Look forward – DSEi Arms Fair, 11–14 September 2007 - Disarm DSEi, ExCel Centre, Docklands.
‘AGAINST THE WAR – AGAINST THE ARMS TRADE’

‘Disarm DSEi’, and other anti-war protest groups are planning action for the event. Held at the ExCel Centre, Docklands, the fair is being labelled as the ‘world’s biggest arms fair’. Disarm DSEi have identified 11 September as a day of action, but protest is likely for the whole week. Disarm DSEi state ‘11 September 2007 – One Day – Many Actions – You Decide! Blockade? Party? Destroy? March? Smash? Infiltrate? Picket? Harass? Clown? Dance? Light candles? Fight? Lock On? Vigil? Disrupt . . . We must not let them meet without disruption and opposition. Join us and take action. Say no to war. Say no to the Arms Trade’.

Various tactics have been discussed. An organised action will take place at 13:00 on 11 September at Custom House DLR to disrupt DSEi. Other actions include a camp or convergence centre near to the event or closer to London city centre, a critical mass, and the of purchasing a decommissioned military vehicle is a possibility, SpaceHijackers, a group involved with protests at DSEi in the past, are actively fund raising to buy a tank. The vehicle would create disruption for the event and traffic to and from the Docklands area. ‘Lock-ons’, banner drops, paint-balling buildings and offices, and infiltration of DSEi are other likely actions. Protests have not always remained local – past Arms Fairs have seen associated offices in London city paintballed and ‘D’ locked, Trafalgar square fountains turned red with paint, and the Dockland Light Railway heavily disrupted.

Defence fair under attack
By Angela Saini
Hundreds of protestors have been demonstrating to stop the UK's largest defence exhibition from coming to the Docklands every two years