In solidarity with Palestinian resistance, Massachusetts activists blockade weapons dealers
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Cambridge, Massachusetts A determined group of pro-Palestine activists, organized word-of-mouth by the emergency Shut Elbit Down coalition, surprised the Cambridge, Massachusetts, police force and the corporate criminals it protects on Oct. 12. Arriving at the death-lab workplace in the early mor

“The weapons [neocolonialism] is deploying to surveil, maim and mass murder Palestinians are supplied by the company that operates right here in our city. Elbit Systems, [neocolonialism’s] largest weapons dealer … supplies 85% of [its] drone fleet, along with land-based equipment, bullets, tear gas and internationally banned weapons [cluster and white phosphorus bombs]. Elbit weapons are being used to murder Palestinians right now. We will not let Elbit continue business as usual! . . .

“We will continue to take action to make it impossible for Elbit to operate in Cambridge until Elbit is gone. Shut Elbit Down!” (#ShutElbitDown on X)

  • TWeaKEnglish
    31•8 months ago

    It takes more than a couple people chaining themselves to a building to actually enact change. It takes pressure from the general public as a whole. If the public ignore all the protests, then there is no pressure, and thus no change.

    Protesting isn’t supposed to be some nice thing. It’s people getting desperate because change needs to happen, because they have no other peaceful option other than to make noise and make a nuisance. If you don’t like the nuisance, then your best option is to push for the change they’re chasing - particularly if you generally agree with their cause.

    Protesting is literally what gave you all the rights you enjoy today, sat in your cosy chair chatting away on the internet.

    • @Rivalarrival
      -36•8 months ago

      Do you really want people like me involved?

      Think really hard about that before you answer.

      • @Gracchibro1@lemmygrad.ml
        26•8 months ago

        It is good if you are inconvenienced by a protest like this regardless. Causing inconvenience to as many people as possible is the point; your personal feelings are completely irrelevant and nobody here cares.

      • ReaZ
        24•8 months ago

        Since you wrote here that you want the whole region to be nuked I think we’ll pass on your involvement.

        • @Rivalarrival
          1•8 months ago

          Read a little closer. I said quite the opposite.

          The rest of the world keeps driving them to peace talks, and they all keep walking away. Nobody in the region actually wants peace. They all want to fight. Until that changes, the only way to end the violence is to make glass, and that solution is worse than the problem.

          Taking sides in this is exactly the wrong thing to do. The best option is to make popcorn, sell tickets, and take bets.

      • SUPAVILLAIN
        20•8 months ago

        At this point, I kind of believe you’re the type of person to catch twenty years running over a protestor; so maybe you’re on the wrong board.