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A rally of trade unionists and activists outside Woolwich Crown Court on Friday 9 October organised in solidarity with defendants on trial as part of the Filton cases heard speeches and statements from the leaders of three major unions condemning…
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Shaun Harkin, a People before Profit councillor in Derry City, spoke to Protest is not Terrorism at a meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the Raytheon occupation which led to the eventual decommissioning of the weapons manufacturer’s Derry factory. The…
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Following Donald Trump’s recent designation of Palestine Action as a ‘global terrorist group,’ US-based academics urge Andy Burnham to lift the ban and to stop treating nonviolent protesters as terrorists. Open letter to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham: Please Lift…
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Later this month, another group of Filton actionists will be up in court at Woolwich. Like defendants in previous trials, they are facing serious charges under discredited “joint enterprise” laws which allow prosecutors to charge defendants with the same crime…
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Chaotic scenes unfolded on 30 July outside the London court which had been scheduled to hold hearings for 1500 people charged during Lift the Ban actions protesting the proscription of Palestine Action. Police arrested people for attempting to read a…
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The UK government and police have taken newly repressive measures to discourage anti-genocide and anti-Zionist protests through criminalisation of the slogan ‘Globalise the Intifada’. Keir Starmer tells us that “if you stand alongside people who say ‘globalise the intifada’, you are…
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On Friday 12 June 2026, at Woolwich Crown Court, four remarkably courageous and principled members of Palestine Action were each condemned to five or more years of prison. They were punished for destroying around 40 lethal drones made by the…
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To: Justice Jeremy Johnson On 12 June 2026, a British court will seek to attach a “terrorism connection” to the sentencing of four Palestine Action activists, even though they were not charged, tried or convicted under terrorism laws. Three out…
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The Filton 4 will be sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday 12 June. The judge, Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson, is almost certain to attach a draconian “terrorism connection” to their sentences, even though they were not charged, tried or…
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Extended version of an open letter opposing criminalisation of the slogan Globalise the Intifada 11 May 2026 We are profoundly alarmed by the growing attempts of politicians and public authorities to mischaracterise the phrase “globalise the intifada” as a call…