Stop the Olympic Missiles campaign said angry residents of the missile-sites across London as well as spokespersons from Stop the War Coalition, the Ministry of Defense, East London Teachers Association and South London Against Missiles campaign group will attend the event planned for Thursday May 31 in London.
The “Do We Want Missiles in Our Communities” gathering is a reaction to the Ministry of Defense’s deployment of high-velocity surface-to-air missiles across London including in Bow Quarter, Oxleas Woods and Blackheath.
Stop the Olympic Missiles also said they will hold a protest walk on Saturday June 9.
Protestors say deployment of the missiles will do nothing to increase Olympic security, while endangering residents’ lives by turning their vicinity into a “magnet for terrorists.”
They also argue that the missiles limited range of 3-4 miles means “anything they hit could fall anywhere” in residential areas in “Greenwich, Lewisham or Bexley.”
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