Palestine activists are not terrorists, as Labour have no moral fibre on Gaza
Protest is a civil right, so why are the British Government planning to proscribe Palestine Action? I argue that the Labour government is weak on what matters: the genocide in Gaza
In my column for the Daily Mirror, I write about how Labour are weak on the Gaza genocide, as they plan to make Palestine Action a proscribed terrorist organisation. In my mind, Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour are only concerned with symbolism. In this piece, I ask: How does a splash of paint on an inanimate object give you rise while blood shed does not?
Protest is a civil right. It’s enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights, which the UK law adheres to. Peaceful resistance is a necessity to democracy, as hearing the voice of the marginalised, the under-represented, the actively oppressed is not always accessible. As the old adage goes, actions speak louder than words.
But still language matters. On June 23, the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, confirmed that the activist group Palestine Action will be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Cooper said that a draft proscription order will be brought before Parliament next week.
This means that supporting or being a member of that group will be an offence. Palestine Action broke into RAF Brize Norton on June 20, where they entered the Ministry of Defence site and sprayed red paint into the engine of an Airbus Voyager.
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Aimee