Sunday, February 22, 2015

Green Left Weekly: Activists shut down drone factory



Sun, 22/02/2015








Instro Precision, a factory in Kent, England, owned by Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems was shut down on February 17 by four activists occupying the roof while others blockaded the entrance.


Instro Precision is a manufacturer of military targeting systems. Its optical equipment is used in drones such as those Israel used to bombard Gaza during the summer of 2014, say the activists. Such surveillance equipment has also been installed in Israel’s apartheid wall in the West Bank.


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This article by originally appeared on socialismonline.net on February 22, 2015 at 05:54AM

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