Activists blocked Caterpillar in Grimbergen on Thursday, June 12!
Inspired by Stop Arming Israel, they did what the government refuses to do - POPULAR EMBARGO!
Caterpillar has long been a supplier to the Israeli army. They supply a variety of heavy machinery used to destroy buildings and roads, disperse crowds and build illegal settlements and walls around the Palestinian territories.
The 20 activists, from different groups, blocked the main entrance of the Grimbergen factory with padlocks during the afternoon.
They demand that the Flemish, Walloon, Belgian and European governments immediately impose an arms embargo on Israel. And if they don’t, WE WILL DECLARE IT! And we apply it!
Elsewhere this same week, Vredesactie organized a symbolic action with a group of activists outside the door of the BMT company in Oostkamp featuring an ambulance pierced by a bomb and a puddle of blood surrounding the scene. MaskoffMaersk Belgium was organizing a telephone blocking action of the Maersk offices located in Antwerp as part of a global call to action against the American carrier complicit in the genocide.
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