Palestine solidarity demos in the UK

[Larry O'Hara]

As per usual no trouble on the march. Not sure how big it was this time.

I am interested (asking for a friend: who is writing an article for me) what exactly were these alleged racist placards? I suspect strong over-reach here, following arrest of RCG supporter & the media offensive vs SWP pamphlet

 

[Gramsci]

I am interested (asking for a friend: who is writing an article for me) what exactly were these alleged racist placards? I suspect strong over-reach here, following arrest of RCG supporter & the media offensive vs SWP pamphlet

I didn't see any trouble. Nothing in news about what placards said. There are always police with cameras on edge of these demos.

 

[Cloo]

I didn't see any placards that seemed antisemitic, and at no time felt unsafe as a Jew.

 

[tony.c]

At Glasgow Celtic stadium yesterday.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Placards to do with H*ma's or linking is*eal to naz*sm

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Placards to do with H*ma's or linking is*eal to naz*sm

If you trawl back enough through twitter some streamers pointed one out to the met

 

[Gramsci]

Thousands take part in pro-Palestine protests across the world

Protests took place in major world cities, including London, Madrid and Istanbul.

www.aljazeera.com

Report about worldwide protests.

I noticed in Spain its completely normal thing to do.

The crowd snaked through closed-off streets in the Spanish capital from Atocha train station to the central Plaza del Sol square behind a large banner that read: Freedom for Palestine.

At least six ministers from Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s cabinet also took part in the demonstration, five from the left-wing Sumar party, his junior coalition partners, as well as Transport Minister Oscar Puente of the prime minister’s Socialist party.

So in Spain the centre left government can have six ministers from the government on the march.

Unlike here. Where the centre left Labour party tries to stop senior people going.

 

[Gramsci]

Placards to do with H*ma's or linking is*eal to naz*sm

Interestingly police this time were not pulling people over for placards saying Israel was committing Genocide. Saw them do this at an earlier demo.

I am a bit circumspect about what photos I take now as I do not want to get people in trouble.

 

[Larry O'Hara]

Interestingly police this time were not pulling people over for placards saying Israel was committing Genocide. Saw them do this at an earlier demo.

I am a bit circumspect about what photos I take now as I do not want to get people in trouble.

I know what you mean: and agree. It is that we are very interested in how the Terrorism Act 2000 is being used currently

 

[hitmouse]

 

[Dystopiary]

Thousands take part in pro-Palestine protests across the world

Protests took place in major world cities, including London, Madrid and Istanbul.

www.aljazeera.com

Report about worldwide protests.

I noticed in Spain its completely normal thing to do.



So in Spain the centre left government can have six ministers from the government on the march.

Unlike here. Where the centre left Labour party tries to stop senior people going.

Labour aren't centre left; they're right wing.

 

[teqniq]

Wrt to the debacle and shenanigans in the HOC yesterday eve: There appears to be an effort by some MP's and their supporters to weaponise the protests aimed at them over their stance on the events in Gaza in attempt to get them shut down. This thread by Owen Jones sums it up quite nicely:

Thread by @OwenJones84 on Thread Reader App

@OwenJones84: Here’s what’s going on. Israel’s onslaught is clearly now, to most voters, an obscene and indefensible mass slaughter. That’s left MPs who justified it exposed. So they’re now trying to protect themsel...…

threadreaderapp.com

An example:



What really happened:



Police response in this article:

Police issue response after Paul Sweeney says office was 'stormed' by Gaza protesters

POLICE Scotland have rejected a Labour MSPs claim that Labour's Glasgow office was "stormed" by Gaza protesters...

www.thenational.scot

 

[Serge Forward]

Wrt to the debacle and shenanigans in the HOC yesterday eve: There appears to be an effort by some MP's and their supporters to weaponise the protests aimed at them over their stance on the events in Gaza in attempt to get them shut down. This thread by Owen Jones sums it up quite nicely:

Thread by @OwenJones84 on Thread Reader App

@OwenJones84: Here’s what’s going on. Israel’s onslaught is clearly now, to most voters, an obscene and indefensible mass slaughter. That’s left MPs who justified it exposed. So they’re now trying to protect themsel...…

threadreaderapp.com

An example:



What really happened:



Police response in this article:

Police issue response after Paul Sweeney says office was 'stormed' by Gaza protesters

POLICE Scotland have rejected a Labour MSPs claim that Labour's Glasgow office was "stormed" by Gaza protesters...

www.thenational.scot

But... but... they look terrifying!!!1111!!

 

[Wilf]

But... but... they look terrifying!!!1111!!

I know! And next they'll be suggesting MPs should actually have contact with their constituents. Shakes head.

 

[hitmouse]

Arms factories blockaded in Newcastle and Leicester today:


Also apparently charges dropped against two people who'd been facing prosecution from earlier Leicester actions:

And a last-minute protest held in Manchester tonight after it turned out BAE Systems were holding an event at the Museum of Science and Industry.

 

[Rob Ray]

Cleverly here suggesting that constituents shouldn't be allowed to tell off the MPs representing them if it's a er ... mob ... (definition pending) on public land in their constituency who happen to be within earshot of their representative's house.

I'm left wondering who taught him what democracy is, if not the right for a citizen to collar their local rep to say their piece. If half a dozen people spot an MP in the local pub and peacefully tell them off is that okay or is it "clearly with the intention of distorting their future votes, that is unacceptable"? Apparently so, because according to Mr Cleverly there is only one allowable place for anyone to make a point:

“The ballot box is where people and organisations should make their views clear.”

Ah yes, that place where the pro-ceasefire view was famously all over the ballot in 2019, miraculously pre-empting the 2023 opening of hostilities, and will be again sometime in Summer 2024. Or maybe Autumn. Represented by ... who? Exactly?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Ah yes, that place where the pro-ceasefire view was famously all over the ballot in 2019, miraculously pre-empting the 2023 opening of hostilities, and will be again sometime in Summer 2024. Or maybe Autumn. Represented by ... who? Exactly?

Come on, 40-odd % of voters clearly cast their vote for Johnson-then-Truss-then-Sunak. Democracy clearly in action.

 

[hitmouse]

At the risk of cluttering this thread up too much with insta links, have had a quick look but not been able to find proper articles yet, apparently the BAE event in Manchester yesterday ended up being cancelled:

And another BAE recruitment event planned for Manchester has been cancelled:

Also, four more defendants having their charges dropped in Bristol:

 

[teqniq]

Fair play to Charlotte Church, got negative reportage from the usual suspects:



But a resonably balanced piece in the Metro:

Charlotte Church slams 'antisemitism' backlash after pro-Palestine event

The charity event has faced criticism.

metro.co.uk

 

[teqniq]

Worth a watch:

 

[ddraig]

They're reportedly at the demo on sat in Cardiff so imagine the press will be there trying to catch them out

 

[Karl Masks]

marking time until it was legal to have sex with her was ok though. Well done british media

 

[Dystopiary]

marking time until it was legal to have sex with her was ok though. Well done british media

That's true, the disgusting bastards.

 

[Karl Masks]

That's true, the disgusting bastards.

essentially a form of rape

 

[teqniq]

FFS:

 

[Karl Masks]

Meanwhile James Nobrian/Obrien cries into his cornflakes about people saying Stamer is controlled by the Israeli state.

 

[TopCat]

FFS:

Sensible eh

 

[TopCat]

Twelve demos in London tomorrow

 

[YouSir]

Twelve demos in London tomorrow

Any list of locations? No big one tomorrow is there?

 

[RevolutionSound]