Palestine solidarity demos in the UK
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PTK
Paul Kegan
That makes the point very well.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
I think this was deliberate. So many came I think I heard stewards tell people to go either way. And there was loudspeaker in Trafalgar Square so people could hear speakers.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Couldn't stay long as I'm a bit full of a cold today. There were two stages and two sets of speakers this time. They haven't done that before. Was co-organised with Stop The War Coalition, which I don't think has happened before.
Hard to estimate numbers. Pretty big, not on the scale of the huge one. Maybe a couple of hundred thousand?
Lots of love for South Africa. Lots of anger at Sunak. Lots of home-made placards now carry the words and faces of dead Palestinians.
Hard to estimate numbers. Pretty big, not on the scale of the huge one. Maybe a couple of hundred thousand?
Lots of love for South Africa. Lots of anger at Sunak. Lots of home-made placards now carry the words and faces of dead Palestinians.
PTK
Paul Kegan
Thank you for all the photos. I feel guilty that I could not be there, but your photos give a good idea of the demo, and I will pass them on to others.
tony.c
Well-Known Member
Difficult to tell numbers, maybe not so many as the big one last year. But the use of two stages indicated big numbers, and it took longer from start to end. More trade union banners.
There was a Labour Party contingent, Labour Members for Palestine, assembling in side street when I arrived with two London CLP banners, maybe more later.
There was a Labour Party contingent, Labour Members for Palestine, assembling in side street when I arrived with two London CLP banners, maybe more later.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Arms factory in Newcastle targeted as well today:
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
Free Palestine protesters gather outside Scotswood factory
Demonstrators held up Palestine flags and signs reading "Geordies against Genocide" outside the Rafael Factory on Scotswood Road
PTK
Paul Kegan
Brilliant! Well done, those comrades!
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Arms factory in Newcastle targeted as well today:
Free Palestine protesters gather outside Scotswood factory
Demonstrators held up Palestine flags and signs reading "Geordies against Genocide" outside the Rafael Factory on Scotswood Road
Exactly what we need, big national demos and specific actions targeting the links in the murder machine.
ska invita
back on the other side
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
I’ve never heard actionists as a replacement of activists before.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Update:
Five of the six activists arrested for allegedly conspiring to disrupt the London Stock Exchange have been released.
One was charged and will appear at court to apply for bail shortly.
Mobilise from 10AM at Wirral Magistrates Court, 120 Chester St, Birkenhead, CH41 5DL
Not clear if they mean 10AM tomorrow or today, guessing tomorrow?
Five of the six activists arrested for allegedly conspiring to disrupt the London Stock Exchange have been released.
One was charged and will appear at court to apply for bail shortly.
Mobilise from 10AM at Wirral Magistrates Court, 120 Chester St, Birkenhead, CH41 5DL
Not clear if they mean 10AM tomorrow or today, guessing tomorrow?
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Latest PA stuff:
Sean, a dedicated campaigner for Palestinian liberation, was remanded to prison for allegedly conspiring to disrupt the London Stock Exchange.
He’s previously put his liberty on the line to disrupt Israel’s weapons trade and end complicity with apartheid Israel.
His sacrifice is a further call to all those who are able, to continue the fight when he can’t. We will never back down to a crackdown!
The lawyers will put in an immediate appeal and apply for bail as soon as possible. We will post updates.
In the meantime, you can write messages of support to Sean at palactprisoners@protonmail.com and donate at palestineaction.org/defence-fund
Also, Mileway Real Estate, landlords of the UAV Shenstone site that previously had a contract with Fisher German, targeted in London and Glasgow today:
Lots of Barclays demos happened yesterday as well - Morning Star makes it Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Blackburn, Bolton, Huddersfield, Stockport, Bradford, Altrincham and Preston. Didn't realise quite how regional that one was.
Sean, a dedicated campaigner for Palestinian liberation, was remanded to prison for allegedly conspiring to disrupt the London Stock Exchange.
He’s previously put his liberty on the line to disrupt Israel’s weapons trade and end complicity with apartheid Israel.
His sacrifice is a further call to all those who are able, to continue the fight when he can’t. We will never back down to a crackdown!
The lawyers will put in an immediate appeal and apply for bail as soon as possible. We will post updates.
In the meantime, you can write messages of support to Sean at palactprisoners@protonmail.com and donate at palestineaction.org/defence-fund
Also, Mileway Real Estate, landlords of the UAV Shenstone site that previously had a contract with Fisher German, targeted in London and Glasgow today:
Lots of Barclays demos happened yesterday as well - Morning Star makes it Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Blackburn, Bolton, Huddersfield, Stockport, Bradford, Altrincham and Preston. Didn't realise quite how regional that one was.
ska invita
back on the other side
ska invita
back on the other side
So depressing
Counter-terror police stopped a teenage boy wearing a Palestine flag at a UK airport and demanded: “Have you been to any of the protests?”
The bizarre 40-minute ordeal – a recording of which has been exclusively obtained by openDemocracy – saw an officer repeatedly ask the boy and a family member about their views on the “situation in Palestine”, how often they had been on marches in London, and whether they had seen any disorder there.
