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SchNEWS goes to the movies!

These films are 'information for action' - to inspire or inform you to get involved in the issues covered in them, produced in Brighton by SchMOVIES (apart from a couple). If you are involved in DIY video and have films you'd like to put here, get in contact. Listed below are the most recent films - see the rest in the category list on the lefthand column

To play these movies SchMOVIES recommends the free/open-source Videolan VLC media player, free to download at www.videolan.org

On The Verge - download the bit torrent

The torrent file is out! Download the whole 90 minute film in fairly good quality (900meg mpg). To start the download click here and it will open in your bit torrent program. If you haven't got one, get the free open source Azureus.

Order the DVD. £6 incl. postage, with profits going to the Smash EDO Campaign. Send a cheque written to 'Justice' to the address below, and paypal will be set up shortly - promise.

On The Verge – Trailer
for the full-length Smash EDO campaign film.

Due for release on DVD in April 2008, On The Verge tells the story of one of the most persistent and imaginative direct action campaigns to emerge out of the UK's anti-war movement.

click here to download trailer - 1.30 min, wmv format, 2.5meg, Dec 2007.

For updates about On The Verge and release information click here

For more info about Smash EDO see www.smashedo.org.uk

TAKE THREE – SchMOVIES Collection DVD 2007
*** OUT NOW ***

This is the third SchMOVIES DVD collection featuring short direct action films produced by SchMOVIES in 2007, covering Hill Of Tara Protests, Smash EDO, Naked Bike Ride, The No Borders Camp at Gatwick, Class War plus many others.

£6 per copy (inc. P&P) (via Paypal)

or, £10 including last years V for Video Activist collection. (via Paypal)

Click here to download the trailer - (1.30mins, MPEG1 format, 16.2meg, Dec 2007)

BASH STREET KIDS
London Class War 'Bash The Rich' Demo, November 2007.

This is what happens when London Class War try to visit David Cameron's Notting Hill pad in a Bash The Rich demo. Includes Fit Watch's first action on Londons notorious Forward Intelligence Teams (FIT).

For further demos and actions contact: www.classwar.org

click here to download - 5 min, wmv format, 8.4meg, Nov 2007.

Skulduggery
– Hill of Tara, Ireland Oct/Nov 07

On Halloween this year hundreds of folk got together on the ancient feasting ground of Tara to celebrate Samhain, the pagan new year. This was followed by digger diving 90's style and office actions on SIAC - the company partly responsible for the building of the M3 motorway, which is set to destroy part of Tara Hill, unless it can be stopped.

Click Here To Download (12 mins, wmv format, 19.4meg, Oct/Nov 2007)

For more see www.savetara.com www.tarawatch.org

JUKE BOX JURY
Kamikaze karaoke at Smash EDO demo, October 2007.

Just to get up the noses of EDO/MBM Brighton's premiere arms manunfactueres the Smash EDO campaign held a sing-a-long karaoke noise demo for a change. It soon became clear Sussex Police didn't want to join in....

Click Here To Download (11 mins, wmv format, 17.5meg, Oct 2007)

To help shut down EDO contact www.smashedo.org.uk

Divide and Fall
- No Borders Camp September 2007

Coverage of the first No Borders Camp in the UK. Cheekily situated near Gatwick Airport where yet another refugee detention centre is being built, the camp became a hub for activists to exchange ideas, swap tactics and keep the issue of Britain's draconian treatment of asylum seekers in the public eye.

Click Here To Download (12 mins, wmv format, 19.9meg, September 2007)

* For more info see www.noborders.org.uk

History 101 – Right to Protest march, Brighton, March 2007

Short and quirky take on the march for the right to protest in Brighton. After massive police overkill on previous marches, this one went off without a hitch and with a low police presence. Perhaps they've got the hint! Defend the right to protest before it becomes history.

Click Here To Download (3 mins, wmv format, 6.5meg, March 2007)

UNITY – Congolese Refugee Solidarity Demo, March 07

As part of a nationwide solidarity campaign for asylum seekers being sent back to the war torn Congo, Glasgow No Borders and the info drop in centre – Unity targeted the Eagle Building the centre for all immigration decisions in the city.

Click Here To Download (7.20 mins, wmv format, 10.8meg, March 2007)

* For more info see www.unitycentreglasgow.org

No Experts
Smash EDO Summer Action Camp, Brighton, August, 2007

Rough edit of the entire Smash EDO Peace camp being seized by Sussex police and carted away... Despite all of this, actions on the Brighton war factory continued and a pr esence was still maintained on site. SchMOVIES will be posting more as soon as possible....

(14 min, August 2007)
Two versions to download -
click here for high quality - MPEG4 format, 209meg
click here for low quality - MPEG1 format (not available now)

• For a written report of the Smash EDO Summer Action Camp, see SchNEWS 601.
• For more info see www.smashedo.org.uk

Tara Tara Tara
Hill Of Tara, Ireland, August 2007

Reportage from the Hill Of Tara where direct action is the only thing standing in the way of destruction at one of the most important archaeological sites in Europe.

Click Here To Download (22 mins, wmv format, 38meg, August 2007)

• For written reports on recent protests at the Hill Of Tara see SchNEWS 585, 597, 600.
• For info about getting to the camp call 00353(0) 861758557, 00353( 0) 867372983
• Or see www.tarapixie.net www.savetara.com www.tarawatch.org

JEDI V's STORM TROOPERS
Camp For Climate Action, August 2007

Rough cut from the day of action on the Sunday where the group broke past police, who were very heavy handed. And one of the horses proved that pigs might fly!!

