#palestineaction

The arrests of peaceful protestors demonstrating against the proscription of Palestine Action continued in London today; The problem is now that the Met. have decided Sarah Helm's post did not meet the criteria for police action, others are using that form of wording (although as pointed out previously the thresholds for on-line & public statements are different). So, are the Police being 'over-zealous' of *just* doing the Govt.s bidding? #protest #PalestineAction

"Ironically, Andreas was coming to London to speak at our event about the unprecedented attacks on free speech unleashed by the proscription of Palestine Action, including the effective ban on Sally Rooney’s books, but he has now been banned himself" #PalestineAction #FreeSpeech #Tribune #UKPolitics Climate academic Andreas Malm barred from entering UK | Palestine Action | The Guardian

"It is an absurdity so mind-bending to think that today the current president of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who rampaged through Syria as the commander of the al-Qaeda offshoot Jabhat al-Nusra, could land in the UK and be received at 10 Downing Street, but Sally Rooney could be arrested on arrival on terrorism charges" #PalestineAction #SallyRooney #UKPolitics What the UK Is Doing to Pro-Palestine Novelist Sally Rooney Is an Act of Orwellian Villainy

#NormalPeople boycott #Israel. #BDS #PalestineAction #Palestine

This, and please excuse my language, is absolute, bugfuck, pants-on-head, insane. One of UK's most critically acclaimed living authors (who isn't a walking hate speech or abuser), has had her books pulled by her publisher because of the laws against #PalestineAction. #Irish novelist Sally #Rooney said her books can no longer be sold in the #UK because she financially supports the banned group #Palestine Action. Rooney, 35, is the critically praised author of four novels: “Conversations with Friends,” “Normal People,” “Beautiful World, Where are You” and “Intermezzo.” I remind you that all of this nonsense is happening under the nominally moderate #Labour party. As an American, I say to fellow USians as we close in on midterms, remember that Labour proves centrists are better than rightwing, but they are not our friends. They're still bootlickers.

The next mass sign-holding action for #PalestineAction will take place at the US Embassy in London, on October 31st

I wonder whether Westminster and Whitehall will ever realise or at least be prepared to recognise) that they are being made to look like fools? (Or Fules c/o A. Molewsworth) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/14/sally-rooney-says-she-can-no-longer-sell-books-in-the-uk-because-of-palestine-action-support #PalestineAction #Rooney #Labour #UkPol #Mahmoud #Foolish

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/117348997361732216 "You were right" says Ed Miliband, while Labour carries on locking up protesters, who are in the right, for the audacity of showing up the British Government Meanwhile Far Right terrorists are called 'Activists' and given the gentlest touch by our security services. #UKPol #UKpolitics #TwoTierPolicing #PalestineAction #EdMiliband #Labour #FreePalestine

Report: Merseyside police arrest pensioners at Burnham’s First Labour Conference One 94-yo Jewish protestor: “Whatever Miliband said about the illegal occupation of the West Bank, he did not call it a genocide & he did not ban all arms to Israel." "I am here because I want Andy Burnham to lift the ban –  not later, right now – to call it a genocide & stop arming Israel.” https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/27/hundreds-defy-palestine-action-ban-at-burnhams-first-labour-conference-2/#UKPol #EUPol #USPol #UKLabourConference #news #Palestine #PalestineAction #gaza .

This is how to do it. Confront them in public places. Keep doing it. Never let them feel immune from it. Wherever they go, never let them rest. UK public confront Miliband in a pizza place over the Labour government's fascistic treatment of Palestine Action: Video https://aje.news/pkq3ch?update=4993817#UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Palestine #PalestineAction #democracy #news #miliband .

