'smash EDO' lot do seem a bit moronic.. I don't understand why they target EDO MBM specifically.. as (as has been mentioned) there are far worse offenders locally.. I have worked in the electronics industry in the area for many years so I should know! (I also know that chaining yourself to the railings is about as much of a deterrent to a multi-million pound military electronics manufacturer as the threat of community service is to the average thief..

Smash EDO says...
12:28pm Wed 20 Mar 13

And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.

Mel Shock says...
12:31pm Wed 20 Mar 13

The 58 yr old maybe retired...........ok will give you the NFA.........but however does not mean dirty.......
I was also referring to the other posters not yourself.........and from what I can remember EDO is a government funded weapons manufacturer.

Mr_Tom says...
12:39pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Smash EDO wrote:
And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
you sir.. are an idiot..

maybe stop acting like dogs and you won't be treated like them! target the head offices or places where you might actually make a difference.. chaining yourself to the railings does nothing but lose your support from all angles and show you in a bad light..

Mr_Tom says...
12:41pm Wed 20 Mar 13

EDO doesn't manufacture weapons, they produce thermal imaging systems, harnesses and looms etc etc.. not actual warheads etc...

Mr_Tom says...
12:43pm Wed 20 Mar 13

http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/EDO_Corpora
tion

Kiddon72 says...
12:50pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Smash EDO wrote:
And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
But you still won't answer the question.
Why EDO and not the many companies in Sussex that manafacture actual weapons or missile guidance systems ?

harvela says...
12:58pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Possibly a tactical error by Smash EDO this time . Not a great idea attacking EDO while the Cooper / Nero appeal has been adjourned . Hopefully with this latest incident fresh in mind ,the appeal will be quashed and the original sentence upheld . If that happens , the Smash EDO miscreants better keep a good check on who to use each time . Further criminal acts within the conditional discharge time frame will send them down - hopefully . It will keep the most fanatical zealots out the picture for a while .
Looking forward to ms Nero / Cooper
next reincarnation . Here's looking forward to a good result on the 12th

kopite_rob says...
1:10pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Kiddon72 wrote:
Smash EDO wrote: And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
But you still won't answer the question. Why EDO and not the many companies in Sussex that manafacture actual weapons or missile guidance systems ?
Good point.
Why not go up the road to Thales who produce rockets, unmanned airiel drones that deliver the rockets and radio equipment that allows the rockets delivered by the drones to blow up small innocent goat herders in Pakistan?

This company produce electronics and cabling.
Its about as sensible as the anti car brigade chaining themselves to the gates of the company that makes wheel nuts.

This is a multi million dollar multinational business employing very intelligent and skilled people and investing in Brighton.
I'll be gobsmacked if a middle aged hippy from Wales and a homeless dosser are really going to bother a company that works in the heart of the US government.


Watch out for the black helicopters!

0000242 says...
1:12pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Kiddon72 wrote:
Smash EDO wrote:
And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
But you still won't answer the question.
Why EDO and not the many companies in Sussex that manafacture actual weapons or missile guidance systems ?
But, Kiddon27, missile guidance systems are exactly what EDO makes...The FRCS is part of the guidance system.

MuammarQaddafi says...
1:21pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Smash EDO wrote:
And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
Dogs don't chain themselves to fences. Only humans are idiot enough to do that.

PorkBoat says...
1:35pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Smash EDO wrote:
And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
And vice-versa. Only fair, innit?

PorkBoat says...
1:38pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Turn the hoses on them!

Kiddon72 says...
1:39pm Wed 20 Mar 13

0000242 wrote:
Kiddon72 wrote:
Smash EDO wrote: And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
But you still won't answer the question. Why EDO and not the many companies in Sussex that manafacture actual weapons or missile guidance systems ?
But, Kiddon27, missile guidance systems are exactly what EDO makes...The FRCS is part of the guidance system.
But why only take action against EDO ?

When did you chain yourselves to the gates of the other companies ?

If not. Why not ?

Why are you attracted only to EDO ?

