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Defend our communities, stop racist attacks
Democratic Socialists condemn the racist pogrom that has unfolded in Belfast following the horrific knife attack this week, and the violence that occurred in Southampton following the revelations surrounding the murder of Henry Nowak.
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Jun 15
Today the Court of Appeal upheld the Labour government’s proscription of Palestine Action by saying they aren’t a peaceful civil disobedience group like the suffragettes and that Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, is "a company pursuing a lawful business."
The suffragettes bombed the Chancellor's house, planted a bomb outside the Bank of England, burned down churches and train stations, and smashed up art galleries.
Palestine Action destroyed drones used to kill Palestinians in Gaza because Elbit's “lawful business” is arming a genocide.
The British state is rewriting history and dismantling our legal system to protect Israel, a genocidal apartheid state.
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Democratic Socialists retweeted
Jun 15
The judge reviewing the proscription of Palestine Action repeatedly describing Elbit Systems producing weapons used in an active genocide as “lawful business”, and PA “violent” for disrupting it, tells you everything you need to know about the British state.
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Democratic Socialists retweeted
Jun 15
The Court of Appeal’s ruling that the Palestine Action ban as a terrorist organisation is lawful, coming on the heels of the jailing of the Filton 4 as terrorists last week, confirms the stitch up by the establishment against the right to protest against a genocide [🧵]
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Democratic Socialists retweeted
Jun 15
The Court of Appeal says Palestine Action “overtly promotes unlawful violence”, defined as “destroying property.”
Israel’s backers “overtly promote unlawful violence” - killing tens of thousands in a genocide.
Britain prosecutes the protesters. It arms the killers
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Jun 15
I will appeal to the Supreme Court and take it up to the European Court of Human Rights, if needs be.
However, we clearly can not rely on the legal system which completely stitched up the Filton case, and now the Palestine Action ban.
This fight can only be won by the people.
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“The judgment was handed down within minutes, indicating Judge Johnson had already made his mind up before the hearing had begun.”
It’s a stitch-up.
Jun 13
I spent all day in Woolwich Crown Court yesterday for the Filton activists' sentencing hearing with my colleague @daniaakkad.
The court heard that the Terrorism Act was never intended to cover direct action protest.
It heard that all of the defendants had been cleared of violent intent and sentencing them as terrorists would mark a historic first for charges of criminal damage.
It heard that the Suffragettes, who did "a bit of smashing themselves", would have been labelled as terrorists but have now been vindicated by history.
It heard the activists' goal was to stop the supply chain of drones and weaponry to Israel as it commits genocide in Gaza.
It heard that attaching a terrorism connection to a case without it ever being heard by a jury was unconstitutional and posed a threat to the criminal justice system itself.
It heard that the "terrorism connection" has been disproportionately used against minority groups and those advocating for them while not being used for neo-Nazis and white supremacists, including the man who killed Jo Cox MP.
It heard that the law has been reinterpreted since the action took place, meaning the activists could have had no idea that what they did could have been caught up in terrorism laws at the time of the protest.
It heard that the prosecution submitted key evidence just eight days before the hearing, giving the defence no time to review it or even discuss it with their clients.
Despite all of this, Judge Jeremy Johnson, who has already tried to refer the defence's lead barrister for contempt of court and been forced to apologise for it, sentenced the defendants as terrorists.
The judgment was handed down within minutes, indicating Judge Johnson had already made his mind up before the hearing had begun.
Being in court yesterday felt akin to witnessing a colonial crime: punishing activists with terrorism offences in order to set a precedent that taking direct action to stop a UK-backed genocide will not be tolerated.
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Democratic Socialists retweeted
Jun 12
Today, four Palestine Action activists were sentenced as terrorists, for destroying over 40 weapons, including Israeli killer drones, inside Elbit's Filton arms facility.
Please donate to support those facing terror legislation for disrupting genocide. chuffed.org/project/filton24…
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The NYC Cell of the Marxist Unity Group has voted to sign onto @DSAEmerge's “Socialist Governance Means Fund People, Not Police” and wholly endorses its five demands. Abolition is central to the socialist movement & we must reject the dangerous expansion of the police state.
Jun 8
Zohran's proposed expansion of the NYPD is a violation of his campaign promise and the latest incident in a pattern of capitulation to police power.
Read the full statement: dsaemerge.org/2026/06/08/soc…
Sign on: forms.gle/odcEKva9q2s7Gdia8
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Not a single one of them have done anything wrong. In fact, they should be lauded for their brave actions.
It's Elbit, Starmer, the heads of the army and security apparatus who are complicit in the open slaughter of the Palestinian people.
BREAKING: Judge Johnson has confirmed the Filton Four will be sentenced based on a 'terrorist connection'.
This heart breaking news comes despite the protestors never being charged or convicted of terror offences or violent intent.
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What we are witnessing is not an isolated event. Across Britain and Ireland, reactionary forces are attempting to channel anger over declining living standards, crumbling public services and growing insecurity into hatred of migrants, refugees and minorities.
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London on 13th & 14th June starting at 9.30am, Migrant Justice Summit (more information here)
Birmingham on 20th June assembling at 11am in Victoria Square (more information here)
Manchester on 20th June starting at 2pm, Break Up the Border (more information here)
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For the full statement and more information on each of these demonstrations / solidarity events: democraticsocialists.org.uk/…
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