Disarm DSEi, London 2009

from disarm dsei, 5 September 2009: "Disarm DSEi will be meeting at 12 noon on Tuesday 8th September outside the Royal Bank of Scotland on Whitechapel High Street, near Aldgate East Tube, before going on to visit several companies in the City of London that invest in the arms trade..." more

from email, 3 September 2009: "From the 8th – 11th September DSEi, the worlds largest arms fair is being held at the eXcel centre in docklands. On Monday 7th September ITT Corporation, the owners of EDO MBM in Brighton, will be holding a conference to welcome the exhibitors and customers to DSEi. We will be outside the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre from 8am to greet the arms dealers as they prepare for DSEi. Bring passion, rage, pots, pans, drums and sound systems..." more

from dsei.org, 20 August 2009: "We have produced a map showing the locations of DSEi exhibitors. We have concentrated on UK locations, but there are also some locations shown for other countries. The map is intended to be a guide to exhibitors in each region, rather than provide detailed information on any individual location. Use it as a starting point for your own research..." more

from disarmdsei, 5 August 2009: "Disarm DSEi has announced Barclays will be a target during protests planned to take place in the City of London next month, stating that Barclays, having messed up the economy, is now dependant on financing one of the most destructive trades on earth in order to maintain their directors big pay cheques and bonuses..." more

from disarmdsei, 16 July 2009: "In the week and weekend before DSEi starts, exhibitors have to move their weaponry from their factories etc to London's East End. We're calling on people up and down the country to stop this happening. Know your nearest exhibitor? If not, check this call-out on www.dsei.org..."  more

from NAM, 3 July 2009: "The Anti-Militarist Network will be holding its next gathering in Nottingham on the weekend of July 11th-12th... Over the course of the weekend there will be various sessions and workshops, including planning mobilisations against the DSEi arms fair in London in September and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh in November 2009..." more

Submitted on 11/09/2007 by anonymous user: In the early hours of Tuesday, 11 September a group blockaded the entrance to the BAE Middleton factory carpark in conjunction with the day of action against the DSEi (Defence Systems and Equipment International) arms fair in London. more

from various sources, 7 Sept 2007: "On September 11, DSEI (Death Systems Equipment International), the worlds largest arms faire opens at the Excel Centre in the Docklands.

After several months of fundraising and receiving investment from Artists Anonymous, The Space Hijackers are now proud owners of a Saracen Mk1 tank, which we intend to drive to the arms fair, right into the mix of protesters and police. As the protesters line up against the heavily armed police, we intend to roll up and auction our tank to the highest bidder..." more

from email, 11 Sept 2007: Initial information about direct action and demonstrations against the DSEi arms fair, being held in at the Excel Centre near Canning Town, London, September 11-14. Demonstrations and direct action has started... more

Saturday 1st September, 2pm-4pm, rampART centre, 15 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA
+++ From 11-14 September, Defence Systems and Equipment international, the world's largest arms fair, returns to East London's ExCeL Centre. Despite massive local opposition, and a huge bill to the taxpayer, arms dealers will once again be free to deal in death and destruction.
+++ There will probably be police photographers outside the meeting, don't be intimidated. You might choose to wear a scarf in this unpredictable weather. more

from email, 9 August 2007: "Disarm DSEi will be having a meeting on Wednesday 15th August 2007 at Climate Camp at 6.30pm. The meeting will be held in the London Barrio. The meeting will be about plans to disrupt DSEi (the world's largest arms fair) when it meets in East London from the 11th-14th September..." more