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DSEI is one of the world’s largest arms fairs. It takes place in London every two years, and returns next week. This is where those who profit from war, repression and injustice do business. And this is where we can stop them. 1-12th Sept: stopthearmsfair.org.uk 9th Sept: thebigone.uk
🚨BREAKING: Defend Our Juries leaders arrested in clear violation of international law This is a terrifying example of UK authorities’ willingness to use authoritarian practices. amn.st/63327A6z3d
This morning, in dawn raids, counter terrorism police arrested five key spokespeople from the Defend Our Juries campaign who are organising Saturday's protest against the proscription of Palestine Action novaramedia.com/2025/09/02/p...
It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.
This made my day today. Police pulled over a dalek outside DSEI, London's arms fair, scanned the QR code on its lanyard and were taken to my fake Royal Navy recruitment website - royalnavy.org.uk
Police have charged a further 46 more people with supporting the banned campaign group Palestine Action, bringing the total facing prosecution related to protests in London to 114.
Police searching campaigners gathered to set up a perfectly lawful protest camp near the Excel Centre in east London. The red epaulette is an inspector, the TSG commander.
Stories like this about the denial of basic rights, or negligence in prison health care, are important reminders to challenge anyone still claiming "prison is easy" or an opportunity for yoga and meditation novaramedia.com/2024/12/12/c...
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The family of T Hoxha, who is awaiting trial for allegedly taking part in a Palestine Action demonstration at Filton, have raised the alarm over her prison hunger strike at HMP Peterborough (now in its third week) over the authorities' denial of her basic rights observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The "role in parliamentary democracy" of these dinner party Tommy Robinsons has been to spread bigotry and fear, attack human rights and promote climate misinformation on behalf of shadowy corporate influences. They, not protesters, are the outrageous attack on democracy
Palestine Action lawyers accuse Home Secretary Yvette Cooper of ‘cynical media campaign’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
However..."Israeli defence companies, such as Elbit Systems, Rafael, IAI and Uvision, will be able to attend". Shut DSEI down www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘They [the state] will always be finding new ways to obstruct what we’re trying to achieve by shifting the boundaries of what’s legal’ Heavy policing of @scotclimatecamp.bsky.social is a symptom of rising authoritarianism, but it also shows the strength in our numbers. @pllcy.bsky.social reports👇
Huge victory for public pressure on the British government as genocidal rogue state Israel pulls out in a huff from the DSEI arms fair. Campaigners that Netpol is speaking to say the next step is to close the entire event down with a blockade on 9 September www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
In parallel with a mass protest in London on 6 September, campaigners plan to break the ban on expressing support for Palestine Action in Edinburgh. Nobody knows whether Police Scotland will arrest everyone www.heraldscotland.com/news/2542424...
The idea that banning one group would magically banish a tactic was always ludicrous, but that's the hopelessly ill-informed Lord Walnut all over - still desperately lobbying to get his old job back #Walnuts
The UK's largest arms fair, DSEI, refuses to publicly release its list of exhibitors. We're compiling our own. These weapons companies will be buying & selling weapons in London in 2 weeks. They don't want you to see this: caat.org.uk/data/arms-fa...
Four people from a group called Palestine Martyrs have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage following a nighttime action that smashed a car through the gates of defence manufacturer Moog Aircraft Group in Staffordshire www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-o...
A member of our team is speaking on a panel this evening at the Fossil Free London event "Direct action: has it come unstuck?" Short answer: it's not great
The state is determined to follow through on prosecuting people for showing support for the proscribed group Palestine Action. Sixty-four people were formally notified of charges today and are due to appear in court in October.
"Oswald Museli" is class 👏🏼
Support the Drax 15 defendants at Leeds Magistrates Court on Monday 22 September and Monday 29 September. Background: novaramedia.com/2025/03/18/r...
In October, Netpol is helping to screen, in London, a new documentary on the struggle to decriminalise sex work, as told by people who work or have worked in the sex trades. Can you help us build an audience for a screening? Please DM if you can help sexworkfilm.com
Video of Laverty's arrest youtu.be/1PCYk92UtpE?...
"I, Daniel Blake" screenwriter Paul Laverty arrested by Police Scotland at Palestine protest outside a police station in Edinburgh for wearing a t-shirt with the words “Genocide in Palestine, time to take Action” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shittest Carnival costumes ever
Of course there's no room for complacency but some context: a lot more people saw Port Vale lose at home to Doncaster on Saturday than took part in the Daily Hell's 'exploding' far right protests this weekend
"Utterly shocked and disgusted by the violence I witnessed from officers today. Hitting people, throwing people to the ground, hiding their badge numbers, some doing so whilst wearing a union flag themselves" www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
The Metropolitan Police’s claims that their use of live facial recognition is bias-free are not substantiated by the report they cite to support its use www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Leicester police planned and executed a dawn raid to arrest a man. For sharing Facebook posts backing Palestine Action. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
good explainer if you’re confused why some people are calling for Sally Rooney to be charged as a terrorism supporter
It's in quote marks because it's quoting from the interim guidance. We know it's a transphobic dog whistle
It seems like only yesterday that vandalism with paint was considered a terrorism offence
This week an ONS survey said less than half of people in England and Wales think the police are doing a good job, a historic low. The government response, the only one reported, was "more cops". Nothing about resourcing alternatives in local communities that might genuinely make people feel safer
this is why they proscribed PA isn’t it
This is super important.
