The United Nations calls Marcus an environmental defender.

The UK government imprisoned him for 490 days.

Now he faces the ongoing threat of deportation and separation from the people he loves.

If carried out, this would mark the first time anyone in the UK has been deported for peaceful protest.

Arrested for holding a placard, a Jewish man reflects on the suffering in Palestine and his own family’s loss to fascism. An urgent plea for action.

Trafalgar Square, London | 4 Oct 2025
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In a system that glorifies violence, greed, and deception, those who live from love, for each other and the Earth, are left with little choice but to make a stand.

Trafalgar Square, London
4th October, 2025
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While being arrested for holding a placard, one protester recites a poem by 9-year-old Fatema Saidam who was killed, along with her entire family, by an Israeli airstrike on October 17, 2023.

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As Gaza endures genocide and starvation, the Israeli military intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla and abducted civilian volunteers attempting to deliver urgent humanitarian aid. In response, thousands took to the streets of London in protest.

London
2nd October 2025
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"If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear."
- The late Joanna Macy

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