A judge has sentenced the Filton 4 as terrorists, behind the back of the jury, who only ever considered charges of criminal damage.
This grotesque distortion of the law tightens the screws on the public’s right to protest, placing more limits on our freedom to fight injustice.
I’ve been writing about Andy Burnham in Manchester for a while. We’ve had a few run-ins but I think he has qualities that many people don’t appreciate and weaknesses that spell trouble.
I wrote this for @ManchesterMill - I hope it’s insightful and fair.
https://t.co/Vh6P57t40G
NEWS: Bette Midler just released a new music video for her remake of "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"—featuring Barbara Hershey, other celebrities, and crowds from the No Kings protests in a joyful, powerful show of resistance.
You have to see this.
BREAKING
A dozen sign-holders have shown up outside Woolwich Crown Court today.
This is in response to the Met’s draconian restrictions on yesterday’s peaceful (and totally lawful) vigil outside Woolwich Crown Court, where two sign-holders were unlawfully arrested.
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Today we mark the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943.
You can read about it in Searchlight here:
https://t.co/lI5FZB9PT6
@uaf@AntiRacismDay
Today Massive Attack is sharing their collaboration with Tom Waits, "Boots on the Ground."
The song chronicles the madness and rabid abandonment of mankind to the commands of "The Masters of War” as Dylan put it.
https://t.co/dgoayB70p7
BREAKING - @zarahsultana exercises Parliamentary Privilege to expose the unjust nature of the Filton 24 re-trial.
UK press has been court ordered not to publish these details.
“If convicted, they and 18 others will be sentenced as terrorists, but the jury will not be told that”
Any broadcaster airing Wes Streeting on the future funding of the NHS should, for transparency, also show the people and companies linked to private health who are paying him to say it.