Crystal Ball says...
1:45pm Wed 20 Mar 13

kopite_rob wrote:
Kiddon72 wrote:
Smash EDO wrote: And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
But you still won't answer the question. Why EDO and not the many companies in Sussex that manafacture actual weapons or missile guidance systems ?
Good point.
Why not go up the road to Thales who produce rockets, unmanned airiel drones that deliver the rockets and radio equipment that allows the rockets delivered by the drones to blow up small innocent goat herders in Pakistan?

This company produce electronics and cabling.
Its about as sensible as the anti car brigade chaining themselves to the gates of the company that makes wheel nuts.

This is a multi million dollar multinational business employing very intelligent and skilled people and investing in Brighton.
I'll be gobsmacked if a middle aged hippy from Wales and a homeless dosser are really going to bother a company that works in the heart of the US government.


Watch out for the black helicopters!
Surely not...Airwolf?! Or Blue Thunder?

tenerifeisland says...
2:37pm Wed 20 Mar 13

the police shouldnt of bothered turning up!! theyd of soon panicked when the sunsets and mummies made rhem dinner getting cold!! reverse normailty works, or got a fire engine out to spray them away,****

tenerifeisland says...
2:40pm Wed 20 Mar 13

kopite_rob wrote:
Kiddon72 wrote:
Smash EDO wrote: And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
But you still won't answer the question. Why EDO and not the many companies in Sussex that manafacture actual weapons or missile guidance systems ?
Good point. Why not go up the road to Thales who produce rockets, unmanned airiel drones that deliver the rockets and radio equipment that allows the rockets delivered by the drones to blow up small innocent goat herders in Pakistan? This company produce electronics and cabling. Its about as sensible as the anti car brigade chaining themselves to the gates of the company that makes wheel nuts. This is a multi million dollar multinational business employing very intelligent and skilled people and investing in Brighton. I'll be gobsmacked if a middle aged hippy from Wales and a homeless dosser are really going to bother a company that works in the heart of the US government. Watch out for the black helicopters!
well done edo!! nice to see british workers being employed. hope you expand and make the world a safer place! i might increase my share portfolio and buy a few thousand shares

PorkBoat says...
5:24pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Turn the hoses on them!

Nemeth says...
5:36pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Iraq is not a "safer place". Millions of Iraqis have been killed, injured or displaced. One of the most developed countries in the region at the time of the invasion, Iraq now is among the worst in terms of infrastructure and public services. Basic systems that provide for the public's health have still not been repaired 10 years after the invasion. Baghdad ranks lowest in the quality of life of any city in the world, according to a recent global survey from the consultant group Mercer.

The Iraqi people, especially children, have suffered and been brutalized by US troops, mercenaries and multinational corporations to such an extreme extent that a decade later, the US has managed to make a brutal dictator look tepid compared to the level of horror that the US and it's allies have inflicted on the civilian population.

Smash EDO says...
5:56pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Kiddon72 wrote:
0000242 wrote:
Kiddon72 wrote:
Smash EDO wrote: And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
But you still won't answer the question. Why EDO and not the many companies in Sussex that manafacture actual weapons or missile guidance systems ?
But, Kiddon27, missile guidance systems are exactly what EDO makes...The FRCS is part of the guidance system.
But why only take action against EDO ?

When did you chain yourselves to the gates of the other companies ?

If not. Why not ?

Why are you attracted only to EDO ?
We at SmashEDO ARE planning to target other companies involved in the manufacture of these illegal weapons of war.

We will obviously not say now which these companies are but rest assured we have a well planned strategy for our Summer of Resistance.

EDO still remains our main priority but we will be ramping up our efforts against other guilty companies.

harvela says...
6:13pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Smash EDO
Don't get carried away with yourselves . Ultimately few know about you and those that do recognise you as a bunch of wastrels and ne'er do wells who spend their dole money in the pub thinking up new ways of being a nuisance to society .
Unfortunately Brighton appears to have more than its fair share of douche bags such as yourself . Anti capitalists , anarchists , drop outs who are quite content to go about their sordid little plots while claiming from a benign and forgiving society .
Get a job , get a life and grow up .

harvela says...
6:24pm Wed 20 Mar 13

If you take your actions to their logical conclusion , this country would be powerless . It would be unable to defend its interests in a hostile world .
Had your predecessors prior to WW2 held sway and targeted the Arms industry in the same way and with the success that you seek but lack , this country would today be under the Nazi jackboot .

