Bristol rooftop protest against Raytheon

They're there because Raytheon produce some of the most hideous military hardware imaginable (they claim to be world leaders in "smart" hidware). Bunker busters and cluster bombs being just two examples of their lethal hardware.

Their hardware wasn't smart enough to avoid 62 civilians in Iraq:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-proof-marketplace-dea...

As CAAT reports, "Raytheon is the prime contractor for the Tomahawk cruise missile and the JSOW AGM-154, both of which deliver BLU/97B submunitions." (that's cluster bombs to you and me). They've got a regular stall at DSEi:
http://www.caat.org.uk/publications/armsfairs/dsei-2003-report/clusterbombs.php

And do you remember Israel's little bombing frenzy in the summer of 2006? When they blasted Lebanon to smithereens? Well Raytheon's hardware played its part:
http://bristol.indymedia.org.uk/newswire.php?story_id=25266

All that seems reason enough to protest Raytheon's presence in Bristol. In fact plenty of people have been protesting against Raytheon. Nine fine folk from Northern Ireland were recently (June 2008) "acquitted in Belfast for their action in decommissioning the Raytheon offices in Derry in August 2006. The prosecution could produce not a shred of evidence to counter our case that we had acted to prevent the commission of war crimes during the Lebanon war by the Israeli armed forces using weapons supplied by Raytheon."
http://www.raytheon9.org/

The rooftop protesters want Raytheon, and the rest of the world to know, that there'll be protests every Thursday at Raytheon's offices in Bristol. Let's give 'em hell!

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[Cybrsk8r]

@LonghornPhysicist But don't feel bad for me. I had a job at Orbital Sciences even before they laid me off from RATCO. In fact, I had to ask Orbital to delay my hire date just so I could stay at RATCO long enough to get laid off. So RATCO and Frank Werman (site executive at Falls Church) paid for almost half of my 2012 Mustang GT.

[Cybrsk8r]

@LonghornPhysicist I worked on the Senior Year program by the way. I actually was hired by a company called "E-Systems" in 1992. I worked on the RS-6B, RS-7, RAS-1, RAS-1A, and RAS-1M systems over the years. Worst thing that ever happened was when Raytheon bought E-Systems. Thank god I'm covered by the fully funded E-Systems retirement plan. Raytheon has no control over the E-Systems pension fund. Raytheon could go belly-up tomorrow and it wouldn't affect my retirement benefits at all.

[Cybrsk8r]

@LonghornPhysicist Sorry for the two part post. They limit how many characters in each post. You know, had the company not lied thru their teeth about their intentions, I might have actually gone down to Norfolk to help them out, but when they showed themselves to have no ethics or honesty, I wanted no part of it. Out of 18 people they tried to entice into transferring to Norfolk, including me, 7 or 8 actually went.

[Cybrsk8r]

@ LonghornPhysicist. Wrong! I was at the Falls Church, VA facility for 18 years. I had a Secret Clearance for 13 years, and a TS for 5 years. Then RATCO decided to move, leasing buildings from AOL near Dulles airport. For at least eight months, they told us the production were all moving to a satellite building near the main building. And it turns out that all the while they were negotiating with another subsidiary about 200 miles away in Norfolk, VA. (the armpit of America, by the way)

[LonghornPhysicist]

@Cybrsk8r I am willing to bet you didn't. They don't usually hire idiots like you who probably wouldn't be able to get a security clearance.

[Cybrsk8r]

I worked for Raytheon (A.K.A. RATCO). You people have no idea what a horrible, unethical, souless company it is.

[WinchesterRanger]

The stupid British, always blaming the weapon makers and not the weapon users.

When a drunk driver kills a pedestrian, do they protest at the local Ford plant?

[bullcurr]

I am surprised they didn't set the thing on fire in an attempt to bring awareness to peace rather than war!

[eastindiaman]

If only these STUPID left wing activists had the BRAINS and wit to understand that THEY [and their relatives] would most likely be the FIRST to die if islime law was introduced as the norm in their country! Get life, get a wash and GROW the fuck up!

[Tbaldwin1971]

Phew I was shitting myself for a minute.

Thought my mate Ray Theon (hes Greek)had done something dodgy again.