Resist the further restrictions planned for protests

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The government are planning to give police more powers to restrict protests and, furthermore, seem to see an equivalence with the racist attack on Mosques last summer with marches for justice for Palestine being in the vicinity of a synagogue.  The Palestine Coalition has issued the statement, which we are happy to share.

Chris Nineham, Head steward for the End the Genocide marches said this:  “It is utterly perverse to conflate far-right violence directed against a place of worship – which during the summer riots included setting fire to a mosque – with the large, peaceful, and diverse demonstrations, involving many Jewish people along with others, that we have organised to call for a ceasefire and an end to Britain’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Not one of the 25 national marches that we have organised since October 2023 has directly passed a synagogue along its route and there has never been a single reported incident of any threat towards a place of worship linked to any of our protests, as the Metropolitan Police themselves have acknowledged.”

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This article was originally published by Stop The War on Thu 27 Mar 2025. Read the original here.