I don't understand why anyone would do this when they could simply vote instead??
this is totally counterproductive, how can you call your senator's office to sternly demand swift action if all the cables have been damaged by rabid tankies?
Just send Lockheed Martin a strongly worded letter asking them to cease manufacturing weapons
How is Palestine action so consistently based? You'd think that they'd get cracked down on by the police state by now for being this good
Do they have good infosec/opsec? If not, I would also really like to know how they aren't all in jail yet. The state usually cracks down on actions that are this cool.
Probably because the state knows that they’re not going to destroy any of the actual products
Hasn’t stopped the British state from cracking down on far less before
Nah, Palestine Action definitely fucks shit up: https://twitter.com/Pal_action/status/1788523404225544631
Palestine Action are serious.
Have a listen to this- Alexei Sayle interviews AJ from the group. Incredible courage and story.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wDxkDDOmuMoqTRTYeoBcM?si=9M2gahVZTnKOrcfPUrJBsA&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A0PczRyxIyCllvUGUkryaV2
It’s episode 40 - if u get podcasts elsewhere.
British marxist comedian. From wikipedia:
Around the age of 15, Sayle decided to join the Young Communist League, but only went to a few meetings. In 1968, he joined a Maoist organisation, the Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist). In 2009, he said that, while no longer active in left politics, "I still would adhere to those philosophical and economic ideas of Marxism that I got when I was sixteen. ... it's seemed to me as true now as it did then".
On Corbyn:
In February 2016, Sayle said of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn: "He's ascetic and morally incorruptible. The propaganda that's thrown against him is disgraceful. Until he appeared, you had to vote for one kind of Oxbridge twat or another, people who all go to the same dinner parties, people like the Ed Ballses and George Osbornes. Jeremy has shown that, within a democratic tradition, other things are possible."
UK comic from the 80s./90 and actor (and acquired taste if I’m honest). But he was part of the “alternative comedy” scene that was responsible for moving the UK comedy scene on from racist and misogynistic comedy that was mainstream in the 70s.
He’s a Long standing communist, and more thoughtful these days, but his podcast can be rambling.
they were on the roof for SEVEN HOURS? holy shit. AJ's story of the action starts around 25:00 btw
We also have to thank the FBU (fire brigades union) for this. They're one of two or three prominent unions left in the UK that are still radical. Thanks to them, firefighters refuse to help police arrest protesters.
You can tell these comrades are serious business because they timed this for Israel's dry season. During the rainy months from October to March the planes just crash themselves.
