Palestine solidarity demos in the UK
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Gramsci
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Palestine Marchers Set to Defy Police Ban | Novara Media
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has always cooperated with police, until now. Rivkah Brown reports on why the group is refusing to cancel Saturday's central London march, despite the Met doubling down.
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Reading this and some Jewish groups who are pro Israel have been trying hard to get marches supporting Palestinians banned.
It's not clear if police will attempt to disperse the march before it gets to Portland place or make new restrictions.
Gramsci
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British Jews Call Bullshit on Met’s Palestine March Ban | Novara Media
Over 720 British Jews, including prominent human rights lawyers and academics, have signed a statement slamming the Met’s ban on an upcoming Palestine demonstration over supposed synagogue disruption. Union leaders, MPs and cultural figures have joined them. Rivkah Brown reports.
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Gramsci
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Campaign against Antisemitism going on how Met are doing to little to late.
It's clear now that pro Israel groups like this want demos banned.
With Met putting so many conditions on demos that they end up as static protests.
Met can't ban the demos as they have been peaceful and not caused any real problems. So getting Met to put onerous conditions on march at last minute is another tactic.
This isn't about Jewish peoples safety in London it's about a section of pro Zionist pro Israel Jewish community objecting to peoples democratic right to support Palestinians.
I'm sure the Met have been under enormous pressure from these people over last months.
It's clear now that pro Israel groups like this want demos banned.
With Met putting so many conditions on demos that they end up as static protests.
Met can't ban the demos as they have been peaceful and not caused any real problems. So getting Met to put onerous conditions on march at last minute is another tactic.
This isn't about Jewish peoples safety in London it's about a section of pro Zionist pro Israel Jewish community objecting to peoples democratic right to support Palestinians.
I'm sure the Met have been under enormous pressure from these people over last months.
Gramsci
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We do live in a democracy. I'm sure some people's feelings are hurt by the large number of peaceful demos against genocide of Palestinians and support for justice for Palestinians. But that's part of living in a democracy. Just getting upset about it and wanting these demos banned is frankly rubbish
nino_savatte
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CAA's sense of entitlement is off the scale.
hitmouse
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Gramsci
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Police arrest woman for inciting marchers to breach conditions set by police
The Met is deploying 1,100 officers with resources from eight other forces to manage tomorrow’s controversial demonstration
PSC are now saying its going to be a static demo at Whitehall.
Met are cracking down already on anyone who might want to march.
The usual groups supporting this:
PSC are now saying its going to be a static demo at Whitehall. Met are cracking down already on anyone who might want to march. The usual groups supporting this:
Police arrest woman for inciting marchers to breach conditions set by police
The Met is deploying 1,100 officers with resources from eight other forces to manage tomorrow’s controversial demonstrationwww.thejc.com
It's a static demo. Met have blocked all the roads into whitehall so large groups can't pass. Lots of crowd control. Big traffic sign up saying if you march from here you may face arrest. So far they are letting groups march to here...
hitmouse
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That's a bit of a terrifying precedent to set, wonder if they'll actually go ahead with charges or if it's just a short-term intimidation tactic? I've heard of incitement to riot etc, but can anyone remember people being arrested for incitement to disobey police instructions before?Police arrest woman for inciting marchers to breach conditions set by police
The Met is deploying 1,100 officers with resources from eight other forces to manage tomorrow’s controversial demonstration
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Coppers surrounding trafalgar square. A whole battalion from Wales with heddlu on their backs.
littlebabyjesus
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I suspected that Starmer's Britain would be more authoritarian than populist tory Britain. It is.
hitmouse
entreprenulsoip critical thinking
Yeah, obviously correlation is not necessarily causation but it is quite notable that Palestine protesters have only started catching terrorism charges after our new DPPPM took over.
Gramsci
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Anyway the turnout was down.
Probably over last few weeks of Met being lobbied to stop the march
The usual good natured atmosphere. The Jewish / trade union blocs turned up with banners.
Separate section for children to play in.
As per usual lot of families came.
Police making it difficult to enter and leave Whitehall upset people.
Glad I went.
Probably over last few weeks of Met being lobbied to stop the march
The usual good natured atmosphere. The Jewish / trade union blocs turned up with banners.
Separate section for children to play in.
As per usual lot of families came.
Police making it difficult to enter and leave Whitehall upset people.
Glad I went.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
The met doesn't make policing decisions in a vacuum. They did this under pressure to do this. Shut Them Down.
Gramsci
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HRW: UK failure to revoke anti-protest laws 'seriously undermines' democratic rights
Rights group says the new government is following the same 'worrying trajectory' as the last by upholding draconian anti-protest laws and appealing against a court ruling to curb them
www.middleeasteye.net
As littlebabyjesus suggested new Labour government is following on Tory policy on right to protest.
Government ‘showing disregard for the law’, Liberty warns in anti-protest legal challenge - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
Gramsci
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The Met argument is that the demo route today would cause "disruption" due to it being in their view near a synagogue.
Even though march route didn't pass synagogue
They also said there was a "cumulative" impact of these marches.
What's that supposed to mean? They haven't caused any trouble. Ie no synagogues have been attacked.
Even though march route didn't pass synagogue
They also said there was a "cumulative" impact of these marches.
What's that supposed to mean? They haven't caused any trouble. Ie no synagogues have been attacked.
Gramsci
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Which wouldn't have happened if the Met had allowed march on the original route
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