| ▲ | pjc50 2 days ago | |
That's the organisation. The knock on effects are quite considerable. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/27/sally-rooney-p... Also the whole thing moved incredibly quickly; it went from new organization to banned almost immediately. I'm fairly sure that other groups previously like the Greenham Common camp didn't get this treatment. It was reasonable to arrest people who actually broke into the base and those who organized it. Going after those speaking in support is what's excessive. | ||
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
> It was reasonable to arrest people who actually broke into the base and those who organized it. Going after those speaking in support is what's excessive Speaking out, yes. Helping organize? No. Where the UK took it over the top was in using terrorist statute to shut down the organisation. That was unnecessary. But if the organisation helped organise the action—and this is not yet proven—its assets should have been frozen while the organisation and its leaders are investigated. If the organisation were found to have knowingly aided and abetted the break-in, it should have been shut down. All of this could have been done using mostly civil and a little criminal law. None of it required terrorism laws. | ||
| ▲ | masfuerte 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> Also the whole thing moved incredibly quickly; it went from new organization to banned almost immediately. Are you sure? They were founded in 2020. You can argue that destroying property may be legitimate protest, but that is not all they did. In 2024 they used sledgehammers to destroy machinery in an Elbit factory. Again, arguably legitimate protest. But then they attacked police officers and security guards who came to investigate with those same sledgehammers. That is in no way legitimate. If the government was going to proscribe them for anything it should have been for that. The RAF thing was indeed bullshit. Anyway, it seems to me that to simultaneously believe that a) telling a group of people that they can't use a particular name is an unacceptable attack on our freedoms yet b) physically attacking people with sledgehammers is OK requires quite some mental gymnastics. | ||