Anarchist News Review: Palestine Action Ban, Welfare Rebellion and Israel-Iran

Keir Starmer’s Palestine Action Ban Is a Threat to Democracy

Britain’s government is banning the group Palestine Action for its role in nonviolent direct action against Israeli arms factories — a sinister and unprecedented move from a government that wants to suppress opposition to the Gaza genocide.

Anarchist News Review: Palestine Action Ban, Welfare Rebellion and Israel-Iran

It comes to something when even voicing support for a non-violent direct action group risks being designated as crossing the line, but Labour is no defender of freedom of speech and protest. Tabitha and Andy join us to discuss the decision of former defender of principled dissent Keir Starmer to ban an organisation that he might once have protected, that same MP’s determination to rob billions off the poorest to spend on pointless nuclear bomber…