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"We have chosen to be branded as peace criminals by war criminals."

The permanent committee of the Start the War coalition (US chapter)

Lib Dem peer Lord Avebury said "no one in their right mind" would consider the use of paint to be an act of terrorism Conservative Lord Cope agreed and said criminal damage of that type should not be "covered within the definition of terrorism" hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2000-05-…

The Blair government's response to concerns about the "serious damage to property" clause was that it was necessary to cover IRA bombings where warnings meant there was no harm to people Then-Home Office minister Lord Bassam discussed it in this debate hansard.parliament.uk/Lords%E2%80%8F…

The "closer than your own jugular vein" is a particularly ugly bit when you realise it's a Qur'anic expression. quran.com/qaf/16

This is lovely, and makes me feel like a teenager again, when there was still lots of this stuff floating around London. (Five-way nocturnal drift converging on Dee's omphalos, muddied & hidden in pendulous Isle of Dogs, rain & sodium lamps...)

The real and difficult question Palestine Action poses, for those of us who agree with them that Israel is acting genocidally in Gaza, is not whether their actions are excessive but whether our own are adequate.

Palestine Action has instructed lawyers who will fight against the Home Secretary's attempt to ban our movement. Contribute to the legal fundraiser to help us stop the proscription. crowdjustice.com/case/palestine…

Hope is not naive when you have a vision and a movement behind it. Hope is in fact righteous. This is the dawn of a new era in New York City. And we will win it together.

Mike Davis miracles post hours

Wonderful, wonderful news out of NYC this morning.

Lander had been really impressive, and that very rare thing: a principled left-liberal who doesn't get completely unhinged around socialists. More of those, and more strategic cooperation like this, would be no bad thing.

How to break into a British military base

I did a talk at a prison a few months ago and recognised someone in the audience. Like a lot of the guys he was making thoughtful comments throughout, but his face looked kind of young and innocent. Finally I asked where I knew him from and he reminded me that we studied at