EDO Demo Brighton 2010

SMASH EDO Demo Held on 18 Jan 2010. On the first anniversary of the end of the Israeli war against Gaza, Smash EDO activists in Brighton organized a demonstration against the local factory of arms manufacturer EDO MBM/ITT

Around three hundred demonstrators mainly dressed in black as the organisers suggested, assembled at 1pm in Moulsecoomb Wild Park, a short walk from the EDO factory. They intended to march up Home Farm Road for a demonstration outside the factory. Demonstrators had been advised by the organisers to wear masks at all times during the event as both police and press would be taking photographs.