Richard Barnard
@Richard_palact
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Two months from today, I will be on trial with
@HudaAmmori
and others, facing charges of conspiracy to commit criminal damage, burglary and blackmail. All for taking direct action to take down Israel's largest arms firm, Elbit Systems
#ShutElbitDown
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How many 'soldiers' would it take to arrest a Palestinian LION? 🇵🇸🇵🇸
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He was detained at the age of 14 and released after 20 years of imprisonment in occupation jails. The ex-prisoner Ahmad Shwaiki meets his father after being released from occupation jails today.
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Palestinian prisoner Khitam al-Sa'afin walks free after serving 19 months in Israeli occupation prisons.
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Palestinian prisoner Thabet Nassar from Madama village, south of Nablus, embraces freedom after serving 14 months of administrative detention in Israeli occupation jails.
It is worth mentioning that Thabet spent 15 years in Israeli jails without charges or trials.
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Tried to scare us off, didn’t work!!
Co-founder of Palestine Action,
@Richard_palact
, pleads NOT GUILTY to false charges of “blackmail”. Demanding companies don’t commit war crimes is a duty, not a crime!
#ShutElbitDown
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Israeli occupation forces shot dead 27-year-old Palestinian youth Mahmoud Arram, from Gaza, near Jabara military checkpoint near Tulkarm.
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Next week, I’m on trial in relation to an XR action at the Brazilian embassy. I was there as a protestor like many others, but the state are using a “joint enterprise” loophole & that I’m a co-founder of
@Pal_action
to falsely convict me. I’m ready to fight for justice!
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My comrade and sister and great friend telling the truth and calling all supporters of the Palestinian people to rise up and do something. Join
@Pal_action
is one thing you can do here in the UK and take direct action with us.
My brief response to what happened yesterday in al-Aqsa Mosque and the continuing brutality meted out by the israeli occupiers |
#AlAqsa
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The campaign we kicked off
@pal_action
led to the permanent closure of Elbit's Oldham factory and their London HQ. I've hit Israel's arms trade at their death plants and I'm more than willing to face them down in court. Elbit is Guilty. We are
#NotGuilty
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It’s takes sacrifice to achieve this. Possibly arrest maybe injury but we must do it for our Palestinian sisters and brothers.
#ShutElbitDown
Palestine Action gets the goods; Israel's major arms factory in
#Oldham
is SHUT DOWN. Now, its time to kick all of Elbit sites out of Britain. Join Palestine Action: and donate today:
#ShutElbitDown
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Me with my bro’s at Oldham. These two are legends and are a significant reason why Elbit closed. They did
#DirectAction
not lobbying!
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Palestinians take part in a protest in downtown Ramallah, in the center of the occupied West Bank, in support of cancer patient Naser Abu Hmaid, who's serving a life sentence in Israeli jails, today.
#FreeThemAll
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Israeli barbaric settlers today slaughtered three sheep and wounded another three belonging to a Palestinian farmer from the village of Al-Mughayir in the occupied West Bank province of Ramallah.
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My real life courtroom drama
#ShutElbitDown
Today, a Crown Court judge questioned the prosecution lawyer on why Richard Barnard was charged with "conspiring to blackmail" alone. They had no idea, so the plea hearing has been adjourned until 5th July 2021.
#ShutElbitDown
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Although the state are desperate to crackdown on us, I wouldn't change our actions for the world. Elbit Systems literally market their weapons as "battle-tested" on the captive population of Gaza, and get away with building them on our doorsteps.
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NOT GUILTY again! For the 5th time the state have taken me to court and lost. In my 3rd crown court trial in less than 2 years, I have been acquitted by a jury! Thank you
@acmogan
the best barrister there is, and to my amazing lawyer Lydia
@KellysSolrs
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If your not wearing a red boiler suit with
@Pal_action
on it, surely this is the only other thing you should be wearing
@fc_palestina
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Palestinian prisoner Ali Mahmoud from Jerusalem's Al-Isawiya town is expected to be released today after 7 years in Israeli occupation prisons.
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Palestinian man from Bethlehem Karim AlAmour breathes freedom after 8 years behind Israeli occupation bars.
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Gone gone gone Israel’s Elbit kicked outta Oldham by direct action. Brave activists didn’t stop and the same will happen wherever they put their factories which factory will close next ?
#ShutElbitDown
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Yes yes yes!!!
BREAKING: Major defeat for Israeli Arms firm Elbit; judge finds Palestine Actionists NOT GUILTY for blockading Shenstone drone factory
#ShutElbitDown
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Proud 🥲
Our message isn’t to the government, it’s to the people: Take direct action & join Palestine Action
#ShutElbitDown
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The resistance is growing. We are coming after you all.
