A demonstration against “the war economy” and “the death of death” brings together several thousand people to the Bourget fair

More than 4,000 people demonstrated on Saturday June 21 in the afternoon “Against the war economy” AND “The Business of Death”From Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) to the International Aeronautical and Espace Salon (SIAE) in Le Bourget, according to the mobilization organizers. Six people were arrested on Friday and a seventh Saturday on the sidelines of this movement, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.

“Bourget lounge: death merchants”We read on one of the posters brandished by demonstrators. “Their wars, their profits, our dead, stop the genocide in Palestine”swap the head of the head. The Bourget Fair, which awaits 100,000 visitors per day, is marked this year by the closure of Israeli stands with offensive weapons, on decision of the French government, in the middle of the war led by Israel in the Gaza Strip and against Iran.

At the microphone, the deputy (LFI) Eric Coquerel claimed that “The colonial and imperialist war (led by Israel) has a goal : end the Palestinian people. What we must demand from France is (…) a total boycott of Israel and the end of armaments contracts “. “The future of people is suspended from the wishes and delusions of some world leaders (…) with accomplices weapons”assured a representative of the Altermondondical Association Attac, for whom “The peoples of Iran, Gaza or Ukraine undergo armed imperialism”.

In addition, an investigation was opened after a report by the Paris police headquarters “reporting together several collectives in order to disrupt the holding of the Bourget fair”announced the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirming information from Parisian. “Surveillance” confirmed these groupings “And the presence of a large gas cylinder”he added. Six people were arrested on Friday and a seventh Saturday, and “A helium cylinder and nearly 200 balloons” were discovered during searches.