Demon Queen Lucretia on Nostr: Just seen that Derby Pride is happily sponsored by - and asking us to give thanks to ...
Just seen that Derby Pride is happily sponsored by - and asking us to give thanks to - Rolls Royce.
Rolls Royce manufacture essential components for the F-35 fighters being used extensively to commit airstrikes as part of the ongoing genocide in Palestine. They are complicit in the brutal violence there and directly profit from its continuation.
Accepting a sponsorship that is blatant pinkwashing, even if it is from a local business, is absolutely appalling. Derby Pride is an extremely "safe" corporate friendly event which doesn't even bother having any sort of march or parade, just a short walk around a park where nobody has to see us. Absolutely pathetic.
At least now I have some ideas for what kind of protest materials to take in a few weeks.
Sources:
https://www.ucu.cam.ac.uk/campaigning-for-boycott-and-divestment-in-solidarity-with-palestine-an-update/
https://www.rolls-royce.com/products-and-services/defence/aerospace/combat-jets/rolls-royce-liftsystem.aspx
https://theaviationist.com/2023/11/07/israeli-f-35i-cas-gaza/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_Cvj98hl-A/?igsh=bmp4dzh1cGJzcjFt
Rolls Royce manufacture essential components for the F-35 fighters being used extensively to commit airstrikes as part of the ongoing genocide in Palestine. They are complicit in the brutal violence there and directly profit from its continuation.
Accepting a sponsorship that is blatant pinkwashing, even if it is from a local business, is absolutely appalling. Derby Pride is an extremely "safe" corporate friendly event which doesn't even bother having any sort of march or parade, just a short walk around a park where nobody has to see us. Absolutely pathetic.
At least now I have some ideas for what kind of protest materials to take in a few weeks.
Sources:
https://www.ucu.cam.ac.uk/campaigning-for-boycott-and-divestment-in-solidarity-with-palestine-an-update/
https://www.rolls-royce.com/products-and-services/defence/aerospace/combat-jets/rolls-royce-liftsystem.aspx
https://theaviationist.com/2023/11/07/israeli-f-35i-cas-gaza/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_Cvj98hl-A/?igsh=bmp4dzh1cGJzcjFt