Well, one way is to point attention away from yourself – spread the guilt around as far as you can.
This weekend saw protests like these all over the UK – five of our own in Hastings were arrested. Our local activists have been on pretty friendly terms with Hastings police, especially those who have taken part in anti-war marches and gatherings in Hastings for years. But this weekend, their long-held anti-war, anti-violence views brought them up against the police in a new and unwelcome way. You can see it was a sobering experience for these two.
“I am an old woman who has come to write a message from the heart on a cardboard plaque…”
Why has this happened? The reason there were so many #LiftTheBan protests this weekend was because the Judicial Review of the government’s (some would say very questionable) proscription of Palestine Action begins this week, but the reason these protests always lead to arrests is something else.
Neither the police in Scotland nor the police in Ireland found it necessary to arrest protestors in their cities. It’s not a coincidence that neither the Scottish nor the Irish politicians have been determined to defend Israel’s genocidal actions in the last couple of years.
Westminster politicians almost all do though, and it looks to many of us as though it’s because English politicians are actively complicit in Israel’s crimes.
Click here to visit Declassified UK
Complicity in genocide is a crime. It’s going to come home to them sooner or later but, in the meantime, our police have been instructed to take a hard line against #LiftTheBan protestors. Is it because it takes the heat off our government a bit, to have the police out there doing their dirty work?
But we haven’t forgotten about Starmer, Lammy and their colleagues. We think we know who is supporting genocide, and who is trying to stop it.
Defend our Juries
It’s worth remembering that these #LiftTheBan actions were instigated by Defend our Juries, an organization founded by people who noted that a combination of government cuts and vested interests was whittling away at access to justice in our legal system. Their work is very, very important to us all in these times of authoritarian, rightward drift.
Click here to read about Defend our Juries.
Personally, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the powers-that-be plan to deny #LiftTheBan protesters a jury-trial.
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