There has been outrage this week at the arrests and threat of arrest of anti-monarchy protesters. However the arrests have also led to a lot of misinformation and alarmist statements about the law and our right to protest.
In recent days, there’s been outrage as anti-monarchy protesters have either been arrested or threatened with arrest.
However, the arrests have also led to a lot of misinformation and alarmist statements about the law and our rights.
Palestine Action continues its protests in spite of an impending court case that could land several activists in prison for years. Martin Pope SOPA ImagesIn June, I wrote an analysis of Britain’s disturbingly draconian new Sections of that bill give every appearance of having been specifically drawn up in order to undermine Palestine Action.
Openly committed to damaging and destroying the British-based assets of top Israeli arms manufacturers, including Elbit Systems, Palestine Action has since launch in mid-2020 pulled off a string of successes, resulting in the closure of the company’s sites, and abandonment of offices by companies leasing space to Elbit.
We’re forwarding information from the Don’t Extradite Assange Campaign.
The national Surround Parliament demonstration on Saturday 8 October is fast approaching. We need the largest possible turnout so we are asking for your help. We already have roughly one half of the 5,000 links needed in the human chain that will surround the Houses of Parliament!
Even if I were pollinated and fully vaccinated, I would admire the unvaccinated for withstanding the greatest pressure I have ever seen, even from partners, parents, children, friends, colleagues and doctors.
Who has not heard of the Angola Three, three young black prisoners who were falsely accused of killing a prison guard in 1972 in the infamous Louisiana maximum security prison cited at a former slave plantation—and named for the place where the African captives came from, Angola. On Thursday, August 4th, attorneys for Albert Woodfox announced his passing at the age of 75.
Jonathan Cook
Nothing I am about to write should be read as diminishing in any way my sympathy for Salman Rushdie, or my outrage at the appalling attack on him. Those who more than 30 years ago put a fatwa on his head after he wrote the novel, “The Satanic Verses,” made this assault possible. They deserve contempt. I wish him a speedy recovery.
Remember when news broke that the CIA plotted to kidnap or assassinate Julian Assange, and that they colluded with a foreign security firm to spy on those who visited him in the embassy?
Today, attorneys announced a bombshell lawsuit against the CIA, its former Director Mike Pompeo, and the security firm he conspired with.
Below is the initiative of the Free Assange human chain.
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Dear Supporter,
Because of your help over 1500 people have pledged to be part of the Free Assange human chain. Thank you for sharing the event on social media and around the United Kingdom.
Craig Murray
The imposition of sanctions against British citizen and journalist Graham Phillips is an appalling violation of freedom of speech – which to have meaning must mean freedom to say things which disagree with the government, the media and/or majority public opinion.
Dear friends,
After seeing and then posting this video by Graham Phillips I got so disgusted by what was being done to him by the British authorities that I decided to contact him and ask him a few very basic question about his situation in the hope to introduce him to a larger audience, give visibility to his case and to try to offer him as much support as possible. So I emailed Graham who very kindly took the time to answer my questions. Here is our full exchange below.
Photo from Roger Waters’ “This Is Not A Drill” performance in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 28, 2022Kevin Gosztola reviews Roger Waters’ “This Is Not A Drill” show, which is touring North America from August to October.
In an interview with Oscar Grenfell of the World Socialist Website, John Pilger explains the latest manoeuvres by the US and UK authorities to extradite Julian Assange, journalist and publisher, to the US where he faces 175 years in prison for the crime of journalism.
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act has changed the law on highway obstruction.
With campaigners regularly arrested for blocking roads, it is essential everyone knows about these changes and what they mean.
Force The Government To Prove Espionage, Not Whistleblowing
https://popularresistance.org/it-would-force-the-government-to-actually-prove-espionage-not-whistleblowing/
Julian Assange Appeals His Extradition To The United States
https://popularresistance.org/julian-assange-appeals-his-extradition-to-the-us/
Julian: Let’s Take a Stand
https://thiscantbehappening.net/julian-lets-take-a-stand/
Away from the Tory Babel over who will be the top “world-leading” sociopath, I spent the last two evenings in the company of decent people. John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian’s father and brother, were in Glasgow and Edinburgh for the screening of “Ithaka”, the documentary that follows the fight by Julian Assange’s family to have him freed. I was moderating the Q & A.
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Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange separately appealed decisions by Home Office Secretary Priti Patel and a United Kingdom district court, which authorized his extradition to the United States.
The end of UK Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month is a good moment to take stock of the current bleak situation facing these communities. For many years, they have been one of the most marginalised groups in the UK. They face systemic prejudice and discrimination that pervades their children’s education, their family’s medical care, and their community’s traditional nomadic lifestyle.
On 28th June, most of the powers in the Police, Crime and Sentencing Act will come into force. This includes the changes to the Public Order Act that will allow the police to impose conditions on protests that are too noisy. It also reduces the threshold for arrest and prosecution for breaching conditions from having to prove that a person knew the conditions were imposed to only having to prove they “ought to know”.
Don’t Extradite Assange
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/06/dont-extradite-assange/
If Albanese Asks For Assange’s Freedom, Biden Ought To Agree
https://popularresistance.org/if-albanese-asks-for-assanges-freedom-biden-has-every-reason-to-agree/
Stella Assange: ‘We Are Going To Fight This’
https://popularresistance.org/stella-assange-we-are-going-to-fight-this/
UK Government Approves Request To Send Assange To US For Trial
https://popularresistance.org/uk-government-approves-request-to-send-assange-to-us-for-trial/
The New Dark Age 