Army Offices Invaded

On Oct 11th around 20 people invaded and occupied the army recruitment office on Queens Road in Brighton as a protest against the war in Afghanistan.

Despite uniformed squaddies on the door, the protesters managed to barge their way in, shutting down the office for 1-2 hours during the busy lunchtime period. The group ‘No War but the Class War’ distributed leaflets to passers-by and hung a banner saying ‘Sabotage the War Effort’ whilst police closed off the whole road, redirected traffic and called out the fire brigade. Protesters outside talked to people arriving for recruitment interviews and to people in the street. Those inside watched army recruitment videos on the TV and disrupted recruitment interviews. The action was reported on local radio, right after news of more casualties in Afghanistan. nowar@another.com