Emeritus Prof Christopher MayYesterday I wrote to my MP raising my concerns (again) about the proscription of Palestine Action.
I would urge you (if you live in the UK) to do the same.
#protest #democracy #politics
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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us In Russia in China you get arrested for protesting the government. It's a good thing we live in the very civilized and liberal free world.
@dacig@mastodon.social @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us Yeah, as those 532 people arrested on Saturday by the #MetPolice in #London, protesting about the proscription of #PalestineAction as an allegedly #terrorist #organisation - half of whom were over 60 (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/10/police-arrest-hundreds-london-protest-over-palestine-action-ban) will have discovered. "Protest is #Terrorism; #Freedom is #Slavery; #War is #Peace; #Ignorance is #Strength." And, of course - we ALL love Big Brother!
🍉@rmblaber1956@mastodon.social @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us The punishment of Palestinian people is a show of force by the dominant class to show what can happen if you rebel against it.
Scare the working class into submission.
The further you are from anglo-whiteness, the more you can be labeled as a terrorist,
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🍉@dacig@mastodon.social @rmblaber1956@mastodon.social @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us Around half those arrested were over 60 and decidedly caucasian in appearance! I haven't yet seen a breakdown by gender presentation, but a large majority of press photos I've seen of people being arrested were also women, being carried by burly male officers. Difficult to avoid the conclusion that the police were going for "soft targets" to inflate arrest figures. Which is, needless to say, disgusting.