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Netpol @netpol.org · 17m

For the benefit of the cops and the Telegraph, "Intifada 87" is clearly a reference to the First Intifada, where Palestinian mass protests, civil disobedience and strikes were brutally crushed by Israel.

Read a book, FFS...

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Netpol @netpol.org · 2h

On Tuesday we warned that the Home Secretary could "ban more groups as rebranded versions of Palestine Action. Legislation already makes this possible".

Now it's happening

Telegraph headline: "Police to assess if pro-Palestinian group Intifada 87 broke terror laws". Subheading: "Counter-terrorism officers investigate whether name illegally supports Hamas, which was founded in 1987"

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Netpol @netpol.org · 2h

"The escalating crackdowns under Starmer’s Labour expose not only its authoritarian instincts but also its political weakness. It is scrambling to shut down every avenue of opposition because it knows its agenda lacks legitimacy and popular support". tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/labo...

Labour’s War on Protest

Labour’s plan to criminalise recurring protests strikes at the heart of democratic life, transforming political freedom into a privilege granted by the state.

tribunemag.co.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 2h

Universities offered to monitor student social media for arms firms, emails show libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/uni...

UK universities offered to monitor student social media for arms firms, emails show - Liberty Investigates

libertyinvestigates.org.uk

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Kernow 〓〓 @kernow.bsky.social · 4d

Police in Cornwall do not arrest Palestine Action protesters.

A spokesperson for the Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) said:

“The actions of Cornwall & Devon Police today exposes the policing priorities of the Metropolitan Police and this government"

www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/2551788...

Cornwall police choose not to arrest Palestine Action protesters

It was in stark contrast to a similar demo outside Truro Cathedral in July when all eight silent protesters were arrested.

www.falmouthpacket.co.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 16h

Protesters blockade Sheffield weapons factory in national day of action against the F-35 freedomnews.org.uk/2025/10/08/p...

Protesters blockade Sheffield weapons factory in national day of action against the F-35 - Freedom News

Stop Arming Israel targets Forged Solutions over role in supplying fighter jets used in Gaza ~ Scott Harris ~ Sheffield-based protest group Stop Ar…

freedomnews.org.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 20h

A guest post on the Netpol website by Medb McDaid: news that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been involved in arrests at a London protest should be a matter of public concern. The PSNI has no business in Ireland, let alone Britain netpol.org/2025/10/08/t...

PSNI officers involved in the Metropolitan Police’s mass arrest of opponents of the ban on Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London, 4 October 2025

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Netpol @netpol.org · 21h

Keir Starmer is now applying political pressure on the police for another crackdown on chants heard at pro-Palestine protests, including "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free". He also says he wants to look at even more police powers www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Starmer considers police crackdown on chants at pro-Palestine protests

Prime minister’s comments come after students across the country defied his calls and took part in pro-Gaza marches

www.independent.co.uk

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 22h

🚨 ALERT: Police Scotland is developing plans to use live facial recognition technology

Facial recognition tech:
🕵️ is mass surveillance
❌ is NOT compatible with Scotland’s human rights obligations
⚠️ disproportionately impacts racialised communities

We need to oppose this: amn.st/6008AqWA0

Police Scotland has decided move ahead with the use of Live Facial Recognition technology by law enforcement in Scotland.
Amnesty firmly opposes the use of this dangerous technology.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 1d

Watch | A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the words:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Netpol @netpol.org · 1d

Not just "pro-terrorist" of course, but now also "un-British" as seen here on this from the Evading Standards www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters defy PM with 'un-British' October 7 rally

Protesters rallied outside some of London’s most prestigious universities on the second anniversary of the devastating October 7 attacks

www.standard.co.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 1d

Yesterday's narrative of 7 October as ‘another 9/11’ – "yet another day torn free from any history or context" with only two sides – seeks to demonise all Palestine solidarity as "pro-terrorist." It is critical to understanding Britain's current crackdown on protest rights netpol.org/2025/10/06/a...

