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Two day blockade of Bristol arms fair over genocide links
March 7th: On 5th and 6th March 2024, campaigners blockaded access to the Bristol arms fair.![](https://freedomnews.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DPAC4-3-24fb-22.jpg)
DPAC return to the streets
March 5th: This followed a meeting held on February 19th to declare a united resistance of disability groups against the latest round of brutal welfare cuts.
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Palestine Action targets F-35 part supplier
March 4th: Activists from Palestine Action targeted Smith Metals headquarters over their complicity in the Gaza genocide.
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Ongoing: Protest at Israeli pharmaceutical factory
March 4th: From 5.30 am this morning, over 30 People have been protesting at the Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.
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Palestine Action occupy BNY Mellon’s Manchester offices
March 1st: Activists from Palestine Action occupied the Manchester offices of Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon, which invests over £10million in Israel’s most prominent weapons firm, Elbit Systems.
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Cleaners fight Amazon
February 27th: Minimum wage cleaners at Amazon warehouses in Enfield and Ipswich are set to ballot for strike action over attempts to cut their paid breaks and bank holiday enhancements.
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Palestine Action shut down Elbit Shenstone
February 27th: This morning, activists from Palestine Action returned once again to Staffordshire to inflict a blow to Israel's arms trade by shutting down the factory responsible for making their drone engines.
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High court blocks case against death merchants
February 23rd: On Monday 19th February, the High Court ruled that it wouldn’t allow the legal case against the UK government over arms sales to Israel to proceed.
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Cymru Peace Coalition shuts down Bristol’s Elbit
February 21st: On Monday, a group of over 100 protesters blockaded two sites of Israel's largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems, shutting them both down for over 5 hours in spite of a heavy police presence.
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Palestine Action targets Elbit’s tech suppliers in London
February 21st: Glass panels were cracked, and the front doors were covered in red paint, symbolising the bloodshed of the Palestinian people.