Seven people charged after Palestine Action protest

Seven people have been charged following a Palestine Action protest in central London on Monday where 13 were arrested. The charges include a racially aggravated public order offence, assaulting an emergency worker and breaching the Public Order Act, the …

Israel takes center stage at British Medical conference, one in 10 motions on Palestine, Israel

UK protest group Palestine Action denies Iran funding as it faces ban

Palestine Action has condemned a briefing by Home Office officials that it could be funded by Iran as “baseless smears”. The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced on Monday plans to ban under anti-terrorism laws the protest group, which takes direct …

Palestine Israel: Implementing A One-State Solution

It's time that the nations of the world (or at least the influential western nations) accept the reality that all the lands that constituted 1920-1948 Mandatory Palestine should be formally recognised as a single nation-state; ideally called Palestine …

The recognition of Palestine

There is no doubt that this is a topical subject but, at the same time, it is a complex matter that arises from time to time. There is no doubt that, as a country, we had to condemn what happened on October 7, 2023 as a heinous attack against the Israeli …

OPINION: Palestine Action ‘non-violent’? Don’t make us laugh

On Friday morning, Palestine Action published video footage of some of their activists infiltrating RAF Brize Norton, the UK’s largest air force base. The group claimed their activists had caused damage to two military planes and had managed to escape …

Palestine Action activist faces counterterrorism investigation

A prominent Palestine Action activist is facing a counterterrorism investigation after he posed with a handgun on social media declaring “resistance is not terrorism”. Paul Shortt was reported to Counter Terrorism Policing by the Labour Against …

Workers and students in Manchester and Bradford speak out against Iran war, Palestine Action ban

Protests took place across the UK Monday against the war on Iran, the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the Labour government’s plans to ban Palestine Action as a “terrorist organisation”. World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke with demonstrators in London, …

As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for 'political policing'?

Former justice secretary Lord Charlie Falconer said the base break-in alone likely did not justify Palestine Action being proscribed, “so there must be something else that I don’t know about,” while Labour MP Calvin Bailey said: “What Yvette Cooper is …

Mark Andrews: Naked bike rides, and why Palestine Action are idiots but not terrorists

Vandals, obviously. Criminals, certainly. Idiots, low lives and bigots, no doubt. But they're not terrorists. And by branding the sad sacks who call themselves Palestine Action as a proscribed terrorist organisation, the UK Government not only demeans …