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"The global pro-Palestinian movement is a powerful example of a politics of dignity confronting a politics of humiliation."

“I refused to sign the double gagging clause the BBC tried to get me to sign. Not only could we have been sued for saying the BBC refused to air the film (palpably and provably true) but also if any other company had said it, the BBC could sue us.” theguardian.com/media/2025/jul…

Bands start boycotting Radar festival after Bob Vylan removed from line-up nme.com/news/music/ban…

Alasdair MacIntyre on Aquinas, the modern state, and the duty to disobey unjust laws:

Read our full statement on the proscription of Palestine Action: palestinecampaign.org/psc-statement-… In the face of these attacks, we will not be silenced or divided. Our movement will continue to build and grow, because this struggle must continue until Palestine is free.

At midnight, Palestine Action will be proscribed under the Terrorism Act. Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide. This is a dark day for our democracy. Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth. We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸

Some powerful strategic thinking going on: “We’re only 12 months in: if we can learn not just from what we’ve got right but also from what has not, then we still have time to get it right,” one No 10 source said."

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Absolute nothing of a response from the minister here:

New Labour had a deeply authoritarian streak but the proscription of Palestine Action goes far beyond their stated intentions. The current anti-democratic turn is common to centrism and the far-right. Its roots lie in the lack of answers to climate change and economic stagnation

I wrote about the Vylanising of the Gaza discourse, and what happens if you keep telling people things they can see aren’t true. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Woken up unable to say, even to two friends, that I support a non-violent protest group. No journalistic exemption, 14 years in prison. If this were happening anywhere east of Turkey we'd be calling it an authoritarian regime.

You can’t ban Vylan! This was after we finished our set at a festival less than 24 hours ago.

Not a terrorist offence: Participating in direct action like PA’s Organising direct action like PA’s Supporting direct action like PA’s Being a former PA activist who does all the above. Terrorist offence carrying up to 14 years in prison: Saying “I support Palestine Action”

absolute pleasure to read something so clear and sane about all this. it's so rare to come across a journalist that actually has a vocabulary and actually knows how to string words together to form a coherent and rational argument. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Protestors in Parliament Square oppose the government’s redefinition of ‘terrorism’ to include nonviolent direct action. Standing before a statue of Gandhi,a nonviolent activist Britain imprisoned for “terrorism,” their signs read: “I OPPOSE GENOCIDE. I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION”

Remind me how we report police arresting peaceful protesters for supporting a banned opposition group when it happens in one of the evil countries

A genuinely monstrous person

This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years.