“If you are not going to impose the arms embargo, then we will impose an arms embargo down on the ground.”
Palestine solidarity activists across Canada co-ordinated blockades at the offices of several arms manufacturers this week and renewed calls for an immediate embargo on all military exports to Israel.
The Maple was on the ground in Toronto and Calgary at the protest actions that took place in those cities. Other blockades also took place in Vancouver, Quebec City, Peterborough, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Victoria this week.
More than 200 workers, union members and other activists from across the Greater Toronto Area set up picket lines and blocked the morning shift of the TTM Technologies facility on Monday morning.
The action included activists from World Beyond War Canada (WBW), Labour for Palestine (LFP), Jews Say No To Genocide, Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), and trade unions.
Two entrances and the main door of the TTM facility were blocked, with protesters holding up banners reading “Stop Arming Genocide,” “Workers Against War,” “TTM Arms Israeli War Crimes,” and “Arms Embargo on Israel Now.”
“It is a very clear message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government that if you are not going to impose the arms embargo, then we will impose an arms embargo down on the ground, and we will be shutting down factories until the government actually listens to our demand and complies with Canadian export law,” Simon Black, an organizer with Labour Against the Arms Trade, told The Maple.
“Canada should not export any arms to a country that stands accused of genocide or where there’s a substantive risk of complicity in war crimes or international crimes against humanity.” (more...)
‘Israel Arms Embargo Now’: Protesters Launch Coordinated Blockades Of Canadian Manufacturers
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