November 2015

3 reports

  1. Sit-in outside conference in Brussels of arms merchants and European policymakers results in arrest of 27 activists

    On Monday afternoon, November 16, European policymakers and arms merchants were meeting in private at the annual conference of the European Defence Agency (EDA) in Brussels. Soon after the Paris massacre, the war suppliers were primed to profit from the Agency’s mission that includes strengthening the European defense industry. On the sidewalk just outside the […]

  2. New Zealand activists blockade conference site of weapons manufacturers, 28 arrested

    from International Socialist Organisation of Aotearoa/New Zealand Weapons Conference Warmongers Unwelcome by Andrew Raba At 8 a.m. on the morning of November 17, a group of around 150 people began blockading and protesting the annual New Zealand Defence Industry Association conference. The action was set to go on for as long as possible throughout the […]

  3. Italian pacifist Turi Vaccaro slips into military base, hammers on MUOS radar dish

    from LaSicilia.it (a translation from the original Italian) Niscemi The No MUOS Movement makes it clear: “The site is vulnerable ‘ November 15, 2015 PALERMO – The MUOS, located near Niscemi, “one of the most important strategic sites of the U.S. armed forces, is vulnerable” and therefore “dangerous”. So writes the website of the Sicilian […]