Protesters against the banning of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London, 4 October 2025.

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Netpol @netpol.org · 2d

Netpol's 'State of Protest' report for 2024 launched with a stark title: ‘This is Repression’. On the second anniversary of the continuing genocide in Gaza, it is hard to know what we will call our assessment of protest rights for 2025.

Perhaps ‘An End to Our Illusions’? netpol.org/2025/10/06/a...

Photo of protesters opposing the ban on Palestine Action, Trafalgar Square, London, 4 October 2025

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Netpol @netpol.org · 1d

The Crown Prosecution Service says it will appeal against the decision to throw out the terrorism case against Liam Og O hAnnaidh of Kneecap news.sky.com/story/prosec...

Prosecutors to appeal against decision to throw out terrorism case against Kneecap rapper

Liam Og O hAnnaidh was charged with the alleged display of a flag in support of the proscribed terrorist group Hezbollah at a gig, but the case against him was dismissed due to a technical error.

news.sky.com

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Netpol @netpol.org · 1d

Nothing quite says the exact opposite of "we understand the need for freedom of expression" like the rest of the sentence saying"we can’t be having people like that performing on our streets."

"People like that" being opponents of genocide
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

MPs and Jewish leaders call for Bob Vylan’s Manchester gig to be cancelled

Letter says they are ‘deeply concerned’ about Manchester Academy concert after last week’s synagogue attack

www.theguardian.com

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Netpol @netpol.org · 1d

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Donate - Da'm - Defend and Mobilise

Da’m is an entirely volunteer run organisation – your donations allow us to provide crucial material, financial and practical support to activists who are facing the brunt of state violence […]

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Netpol @netpol.org · 1d

Experimenting with a t-shirt design in aid of the recently revived 'debate' about what is, or isn't, "Britishness".

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Netpol @netpol.org · 2d

Netpol's 'State of Protest' report for 2024 launched with a stark title: ‘This is Repression’. On the second anniversary of the continuing genocide in Gaza, it is hard to know what we will call our assessment of protest rights for 2025.

Perhaps ‘An End to Our Illusions’? netpol.org/2025/10/06/a...

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Netpol @netpol.org · 2d

Britain's Prime Minister says it's "un-British" (that again) to mark the anniversary of two horrific years of an ongoing genocide, because the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel is the beginning and end of what people are officially allowed to care about www.bbc.com/news/article...

Keir Starmer asks students not to join protests on 7 October

The prime minister says it is "un-British" to hold pro-Palestinian protests on the second anniversary of Hamas's attacks on Israel.

www.bbc.com

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Netpol @netpol.org · 2d

Probably the most empty, meaningless article on the Home Secretary's "un-British" comments that you'll read all year. The BBC's political coverage remains awful, adding absolutely nothing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Chris Mason: Why protests have started a debate over 'Britishness'

Against the backdrop of grief after the Manchester attack, there is debate about which tenets should be fundamental in our society, writes Chris Mason.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 2d

"the systems that run our lives – and the politicians in charge – care so little for our collective safety that communities are being pitted against one another; our fear, grief or need for support becomes relevant only when it can help to serve a political agenda" www.vogue.co.uk/article/syna...

These Attempts To Crush Protest Won’t Keep Jewish People Safe

Emily Hilton is a Jewish writer, organiser and commentator in the UK, and a co-founder of Na’amod. Following the attack on a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, which left two people dead, Hilton warn...

www.vogue.co.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 2d

That would be... out of character, to say the least

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Netpol @netpol.org · 3d

"with politicians and pundits manipulatively and cynically using what happened to try to undermine people protesting a genocide by a far-right Israeli government" (3/3).

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Netpol @netpol.org · 3d

"Over the last two days, there has been an ongoing smear campaign to conflate pro-Palestine protests with the horrendous anti-semitic actions of the Manchester attacker..." (2/3)

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