Your mindless actions and pathetic posturing is a disgrace . Fortunately for you you live in a liberal democracy which allows you to behave in this manner with little comeback .

Most if not all of you are committed Communists and SWP merchants . The irony being that if you tried it on in such a way in Russia or some other totalitarian state , you would be lucky to be seen alive again .

Thinking about that , why don't you take a one way ticket and try the same thing with a Russian arms factory . Just for balance . I'm writing your obituary .

PorkBoat says...
6:54pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Smash EDO wrote:
Kiddon72 wrote:
0000242 wrote:
Kiddon72 wrote:
Smash EDO wrote: And the police wonder why we fight them back when we can. They treat us like dogs so we are fully justified to use whatever necessary force we can against them.
But you still won't answer the question. Why EDO and not the many companies in Sussex that manafacture actual weapons or missile guidance systems ?
But, Kiddon27, missile guidance systems are exactly what EDO makes...The FRCS is part of the guidance system.
But why only take action against EDO ?

When did you chain yourselves to the gates of the other companies ?

If not. Why not ?

Why are you attracted only to EDO ?
We at SmashEDO ARE planning to target other companies involved in the manufacture of these illegal weapons of war.

We will obviously not say now which these companies are but rest assured we have a well planned strategy for our Summer of Resistance.

EDO still remains our main priority but we will be ramping up our efforts against other guilty companies.
There you go again with the melodrama. "Illegal weapons of war". You might not like them, but no matter how much you repeat it and want it to be, they are not "illegal", and they are NOT made at EDO. I really hope you come across a group of angry workers armed with pickaxe handles.

Smash EDO says...
7:21pm Wed 20 Mar 13

harvela wrote:
Smash EDO
Don't get carried away with yourselves . Ultimately few know about you and those that do recognise you as a bunch of wastrels and ne'er do wells who spend their dole money in the pub thinking up new ways of being a nuisance to society .
Unfortunately Brighton appears to have more than its fair share of douche bags such as yourself . Anti capitalists , anarchists , drop outs who are quite content to go about their sordid little plots while claiming from a benign and forgiving society .
Get a job , get a life and grow up .
'A benign and forgiving society' !!!

Which society do you live in? Clearly not the same society that gave us Margaret Thatcher and the Poll Tax. With David Cameron an his cronies in power we are spiralling into a police state where the average man in the street will not have any rights at all.

We at SmashEDO recognise this fact, it's just a shame that all you other Sheeple seem unable to do the same.

JHunty says...
7:51pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Nemeth wrote:
Iraq is not a "safer place". Millions of Iraqis have been killed, injured or displaced. One of the most developed countries in the region at the time of the invasion, Iraq now is among the worst in terms of infrastructure and public services. Basic systems that provide for the public's health have still not been repaired 10 years after the invasion. Baghdad ranks lowest in the quality of life of any city in the world, according to a recent global survey from the consultant group Mercer.

The Iraqi people, especially children, have suffered and been brutalized by US troops, mercenaries and multinational corporations to such an extreme extent that a decade later, the US has managed to make a brutal dictator look tepid compared to the level of horror that the US and it's allies have inflicted on the civilian population.
Usual claptrap, of the 60 people killed in sectarian violence in Iraq yesterday how many we're killed by weapons made at Edo?
None
The insurgency in Iraq started before the American invasion, you do know that don't you? No? Thought not.
So who got my comment deleted? You can't fault my arguments so you get them deleted?
Shameful.
Smash Edo claimed that force was necessary at times, in relation to fighting the police, completely undermining SmashEdos ten years of campaigning against Edo on the grounds that force is never justified and my comment that points this out gets deleted?
Can you provide one piece of real evidence supporting your claims of illegal exports and manufacture, come on one actual piece of evidence, after ten years is that too much to ask?
I'm not interested in faulty logic or leaps of faith, one real piece of documentary or forensic evidence to back up your allegations.

