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George MonbiotTerrible news: the Court of Appeal has just ruled that the Government’s ban on Palestine Action is lawful. PA is now likely to lodge an appeal before the Supreme Court.
So the mass arrests of peaceful people sitting with cardboard signs will continue. Because that is what terrorism looks like ...
Meanwhile, not one of the groups so far known to have been orchestrating the violence in Belfast and Southampton has been banned as a terrorist organisation.
And don't imagine for one moment that it's going to stop here. The pressure for expanding the definition of terrorist to anyone protesting against the Israeli government's genocide is already rising. bsky.app/profile/netp...
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Interpipes 💙@georgemonbiot.bsky.social and they too have injured police officers which appeared to be the central plank of upgrading PA to terrorists
Claudius Link@interpipes @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
The "they injured police officers" often turns out that the police officers twisted their ankles when exiting their vehicle, stumbled when walking or injured themselves without any influence by protesters. At least here in Germany
The "they injured police officers" often turns out that the police officers twisted their ankles when exiting their vehicle, stumbled when walking or injured themselves without any influence by protesters. At least here in Germany
SpeakerToManagers@realn2s @interpipes @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
I seem to remember a case here in the US of a charge of assault against a protester who mussed the uniform of the cop who was beating them.
I seem to remember a case here in the US of a charge of assault against a protester who mussed the uniform of the cop who was beating them.
@SpeakerToManagers @realn2s @georgemonbiot.bsky.social FWIW I don't say this to minimise the injury the Palestine Action affiliated idiot inflicted: he fractured another human being's spine when he hit her with a sledgehammer when she very predictably arrived to arrest them for their break in to elbit. But that one idiot's actions appear to have been the totality of the evidence that's been presented as to them being a violent threat to the nation justifying a terrorism designation.
@SpeakerToManagers @realn2s @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and then we look at the racist terrorists in belfast attacking an entire slice of the population based on little more than their skin colour and burning them out of their homes and fighting the police in the streets ........ and nothing. They're just individual criminals, apparently. Nothing to see here.
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Richard Michael Blaber@georgemonbiot.bsky.social I see this is the case: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/15/ban-on-palestine-action-was-lawful-court-of-appeal-rules; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gy927jx88o. "Lady Chief Justice Sue Carr, the most senior #judge in #England & #Wales said [PalestineAction's] #behaviour was not that of a non-violent, #directaction organisation, & the #appealcourt had concluded #proscription was #justified & #proportionate. What #planet do these #judges live on?
Angie@georgemonbiot.bsky.social Meanwhile, Israel wants to turn the execution of its victims into a TV show.