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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UPDATE November 28, 2025
The number of arrestees is six. Rachel Small has been released. Electronic devices were seized indefinitely.
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Is Rachel still incarcerated at the moment or are she and others back home and anything more one can do to try to help?
Rachel has been released but devices were seized indefinitely. Please help with sharing the legal fundraiser (linked above), as well as sharing these social media posts listed below. Thank you for your support, Youri!
*Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRhoaHlkQgi/?img_index=1
*X: https://x.com/WBWCanada/status/1993756496610431008
*Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WBWCanada/posts/pfbid0ahmaNs7HrYTCE1QjRe9tM7NeyJL9i5VhC9x7nJDje6s2iWTYaeMv4GEkHYirHQXWl