Two people who took direct action to dismantle and occupy a weapons company, were sentenced to prison on Tuesday 16th May, after pleading guilty to charges of criminal damage.
Two imprisoned for dismantling Runcorn weapons factory
Tag: Elbit
Siege day 21: Palestine Action target firms linked to weapons factory
On the 21st day of the siege against Elbit’s Leicester factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), Palestine Action targeted two companies linked to the Israeli weapons company.
Palestine Action retaliate on Nakba Day
Palestine Action spray the Foreign Office red on Nakba Day
Palestine Action smash into logistics giant and arms traffickers
The activists smashed their way into the building, and covered the premises in spray paint, while taking apart office equipment including phones and computers.
Day 10 of Palestine Action’s siege of weapons factory sees lockdown
Palestine Action drove a car through the inner perimeter of Leicester’s Israeli drone factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), blockading the only entrance for the site.
Five arrested in ninth day of siege of Israeli weapons factory
The siege action began on May 1st 2023, and since then the site has seen severe disruption and an outpouring of community support.
Palestine Action smash and spray weapons factory auditors
Palestine Action activists this week took apart the offices of Edwards, Aldridge-based accountants working for Israel’s largest weapons firm Elbit Systems.
Palestine Action slam into Shenstone’s Israeli arms factory
Palestine Action activists have, this morning, pulled a van alongside Elbit Systems UAV Engines weapons factory.
Palestine Action crash Make UK’s engineering awards
Palestine Action snuck their way into Canary Wharf’s East Wintergarden, to crash the ‘Make UK National Gala Awards’ Ceremony, humiliating Elbit Systems and their accomplices where they least expected it.
Elbit Systems UK fired from £280 million worth of Ministry of Defence contracts
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.
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London arms fair disruption: A stark contrast to mass arrests for Palestine
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Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
