Newham Adversary
Summary
Anti-arms trade campaigners have launched a media blitz in East London to protest against the forthcoming arms fair at the ExCel Centre. Newham Adversary is a one-off special edition newspaper which highlights the unethical nature of the arms trade and the horrors of conflict.
On 8 September 211 free copies of the Newham Adversary will be handed out in docklands communities whose daily lives will be disrupted before, during and after the controversial arms fair. Over four days, 20,000 arms dealers will descend on the ExCel Centre. DLR stops, including Custom House, will be closed to non-event visitors and staff, local roads and a footbridge will be blocked, and there will be a heavy police presence in the area.
Items in the 8-page Newham Adversary include details of UK banks links to the cluster bomb industry and arms company beneficiaries of the Libya war. The issue also contains an Open Letter to the local community, in English and four other languages, which explains the adverse effect on the local area and outlines the day of action against the arms fair on 13 September.
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