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#Quakers condemn arrests of #activists at meeting house

March 30, 2025

"The arrests of six female supporters of activist group #YouthDemand at a Quaker meeting house have been condemned by the faith group.

"Quakers in #Britain said the arrests were the first at a meeting house and 'an aggressive violation'.

"The Metropolitan Police said six people were arrested on Thursday evening at the Westminster Meeting House on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a #PublicNuisance.

"The force said it came amid concerns there were plans to 'shut down' London during April using tactics such as road blocks.

"Youth Demand said more than 30 officers were involved with making the arrests.

"Paul Parker, of Quakers in Britain, said he could not recall anyone being arrested at a Quaker meeting house in living memory.

"'The forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society #CriminalisesProtest.

"'#FreedomOfSpeech, assembly, and fair trials are an essential part of free public debate which underpins #democracy,' he said.

"Police said a further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday - four at addresses in #London and one in #Exeter.

"Youth Demand, which is not affiliated with the Quakers, said the meeting was 'an opportunity to share plans for non-violent #CivilResistance actions' due to take place in April.

"The group claimed a number of houses were also raided on Thursday and Friday as part of the operation.

"Quakers in Britain said: 'Quakers support the right to non-violent public protest, acting themselves from a deep moral imperative to stand up against #injustice and for our planet.

"'Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of #slavery to women's #suffrage and prison reform.'

"The Met said the force understood the importance of the right to protest but added that Youth Demand had stated an intention to 'shut down' London in April.

"'We have a responsibility to intervene to prevent activity that crosses the line from protest into serious disruption and other criminality,' a spokesman said.

"On Thursday, officers raided a Youth Demand planning meeting where those in attendance were plotting their April action.

"Six people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.

"A further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday, 28 March. Four of the arrests were at addresses in London and one in Exeter.

'Policing priorities'

"Out of the 11 people arrested, 10 have been released on bail and one will face no further action.

"Asked about the matter on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: 'I have made clear to the police this government's priorities for policing are reducing serious violence... and bringing back neighbourhood policing, those crimes in town centres like shoplifting.'

"Youth Demand, which describes itself as a 'new youth resistance campaign fighting for an end to #genocide', began carrying out acts of #CivilDisobedience last year.

"Its demands of the government include stopping all trade with #Israel and raising money from 'the #SuperRich and #Fossilfuel #elite' to pay damages for the effects of fossil fuel burning."

Read more:
bbc.com/news/articles/cj3x5j6g
#UKPol #ThoughtCrime #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingActivism #PublicNuisanceLaws #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #Resistance #UKResistance #ProtectMotherEarth #FreePalestine #IsraeliWarCrimes

Quaker Meeting House on St Martin's Lane, London
bbc.comQuakers condemn arrests of Youth Demand activists at meeting houseQuakers in Britain says the arrests were the first at a meeting house and "an aggressive violation".

Surely it depends what JSO's aims actually were?

"The “#radicalflankeffect” shows that when radical #activists push boundaries, they often make #moderatevoices in the same movement appear more reasonable. Recent #research on #JSO found that even when the group provoked #publicanger, support for moderate organisations such as #FriendsoftheEarth increased."

Being hated worked for #JustStopOil
theconversation.com/being-hate

#ClimateAction
#climateactivism
#climatechange
#fossilfuels
#climateprotests

The ConversationBeing hated worked for Just Stop Oil
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eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet

@eff #opensource project #Rayhunter…runs on an #Orbic mobile hotspot…<$20…

We hope #activists, #journalists…help us collect data about the usage and capabilities of #cellsitesimulators

…works by intercepting…and analyzing the control traffic (but not user traffic…) between… Rayhunter…and the cell tower…

…notifies the user when something suspicious happens…allowing users to take appropriate action to protect themselves, such as turning off their phone…

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular SpyingRayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.

Pleasantly surprised at how much value I got from #citycouncil tonight! To those who tried to propogandize my generation into thinking #politics was boring, purely divisive, or old people stuff- fuck you. I had never been to a hall, council or board meeting in my life because of lies like that and it's clear why- so there's way more old, rich, privileged, or business people getting to speak and understand stuff. VERY engaging, I strongly recommend. #Activists - speak to power & run for shit!

#petition

"Stop her execution - Free Pakhshan!"

"She spent years supporting women and children in refugee camps in Syria, dedicating her life to peaceful #humanitarian and human rights work.

Now she’s facing death by hanging.

We still have time to save her!

...Human rights #activists are calling on people across the world to protest and demand Pakhshan's release. ..."

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/p

AvaazWill Iran hang Pakhshan for helping women and children?Demand her freedom! Join this urgent global call to save Pakhshan’s life:

#AIA #Dublin attended the #protest against the the #Zionist attack #Gaza this Wednesday evening.

The #StarryPlough was prominently displayed as the protest took over the city centre, from #LeinsterHouse to #GraftonSt, O'Connell Bridge to the Free State Department of Foreign Affairs.

#Republican #activists distributed leaflets opposing #NATO and highlighting NATO's role in the Occupation of #Ireland to those at the event.

As with the #British Occupation of Ireland...

