Brimar Managing Director alleges campaign is ‘based on false claim’
Posted by Admin | Tuesday 2nd March 2010
In an article published on February 15th, in local business paper Crains, Brimar’s Managing Director William O’Brien denied that Brimar’s components are in Boeing Apache helicopters supplied to Israel.
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Upcoming Events
Posted by Admin | Tuesday 2nd March 2010
We are starting a monthly picket/vigil at 4pm on the first Wednesday of the month. The first one is on 3rd March. The next will be Wednesday April 7th.
On March 19th, the day before the Iraq war started, we will have an early morning picket to remember all those who died and continue to die in Iraq. Meet at Brimar at 7.30am, bring something to decorate the fence.
Check back for more info about upcoming events or sign up to our announcement email list by sending an email with “subscribe” in the subject line to announce-subscribe [at] targetbrimar.org.uk
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Twenty-Two Days of Waging Peace
Posted by Admin | Tuesday 2nd March 2010
On 27th December 2009 it was one year since ‘Operation Cast Lead,’ the brutal 22 day bombing of Gaza by Israeli forces.
Target Brimar organised 22 days of protest to commemorate not only those killed in Gaza, but those killed by UK/US forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere around the world. Brimar is a Manchester based company whose targeting display systems are used by UK, US and Israeli forces. Target Brimar aims to stop the company manufacturing devices for military use.
Lots of different groups and individuals from around the north got involved in doing some type of demonstration on one of the 22 days. The 22 days of Waging Peace began on 27th December with a demonstration in Manchester city centre.
We asked groups to choose any date (see the calendar below) and organise their own event. These events included vigils, pickets, leafleting and petitioning in the local area.
We hope that the 22 Days of Waging Peace will ensure that those who lost their lives in Gaza and elsewhere last year, remain in our minds, and that we remember the complicity in those deaths of our own government, military and arms industry. As citizens, we must bear some responsiblity to take action to stop further bombings and deaths.
We also hope that the 22 days strengthened the anti-war, anti- militarist movement in the north and in Greater Manchester. During the 22 days we worked in our own different ways, but as part of the same campaign, respecting our diversity, building our unity.
Womens' Vigil at Brimar factory gates, 7th January 2010
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