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mariampoetry · 2 days

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Action needed!!

Pro Palestinians are protesting peacefully in front of the Indiana governor's house when 14 of them got arrested. Please call these numbers and demand for their immediate release without charge.

#palestine #peaceful protest #stop genocide #gaza

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sky-daddy-hates-me · 1 day

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Imagine feeling threatened by some students praying.

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lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers · 1 year

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These photos appear to show people being arrested for peaceful protest in London.

So, are we a democracy or have we in fact not progressed past feudalism?

#uk politics #not my king #arrests #peaceful protest

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listen-to-the-inner-walrus · 1 year

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Tory vice-chair Lee Anderson says anti-monarchists should leave UK

Contentious MP reacts to arrest of coronation protesters by telling British republicans to emigrate

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter, Sat 6 May 2023 17.21 BST

The Conservative party’s deputy chair, Lee Anderson, has said that anti-monarchist campaigners should emigrate rather than use their right to free speech to protest against the coronation of Charles III.

The comments followed the arrest of a number of demonstrators at the king’s coronation, including Graham Smith, the chief executive of the country’s largest republican pressure group, Republic, which was formed in 1983.

He tweeted: “Not My King? If you do not wish to live in a country that has a monarchy the solution is not to turn up with your silly boards. The solution is to emigrate.”

full article here

fully obsessed with this bonkers take; tories really do just come out with some of the weirdest bullshit youll ever fucking hear and we're expected to not just point and laugh at them.

#uk politics #britpol #british police #uk police #british politics #anti monarchy #anti charles #anti tory #tories #lee anderson #daniel boffey #the guardian #peaceful protest #monarchy #charles iii #graham smith #unlawful arrests #coronation #30p lee

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pilloclock · 3 months

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‼️🇵🇸🇬🇧PLEASE SHARE! This is not my video but I was there on Saturday - I saw how the police were acting towards peaceful protesters. It’s completely unacceptable! Every week we walk and chant and the protests are always peaceful but then the police act as if we are criminals. They’re the ones who aren’t peaceful.

Share this ! This is Manchester, St Peter’s square Saturday 10th Feb

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chewbaxter · 6 months

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Right now, the UK Government is trying to suggest that another March this Saturday for a Ceasefire in Gaza for the sake of Palestinians is a “toxic, hate-filled” ideology and will disturb the 11/11, also known as Remembrance Day. Suella Braverman, the UK’s Home Secretary, has been trying to ban marches and protests like this for the last year now; people who side with her are trying to frame the Poppy, the famous symbol for Remembrance Day, as a protest AGAINST this coming March. The irony is thick in the air; the Poppy represents the Ceasefire at the end of the First World War and is an over-hundred-year-old tradition now.

If anyone in the UK plans to attend this March in London or elsewhere this Saturday, prove them wrong; wear a Poppy. Particularly a White Poppy, as they represent thought for anyone who has died in any war, soldier and civilian alike, all around the world.

#uk politics #armistice day #rememberance day #british politics #free palestine #wear a poppy #social justice #socialism #peaceful #peaceful protest #uk #important psa #anti facist

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sher-ee · 5 days

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Begging for protests before trial.

Seems awfully familiar…

#donald trump #traitor trump #traitor to America #trump #protests #fucking criminal #peaceful protest #insurrectionist #gop #republicans #incitement #vote joe biden #vote democrat #vote blue #save our democracy #democracy #hush money trial #breaking news

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gunitnekoh · 1 year

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#tiktok #social media #social media control #social media content #protest #protests #red states #peaceful protest #tennessee #florida

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dorkusmalorkus666 · 3 months

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at least one iof soldier commited a terrorist attack at columbia university and i seriously doubt they will recieve even close to the amount of punishment they deserve. they threw chemical weapons into a group of students peacefully protesting. the university said nothing for a long time.

notice how its being described as an “alleged attack” but the same news sources are quick to call a Palestinian child throwing rocks at a tank a terrorist

#palestine #free palestine #gaza #free palestine 🇵🇸#🍉#global strike week #columbia university #from the river to the sea #peaceful protest

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lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers · 1 year

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Now that the dust has settled a little bit on the arrests around the coronation, I want to talk a little bit about what this means for the future of protest and policing in England and Wales.

Firstly, I want to caveat this by saying the police have always hated protests. Getting arrested at a protest has always been a risk. Getting beaten up by the police as they try to provoke violence has always been a risk. At a recent anti-fascist counter protest I attended, two arrests were made. One of these later turned out to be “mistaken identity” (neither person was charged), but this is what we’ve always been dealing with.

However, I do think this idea of arrest for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance is dangerous. It’s essentially a thought crime. We think you might do something criminal, therefore we are going to arrest you. It has the power to significantly disrupt all sorts of actions, and we do need to be wary of it. The fact you can be arrested whilst walking to a protest, carrying a sign or a megaphone, and that this arrest *may* be legal (I hope some of those involved today try to sue for wrongful arrest, but we will see) means potentially some actions will never get started, and that is not good for the future of protest in this country.

I would never blame someone for their arrest- their arrest is the fault of the police and the police alone. That said, we know Republic were talking to cops about their plans. This did not protect them, and may have made it easier for the police to locate and arrest them. I think, on here, we all know talking to cops is a bad idea, but let’s say it again, louder for those at the back “DON’T TALK TO COPS”.

Now, the police say that the coronation is a once in a lifetime event, hence their response- blah blah- the police hate protest. If they get away with this, they will do it again, they will push things as far as they can to try and shut down protest they don’t agree with. This means we do need to be careful around OpSec etc. I also know people who don’t understand why e.g. antifa groups conceal their identity. But this is yet another good reason to do so. Black bloc, grey bloc, staying anonymous online, secure communications all of this is increasingly important- whilst also obviously trying to ensure good turn outs.