Counter-terror police stopped a teenage boy wearing a Palestine flag at a UK airport and demanded: “Have you been to any of the protests?”
The bizarre 40-minute ordeal – a recording of which has been exclusively obtained by openDemocracy – saw an officer repeatedly ask the boy and a family member about their views on the “situation in Palestine”, how often they had been on marches in London, and whether they had seen any disorder there.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Protesters 'shut down' Bristol company with early-morning demonstration
Protesters are still stationed outside the building
Kuehne & Nagel, a company with a transport contract for Elbit goods, targeted in Milton Keynes and London earlier this week.
Kuehne+Nagel's Milton Keynes office damaged and covered in red paint
Earlier this year the Swiss firm said it diverted 405 container ships because of Red Sea attacks.
www.bbc.co.uk
Palestine Action smash Elbit's cargo contractors - Freedom News
Overnight actions by Palestine Action have targeted the logistics companies servicing the operations of Israel's arms trade in Britain.
freedomnews.org.uk
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Oh, and protest/die-in at BAE Systems in Blackburn early tomorrow morning
rotest/Die-in at BAE Systems Samlesbury Aerodrome
This Friday 19th January
Myerscough Road, Balderstone,
Main Entrance, Blackburn BB2 7LF
Supported by Blackburn 4 Palestine
Protest starts 7.30am as workers come in, Die-in at 9am
Bring your own white sheet for the die-in
The rear fuselage for every F-35 Warplane is made at this BAE Systems Arms Factory in Lancashire
F-35 Fighter Jets are being used by the Israeli Occupation Forces to commit war crimes against the Gazan population, including the murder of over 10,400 children.
rotest/Die-in at BAE Systems Samlesbury AerodromeThis Friday 19th January
Myerscough Road, Balderstone,
Main Entrance, Blackburn BB2 7LF
Supported by Blackburn 4 Palestine
Protest starts 7.30am as workers come in, Die-in at 9am
Bring your own white sheet for the die-in
The rear fuselage for every F-35 Warplane is made at this BAE Systems Arms Factory in Lancashire
F-35 Fighter Jets are being used by the Israeli Occupation Forces to commit war crimes against the Gazan population, including the murder of over 10,400 children.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Woman arrested for criminal damage caused by putting a poster up with a drawing pin on the door of her MP's constituency office
novaramedia.com
Pro-Palestine Protester Arrested for Using Pins to Put Placard on MP’s Door | Novara Media
A pensioner was subjected to a dawn raid in an ‘act of intimidation’, after some drawing pins were put in the door of the local MP’s office.
novaramedia.com
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
That's positively terrifying.Woman arrested for criminal damage caused by putting a poster up with a drawing pin on the door of her MP's constituency office
Pro-Palestine Protester Arrested for Using Pins to Put Placard on MP’s Door | Novara Media
A pensioner was subjected to a dawn raid in an ‘act of intimidation’, after some drawing pins were put in the door of the local MP’s office.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
totally. Would like to see those officers and the MP get pilloried in their local community for that (not physically obviously if anyone is reading this)That's positively terrifying.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Does remind of see on one of the big demos police stop a guy holding a home made placard.
On it was a timeline. Holocaust 1940s .......... Gaza 2023
This was before the South African case against Israel started.
The guy put up a reasoned argument. And asked the police what was wrong with the placard. They ( Cops are not the brightest) said you cant have that placard. But gave no real answer.
I have noticed police on edge of marches with cameras clearly looking at placards as people go past. So reckon the cops were told about that placard by the police surveillance team and told to go and tell the guy to stop carrying it.
On it was a timeline. Holocaust 1940s .......... Gaza 2023
This was before the South African case against Israel started.
The guy put up a reasoned argument. And asked the police what was wrong with the placard. They ( Cops are not the brightest) said you cant have that placard. But gave no real answer.
I have noticed police on edge of marches with cameras clearly looking at placards as people go past. So reckon the cops were told about that placard by the police surveillance team and told to go and tell the guy to stop carrying it.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Fucking ACAB.Woman arrested for criminal damage caused by putting a poster up with a drawing pin on the door of her MP's constituency office
Pro-Palestine Protester Arrested for Using Pins to Put Placard on MP’s Door | Novara Media
A pensioner was subjected to a dawn raid in an ‘act of intimidation’, after some drawing pins were put in the door of the local MP’s office.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
So, the MP ...Woman arrested for criminal damage caused by putting a poster up with a drawing pin on the door of her MP's constituency office
Pro-Palestine Protester Arrested for Using Pins to Put Placard on MP’s Door | Novara Media
A pensioner was subjected to a dawn raid in an ‘act of intimidation’, after some drawing pins were put in the door of the local MP’s office.
... when she's the one who either grassed the woman up or at least allowed the complaint to go to the police.
PTK
Paul Kegan
Meanwhile,
"Norfolk Police has referred itself to the independent watchdog, saying it did not respond to a 999 call from a house where a family was later found dead." They were probably too busy looking for fly posters.
Norwich: Police failed to respond to 999 call from deaths house
Norfolk police says the call was made just over an hour before the bodies of four people were found.
www.bbc.co.uk
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