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Activists blockade Britain's biggest arms manufacturer
Demonstrators blockade the entrance of the BAE Systems site in Govan, Glasgow in solidarity with Palestinians and call for an immediate ceasefire, February 15, 2024

by Matt Kerr Scotland reporter MORE than 100 demonstrators blockaded Scotland’s largest industrial site today to call for a halt of arms to Israel. Amid the ongoing slaughter in Gaza, more than 100 Glaswegian activists answered the call from Palestine trade unionists to disrupt Israeli arms supplies, descending on Govan at 5am to blockade BAE Systems during a shift change.

The controversial company is Britain’s biggest supplier of military hardware and maintains extensive long-term links with Israel, supplying high-tech weaponry.

Demonstrators did not limit their aims to disrupting BAE systems and called both the Westminster and Scottish governments to account for their actions.

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