As part of QPIRG-McGill’s annual film festival, Demilitarize McGill is screening the following film about one community’s direct action against arms manufacturing. Come check it out!
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Monday March 30, 6pm McGill University, Leacock Building 26
On the Verge: The Smash EDO Campaign Film
In 2004 a group of Brighton peace campaigners began to bang pot and pans outside their local arms manufacturers EDO MBM in disgust of their part in the Iraq war. This has grown into the Smash EDO campaign, which has cost the company millions, been the subject large scale police operations and has tested the right to protest in the UK.Using activist, police and CCTV footage plus interviews with those involved in the campaign, On The Verge tells the story of one of the most persistent and imaginative campaigns to emerge out of the UK’s anti-war movement and direct action scene.