On the 14th of November 2009 a solidarity fund raiser was held to support the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). The fund raiser was held as part of the 'Edinburgh Anti-Militarist' week long event to oppose the Annual General meeting of NATO which took place in Edinburgh between the 13th to the 17th of November this year. During this time several protests were held outside the conference centre where NATO delegates were meeting and six people were arrested by police when they tried to enter the building wearing T-shirts with pictures of injured Afghan children on them.

barclays cash machines sabotaged 

A small protest against NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen's lecture titled “The Future of Peace Support Operations”, happened onTuesday 17^th November at the Old College. The about twenty protesters were fenced in by the police on the pavement outside the University of Edinburgh building.

 Bike spotters have intercepted delegates from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly under police escort travelling in several convoys of coaches apparently heading for the Museum of Flight.

Meet outside Old College on South Bridge, Edinburgh at 1pm tomorrow, Tuesday 17th November. Bring banners and things to make lots of noise with!

 Photos form todays anti-nato protest in Edinburgh

More photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/filkaler/

 A new convergence point has been announced for Smash NATO via their texting system: The Edinburgh International Conference Centre at 1:30 PM. Protesters have already started going in small groups to the centre, and protesters are still in front of the conference centre with their banner. 

 The police are now engaged in excessive and extreme brutality against the Smash NATO sound system, ripping it apart and tearing its cables to defend innocent bystanders against the heavy bass-lines of "Rage Against the Machine."

The Smash NATO protest has dispersed, with some going back to the convergence centre for lunch and around a dozen gathering outside the conference centre itself.

The police kettle has now loosened and is no longer effective, so the Smash NATO demo has dispersed. Currently people are moving the sound-system out and dispersing in small groups, with some going for the conference centre. It does not appear particular activists are being actively gone after

 The Smash NATO Demo was kettled in the Meadows and was treated fairly heavy by the police. They were given a Section 60 and people with masks were being detained and searched. Some people have gotten out of the kettle and are re-assembling elsewhere.