Click Here To Downl oad (7.20 mins, wmv format, 12.5meg, August 2007)

• For a rundown of the days activities see: www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378854.html
• For written reports on the Camp For Climate Action see SchNEWS 598, 599, 600. See also www.climatecamp.org.uk
  

REAL HARM
Harmondsworth Detention Centre 2007

Reportage from Harmondsworth Detention Centre, where a solidarity noise demo was held to show support for those locked up there. SchMOVIES speaks to Enid, an ex-detainee from Harmondsworth who while exposing the brutality of the detention system also describes what life can be like for those trapped in the process.

Click Here To Download (6:30 mins, mpeg1 format, Feb 2007)

For more info click on:
www.barbedwirebritain.org.uk
www.noborder.org
For another SchMOVIES on Harmondsworth click on: www.schnews.org.uk/schmovies/out-of-harms-way.mpg

MAKE MY DAY
Harmondsworth Detention Centre 2007

The Met displayed their usual tolerant policing policy at the end of the Harmondsworth Detention Centre demo when they finally snapped and steamed into the Samba Band as they were marching a full half mile back to their coaches.

If you were there and want to pursue any legal action against the officers on the day contact SchNEWS for unedited footage - email schnews@brighton.co.uk

Click Here To Downlo ad (6:30 mins, mpeg1 format, Feb 2007)

OMAR VIGIL

For the five year anniversary of the US terrorist internment camp - Guantanamo Bay, the Save Omar campaign held a vigil for Omar Deghayes, a Brighton lad who has been held there since 2001. Omar has never been charged and like so many "detained" by the US there has been tortured and frequently denied legal aid. His condition is critical.

Click Here To Download (5:30 mins, mpeg1 format, Jan 2007)

For more click on www.save-omar.org.uk or www.amnesty.org

for another SchMOVIES on Omar click on: www.schmovies.org.uk/schmovies/omar-deghayes-727.mov

click here for larger image

V For Video Activist
SchMOVIES DVD Collection 2006

The pick of the SchMOVIES produced in 2006, covering events across the UK such as the Smash EDO campaign, protest camps at Titnore Woods and Shepton Mallet, the Camp For Climate Action, anti-war demos at Parliament Square in the face of SOPCA laws, community resistance to the M74 motorway in Glasgow, and more... One theme that runs through these films is the blatant use of a 'political police force' to protect corporations and war criminals rather than uphold the law. But despite this, people are prepared to take direct action and not let a police state goosestep in. Remember... People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Out now - £6 (including P&P) - which comes with free copy of the SchMOVIES 2005 DVD! (If you already have one, and don't want the 2005 DVD let us know when you order). Contact the SchNEWS Office 01273 685913 or email

Seriously Organised
Sack Parliament Protest - October 9th 2006

The much publiced ‘sack parliament’ anti-war demo at the heart of Westminsters ‘exclusion zone’ gave the Serious and Organised Crime and Punishment Acr (SOPCA) a thorough work out for the first time. The plan was to surround Parliament and prevent MPs, Lords and Civil Servants from continuing business after their Summer recess. 800 cops had other ideas.

Click Here To Download (16min, 166meg, mpeg1 format, October 2006)

• If you witnessed any of the forty arrests on the day contact www.sackparliment.org.uk
• At the beginning of the demo a journalist Mark Vallee was assaulted by the Police and was hospitalised if you witnessed or filmed this please contact: marc@protestphoto.co.uk
• For more info about SOCPA see SchNEWS 483

EDO SchNEWSFLASH

The EDO/MBM factory in Brighton was completely blockaded today (21/9/06) as three activists locked onto the main gates. This lead EDO to taking the drastic action of cutting down part of their fence with an angle grinder to let staff in.

Click Here To Download (1:40min, 16meg, mpeg1 format, September 2006)

For more about Smash Edo see www.smashedo.org.uk

SMASH EDO TRILOGY 2006

A round up of three actions on Brighton's very own bomb making factory, EDO/MBM.

AN INSPECTOR CALLS - March 2006. The Brighton Weapons Inspection team return for a second attempt to enter the EDO factory on the third anniversary of the Iraq War. However, security guru Mark Lynch and the cops have other ideas.

LOCKED ON TARGET - July 2006. With Israel attacking the Lebanon and Gaza, three activists lock on to concrete barrels, blocking both gates of the factory.

SHAME - July 2006. "The Horrors of War" demo planned weeks before the Israel attacks started is sobering reminder of the aims of the SMASH EDO campaign. Workers from the factory get a thorough verbal kicking as they head home from work.

Currently Unavailable (16min, 166meg, mpeg1 format, August 2006)

For more about Smash Edo see www.smashedo.org.uk

Crap Arrest Copper

Here it is - that 'crap arrest' moment we've been searching for for ten years - courtesy of a friendly copper at the 2005 Big Green Gathering...

Click Here To Download (approx 30 secs, 1.3meg, Quicktime format, August 2005)

SchMOVIE DVD - 2005

AVAILABLE NOW
PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW - £6 (including P&P) Contact the SchNEWS Office 01273 685913 or email

An eclectic collection spanning the G8 protests in Scotland this year, the SMASH EDO campaign (with Mark Thomas), the CRE8 Summit and MAD PRIDE to name a few. These are high resolution screening copies of some of the best SchMOVIES of 2005 (including some which not on this website) There are plenty of extras which also include a SchNEWS at DSEI special.

Buy this and help keep SchNEWS free.

If you have footage of recent demos or positive projects on the go get in touch with us. We can't promise to give all of them a SchNEWS film treatment but we'll have a go. Contact us on the link below.

For comments about these films please contact SchNEWS