News
The Autonomous Cafe & Bookshop returns
December 14th: The Autonomous Cafe & Bookshop is re-opening this Wednesday at 88 Hardinge Street, Shadwell.
Four Palestine Action activists remanded to prison for dismantling Israel’s weaponry
December 13th: Four Palestine Action activists have been remanded after taking direct action to shut down the Teledyne Labtech factory in Presteigne, Wales.
Palestine Action smashes Teledyne’s weapons factory
December 10th: Activists from Palestine Action have broken in to Teledyne Technologies’ weapons plant in Presteigne, Wales.
Charity workers in Birmingham join December’s Calendar of Chaos
December 9th: Workers at the Asylum Support and Immigration Resource Team (ASIRT) charity in Birmingham have announced they will take strike action on 21 December in response to a range of issues with the management of the charity and a refusal to recognise their trade union of choice.
Palestine Action disrupts exclusive arms industry dinner
December 9th: While weapons industry representatives, government figures and other arms trade stakeholders convened in London for the TechUK’s ‘Defence Winter Dinner’, Palestine Action were busy adding themselves to the guest list.
Public nuisance
December 7th: I spent the day in Westminster Magistrates Court to attend my cousin’s hearing.
Tenants call for rent freeze in protests across London
December 5th: Hundreds of renters from the London Renters Union (LRU) protested on Saturday across London to demand the government implement a Scotland-style emergency rent freeze, and to highlight the human cost of the rental crisis.
Elbit Systems UK fired from £280 million worth of Ministry of Defence contracts
December 1st: Minister of State for Defence Procurement Alex Chalk has confirmed that Elbit Systems UK, a subsidiary of Israel’s largest arms company Elbit Systems LTD, has been forced out of lucrative contracts to deliver training for Dreadnought submarine and Royal Navy crews.
Palestine Action strikes Israeli weapons factory and its property agents
November 29th: Palestine Action pulled alongside Elbit UAV Engines in Shenstone in a large van on Sunday 27th November.
Jury finds Palestine Action’s Kingsway 5 not guilty
November 24th: Five activists are acquitted of the charge of “conspiracy to commit criminal damage” after a unanimous jury verdict, who took barely over 60 minutes to reach their decision.
