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Protest against Agrexco's share holders Apax Partners in London

boycott Agrexco | 23.02.2009 17:01 | Campaign against Carmel-Agrexco | Palestine

A small protest was held this morning at the London headquarters of Apax Partners, a UK-based private equity giant that holds a majority stake in Israeli agricultural co-op Tnuva, which owns 25 percent of Agrexco Agricultural Export Company, Israel's largest exporter of agricultural produce, which is guilty of trading in fruits, vegetables and flowers grown on illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land in the Occupied Territories (see the Carmel-Agrexco topic page  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2008/carmelagrexco/).

Earlier in the morning, an anonymous protester had separately D-locked the building's main door, causing some disruption to the baffled employees arriving to work. Armed with a banner and leaflets accusing Apax Partners of profiting from the illegal settlements, they called upon the company to divest from Tnuva or be complicit to crimes under the International Criminal Court Act 2001.

Police arrived about an hour later and imposed Section 14 of the Public Order Act! But protesters didn't leave until they'd run out of leaflets and energy.

Apax employees arrive to find the door D-locked
Apax employees arrive to find the door D-locked

chaos inside
chaos inside

protesters arrive with a banner..
protesters arrive with a banner..

and start leafleting baffled employees and passers-by
and start leafleting baffled employees and passers-by

the leaflet
the leaflet

employees are send by security round the back to get in
employees are send by security round the back to get in

'can you stop taking pictures?' - no, sorry!
'can you stop taking pictures?' - no, sorry!

Operation Un-D-locking..
Operation Un-D-locking..

with a cloth and water to protect the glass..
with a cloth and water to protect the glass..

and an angle grinder
and an angle grinder

well-trained security!
well-trained security!

double action
double action

Operation complete
Operation complete

Apax Partners: 33 Jermyn Street, London, SW1Y 6DN
Apax Partners: 33 Jermyn Street, London, SW1Y 6DN


More background will follow soon...

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solidarirty

23.02.2009 18:07

kool action............keep d locking .....d lock the world .........direct action NOW AND ALWAYS

one of many

Unless thay change the door handle system

23.02.2009 23:03

how much do D-locks cost and how many can you fit on that lovely gold coloured door handle :-)

Bob

Did anyone report it?

24.02.2009 09:46

If you take a saw or angle grinder to a wheel clamp you're commiting criminal damage because the wheel clamp isn't yours, sadly irrespective of whether the wheel clamp is being used maliciously. I wonder if the same arguement can be used to get damages against those who destroyed your D-lock?

McQn

The illegal business of Apax Partners

26.02.2009 16:04

Some background information on Apax Partners; the UK-based private equity giant, which holds a majority stake in Israeli agricultural co-op Tnuva, which, in turn, owns 25 percent of Israeli exporter Agrexco Agricultural Export Company.

Solidarity
- Homepage: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/422873.html