Is #Trump planning to declare #MartialLaw on April 20? The frightening claim, explored

Story by Charlotte Simmons, March 14, 2025

"First, the essentials. Martial law is the term for when civilian government and legal processes (such as mayoral jurisdiction and police officers, respectively) are overtaken by state military, so as to make demands on behalf of the nation’s leader, and then enforce those demands with their wealth of resources. Typically, martial law is invoked in dangerous situations, such as natural disasters or major #CivilUnrest.

"This is different from the United States’ #InsurrectionAct, wherein those civilian enterprises are not replaced by military personnel and resources, but supplemented by them. More importantly, the official nature of the Insurrection Act allows the #POTUS to deploy the military domestically during emergencies, as the #PosseComitatus Act of 1878 prohibits the use of the military against American civilians. In short, the Insurrection Act can waive the rules of the Posse Comitatus Act to create a sort of #MiniMartialLaw. Remember this.

"Recently, fears have been rising over whether or not the United States could enter martial law on April 20 under Donald Trump. But why then? What is it about April 20 that holds significance? When Trump first took office back on January 20, he signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency at the United States’ southern border, requiring the secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to submit a report about what the 'situation' is at said border, together with recommended actions for 'resolving' said 'situation.' This report needed to be submitted within 90 days.

"When this order was signed, Trump also declared that 'A #NationalEmergency exists at the southern border of the United States…I hereby declare that this national emergency requires use of the Armed Forces…' This, directly references the potential execution of the Insurrection Act.

"The Secretary of Defense? #PeteHegseth. The Secretary of #HomelandSecurity? #KristiNoem. Two of Donald Trump’s most prominent yes-men. And guess how many days January 20 and April 20 are apart? Ninety.

"So, essentially, on April 20, there’s a not-insignificant chance that those two aforementioned Trump yes-men are going to tell Trump whether or not he should deploy the military in the southern United States so as to crack down on immigration. Except, as we saw with the case of #MahmoudKhalil — a recent #ColumbiaUniversity graduate who played a major role in that student body’s recent #ProPalestinain campus occupations — it doesn’t matter if you have a green card or if you haven’t committed any crimes; under this presidency, #ICE will illegally detain you if they think you’re troublesome to the vision of #TrumpsAmerica. They’re trying to deport Khalil for speaking out against #genocide as we speak. This is a direct, wholly #unconstitutional attack on #FreeSpeech.

"And here’s why that distinction between the Insurrection Act and martial law was so important earlier. On April 20, Trump will constitutionally — through the Insurrection Act — be allowed to deploy the military against #AmericanCivilians, and his government has already demonstrated that legal American civilians who have not committed any crimes are at risk for detention and deportation. It’s not technically martial law, but this #Trumpian cocktail is just as bad, if not worse.

"#Khalil’s detention — again, occurring in response to his speaking out against the #genocide of #Palestinian people — was made on the grounds of Trump’s executive order prohibiting #AntiSemitism. How long before more executive orders (none of them made in good faith, let’s be clear on that) just so happen to limit more ways of speaking, acting, and thinking? A scary thought, and a horrifyingly pertinent one."

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#USPol #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Crackdown #CriminalizingDissent #NDAA #ExpandedPowers
#USPresidency #NationalEmergency #Terrorists #Activists #USPol #BorderEmergency #Gitmo #IllegalDetention #IndefiniteDetentionClause #IndefiniteDetention

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Yesterday's #Democrats town hall in #Seattle local activists vocally pressured our local representatives to stop cutting programs in this Democrat majority state. One local was upset at how vocal the activists were, saying that impoliteness is what the Republicans do.

We are so past the point where we should be following procedure and using nice words. It hasn't worked. We need to stop villanizing our #activists when we need their energy now more than ever!

thestranger.com/guest-editoria

"Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that the government is to launch a "media war room" to target Palestine content online, in the latest attempt to propagate pro-Israel narratives on internet platforms."

Israel is scared. Despite millions of dollars in #lobbying, buying media, #politicians and #SocialMedia, the truth is coming out. Millions of #activists around the world expose the crimes of #Israel to people of the world.

newarab.com/news/israels-new-m
#Propaganda #Genocide #Hasbara #Palestine #HasbaraArmy @palestine @israel

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hebrew State Gideon Sa ar (ou Guideon Saar)
The New Arab · Israel’s new ’media war room’ targets Palestine contentThe office of Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar has announced the launch of the initiative to monitor about around 250 news channels.

Interesting story of a #women owned #garage in #Yorkshire in the 1980s (and the ladies who ran it were also #lesbian #activists). Whilst society has got marginally better for #LGBT people in the meantime, its still a shame that even today such a business remains unusual (whilst there are slightly more female #mechanics, they are still relatively rare or dependent on men as employers, and other women tend to just end up in admin roles) #automotive #cars

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2dz0

Three women sit in, or perch on, an old-fashioned green car outside a garage. They are all smiling at the camera. The fashion, haircuts and quality of the photograph indicate it is the 1980s.
BBC NewsFilm screening about 1980s women mechanics in Sheffield sells outThree friends set up their own garage because they could not find jobs in male-dominated industry.