On Thursday, September 10, at 6:00 PM, Asker Municipality will discuss and formulate its consultation response regarding the plans by Chemring and the Ministry of Defence to build Europe’s largest explosives factory in Hurummarka. This meeting could have a significant impact on the state’s decision on the matter. We wish to make our position clear: If the politicians in Asker Municipality speak in favor of Chemring’s new factory, they inevitably make themselves complicit in genocide and imperialist wars (1), as well as in the further destruction of vital forest areas and the pollution of the already dying Oslo Fjord (2).
Together with local residents and other anti-militarists, we invite everyone to join a demonstration outside Røyken Town Hall on Thursday, September 10, starting at 5:00 PM. By distributing leaflets and displaying banners, we stand united to show our opposition to this factory.
Smash the War Machine!
(1) Through supplies to American companies such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, Chemring Nobel (along with other Norwegian companies like Nammo and Kongsberg) actively supports Israel’s settler-colonial project, as well as the US war against Iran, which is currently intensifying.
(2) With its existing plant in Sætre, Chemring Nobel is already polluting the Oslo Fjord beyond statutory discharge limits (https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/renseanlegget-blir-ikke-ferdig-i-tide.-na-vil-chemring-nobel-slippe-ut-mer-nitrogen-i-fjorden-1.18009350). The planned expansion of Chemring’s production capacity in Hurummarka will only increase pollution levels and lead to irreversible damage to the fjord.