Name: Film 'We Won’t Be Silent: Resisting the UK’s Arms Trade with Israel' & Q&A
Start: 2026-04-27T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-27T21:30:00+01:00
Location: The Bevy

$Film 'We Won\u2019t Be Silent: Resisting the UK\u2019s Arms Trade with Israel' & Q&A$ Screening of Medyan Dairieh’s ground breaking documentary film followed by a Q&A.
About this Event

Monday 27 April 2026 from 6pm to 9.30pm at the Bevy Community Pub, 50 Hillside, Bevendean, Brighton, BN2 4TF. You can get the 49 bus from Brighton which stops outside. Fully wheelchair accessible venue.

We Won’t Be Silent: Resisting the UK’s Arms Trade with Israel shines a powerful light on the small factory in Moulsecoomb which for 20 years has played a huge role in global genocide. Without the bomb-release components made in our neighbourhood, F-35 stealth fighters would not be able to drop their bombs on people in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran and Yemen and elsewhere within the cross-hairs of the US and Israel. During all this time, Medyan Dairieh has filmed local resistance by the community to this death factory in our midst, while also documenting the effects of the 1-2000lb bombs on people’s lives when they land.

The film screening will followed by a Q&A with:

The film's director, Medyan Dairieh

Medyan Dairieh is the recipient of several international awards, including the prestigious Peabody Award. Throughout his career, Medyan has covered major conflicts and made numerous documentary films across various countries, such as Iraq, Palestine, Turkey, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, South Sudan, and Somalia. He is a member of the International Federation of Journalists, the National Union of Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and the Frontline Club.

Anna Stavrianakis

Anna is an arms trade researcher with the University of Sussex and Shadow World Investigations. She works with activists, campaigners, journalists, lawyers and parliamentarians to hold governments and arms companies to account for the harms caused by the arms trade. In the past decade she has mostly focused on UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the war in Yemen, and UK arms sales to Israel and the war on Gaza and occupation of Palestinian land.

Stop L3Harris campaign

A community campaign to shut down the arms factory in Moulsecoomb, formerly named EDO MBM and now L3Harris Technologies. Inc.

Donations very welcome on the night to support The Bevy community pub and StopL3Harris.