Warton, Lancashire and Stevenage in Hertfordshire, over 100 protesters, mostly youth, trespassed onto the grounds to draw attention to the intended , sale of Hawk ground attack planes to Indonesia.
Across Britain there were over 40 street events drawing the public attention to dictatorship in Jakarta and its genocide in East Timor.
In the first week of November Sukmaji Indro Thayhono, a leading human rights campaigner, on the British leg of a European tour organised by the European Network Against The Arms Trade, explained that the Suharto regime used the weaponry supplied to it by Britain to terrorise the population into submission.
He also explained that the regime was becoming more desperate in the face of the emergence of an independent mass trade union movement, the SPSI, and a rapidly advancing democratic movener.
A crackdown, including the banning of the SPSI and the closing down of critical sections of the free press is already in force -further repression is planned.
Only last week, Muchtar Pak Palian, a leading trade unionist was jailed for three years on trumped-up charges linked to the mass strike wave of May this year.
The situation could not be clearer - British arms manufacturers and John Major's government are helping supply the Indonesian ruling class with the tools to do the job.
The relationship between the British ruling class and their Indonesian allies has never been closer. A massive £6 billion arms deal is on the cards, which matches the growing amount of British capital and 'aid' flowing into Indonesia.
The British left, with honourable exceptions, has been painfully silent on Indonesia and East Timor. It is now time to build the mass united front campaign on this issue.
All labour movement, student and other internationalist organisations should follow UNISON and the FBU and sponsor the coalition "Stop The Hawks - No Arms to Indonesia". • AN ACTION PACK is available from the coalition for the price of £1 - all cheques payable to Stop the Hawks. Write to Stop the Hawks c/o NPC, 88 Islington High Street. London N1 8EG. Call 071-281-0297 for details.