Yes, we’re angry that people are massacred so companies operating on our doorsteps can profit, and we will do everything we can to
#ShutElbitDown
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Everyone in
@Pal_action
only do what we do and risk stuff for our brothers and sisters in
#Palestine
and
#Kashmir
. We will keep going until you are free.
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Israel aren’t the only ones with drones
#ShutElbitDown
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Not only do we shut down Elbit systems factories we make wicked cakes to celebrate
@Pal_action
one year birthday!
#ShutElbitDown
@HudaAmmori
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So during my trial last week various scandalous things happened. Firstly the judge dismissed the first jury because some of them cared about the climate emergency! Thread.
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Israeli forces used drones (Elbit drones) to drop tear gas canisters on Palestinian protesters.
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14 Palestinian prisoners continue their hunger strike battle against their administrative detention in the occupation prisons.
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After violently arresting him last night in
#Jenin
, the PA Security Forces have released Mohammed Al-Zubeidi, the son of Zakaryia Al-Zubeidi, one of the six Palestinian prisoners who escaped Gilboa' Prison last year.
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They can try and hide their war crimes as much as they want but the people of
#Leicester
know this death factory is there and will continue to
#ShutElbitDown
Elbit’s private security
@G4S
remove war crime scene tape from the premises in a desperate bid to protect the reputation of Israel’s largest arms company.
#ShutElbitDown
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Israeli Occupation Approves About 3,000 Settler Homes In Occupied West Bank
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Never mind the football this is biggest result today!
BREAKING: Jury found
#Kingsway5
NOT GUILTY in Palestine Action's first Crown Court jury trial. After dousing Israeli arms firm HQ in blood-red paint, all 5 have been unanimously acquitted of "conspiracy to commit criminal damage"
#ElbitIsGuilty
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Apartheid Israel lose 6 hero’s held in their prison yesterday and 3 goals against Denmark today. They will soon lose Elbit from Britain as well.
#FuckIsraelApartheid
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This is what happens when the people rise up and take effective meaningful direct action.
BREAKING: Elbit fired from £280MILLION worth of British military contracts, after Palestine Action's two years of direct action ruins firm's operational security and reputation. It's the beginning of the end for Israel's largest arms firm
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The true hero’s of Olympics are not overfunded sportspeople who win gold (and often have unfair advantage cos of better facilities etc) ,to be honest in sports no one cares about. These people are the real hero’s
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Hahah fuck the police the CPS and the complicit British state. Even within your corrupt system we can win! Still no convictions for Palestine Action.
#EvictElbit
#ShutElbitDown
Breaking: Case against 3 Palestine Action activists THROWN OUT by judge in another humiliation for Elbit. Activists who occupied offices of the property managers of Elbit's Shenstone death factory WALK FREE, again defeating Elbit in our second ever trial. More details to follow
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Today we remember British photographer, Tom Hurndall, who died on 13 Jan 2004.
He had been in a coma for 9 months after being shot in the head by an Israeli sniper as he tried to rescue children from the line of Israeli army gunfire in Gaza.
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This is why
@Pal_action
does what it does.
This is Emad Dwaikat, a Palestinian proud father-of-5 with one on the way, killed in cold blood by israeli "soldiers" in Beita
#IsraeliTerrorism
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For those who celebrate christmas please spare a thought and prayer for the
@Pal_action
activists being held in prison on remand and all the Palestinian prisoners in the zionist entities prisons.
#FreeThemAll
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"You can spend your time agonizing or organizing." - Dorothy Day.
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Balcony has gone!! Next game what will go next?
Spot the difference:
#London
headquarters of Israel’s largest weapons company.
#ShutElbitDown
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My bro Istasham is courageous and a warrior. He and we will never be deterred.
Istasham Ali, a Palestine Actionist, is currently in police custody for protesting outside Israel's lethal weapons factory in
#Oldham
. The British state will never succeed in stopping us. We will
#ShutElbitDown
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Palestinian resilience and summod is unbreakable!
Another Palestinian man smiles while being detained by Israeli occupation forces in Jerusalem.
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Next up, is the overcharged and trumped up charge of blackmail and more for the founding of
@Pal_action
— to that, I say bring it on, I’m ready to fight for the right to
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One battle down and won, many more to come. They don’t understand, we will never be deterred.
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Yes another victory! I’ve been taken to court four times by CPS and cops and beat them every time!! Bring on the Elbit cases at crown court!!
Palestine Action co-founder,
@Richard_palact
, was found not guilty today in a crown court for taking action to protect the climate. From the acquittal of the Elbit 3 to the DLR 6, the people stand united in the fight for justice!
