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From: Palestine Action <info(a)palestineaction.org>
Sent: 06 December 2021 19:55
To: scruffylittlevera(a)hotmail.co.uk <scruffylittlevera(a)hotmail.co.uk>
Subject: BREAKING: Palestine Action Activists Found NOT GUILTY After Defacing Israeli Arms Company
Factory operated by Solvay, supplying materials and adhesives for Elbit, shut down this morning
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Palestine Action Activists Found NOT GUILTY After Defacing Israeli Arms Company
Three Palestine Action activists, dubbed the ‘Elbit Three’, have today been found not guilty of criminal damage charges in a trial taking place at Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates Court. The trial, which commenced on Friday 3rd December, saw Elbit Systems and the Crown Prosecution Service attempt to criminalise individuals who took a stand against the manufacture of drones and drone parts. The products manufactured at the site of the protest, the UAV Engines factory in Shenstone, Staffordshire, are key components for a range of Elbit’s combat drones, used extensively by Israel for bombardments of Gazan civilians.
Elbit Systems are Israel’s largest private arms company, supplying 85% of Israel’s drone fleet. Their Hermes drones, manufactured with UK-made components, are regularly deployed in bombardments of Gaza, with Elbit also supplying a range of surveillance equipment, armaments, and specialist military technologies for the Israeli military and police. Palestine Action have undertaken a campaign of sustained direct action against Elbit Systems – across their 10 sites in the UK – with this action in Shenstone having occured in January 2021, six months since Palestine Action launched. Despite many dozens of actions taken, and over £15,000,000 in damages caused (according to police), this is the first time that activists had faced trial, with all previous charges having been dropped in the run-up to trial dates.
The presiding judge, Judge Waites, stated that the Crown had failed to prove that convicting the defendents would be proportionate with their freedom to protest. He stated further points which included: Palestine is an important issue, the arms trade is an important issue, the defendants believed in what they were doing, and the location was specifically chosen. These are the points that Palestine Action has long stated: through targetted and deliberate direct action, individuals can make a measured impact on the lives of civilians in Palestine by disrupting and undermining Israel’s arms trade.
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Hi all,
I’m going to do a collection for Caring at Christmas and deliver it on Sat 11th. Please can people bring donations to training next week.
Alternatively you can donate cash / bank transfer and I will buy the items next Friday.
Thanks all
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See attached! Hopefully see some of you tonight!
And email me to pre-order your calendars!!
Becs xx
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From: Easton Cowboys Peashooter <peashooter-list(a)eastoncowfolk.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 at 09:00
Subject: [Peashooter-list] November's Peashooter attached
To: <peashooter-list(a)eastoncowfolk.org.uk>, Netball Email <
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Give it a gander - info about a meeting this evening at ECC about the
Zapatista visit. With soup. Yum.
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From: Peashooter-list <peashooter-list-bounces(a)eastoncowfolk.org.uk> on behalf of Easton Cowboys Peashooter <peashooter-list(a)eastoncowfolk.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 10:24:13 AM
To: peashooter-list(a)eastoncowfolk.org.uk <peashooter-list(a)eastoncowfolk.org.uk>
Subject: [Peashooter-list] Zapatista Event
What went down during the Zapatistas' visit to Bristol last month?
In the last few months, several dozens of groups of Zapatistas crossed the Atlantic to meet with grassroot struggles from all over Europe. The delegation met with members from half a dozen community groups including Easton Cowfolk and Kiptik on October 27th in The Plough.
You're invited to find out more at the Easton Community Centre on Monday November 29th, from 6:30PM to 8:30PM, and discuss what we can learn from this experience. Soup will be provided by The Plough!
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Sent: 16 November 2021 12:18
To: peashooter-list(a)eastoncowfolk.org.uk <peashooter-list(a)eastoncowfolk.org.uk>; Netball Email <easton-cowgirls-netball(a)googlegroups.com>; pluff inn <pluffinn(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [Peashooter-list] Xmas party and jumble sale
Additional Peashooter - please see attached. Come to our Xmas party and support Netters with their fundraising jumble sale! Please also print off the Jumble Sale poster and stick it up all over the place.
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Please support this pop up. The food is always delicious
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From: Helen Watts <helen1962(a)hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2021 5:36:50 PM
To: Helen Watts <helen1962(a)hotmail.com>
Subject: Pop Up Palestine Cafe Fundraiser
Hello Supporters,
The Pop Up Palestine Cafe Fundraiser is back on Saturday 4th December 2021. Please find a new menu attached with meat and vegetarian options.
Bookings will be with Alissar this time, don't hesitate, don't delay and get your order in as early as you can.
For those who booked in July, it will be the same collection point on the harbourside.
Looking forward to seeing some or all of you on Saturday 4th December
Thanks
Helen on behalf of the Pop Up Palestine Cafe Fundraiser
Hi all,
A friend’s brother in law wrote and directed this play which is showing as part of the Palestinian Film festival -
https://bristolpff.org.uk/2021/09/11/the-shroud-maker/
Sadly I can’t make it but it would be great if we could get a crew along to support.
My friend also suggested the writer would probably been keen to meet up with some of us who went to Palestine to hear more about our trip.
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