If you want to know more about the planned blockade on the first day of the arms fair in London and the growing coalition in support of it, visit thebigone.uk
Elbit, the Israeli company that was Palestine Action's primary target, is close to winning a £2bn MoD contract to train British soldiers. The idea that as genocide continues it's "business as usual" is why thousands plan to shut down the DSEi arms fair on 9 Sept www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-clos...
Please get in touch with Netpol if you have been affected by police stop and search as a trans person following the interim guidance
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There are so many sweeping counter-terrorism powers in Britain that if Home Secretary Yvette Cooper suddenly announced she was adding Irish novelist Sally Rooney to the terrorist financial sanctions list, it would be entirely in character and no longer a surprise www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
According to Warwickshire PCC in a recent report Seccombe claimed that FOI requests are being dealt with sufficiently. Yet again this is another example of non accountability by both Seccombe and Warwickshire Police. Our campaign for truth, transparency and justice continues @netpol.org
CALL-OUT: tells us about the trans community’s experiences of police stop and search powers since the introduction in May of new 'interim guidance' for police forces on stopping and searching trans people netpol.org/2025/08/21/c...
Southend council's Labour leader Dan Cowan wants Essex Police to use rarely implemented powers to impose an outright ban on a Palestine solidarity march. This would require the approval of the Home Secretary. Cowan is a member of Labour's Zionist affiliate JLM www.essexlive.news/news/essex-n...
Just to put this into some sort of context, last night the Metropolitan Police imposed conditions on court support for Kneecap for a "protest pen" that holds 100 people. Ten times that number is expected. They left no time to challenge this calculated political decision in the courts
And yes, 1601CO WPC 'Friendly Alice' Robinson, we are indeed talking about you.
In advance of planned protests against September's DSEI 2025 arms fair in east London, intelligence-gathering 'police liaison officers' (PLOs) are once again pushing groups for information. You don't have to talk to them. Read our briefing on PLOs for more info solidarity.netpol.org/police-liais...
The "Trump Not Welcome" national demonstration in London, during the far-right US leader's state visit, is on Wednesday 17 September, assembling at Portland Place at 2pm with a rally at 5pm (location still to be confirmed)
Source: www.edp24.co.uk/news/2538376...
Netpol is a signatory to this letter, which was coordinated by. @bigbrotherwatch.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The number of groups now signed up to blockade Britain's largest arms fair on its opening day, 9 September, has now reportedly risen to 75. Dubbed "The Big One", campaigners say if Starmer won't challenge the industry's complicity in genocide in Gaza, then they'll do it themselves #TheBigOne
By contrast a Norfolk Labour MP, Clive Lewis, was expressly advised by police NOT to attend counter-protests at an asylum hotel in his constituency as he could "cause a flashpoint". Must be that two-tier thingy the far-right kern on banging on about
Meanwhile... Norfolk Police arrested 13 people at a protest in Norwich yesterday, "on suspicion of showing support for the proscribed group Palestine Action" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘My daughter Zoe is not a terrorist. Why has she spent a year in prison?’ observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Proscription was disproportionate – and has had a chilling effect, writes Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori in the Observer today observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
As someone asked, the recent mass arrest in Parliament Square of opponents of the Palestine Action ban was not the largest in Britain. That was in 1961 – when 1314 arrests were made in one day, for a 'Committee of 100' protest
Protest underway opposing Britain's intelligence sharing with Israel at the British Royal Air Force's HQ at RAF High Wycombe. It's time to end this shameful military collaboration and complicity in genocide!
Palestine Action prosecutions should indeed be suspended pending the legal challenge to the ban. Or – hear us out – pointless "terrorism" arrests, that are little more than a show of strength and nothing to do with keeping anyone safe, should be suspended www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Over 65 organisations from Scotland to Cornwall are uniting to shut down the UK’s largest arms fair thebigone.uk/media-releas...
Hearing there are now 67 groups signed up for #TheBigOne
Just saying, but calling the extreme-Right "disgusting Nazi fascists" isn't a criminal offence. It's just the truth.
