Tag archives for General Dynamics
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
From our website We Need Defence In response to We Won’t Be Silenced (HIP 303), I’m not for any war. However, we need defence, right? Or should we have no…
We Won’t Be Silenced
JOHN ENFER An award-winning journalist and film-maker will visit Hastings in June for the screening of a film which documents the extraordinary efforts of ordinary people to confront companies in…
News in Brief
Dynamic Obfuscation A freedom of Information request has failed to clarify whether arms manufacturer General Dynamics produced weapons at its Hastings factory which have been used by Israel in the…
Dollimore on Israel and Palestine Action
KENT BARKER Does Hastings’ MP Helena Dollimore support arms sales to Israel? Our colleagues at the Hastings Online Times (HOT) allege that she does. In an article earlier this month…
Hastings Woman Arrested at Protest for Writing in Chalk
Grace Lally arrested at General Dynamics for chalking on road A Hastings woman has been arrested for alleged criminal damage after writing in chalk on the ground during a protest.…
Don’t All Children’s Lives Matter?
TERESA THORNHILL, a retired child protection lawyer, questions why we sell weapons to kill and main children abroad Mohammed Ibrahim, Unsplash In February, I participated in a town centre rally…
‘Hastings Three’ Acquitted
KENT BARKER Three men prosecuted for taking part in a peaceful protest at arms manufacturer General Dynamics have been acquitted of all charges at Brighton Law Courts. Laurie Holden, 72,…
Protesting and Picketing
ROD WEBB Early on Wednesday morning, 16 October, peace activists picketed the entrance to the site of weapons manufacturer General Dynamics in Sidney Little Road to protest the latest Israeli…
Peace Camp at Hastings Weapons Factory
Palestine campaigners in Hastings held a 48 hour ‘peace camp’ outside the General Dynamics arms factory on Telford Road in Hastings last weekend from Saturday noon to Monday morning. They…
‘Stop the Genocide’ March Through Hastings
A large and noisy march took over Battle Road on Saturday 13 April, demanding an end to Israel’s alleged genocide in Gaza. Hastings & District Palestine Solidarity Campaign Called by…
More Than a Local Protest
ROD WEBB reflects on joining the protest outside the Hastings site of General Dynamics, a company involved in supplying weapons to Israel used in the slaughter of Palestinian civilians Katy…
Gaza Campaigners Target Hastings Arms Manufacturer
Around 25 demonstrators held a rally and march last Thursday outside the offices of General Dynamics on the Castleham estate in St Leonards. The firm is one of the US…
XR demos target Council budget
Cllr Evans answers back The Hastings and St Leonards branch of Extinction Rebellion (XRHSL) has been out in force on the streets of Hastings to press anew its demand for…