Eamonn McCann Time to Go Demo 23 Sept 2006

Eamonn McCann Time to Go Demonstration: http://www.petitiononline.com/dawc/petition.html

On 9 August 2006 the Derry Anti-War Coalition organized a non-violent occupation of Raytheon's plant in the Ulster Science and Technology Park. The Derry protestors decommissioned computer equipment used by Raytheon to produce software for its weapons systems.

Nine of them were arrested by the police, among them Eamonn McCann, well-known as a civil rights activist and campaigning journalist. They have been charged with aggravated burglary and unlawful assembly. These are very serious offences that could mean the accused could be denied the right to trial by jury under British security legislation prevailing in the north of Ireland.

Raytheon is the fifth biggest arms manufacturer in the world. It manufactured the 100 GBU-28 bunker buster bombs urgently flown by the United States to Israel at the height of the destruction of Lebanon by the Israel Defence Force.

A statement supporting the Raytheon 9 has received widespread international support (see http://www.raytheon9.org .

The campaign has also produced a model resolution for trade union branches:
'That this branch, noting the involvement of US-based arms multinational Raytheon in supplying many of the weapons of mass destruction used in the illegal wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon, welcomes and supports the action taken by members of the Derry Anti-War Coalition on 9 August in occupying and decommissioning the Raytheon offices in Derry, in protest at Raytheon's complicity in war crimes.
This branch calls for the dropping of all charges against the Raytheon 9 and pledges its support for their defence campaign.'

Send resolutions to resistderry@aol.com. Donations to the defence campaign should be sent to Derry Anti-War Coalition, Halifax Building Society,
Diamond, Derry Sort Code 11-09-68 Account No 00178353.

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• anti-war
• iraq
• lebanon
• palestine
• middle-east
• peace
• demonstration
• manchester
• Derry
• Raethon

[bazookaben]

A man who's not afraid to speak but too ready to shout. I don't listen to preachers or faux-preachers. NI Catholic.

Makes good and solid points but in wrong way.

[adycousins]

He's not a catholic, he's an atheist. He's speaking to about 40,000 people and he's angry - that's why he's shouting.

[broom2000]

He just sounds like one of those fuckin nutters who stand in the street and shout about going to hell etc...... and he looks like a tortoise.

[Supermassively]

lol, dirty fucking hippies.

[PhelimEstranesque]

Pause at 1.28 and he looks just like Bruce Willis

[sweendog1979]

never never never he a mad dog from the bog

[CraicPype]

You're right worldoffreeaccess...lets all draw the dole and sit in sandinos all day putting the world to rights. I mean, that's enough to feel that we're contributing to society isn't it?

[raytheon9]

I love it when Eamon doers his Moseley bit.....so rousing. I wish I was there.

[raytheon9]

All they did was wreck some computers and blinds. We should be allowed to wreck wherever we like because we have the moral high-ground. In answer to Nasser...the baldy guy in the other vid. is a bouncer in Sandinos.

[raytheon9]

Hi Queenie...and NOT supporting criminals of all sorts, is not a crime either.

[queenarmadillo]

Raytheon 9 are on trial in Belfast on the 19th of May. Come help us protest from 9:30 outside the court!

Resisting War Crimes Is Not A Crime