If the police are going to arrest you for walking to a protest with a megaphone, then what’s stopping us from being more violent/aggressive in our protest? I know some people are ideologically wedded to peaceful protest, but these actions are now potentially illegal too. So what’s stopping us? What is actually holding us back? If holding a sign is too much for them, if that’s on the level of smashing a window now, then what’s to stop us smashing windows?

Finally, I want to talk to the organisers of peaceful protests about police monitoring and post arrest support. In the past, many groups have felt this wasn’t needed. But now, it could be. If you’re organizing a protest of any kind, I strongly encourage you to get in touch with the Green and Black Cross for advice, and to arrange legal observers. Print out bust cards and distribute them. I’d also strongly encourage you to set up some post arrest support. It’s far better to have it, and not need it, than need it and not have it. If you’re concerned about police behaviour, you could also contact NetPol for advice.

Green and Black Cross: https://greenandblackcross.org/

NetPol: https://netpol.org/

#uk politics #coronation #protest #right to protest #fuck the police #fuck the king #not my king #pcsc bill #kill the bill #peaceful protest

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listen-to-the-inner-walrus · 1 year

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reminder to never talk to police

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Arrests of coronation protesters were ‘premeditated’, says Republic chief

Police criticised after arrests included women’s safety campaigners handing out rape alarms

Kevin Rawlinson, Mon 8 May 2023 13.19 BST

The arrests of anti-monarchy protesters during the coronation was a premeditated attempt to “disrupt and diminish” their republican demonstration, a leading activist has said.

Graham Smith, the head of the group Republic, said the Metropolitan police’s decision to break up Saturday’s planned protest before it began trampled over their rights, adding the group had been in conversation with Scotland Yard for months beforehand.

Asked if he thought his arrest before the event was premeditated, Smith said: “Absolutely. I have no doubt about that at all, simply because there was nothing that we did do that could possibly justify even being detained and arrested and held.”

He said his organisation had engaged with the police throughout the planning of its demonstration, with officers saying until the day before that they had no concerns.

“They were well aware of what we were going to do and [said] they would engage with us and not disrupt us. So they have repeatedly lied about their intentions. And I believe that they had every intention of arresting us prior to doing so,” he said.

Ken Marsh, the chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said police acted “without fear or favour” and had to act within the context they found on the ground.

He said: “Protesting can take place in this country. But it’s the level to which you want to perform that protesting that we have to balance.”

[Inserted video of protesters being arrested at the coronation, captioned: Head of UK's leading anti-monarchy movement among several arrested at coronation protest.]

He dismissed concerns about heavy-handed policing as “pontificating”, insisting that police had done an “incredible job” on a day when the world’s eyes were on the UK. “Not one incident took place. And this went off around the world without any need to worry about what happened that day.”

Rishi Sunak backed the police on Monday, saying: “The police are operationally independent of government, they will make these decisions based on what they think is best.

“Actually I’m grateful to the police and everyone who played a part in ensuring that this weekend has gone so well, so successfully and so safely. That was an extraordinary effort by so many people and I’m grateful to them for all their hard work.”

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so tl/dr: the anti-monarch group communicated with the police for months and were assured that they were allowed to protest, and then on the day, they were immediately arrested.

the mass arrests are being framed as a good thing because there were "no incidents" on the day.

the pm is backing the police on the choices made while also carefully separating himself from them on a structural basis, as if the government do not write the laws that the police are meant to follow.

do not let them brush this under the rug; do not fall for the propaganda that this was a good thing.

these laws take away the human right to protest. they unlawfully arrested 64 people. they have essentially made thought crime illegal with the ability for police to arrest anyone if believed they are conspiring to disrupt the peace.

they called the largest police operation in the history of the uk for this. the tories have been slowly edging the country into a police state for years now.

this should worry you. it should scare you. do not let them fool you into thinking this is normal.

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pilloclock · 5 months

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Somaira’s amazing speech yesterday in Manchester that everyone needs to hear 🇵🇸❤️ FREE PALESTINE

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odinsblog · 2 years

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Free Rory!

#prince andrew #free rory #queen elizabeth #peaceful protest

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hainethehero · 6 months

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DO NOT GO PROTEST THIS MOVIE!

It is being held in a Holocaust museum and they've invited families of the hostages to the screening.

ANY PRO-PAL (ANTI-GENO) PEACEFUL PROTEST WILL BE CONFLATED & USED TO BOLSTER ISRAEL'S FALSE PROPAGANDA OF "ANTISEM"‼️

#israel #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free palestine #palestine #gal gagot #gal gadot #peaceful protest

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agentfascinateur · 5 hours

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Brilliant minds think alike on Gaza

... both Jewish and non-Jewish students, inspired by anti-Apartheid protests in Beinecke Plaza decades earlier, had gathered for a week-long sit-in to demand that Yale divest the portion of its endowment invested in the stocks of military contractors, which make the weapons Israel is currently using in its war with Hamas in Gaza. The students were protesting under the Occupy Beinecke coalition, which includes Yale Jews for Ceasefire, a group of Jewish students dedicated to fighting for a ceasefire in Gaza as well as sustainable peace and equality within the region.

The lesson will be to reject the abuses of force; the abuses of authority; to embrace respect for people's differences and hopefully, a retreat from politicizing or pitting against each other what are ultimately universal values of peace and the betterment of all for all, and get to enjoy them instead. One hopes. There is an awful lot of pain and hatred trying to be implanted at the moment, and it's going to take a superhuman effort to forgive after the madness passes. We will have to rally around the positives and focus towards the future.

🕊️

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