Protest is not terrorism
Open letter on the proscription of Palestine Action – Defend the right to protest against war and genocide
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- Open letter from educators: solidarity with the hunger strikes, stop police censorship and state repression
- No more arrests, no more terrorism charges for peaceful protest: open letter (UPDATED)
- Over 1000 join “Lift the Ban” protest in Trafalgar Square on 4 October
- Statement from the Trade Union delegation to the Witness Circle at the Lift the Ban Protest, 4 October, Trafalgar Square
- TUC Congress votes to “Lift the Ban” and condemns the attack on protest rights
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Dozens of members of the national executive committees of the UK’s education unions NEU, UCU and EIS representing over 600,000 educators in schools, further education and universities are among 800 educators and trade unionists who have signed an open letter calling on the government to protect the lives of hunger-striking prisoners who have been jailed…
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To: Chief Constables, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Crown Prosecution Service As trade unionists and activists in the Palestine solidarity movement and beyond, we stand opposed to genocide and in solidarity with the campaign to reverse the proscription of Palestine Action as part of a broader campaign to defend the right to protest. We recognise…
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Around 1000 people defied calls from Keir Starmer and the Met Police for the suspension of the Defend our Juries protest against the proscription of Palestine Action on Saturday 4 October. Trade unionists from round the country joined hundreds taking part in the witness circle around the DoJ protest in solidarity, having issued a statement…
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As the organisers of the trade union delegation to the Witness Circle at the Lift the Ban action on 4 October, we believe that Defend our Juries is right to highlight the contradictions in the call from the Metropolitan Police and the Home Secretary for the postponement of the protest. It is the politically-motivated policy…
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Delegates at the annual congress of the TUC, representing 5.6 million workers, voted unanimously to demand the repeal of the proscription of Palestine Action. Congress also condemned the “serious escalation in authoritarianism” embodied in the Labour government’s attack on protest rights through restrictions on the national marches for Palestine and “the home secretary’s abuse of…
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Eyewitnesses from the “Witness Circle” of civil society organisations at the “Lift the Ban” protest in Parliament Square have described the police as “completely overwhelmed” by the sheer numbers of people holding signs with the words “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” as a call for defiance of the proscription of the direct action…
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At least 1500 people have joined a mass action of defiance to the proscription of Palestine Action and the British government’s complicity in genocide in Gaza. A delegation of trade unionists and signatories to the Protest is not Terrorism open letter is in Parliament Square to witness and condemn the repressive consequences of the ban…
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Trade union leaders are set to join speakers from Defend our Juries, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Stop the War Coalition at a public meeting in London on Thursday 4 September on the eve of another act of mass defiance of the terrorism laws in Parliament Square this Saturday. They include Daniel Kebede, general…
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Addressed to: Dear Mark Rowley and Stephen Parkinson, We the undersigned are scholars and teachers who work in London’s colleges and universities. Like so many of our colleagues and students, in London and across the country, we are profoundly appalled and ashamed by British complicity in Israel’s ongoing annihilation of Palestine. We take seriously our…
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Join the solidarity delegation to Parliament Square On 6 September at 1pm, thousands are expected to peacefully defy the proscription of Palestine Action in a protest organised by Defend our Juries. This solidarity delegation has been called by the organisers of the Protest is not Terrorism open letter in response to Defend our Juries’ call…
Protest is not terrorism 