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Tell Gov Walz to Stop Funding Border Walls!
September 16, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Monday, September 16th @ 5:30 pm
Picket outside the Governor’s Mansion, 1006 Summit Ave, St. Paul on the anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacres in Palestine
The MN State Board of Investments, which Gov. Walz chairs, holds $1.2 million in shares in Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems is Israel’s largest weapons company, and is currently under contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to build a 53-tower “Integrated Fixed Towers” security project on the US-Mexico border. Continuing to invest in Elbit Systems perpetuates a system of militarization of the border and the resulting deaths of migrants trying to cross.
Elbit Systems’ border militarization technology was also deployed against the Palestinian people. 95% of their sales come from weapons alone. They are currently the world’s leading exporter of military and surveillance drones. Elbit also makes cluster munitions and white phosphorus shells – both of which are banned under international law.
Join us to tell Gov. Walz Elbit Systems should be disqualified as a candidate for the investment of retirement funds for the State of Minnesota. #BDS #MNDivestfromElbit
Organized by the Anti-War Committee