By World BEYOND War, November 26, 2025

WBW Canada Organizer Rachel Small and three other peace activists had their homes raided by police before dawn on Tuesday, with the apparent purpose to frighten and intimidate.

Five people have been charged with crimes for having nonviolently stood up to war criminals at the London Ontario arms fair last month held by Elbit, Lockheed, and other weapons companies.

On Tuesday October 21 more than a hundred people gathered at dawn in London, Ontario, to disrupt one of Canada’s leading military trade shows. Catching the “Best Defence Conference” by surprise, they blockaded entrances, locking out the companies, military, and government reps who had been arming genocide and profiting from war. The action exposed Canada’s complicity in war crimes at home and abroad, and uplifted the demand for an arms embargo on Israel and an end to Canada’s military expansion. It was covered by major local and national media outlets from CBC, CTV, and the Toronto Star, to London Free Press and the Canadian Press.

Now people with the decency to protest the arming of a genocide are facing enormous legal bills. A fund to assist them has been set up by Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) – Toronto. Please donate what you can here.

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