@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotWell, I've stayed up until 04:00 writing an essay on terrorism and genocide, and why I expect to be arrested this afternoon.
So now I can't chicken out.
I'd better get some sleep.
#GazaGenocide
#PalestineAction
@pre@boing.worldFifteen minutes of debate and less than 30 votes against.
The MPs just wave it through without even trying to object.
The House Of Commons has voted to add a group that doesn't do any terrorism to the list of banned terrorist groups.
They will do climate protest groups next.
Protest is not terrorism, this government is a fascist authoritarian nightmare.
#palestineAction #ukPol #protest
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotWhat do people think of this as a suitable t-shirt/hoodie design in response to the proscription of #PalestineAction ?
#GazaGenocide
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotFor clarity, I am and continue to be a supporter of #PalestineAction.
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzUK police conflating "support for Palestine" with "support for proscribed group Palestine Action".
When they passed that law, I _thought_ things might slide this way at some point!
"In the encounter, which she filmed, one officer told her: “Mentioning freedom of Gaza, Israel, genocide, all of that all come under proscribed groups, which are terror groups that have been dictated by the government.”
"He went on to say that the phrase “Free Gaza” is “supportive of Palestine Action”, adding it was an offence “to express an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation, namely Palestine Action is an offence under section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act”. The officer told her she had committed that offence."
Starmer & co really need to speak out if this _wasn't_ exactly what they wanted to have happen :-/
#FreedomOfSpeech #UK #law #PalestineAction #censorship #police #Palestine #Israel #UKPol
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotHaving applied to join #PalestineAction, I'm now getting their emails, including, this morning, a link to this petition.
Sign it, and become and official #Terrorist, like me!
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzPalestine Action / UK censorship
Good article from @….
"While the groups actions may constitute criminal damage, their actions do not represent an attempt to induce fear in the population by creating an imminent threat to life. ...
"Proscribing Palestine Action as terrorists is not about public safety – it is about suppressing protest that we may disagree or agree with, but that stands well short of being an attempt to strike fear into the British public through the use of indiscriminate violence against people. In equating support of damage to military property with support of terrorism, it endangers legitimate debate about the UK-Israel arms trade. ...
"As there is no public evidence of any link to terrorism or support of terrorist groups from Palestine Action, Open Rights Group supports their decision to appeal proscription. While we may have differing opinions on their tactics, we stand against this attack on their right to exist and speak out."
#PalestineAction #UK #censorship #UKPol
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzSue Parfitt / Palestine Action / UK censorship
"An 83-year-old retired priest has been arrested for defying a newly enforced ban on pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action, just hours after the group was formally outlawed by the UK government.
"The Reverend Sue Parfitt, from Bristol, was detained for holding a placard that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” She was among more than 27 people arrested on Saturday for acts of defiance against the proscription."
#SueParfitt #PalestineAction #UKPol #UK #censorship
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzBob Vylan, Palestine Action etc - analysis from Archie Bland in Guardian
"It isn’t just that people are angry that the catastrophe in Gaza isn’t being given due attention: it is that their encounters with observable reality are being flatly denied. ...
"Those people have been told that Gaza protests are hate marches; they can see it’s not true. They have been told that US campus protesters are largely motivated by antisemitism; they can see it’s not true. They have been told that Palestine Action is a terrorist organisation because it spray painted military aircraft; they can see it’s not true. They have been repeatedly told, by Benjamin Netanyahu, that opposition to Israel’s war is antisemitic; they can see it’s not true. They have been told that the British government finds Israel’s actions “intolerable”; they can see it’s not true.
"Now they are being told that opposing the IDF is antisemitic, that the Glastonbury crowd is more virulent than the one at Nuremberg, and that direct action is a form of terrorism. They can see all that’s not true, either, and however far their view is from the front pages, they know that they are far from alone."
#BobVylan #PalestineAction #media #bias #Palestine #Gaza #Israel