PorkBoat says...
8:43pm Wed 20 Mar 13

10 years they've been at it. 10 years! If I had been trying to get something done, with no success, for 10 years, well, I'd call it a dismal failure. What's it feel like to be a dismal failure, Smash EDO?

harvela says...
9:41pm Wed 20 Mar 13

We at SmashEDO recognise this fact, it's just a shame that all you other Sheeple seem unable to do the same.'

Hilarious ! Shameless aggrandisement from Wolfie Smith of Hove .

Half a dozen dead beat apparatchiks creating a bit of a rumpus believing their way trumps all else and setting out to destroy the system while using the systems capitalist tools computers , phones , social media .

Grow up , get a job , contribute and stop leeching of society .

BrightonBiker says...
10:13pm Wed 20 Mar 13

SmashEDO, or in other words a group of jobless tramps who have nothing better to do then arrange a shabby get together after a night of jacking up and getting drunk with an aim to make us working people daily lives of getting to and from work an utter nightmare.

The police do a fantastic job in controlling these animals, its just a shame they cannot use more force such as water cannon's which are laced with dye, or more brutal force like 3rd world country's police and give them a good going over.

Maybe the police should round them all up and ship them to the warzone to show them how our boys fighting this war have to live day in and day out and need every bit of ammo we can make them, But then again i reckon most of them would be too sheepish to stand up and fight for our country.

i ride my motorbike all around brighton and need to be place's, if they ever cross my path and hold me up in traffic i would have no problems in giving them a heavy swipe to the face with my armoured gloves. have done before and shall happily do it again.

BrightonBiker says...
10:21pm Wed 20 Mar 13

Smash EDO wrote:
harvela wrote:
Smash EDO
Don't get carried away with yourselves . Ultimately few know about you and those that do recognise you as a bunch of wastrels and ne'er do wells who spend their dole money in the pub thinking up new ways of being a nuisance to society .
Unfortunately Brighton appears to have more than its fair share of douche bags such as yourself . Anti capitalists , anarchists , drop outs who are quite content to go about their sordid little plots while claiming from a benign and forgiving society .
Get a job , get a life and grow up .
'A benign and forgiving society' !!!

Which society do you live in? Clearly not the same society that gave us Margaret Thatcher and the Poll Tax. With David Cameron an his cronies in power we are spiralling into a police state where the average man in the street will not have any rights at all.

We at SmashEDO recognise this fact, it's just a shame that all you other Sheeple seem unable to do the same.
what a fantastic idea, cannot wait for the UK to become a police state, I shall be the first person in-line to watch and film as the police take you round the back of the van for a bit of ''Sorry sergeant he fell over and hit his/her head on the van as we put them in''

Smash EDO says...
6:17pm Fri 22 Mar 13

You can laugh all you want.

The fact is that we are increasing our number of supporters all of the time and we WILL close down not just EDO but all of the companies producing these illegal weapons of war.

BrightonBiker says...
7:47pm Fri 22 Mar 13

Your pervious comment just shows how retarted you and your members are, maybe if you research the facts about this war then you shall see that the weapons we are making are completely LEGAL. On the other hand what YOU and your cowards are doing is completely ILLEGAL. Maybe you should google the 2 words and then you shall find out the meaning of what they mean.

While your at it try googling Jobs in Sussex and put yourselfs to good use.

If that fails why not try super gluing yourselfs to Brighton Marina sea defence walls while the tide it out and wait for the tide to come in.

harvela says...
10:18am Sat 23 Mar 13

You can laugh all you want.

The fact is that we are increasing our number of supporters all of the time and we WILL close down not just EDO but all of the companies producing these illegal weapons of war.


Ha ha ha ha ha ha

Thanks for that . I just did . # prat # one man and his dog

AmboGuy says...
11:40am Sat 23 Mar 13

I've heard it all now. As much as the Gaz Scott's and AndyRs of this world will try and justify SmashEDO and their thuggish ways we've now heard from the organisation themselves.

What an ignorant and misguided 'organisation' they really are.

Pathetic.

harvela says...
12:10pm Sat 23 Mar 13

# JSA bandits

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