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Seriously fuck the police. Racist, Islamaphobic and don’t give me that “just doing my job” shit. Once we end Elbit you’re next.
#ACAB
After activists are taken into police custody, swarms of police remain to protect an Israeli arms company – All whilst laughing about Palestinians being killed.
@gmpolice
#ACAB
#ShutElbitDown
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When seeing the barbarity of the zionist assaults on our brothers and sisters in Palestine, it’s easy to feel powerless. Please don’t fall into that or think the only thing you can do is protest - managed dissent doesn’t work folks. Direct action does!
#ShutElbitDown
Palestinians are under fire right now, and have been for over 100 years. Starting with the British colonising Palestine in the 1920's and arming the zionist militia to commit the Nakba in 1948
#BritainIsGuilty
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We are going global. Nothing can stop us we are
@Pal_action
Activists blockaded the doors and
#ShutElbitDown
in Melbourne — Israel’s arms trade is not welcome anywhere!
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Merchants of death trade lives for money they only thing they understand is economic loss
@StopTheArmsFair
@AgainstArms
BREAKING: Palestine Action has covered the pitched entrance for war criminals attending the
#London
arms fair in the blood their weapons spill.
#StopDSEI
#ShutElbitDown
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Fuck the security and the cops protecting Israel’s arms trade by strangling our activists. You attack any of us you attack all of us.
BREAKING: Thugs hired by Elbit Systems have assaulted, attacked and chocked our activists, in a desperate bid to protect Israel’s weapons.
#ShutElbitDown
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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible
We launched Palestine Action by storming the London headquarters of Israel's largest arms firm. Ever since, actions did not stop until they were forced out for good!
#ShutElbitDown
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Sign saying fragile roof!! As if that will put our activists off. What’s fragile if your evil company’s exsistence
#ShutElbitDown
Israel’s arms factory in
#Oldham
boards up their front doors after
#PalestineAction
destroyed them and
#ShutElbitDown
again. Plastic won’t stop us! We’ll keep coming back until they’re gone for good.
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The campaign at
#Oldham
was successful due to its sustained nature, community mobilisation, radical militant action,high level damage, folks breaking in and the sacrificial nature of many of the actions. We don’t appeal to anyone we will continue to
#ShutElbitdiwn
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Come on! Get in there! Nothing will stop
@Pal_action
. Central London middle of morning brave activists will not be deterred to
#ShutElbitDown
BREAKING: Palestine Actionists scale, occupy and drench the London headquarters of Israel's largest arms company. Once again, we've
#ShutElbitDown
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Suffice to say jury knew I wasn’t and found me not guilty
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Thanks to
@acmogan
who was amazing and smashed the prosecution and exposed thier lies and smears.
@gardencourtlaw
Co-founder of Palestine Action,
@richard_palact
, was found NOT GUILTY today by a Crown Court jury! The state attempted to persecute him under a "joint enterprise" act in order to silence him. It didn't work and nothing they try will stop us!
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So understand lots of white folks supporting the action and cops arrest the only Arab there. Wonder why that might be?
#ACAB
BREAKING: British police arrest an Arab photographer for no reason, outside the occupied ‘Good Packing Company’ who package and transport Israel’s military hardware
#ACAB
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My scouse bro showing proper
#Liverpool
action to try and stop the arms fair. Get down there and support him make sure he will
#YNWA
AOC Europe 2021 wants
#Liverpool
to play host to war criminals and mass murderers. Palestine Action won't let that happen, and will occupy the venue roof until the event is called off.
#StopLiverpoolArmsFair
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British pro-Palestine activists prove that direct action and BDS are effective – Middle East Monitor | via
@MiddleEastMnt
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The judge allowed a ‘bad character’ against me despite having no convictions. They say I’ve got a propensity to throw paint because I took action over a year later with
@Pal_action
to
#ShutElbitDown
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You take us down and more will get up! Nothing will stop this resistance. We will shut them down.
BREAKING: Protestors are back on the roof of Arconic’s death factory in
#Birmingham
, hours after activists were taken down. The occupation continues!
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And to top it all despite two people getting COVID during trial, the CPS and judge ploughed on and bent the rules and now one of us has COVID.
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Israeli apartheid forces detain a Palestinian child from Bab Al-Amoud area in occupied Jerusalem.
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Israeli Firm Helped Governments Target Journalists, Activists with 0-Days and Spyware
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Come on! This is the resistance you cannot stop us. We will keep coming. You may hold our activists in your police cells more are rising up all the time
#ShutElbitDown
#acab
BREAKING: Activists dismantle and cover Elbit’s lethal arms factory in
#Oldham
with blood-red paint. This is the resistance and we will win.
