In the summer of 2022, I gained insight into the British penal system when I was jailed for a month following direct action against Elbit—this is my prison diary (pt.3)
The Pergamon: The prison of the body
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In the summer of 2022, I gained insight into the British penal system when I was jailed for a month following direct action against Elbit—this is my prison diary (pt.3)
GRiD processors were discovered during this month’s raid on Instro Precision Palestine Action says its activists this morning occupied of GRiD Defence Systems, a computer and processor supplier to Elbit, Israel’s largest arms company. Activists barricaded themselves in the High Wycombe premises, destroyed hardware and unfurled banners. Four were arrested. GRiD manufactures a range of
Activists step up actions against arms company in a third week of targeted disruption
Activists from Palestine Action smashed windows and spray-painted branches in Bradford and Bolton overnight to highlight investment in Elbit Systems.
With exports up 86%, disarming companies like Leonardo and Fincantieri gains global importance From Umanità Nova The growing rearmament of the countries of the European continent is now evident even to the average citizen. With the winds of war blowing from Eastern Europe and the Middle East, European countries are rushing to purchase fighter planes,
The last days have seen activist groups and local community members team up across the UK in solidarity with migrants, after the Home Office announced on Sunday that a country-wide operation to detain migrants ahead of removal to Rwanda would be taking place. Various forms of solidarity and direct action took place, with migrant and
Solvay Wrexham manufactures components for Elbit’s Hermes 450 drones.
Others responded to arrests by blockading the police van with those arrested inside.
Direct action has again halted production at Instro, a subsidiary of Israel’s largest weapons company, Elbit Systems, preventing all entry.
Despite being permitted no defences and having admitted their intention to throw the items – eggs filled with red paint and ketchup – at a building, the acquittal took only one hour’s deliberation.