Anti-genocide protesters have been holding weekly standouts at General Dynamics in Saco, Maine for all of October as part of the call for rolling and escalating mobilizations by @laborforpalestine and the strike calls from Palestinians and the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions.
Autonomous organizers have collaborated with the @mainecoalition4palestine, @mainelaborforpalestine, @space4peace and @hcw4p_me to hold 6 actions this fall as well as early morning blocks twice since the beginning of the year.
General dynamics is the sole manufacturer of bombs used by Israel, according to a recent article published in the @portlandpressherald. The plant in Saco makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon.
The spokesperson at the Saco plant attempted to mislead the public after the first action by saying that the Saco plant does not build “bomb bodies”, a claim that was never made by the activists.
By April of this year, Israel had dropped over 70,000 tons of bombs on Gaza surpassing all munitions dropped in WWII. Mainers demand that General Dynamics leave our state and that GD execs be held accountable for profiting off genocide.
#GDOutOfMaine #ShutGDDown #ShutItDown #WarCrimes
