Citizen protest against the International Defense and Security Fair .. Eng/Esp

from thefreeonline 21/05/2023 by Ecologistas en Acción Madrid

The protest was called by Desarma Madrid, established in 2016 to denounce Arms Fairs and growing Social Militarization.

Other participants in the demonstration were the Asamblea Antimilitarista, Yayoflautas, Mujeres de Negro, Alternativas Noviolentas, Ecologistas en Acción, la Escuela Popular de Prosperidad and BDS Madrid. This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is DesarmaMadrid2-e1684411255343-1080x586.jpeg

“The war starts here, let’s stop it here”

( note: amazingly this report fails to mention that Spain is an active participant in the Ukraine war, sending millions of euros of arms to the Ukrainian side, taking part in continuous air and naval war games on Russia’s borders, and hosting US/NATO military bases, including ROTA which is the base of the top US anti Nuclear ICBM missile warships, making Spain a first line target for elimination in imminent Nuclear War.).. see US to dump Migrants in Spain and – makes it a prime Nuclear Target 15th May 2023–


More than twenty activists have participated this morning in a nonviolent direct action against the International Defense and Security Fair to denounce the arms business.

 More than twenty activists have participated this morning in a nonviolent direct action against the International Defense and Security Fair (FEINDEF) to denounce the arms business.
  The protest has been organized by the Desarma Madrid Platform and supported by pacifist and environmental social organizations.
 This Friday they have called a citizen concentration in front of the Army Headquarters.

A group of pacifist activists has carried out a protest against the FEINDEF arms fair that is held biennially at IFEMA, to denounce the celebration of the arms hall as one of the gears that sustain militarization and wars.

The activists wanted to decorate the access to the fair with colorful shields that read “STOP WEAPON SALE” to remain anchored to them until the show was suspended.

The police have attacked and thrown them to the ground upon arrival.

There is an injured person who has been transferred to La Paz Hospital.

About twenty people remain detained waiting to be transferred to the police station. During the development of the protest they have displayed a banner with the slogan “The war starts here, let’s stop it here” and slogans such as “Warlords, get out of Madrid” have been chanted.

Other organizations such as the state coordinator Alternativa Antimilitarista-MOC, Greenpeace and CGT Zona Sur have supported the protest. “We do not want arms fairs in our city and even less in a public space managed by the City Council and the Community, such as IFEMA,” argue the organizers.

FEINDEF is an arms fair that has the support of the Ministry of Defense and is aimed at generating business opportunities for the arms industry. For the organizing organizations, this show promotes the sale of arms to countries in conflict, in collusion with the governments of Western countries.

According to the activists, “this business is one of the cogs in the perverse wheel of militarization and war: weapons intensify conflicts and generate violence and wars that force thousands of people to flee to the borders of the countries of the Global North, which armor its borders manu militari, generating an even more rounded indecent business for these companies”.

In addition to the action carried out today, Desarma Madrid has called for a protest rally against FEINDEF tomorrow, Friday, May 19, at 7:00 p.m., at the Army Headquarters (calle Alcalá, 51), under the slogan “The war start here, let’s stop it here.”

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Protesta ciudadana contra la Feria Internacional de Defensa y Seguridad

18/05/2023 | Grupo, portada, Madrid

Más de una veintena de activistas han participado esta mañana en una acción directa noviolenta contra la Feria Internacional de Defensa y Seguridad para denunciar el negocio de las armas.

La protesta ha sido convocada por la plataforma Desarma Madrid, establecida en 2016 para denunciar las ferias de armamento y la creciente militarización social. En ella participan la Asamblea Antimilitarista, Yayoflautas, Mujeres de Negro, Alternativas Noviolentas, Ecologistas en Acción, la Escuela Popular de Prosperidad y BDS Madrid.

  • Más de una veintena de activistas han participado esta mañana en una acción directa noviolenta contra la Feria Internacional de Defensa y Seguridad (FEINDEF) para denunciar el negocio de las armas.
  •  La protesta ha sido organizada por la Plataforma Desarma Madrid y apoyada por organizaciones sociales pacifistas y ecologistas.
  • Este viernes han convocado una concentración ciudadana frente al Cuartel General del Ejército.

Un grupo de activistas pacifistas ha realizado una protesta contra la feria de armas FEINDEF que se celebra de forma bienal en IFEMA, para denunciar la celebración del salón de las armas como uno de los engranajes que sostienen la militarización y las guerras. Las activistas pretendían decorar el acceso a la feria con vistosos escudos en los que podía leerse “STOP VENTA DE ARMAS” para permanecer ancladas a los mismos hasta que se suspendiera el salón. La policía les ha agredido y tirado al suelo a su llegada. Hay una persona herida que ha sido trasladada al Hospital La Paz. Cerca de una veintena de personas permanecen retenidas a la espera de ser trasladadas a comisaría. Durante el desarrollo de la protesta han exhibido una pancarta con el lema “La guerra empieza aquí, parémosla aquí” y se han coreado lemas como “Señores de la guerra, fuera de Madrid”.

Otras organizaciones como la coordinadora estatal Alternativa Antimilitarista-MOC, Greenpeace y CGT Zona Sur han apoyado la protesta. “No queremos ferias de armas en nuestra ciudad y menos en un espacio público gestionado por el Ayuntamiento y la Comunidad, como IFEMA”, argumentan los convocantes.

FEINDEF es una feria de armas que cuenta con el apoyo del Ministerio de Defensa y está orientada a generar oportunidades de negocio para la industria armamentística. Para las organizaciones convocantes este salón promueve la venta de armas a países en conflicto, en connivencia con los gobiernos de los países occidentales. Según señalan los activistas, “este negocio es uno de los engranajes de la perversa rueda de la militarización y la guerra: las armas recrudecen los conflictos y generan violencia y guerras que fuerzan a huir a miles de personas, hacia las fronteras de los países del Norte Global, que blindan sus fronteras manu militari, generando un indecente negocio aún más redondo a dichas empresas”.

Además de la acción realizada hoy, Desarma Madrid ha convocado a una concentración de protesta contra FEINDEF mañana viernes 19 de mayo, a las 19:00 horas, en el Cuartel General del Ejército (calle Alcalá, 51), bajo el lema “La guerra empieza aquí, parémosla aquí”.

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