Windy evening of
Barton Grange Hotel (Green Awards) Demo
You just couldn’t make it up….Lancashire Green Awards 2009 sponsored by …. BAE Systems!! “Green is good. BAE is green (by association). Therefore BAE is good.” We just couldn’t put up with this straight-faced deception, the spin, the absurdity, so had to make an appearance.
Eight members of the Disobey! network turned up with two large banners, two smaller ones, chemical suits and face masks, flashing warning lights to welcome the hosts and prizewinners to last nights awards. The text of the leaflet handed out is given below, with the Publisher version in the downloads section.
The evening was going very well, until BANG, a car accident right in front of us. The young woman driver had moved to the middle lane thinking the Hotel was on the right, realized it was in fact on the left, and cut back in without looking…Only injuries to the cars, fortunately. Looking forward to the event for weeks, a new outfit, driven for miles, finally arrived, then smash! Our sympathies. Hope she won a good prize to make up for it.. (Funny thing was, we turned up as anarchists for a demo, but ended up policing the traffic around the obstruction for an hour. The white suits and flashing lights came in handy!) The Police made us aware that the accident was not connected the demo.
The Lancashire Evening Post photographer took a picture of us with the giant “War is not green” banner. Given that the L.E.P. organized the Awards, it will be interesting to see if they report the demo (they usually do), or if they choose to not upset the sponsors for next year! Journalistic integrity!! Let’s wait and see!
WAR IS NOT GREEN, WAR IS ANTI-GREEN
POLLUTION: The Militaries of the World are our planet’s biggest polluters
CARBON: The war industry consumes vast amounts of oil
(the U.S. Military for instance consumes as much oil as Spain)
BAE Systems is the world's second-largest ‘defence’ contractor (- it’s the business of making things to kill people, even little baby ones)
They do not even care about people, only profits. The environment has no chance. No green bombs. It’s killing ability that sells.
From Agent Orange to mercury, from perchlorate to depleted uranium, the toxins of war pollute our water, land and air. The environment counts for naught.
So how can we have BAE Systems sponsoring the Lancashire Green Awards?? SPIN. BAE spin men have been rubbing their blood-stained hands in glee. “Green is good. BAE is green. Therefore BAE is good.” No pictures of burning babies. “Smiley-faced youth receives Award from nice Mr. BAE.” We are not deceived. We are disgusted.
The arms trade is a deadly, corrupt business. It supports conflict and human rights abusing regimes whilst squandering valuable resources. It does this with the full support of governments around the world. The arms trade underpins the whole corrupt capitalist system which is destroying the planet - for temporary dollars.
We have a 'civilization' which has factory after factory making things to kill people, and we have a political system which not only accepts but condones the use of violence and mass-murder as a means to solve problems, secure natural resources and trade. Meanwhile, we consume the Planet to death.
We increase our chances of solving our problems by a better understanding of reality. Removing spin and the causes of spin is a good start.
Say NO to BAE deception. Say YES to a real green understanding.
May the green way prevail! And well done to all non-military Award winners!!
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