cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33390661
Sammy Gecsoyler
Sat 19 Jul 2025 14.41 EDTDemonstrations were held in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol and Truro on Saturday as part of a campaign coordinated by Defend Our Juries.
In London’s Parliament Square, beside the Mahatma Gandhi statue, police officers surrounded people at an event at which signs were held that read “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”.
A woman who was detained in Parliament Square said: “We demand that #Palestine Action is de-proscribed.
“Our government is not only arming a genocide, they are using terrorism laws to silence people who speak out."
Terrorist means something specific until it doesn’t, at which point it can be twisted to mean anyone. Like people who disagree with and protest ethnic cleansing, genocide, shooting children, medical workers and journalists, etc.
This was exactly the concerns raised by this wretched law at the time. The definition of what constitutes terrorism is so broad it was inevitable that it would become weaponized by politicians.
The fact that it is being used to crush peaceful protests is ominous.
It seems that the Israel chimera is fast tracking authoritarianism across the West.