The impact on free speech & the right to protest of the proscription of Palestine Action seems to be growing as voters report growing concerns about Labour's policy. While hardly likely to encourage voters to shift rightwards, it could easily contribute to voters 'sitting on their hands' or shifting votes to the Green Party of England & Wales or others. One more own goal by Blue Labour. #politics #protest #democracy #PalestineAction

While genocidal maniacs go free, those opposing genocide are arrested yet again in Burnham’s Britain! “IN PICS: hundreds arrested at Palestine protest outside Labour conference” by Skwawkbox with The Canary @uk_politics@UKLabour@mastodon.cloud@thecanaryuk@independent-media.co.uk@palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai@palestine@lemmy.ml @iran@iraq@mastodon.social@palestinenews@gts.liberated.press “Hundreds of people have been arrested as the Defend our Juries group protested against the government’s ‘proscription‘ (terrorism ban) on anti-genocide group #PalestineAction. While al-Qaeda subsidiary #HTS in #Syria has been de-proscribed and whitewashed by the UK and US, Palestine Action remains banned” https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/09/27/palestine-action-labour-conference/ #Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #EradicateZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #UK #Labour #PalAction #DefendOurJuries #TerrorismAct #Proscription

Report: Dozens of US scholars have signed an open letter calling on UK PM Burnham: “to end the indefensible & counter-productive ban on Palestine Action... a nonviolent direct action group whose goal is to save lives & prevent genocide.” “We are all obliged to do whatever we can to prevent genocide." Lift the ban, drop the politically motivated charges, & "stop treating nonviolent protesters as terrorists." https://aje.news/r7py14?update=4991637#UKPol #USPol #EUPol #Palestine #PalestineAction #news .

Rob Del Naja from Massive Attack has been arrested again for showing his support for #PalestineAction This time he was done outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool Xx

"BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference." #Video: https://bsky.app/profile/defendourjuries.bsky.social/post/3mwgrymo3mk2b #Palestine #PalestineAction #UK #TerrorismAct

Two Not Guilty verdicts in two significant trials! Two separate trials in one week have resulted in unanimous not-guilty jury verdicts. The trial of Olax Outis, a Dutch activist who spray painted Parliament Square’s Winston Churchill statue, concluded last week with every member of the jury determining that he had committed no crime, despite the claims of a cleanup operation costing “£7,000” (that’s an expensive jet wash!). Olax had been held on remand for nearly two months and was blocked from returning home in yet another ridiculous set of oppressive bail conditions against a pro-Palestine activist. Sarah Cotte was arrested in a violent dawn raid by counter-terror police months after she had made a speech about the rights of Palestinians outside her university, SOAS of London. A legal complaint had been made against Sarah by pro-genocide groups, UK Lawyers for Israel, and pro-Israel campaigners. She had already faced a trial in which jurors chose not to convict her, but prosecutors decided to waste yet more taxpayer money on a retrial which led to a unanimous not-guilty verdict. Both of these cases show the importance of jury trials, and highlight both the need to Defend Our Juries and the reason our corrupted corporate state is keen to remove jury trials altogether. Nice xxx #PalestineAction

Report: Supporters of Palestine Action will hold placards outside the Labour party conference on Sep 27. Mass arrests are expected by the organisers, Defend Our Juries (DOJ). Since the proscription of Palestine Action in July 2025, police have arrested more than 3,600 people. Activists want Burnham to drop "Starmer’s policy of denying the genocide in Gaza & treating domestic dissent as terrorism." https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/18/hundreds-set-to-defy-palestine-action-ban-at-labour-party-conference/#UKPol #EUPol #USPol #palestine #palestineAction #news #Burnham .

Report: Supporters of Palestine Action will hold placards outside the Labour party conference on Sep 27. Mass arrests are expected by the organisers, Defend Our Juries (DOJ). Since the proscription of Palestine Action in July 2025, police have arrested more than 3,600 people. Activists want Burnham to drop "Starmer’s policy of denying the genocide in Gaza & treating domestic dissent as terrorism." https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/18/hundreds-set-to-defy-palestine-action-ban-at-labour-party-conference/#UKPol #EUPol #USPol #palestine #palestineAction #news #Burnham .

The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point.

If elderly clergy get arrested for peacefully holding up pieces of cardboard, yet masked, black-clad fascists intimidating the public don't, then truly this country has lost its way. #Dover #terrorism #PalestineAction