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WMCND campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations.
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Make sure to join the next national demonstration on Saturday, 31 January 2026 in Central London. More details TBA!
The Arabic word intifada simply means shaking off or an uprising against injustice. It came to prominence during the first Palestinian intifada which was overwhelmingly marked by peaceful protest that was brutally repressed by the Israeli occupation. It is also used in a wide range of contexts including, for instance, to describe several of the uprisings collectively known as the Arab Spring. Many people who use the slogan now are invoking the Palestinian heritage of popular civil resistance against an ongoing occupation and apartheid system, that is deepening daily in the West Bank, and, of course, the genocide. Notably, the police have not suggested that someone saying ‘globalise the uprising’ would be arrested, indicating that their principal objection is to the use of an Arabic word. This is both deeply discriminatory and a disgraceful attack on freedom of expression. These attempts to conflate protests against the British government’s ongoing support for Israel’s atrocities with acts of terrorism is profoundly sinister and entirely without foundation. So too is the suggestion that groups and individuals who support Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people should be given a veto over the rights of others to protest against that oppression. Many of those who have been pushing for these steps have also expressed the view that Palestinian flags, keffiyehs, and even the slogan ‘Free Palestine’ are threatening and unacceptable to them. Where will the politicised policing of speech and protest end? These incidents are just the latest examples of the use of police powers to demonise and repress protests and expressions of support for Palestine in Britain. Since 2023, demonstrations against Israel’s genocide in Gaza have been subject to unprecedented restrictions, protest organisers have been charged under public order legislation, artists and musicians have been targeted for speaking out, direct action group Palestine Action has been proscribed as terrorists, and protestors have been arrested for demonstrating peacefully. Right now, the government is using the Crime and Policing bill to introduce new powers to further clamp down on the right to protest. While these attacks are aimed at the movement in solidarity with the Palestinian people, they threaten to undermine all of our democratic freedoms. We urge everyone to join us in opposing this growing climate of repression. In Gaza, Israel’s genocide continues – with ongoing deadly attacks on Palestinians and Palestinian families desperately sheltering in tents, battered by the wind and rain of winter, while Israel cruelly continues to prevent adequate aid from entering. We will not be deterred from standing with the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom and justice. Join us for our next national march for Palestine in London on Saturday 31 January. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Palestine Forum in Britian Stop the War Coalition Muslim Association of Britain Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Friends of Al Aqsa
December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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2/ Learn more about the #NuclearBan Treaty or Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons here: www.icanw.org/the_treaty
The Treaty
In 2017, the UN adopted a historic treaty to end nuclear weapons for good. It is time for all countries to join the TPNW.
www.icanw.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM