The protest is set to be one of the group’s most disruptive yet, with an activist stating that “we just need to shut it down for the whole working day”.
Speaking to an undercover reporter from The Express, who posed as a potential recruit to the group for two months, the organiser said: “There’s the great chance that you can literally just shut down the London Stock Exchange.
Palestine activists plot to 'shut down' London Stock Exchange
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They were said to believe the physical disruption to workers would cause chaos, despite the stock exchange operating electronically, stating: “Obviously people can trade on their phones nowadays [but] there’s going to be a lot of computers in there that people aren’t going to have access to. They could hold hundreds of millions of pounds worth of shares.”
The reporter learned of the group’s plans to cause turmoil tomorrow which will begin with two activists blocking the two revolving doors at the main entrance.
The duo were set to be equipped with fire extinguishers containing red paint and they will position a ladder above their heads and then chain their necks to it with bike locks.
Whilst this is going on, the other members will lock themselves to all entrances to the building and will fire bank notes that have been painted red out of “money guns”.
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PADemonstrators had also planned to place their arms inside of metal tubes, in an attempt to stall the police.
After making arrests in Liverpool, London and Brighton today, the met Police's Detective Superintendent Sian Thomas said: “These are significant arrests. We believe this group was ready to carry out a disruptive and damaging stunt which could have had serious implications had it been carried out successfully.
“I’m grateful to the Express for their willingness to provide the information gleaned from their own investigation. It was instrumental in helping us intervene successfully.
“Having only been provided with the material on Friday afternoon we had limited time to act.
“It is thanks to the determined efforts from our Public Order Crime team and our colleagues in Merseyside that we were able to identify, locate and arrest those we suspect to be involved in this plot.
“Mindful of the suggestion that this was one part of a planned week of action, we are in contact with the City of London Police as well as other forces across the UK to ensure that appropriate resources are in place to deal with any disruption in the coming days.”
Prior to arrest the group was claimed to believe that the Met Police would be cautious about removing them too hastily as officers will not know what is inside the tubes.
In a secret meeting between the organisers, it was reported that one ringleader suggested that those who were sitting in front of the entrances could use bike locks to fasten their necks to the doors.
The organisers believe the move would be useful to their cause as if the stock exchange traders tried to move past them and push open the doors, they would injure the protesters.
The ringleader said: “They can’t move the door without like f****** killing you.”
Protesters from Palestine Action are planning to lock themselves to the gates of the building tomorrow
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Pro-Palestine protesters have taken to the streets of London in the last few months PAThe ringleader said via the encrypted app Signal that the “capitalist system and the financial sector’s just f****** integral to connecting all the different colonial f****** projects and empires [which have] stolen f****** money from the people”.
He added: “[Monday's action] is the start of a week of action against different institutions in Britain that are complicit or facilitating Israeli apartheid against the Palestinians. This day is targeting the financial sector, so there’s obviously no better target than the London Stock Exchange.”
The week of chaos had been designed to cause havoc for British companies that are doing business with the Israeli Defence Force.
The group has bragged previously that they use “direct action” to shut down multinational arms dealers who provide Israel with weapons.