Activists resist campaign to criminalise non-violent resistance to the Gaza genocide ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ In the early hours of 16 July, police banged on Manar’s apartment door.
Forged Solutions produce parts for Israeli F-35 fighter jets ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Sheffield group Stop Arming Israel says its activists early this morning (22 July) blockaded weapons parts manufacturer Forged Solutions in the Meadowhall industrial area.
What I imagine goes on in Keir Starmer’s head as he rehearses defending the indefensible ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ Let me be clear: the Israeli government is nothing like the Nazis.
96 arrested around England ahead of legal challenge to group’s proscription, no arrests in Edinburgh and Derry ~ Tim Simon ~ Nearly 100 more people across England have been arrested today (19 July) under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying “I oppose genocide—I support Palestine Action”.
Palestine solidarity gestures have multiplied in football—often referring to Handala, an iconic cartoon character and symbol of hope ~ Yann Dey-Helle, Dialectik Football ~ At MetLife Stadium in suburban New York, Wessam Abou Ali recently celebrated his second goal against FC Porto by posing with one hand behind his back and the other making the
Delegates and international activists with the Global March to Gaza, Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Al-Soumoud Convoy met in Tunisia to chart a collective path forward for Palestinian liberation ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ Over the past two weeks, thousands of international Palestine solidarity activists have gathered in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea
The proposed ban, rooted in colonial counter-insurgency law, could end up demystifying direct action and increasing public resolve ~ Blade Runner ~ This week, the UK Parliament is expected to approve the proscription of Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Report from a presentation on the roots of Zionism in the lead-up to 1948 ~ Giannis Voliatis ~ On Thursday (26 June) the Thessaloniki libertarian communist group Orizontia Kinisi (Horizontal Move) hosted an even at Ovradera social centre, presenting its research on the early history of Zionism.
It comes to something when even voicing support for a non-violent direct action group risks being designated as crossing the line, but Labour is no defender of freedom of speech and protest.
The government’s attempt to brand non-violent direct activists as “terrorists” has already backfired ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ This was the week when language in the UK temporarily gave up.
French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.
To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, at around 7.30 in the morning, an advance bloc of about 150 protesters, their faces covered, suddenly appeared by London City Hall in east London, near to where Britain’s largest arms fair,
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
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