'BAE Systems, based at Samlesbury, is one of "two principle industrial partners" providing F-35 warplanes which are being used in bombing Gaza.' Photo: Protest at Samlesbury
Push to withdraw arms-linked pensions
Quakers amongst hundreds of protestors at BAE Systems in Lancashire
by Rebecca Hardy
16th July 2021
Lancaster City councillors are calling on the Lancashire County Pension Fund to withdraw £8 million of investments made in companies that ork in areas of Palestine illegally occupied by the Israeli government. The move follows demonstrations last month when hundreds of protestors – including Quakers – descended on BAE Systems in Lancashire criticising its connections to the Israeli military.