Solidarity to anti-racist Ricky Jones, whose prosecution for allegedly "encouraging violent behaviour" while far right thugs rampaged around the country has ended in a not-guilty verdict. The way Jones was abandoned over the last year to face this ordeal alone is shameful www.bbc.com/news/article...
chuffed.org/project/1285... Police surveillance in schools disproportionately impacts marginalized communities, fostering discrimination and injustice. Support the film. #EndThinkSurveillance
The entire article doesn't say WHY Palestine Action escalated their actions since 2023, just it's now a "terrorist organisation" and people are upset on human rights grounds. To not mention the genocide in Gaza as the motivation for both PA's growth and the level of anger about the ban seems remiss
Challenging Britain's complicity in Israeli genocide in Gaza, already 55 grassroots organisations have joined the "Big One" coalition, which is determined to blockade and shut down the British defence industry's largest arms fair, on its opening day – Tuesday 9 September thebigone.uk #TheBigOne
"It's just a goat!" "No, it's a fucking GOAT 🐐"
Protest at RAF High Wycombe this Saturday
The state’s crackdown on arms trade protests shows moral pressure is no longer enough—it’s time to target the war machine at its source, argues Netpol's Kevin Blowe freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/13/b...
These days, if you don't give your name in English you get arrested and thrown in jail.
We go again.
"Shutting down DSEi would need thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, to blockade entrances. Protests at past fairs have involved civil disobedience but never reached this scale". Now a coalition of campaign groups is calling for just such a blockade - "The Big One" - on 9 Sept thebigone.uk
Lord Hain says the government is "digging itself into a hole" over Palestine Action because he identifies with the kind of "middle Britain" people arrested for opposing the ban. This is, with respect, still the usual 'good protesters v bad protesters' argument www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The state’s crackdown on arms trade protests shows moral pressure is no longer enough—it’s time to target the war machine at its source, argues Netpol's Kevin Blowe freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/13/b...
Shutting down the DSEi arms fair would need thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, to blockade entrances – an alternative to simply accepting arrest under the Terrorism Act. freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/13/b...
The “We Do Not Comply” Telegram channel, set up by the original campaign to lawfully oppose the ban on Pal Action prior to Defend Our Juries launching “Lift The Ban”, has been taken down. This comes after our own website and Zoom account were silenced by counter-terror police.
There's still time to sign up! www.greenandblackcross.org/events
Arresting hundreds for protesting against a ban on Palestine Action shames us all, writes Sean O'Grady www.independent.co.uk/voices/pales...
Do you know the five key messages?✅ What to do if you're arrested or witness an arrest?✅ What some common protest offences are?✅ ❌ Answered no to any of these? Join us online 6.30-8.30pm for a know your rights training Register at www.greenandblackcross.org/events
Even when everything is grim, there are still moments of joy.
Last year the Victims minister had one of her constituents arrested. netpol.org/2024/09/04/w...
Victims minister Alex Davies-Jones thanked police for their "bravery and their courage" for arresting 532 people sitting on Parliament Square with a cardboard sign. So brave, so courageous www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
The number of people arrested yesterday under section 13 of the Terrorism Act for protesting against the ban on Palestine Action, has now risen to 532
Yesterday, released under investigation, with police bail not to attend further protests breaching the proscription order
100% this...
Anthony Whiteson, 76, a retired IT analyst and grandfather, sat wearing a yarmulke and a star of David on a chain around his neck. “For me this is part of what it means to be Jewish – to take action against genocide when there’s a regime acting like the perpetrators of the Holocaust,” he said.
“It’s just a joke. Yvette Cooper says she is a fan of the Suffragettes. I don’t think the Suffragettes would have thought much of her.” observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police arrest 474 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Critics say ban on activist group stifles freedom of speech and assembly and aims to curb pro-Palestine demonstrations.
London police arrest 150 at rally against Palestine Action ban - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/london-police-arrest-150-rally-against-palestine-action-ban
💜 YOU HAVE RIGHTS! Try and remain calm and ask for what you need e.g food or dimmed lighting. You have the right to have someone informed - inform the Protest Support Line (GBC) 07946 541 511 who can inform friends and family for you
⚠️ NO CAUTION! This is an admission of guilt and goes on your permanent record. It’s an easy win for the police 🪪 You may choose to give your name, address and date of birth when being ‘booked in’ at the police station. You have the right to withhold this information but it may delay your release.
⚖️ NO DUTY SOLICITOR! The solicitor at the station often gives bad advice. Request a solicitor on the Bustcard e.g. ITN or Bindmans in London for free legal advice
Today is a busy day for protests! Here’s our key advice if you’re arrested: 🤫 NO COMMENT is the #1 rule! For ‘friendly chats’, in the van or in an interview just remember NO COMMENT (unless advised by a recommended solicitor to make a written statement) NB - advice applicable in england & wales
On Thursday, the Metropolitan Police'a Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit contacted Zoom and requested it pull the plug on an online briefing meeting for today's mass noncompliance with the ban of Palestine Action taking place in Parliament Square www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-50...
"Shamik Dutta from Bhatt Murphy, who is representing Murton, said: “The legal challenge is being brought because as matters stand our client has neither received any apology nor any acknowledgment that Kent police conduct has been unlawful" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
There are several far right demonstrations outside hotels this weekend. Here's our advice for anti-fascists mobilising against them
Yesterday Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told Times Radio the recently banned Palestine Action was "a proscribed terror organisation that wishes harm on the British people". Elbit Systems, certainly. The defence industry, possibly. But the British people? That's ludicrous