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Wimbledon protest calls for Barclays ban
Organisers say the bank is a toxic brand with no place at the sport’s crown jewel, writes Linda Pentz Gunter
People protesting against Barclays sponsorship of the Wimbledon Championships, July 1, 2024
OUTSIDE the main gate today, on the opening day of the Wimbledon Championships, more than 100 protesters from Campaign Against Arms Trade, Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and War on Want waved Palestinian flags and banners, chanted and handed out leaflets.
A giant yellow tennis ball, the kind usually signed by players, displayed the words, “Barclays sponsors Wimbledon & genocide.”
Two women held trays of strawberries oozing red dye, a sign reading “Wimbledon strawberries tainted with Palestinian blood, courtesy of Barclays.”
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