Birmingham Indymedia presents an evening of films during Refugee Week drawing out the links between the (heavily subsidised by the West) arms trade, people displaced by war and occupation, and their resistance. We will be discussing the films with the film-maker of “My Dear Olive Tree” whose first experience of political dissent in Britain was the DSEi Arms fair protest in September 2003.
Here are some black and white images of the Birmingham G8 protest that happened in May 1998.
WEDNESDAY, 2ND JUNE 2004, 7 TO 9 p.m.
Join us for a day of disreputable and diversionary street theatre in the heart of 'Europe's new shopping capital'.
Explore the full potential of railings, fences and bus shelters.
Meeting point 10-10:30am at the top of the Bullring by Waterstones.
Next meetup for the Birmingham Indymedia collective is @ Decoy in Digbeth on Thursday 20th May @ 7:30pm.
Here are some pictures from the Birmingham Indymedia hosted evening in the Theatre @ the Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham on 13th May 2004.
Yesterday, we went to the Caterpillar offices near Solihull to present them with their well-deserved Homewrecker of the Year Award, and to ask the employees to take up the issue of arms sales to Israel with the company (see http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/05/291298.html).
Unfortunately, the employees were too shy to leave the building to talk to us. So this morning, we thought we'd join them for breakfast in the car park as they arrived for work.
Many of us have protested against Caterkillar in the past, on the High Street, at trade fairs, in their offices and in their factories (see links).
We have seen the error of our ways.
Birmingham Indymedia presents the second of its film screenings across the City in the lead up to its launch.
The films start at 7:30pm at the Unit, Dennis Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
Entrance is £2/£3 and no-one will be turned away through lack of funds.
Photos taken during the shutdown of the Caterpillar Defence HQ in Shrewsbury on March 16th, in honour of Rachel Corrie , murdered ISM activist.
Tuesday March 16th. Caterpillar Defence Systems are targetted by human rights activists on the first anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie.
Audio interview over phone to moving van on motorway (yeah the audios not great).
A couple of minutes, MP3 at 22khz mono.