#ShutElbitDown
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Protest is like begging the powers that be to dig a well. Direct action is digging the well and daring them to stop to stop you. David Graeber
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If you are in or around
#Oldham
get down to support our brave activists and help them to continue to
#ShutElbitDown
BREAKING: Gates of Israel's arms factory in
#Oldham
blockaded by vehicles; we halted its deadly production line & the roof's ours: we
#ShutElbitDown
again
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Palestinian ex-hunger striker Hisham Abu Hawwash waves victory sign at Assaf Harofeh Hospital in 1948-occupied Palestine, after he tested positive for COVID-19.
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Islamophobic police back on trying to shut down community support. Their repression isn’t going to work, more will come out!
#ACAB
Police arrest a Muslim woman after shouting "Free Palestine" outside our occupation. They threw her into a police van, drove her down the road, interrogated her, then released her on the condition she did not return to protest.
#EvictElbit
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"Our revenge will be the laughter of our children" - Bobby Sands 🇮🇪❤️🇵🇸✊
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One day you will be called upon to break a big law in the name of justice Everything will depend on it. You have to be ready. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay "in shape" so that when the big day comes you will be ready.
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There are two types of solidarity. A passive one that all too often serves only to wash away conscience for someone’s own inactivity and that does not bridge the gap between words and deeds. And then the active, concrete, real solidarity that some call revolutionary...
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THIS MORNING: Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians in al-Jalazoun refugee camp in Ramallah.
The two were identified as: Khalid al-Dabbas and Basel Basbous.
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Prosecution changed their case against me at the last minute as they had no case and pretty much all she said was “you’re a liar”
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“There seems a general rule that, the more obviously ones work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it.”
-- David Graeber
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I have been locked by the lawless. Handcuffed by the haters. Gagged by the greedy. And if I know any thing at all , it’s that a wall is just a wall and nothing more at all. It can be broken down. Assata Shakur
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All 5 activists released after nearly 24 hours in police cells. They took the roof of an Israeli arms factory, caused at least £300K of damage, and let the rain destroy the rest of Elbit’s machinery and weapons. They
#ShutElbitDown
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Fuck the racist British police. Long live Palestine.
#ACAB
British police in London assault a young man who raised the flag of Palestine and the pictures of the martyred children of Gaza at the Israeli embassy 🇵🇸🇬🇧
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On 13 October at 12 noon (7 am Eastern time, 1 pm in central Europe, 2 pm in Palestine), Issam’s bail application will be heard at the Magistrates Court, Dungannon Courthouse, in the occupied north of Ireland.
#FreeIssamHijjawi
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Then
@HudaAmmori
was disallowed from being a McKenzie friend despite having no convictions and a middle aged white guy who had convictions and been in prison was allowed. Bit racist don’t you think?
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#DirectAction
is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free.”
-- David Graeber
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Hundreds of Palestinians take part in the funeral of Palestinian young man Alaa Shaham who was shot dead by israeli occupation forces after raiding Qalandia camp, today morning.
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I’ve been charged with “blackmail” for opposing Israel’s arms trade. But I most definitely will not stop. Now it’s time for you to join
@pal_action
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Haha
@Pal_action
will find and disrupt you in your factories, offices , seat of government, and your disgusting posh dinners. Wherever you are expect Palestine Action.
BREAKING: Palestine Action crash arms industry black tie dinner, humiliating representatives of Israel’s arms trade
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Love the
@fbunational
showing true solidarity time and time again.
#ShutElbitDown
#FreePalestine
#Solidarity
The fire service came and then the fire service left after intervention from the
@fbunational
— Once again, they’ve refused to assist police in protecting Israel’s arms trade.
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You might spy and try and infiltrate us but we have people on the inside too!
#Whistleblower
"For each day this factory is shut down it will cost Arconic’s shareholders huge sums of money in lost revenue and will disrupt the supply chains of the war machine."
#JusticeforGrenfell
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Anyone in the area please get down the cop shop and support them. Nothing cheers you up more when in a cell than hearing chanting outside.
Activists currently in police custody after shutting down a key supplier for Israel’s killer drones. Whatever the consequences, we will act for humanity, until we
#ShutElbitDown
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Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations...What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we'll begin to change things.
Arthur Scargill
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Now I know the pigs lie, make shit up and are generally scum but hope they got this right!
#ShutElbitDown
Police state over £120,000 damage to
@SolvayGroup
in
#Wrexham
, after activists scaled up, occupied & destroyed the crucial supplier for Israel’s largest arms company.
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