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m&s targeted in solidarity with palestinian people

action | 04.03.2008 17:22 | Palestine

Activists this morning targeted a Marks & Spencer's store, to send a clear message that companies who profiteer from occupation and oppression are not welcome on this island.




Activists this morning targeted an M&S store at West Bridgeford, Nottinghamshire.
Both front and back entrances were locked shut with D-locks, red paint'blood' was thrown over the front of the store and grafitti was sprayed all over front and back, saying:
'blood on your hands'
'murder & slavery'
'M&S profit from Israeli apartheid state.'

For information on how M&S support Israel, including their profiteering from illegal settlements, see the below links.

 http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-marks-and-spencer.html
 http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-delta-galil.html

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Accuracy

04.03.2008 22:35

Solidarity
I've heard that M&S have had a change of ownership and no longer support Zionism more than other supermarkets.
The link doesn't go beyond 2001.
ASDA is the biggest buyer of Israeli goods.
Boycott Israeli Goods!

Anti-Zionist


Out of date information!

05.03.2008 10:09

I'm in agreement with the above person. The website linked is hugely out-of-date. If anything, Marks & Spencers have put in place a lot of useful schemes - they fully support fairtrade (only selling fairtrade tea & coffees), fairtrade cotton, organic, clothes recycling via Oxfam (including supporting this with a free clothing voucher!) & numerous other schemes. See link above.

Supermarket "giants" such as Asda (Walmart) & Tesco are far more worrying in many of their activities.

SamAwake
mail e-mail: rockratgirl@hotmail.com
- Homepage: http://plana.marksandspencer.com/


Factual info please

05.03.2008 11:19

Hard to tell whether the above commenters are providing genuine info, or are just M&S employees in disguise. Can anyone provide solid info on this change of culture at M&S, or is it just a distraction?

Factfinder


Clarification sought on this topic.

05.03.2008 12:03

It would be helpful to get some guidance on this subject.

I am not an M and S fan but was under the impression that they sourced their goods from third world sweat shops like the rest of the chain stores these days. Remember the TV programme about clothes made in Morocco by workers in slave like conditions?

The diretcors of M and S are of the Jewish ethnic group but I think they seek to maximise profit above everything else.

Anyone with accurate knowledge?

Jim


No change at M&S

05.03.2008 14:55

M&S have never made any announcement about any change in policy. In December 2004 CEO Stuart Rose was guest of honour at the annual dinner of the Britain-Israel Chamber of Commerce. In November 2007 the Victory to the Intifada group, which demonstrates outside M&S Oxford Street each week held a day of action in which M&S, Selfridges and John Lewis were all picketed. Managers from Selfridges and John Lewis came rushing out to assure demonstrators they no longer stocked mislabelled goods from the occupied territories or Catepillar boots (forget for a minute whether they were telling the truth or not!) No-one from M&S came out to say anything.

No problem with a campaign against ASDA or anyone else. But these posts are attempting to demobilise the campaign against M&S, not a call to action elsewhere.

Finally, demonstrating outside M&S is in no way anti-Jewish and this slur is becoming dull.

anti-imperialist


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