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sheislaurenceI find it very moving to see all these closet <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christians</a> do their religious coming out in the wake of the death of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PopeFrancis</a>. Most of them <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a> of all kinds, from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanrights</a>, using this liminal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Easter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Easter</a> to celebrate the teachings of that brown Middle Eastern radical leftist called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jesus</a>. Now the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pope</a> has died, it is up to them to show fierce courage in reclaiming their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#faith</a> and resilience in their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compassion</a>. Because there's no one left to do it for them.

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeThePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WeThePeople</a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiTrump</a> Protesters Mobilize for Hundreds of Events via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/50501Movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#50501Movement</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Activists</a> joined forces on a wide variety of issues on Saturdayby Naomi LaChance, April 19, 2025Excerpt: "Protesters gathered near the White House to demand that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KilmarAbregoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KilmarAbregoGarcia</a> be brought back to the U.S. The Maryland man was illegally deported to El Salvador and remains there despite a Supreme Court order to bring him back. "A search for affiliated events yields more than 750 results. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/50501Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#50501Michigan</a> is planning a “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarchForMotherNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarchForMotherNature</a>” where attendees hold <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanUps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CleanUps</a> in local areas. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LafayetteLouisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LafayetteLouisiana</a>, organizers are holding a '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoodTrouble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoodTrouble</a> March.' In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TampaFlorida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TampaFlorida</a>, activists gathered to protest the deportation of two <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Venezuelan</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> to a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MegaPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MegaPrison</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a>. "In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYorkCity</a>, people organized in front of the New York Public Library. Someone had drawn 'WE THE PEOPLE' in chalk in the street."Other areas are holding <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoKings</a> protests to mark the 250th anniversary of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanRevolution</a>. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Concord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Concord</a>,Massachusetts, Conan Walter held a sign that said, 'Stop <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> now.' "Read more: <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/anti-trump-protests-50501-movement-1235321442/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/anti-trump-protests-50501-movement-1235321442/</a>Archived version: <a href="https://archive.ph/LAj9W" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/LAj9W</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April19th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April19th</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistICE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resistance</a>

PrivacyDigestAnti-Vaxxers Are Grifting Off the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Measles</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Outbreak</a> —and Claim a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bioweapon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bioweapon</a> Caused It<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Activists</a> affiliated with Robert F. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Kennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kennedy</a> Jr. are selling a “measles treatment and prevention protocol” for hundreds of dollars, including supplements supposedly formulated by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/antivax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antivax</a><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/antivax-grift-measles-crisis-bioweapon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/antivax-grift-measles-crisis-bioweapon/</a>

Chloe Leffakis"Does Virture Matter More than Impact?" By Wayne Hsiung Read on Substack: <a href="https://blog.simpleheart.org/p/does-virtue-matter-more-than-impact" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.simpleheart.org/p/does-virtue-matter-more-than-impact</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Activists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Activism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TakeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TakeAction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnimalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimalRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RogerHallam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RogerHallam</a>

Dr Pink<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> English <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikipedia</a> deletion alertCould you save this LGBTQ related <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> Wikipedia article from deletion?April Hutchinson * Canadian Powerlifter and Activist (born 1976)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Hutchinson" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Hutchinson</a> Discussion: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/April_Hutchinson" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/April_Hutchinson</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Activists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OutKick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OutKick</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canadian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NotableWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NotableWomen</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HongKong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HongKong</a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Article23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Article23</a> law used to ‘normalize’ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#repression</a> one year since enactmentJust one year after its passage, Hong Kong’s Article 23 law has further squeezed people’s freedoms and enabled authorities to intensify their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> on peaceful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activism</a> in the city and beyond, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmnestyInternational</a> said." 'Over the past year, Article 23 has been used to entrench a ‘new normal’ of systematic repression of dissent, criminalizing peaceful acts in increasingly absurd ways,' said Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks." 'People have been targeted and harshly punished for the clothes they wear as well as the things they <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/say" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#say</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/write" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#write</a>, or for minor acts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protest</a>, intensifying the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateIOfFear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateIOfFear</a> that already pervaded Hong Kong. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfExpression</a> has never been under greater attack.' People convicted and jailed for peaceful expression"The Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (known as Article 23) took effect on 23 March 2024. Amnesty International’s analysis shows that 16 people have since been arrested for sedition under Article 23. Five of them were officially charged under the law, and the other 11 were released without charge. None of those arrested is accused of engaging in violence, while the authorities have accused two of them of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inciting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inciting</a> violence without yet disclosing any details."Three of the charged individuals – after facing around three months’ pre-trial detention – were convicted for, respectively, wearing a T-shirt and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mask</a> printed with protest slogans; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/criticizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criticizing</a> the government <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#online</a>; and writing protest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slogans</a> on bus seats. They were sentenced to between 10 and 14 months in prison."The remaining two charged people have been held in detention awaiting trial since November 2024 and January 2025, respectively. They are accused of publishing '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seditious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seditious</a>' posts on social media platforms. Article 23 entrenches denial of bail"The presumption against bail in national security cases, originally imposed by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Beijing</a>-enacted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalSecurityLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurityLaw</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSL</a>), has now been extended to offences under Article 23. Among the five individuals charged under Article 23, the two who applied for bail had their applications denied because the magistrate believed they may 'continue to commit acts endangering national security' – the same reasoning used to deny bail to others prosecuted under the NSL, including newspaper founder <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JimmyLai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JimmyLai</a> and opposition politicians."The remaining 11 individuals arrested under Article 23 are variously accused of publishing 'seditious' posts, commemorating the 1989 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tiananmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tiananmen</a> crackdown and spreading 'disinformation'. Despite having been released by the police without official charge, they remain at risk of prosecution at any time because Article 23 does not impose a time limit on bringing criminal charges." 'Article 23 has been wielded by the Hong Kong government as a tool to suppress critical voices with the ultimate aim of eradicating them. Alongside the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSL</a>, it has handed the authorities virtually unchecked power to arrest and jail anybody criticizing the government. The result is a Hong Kong where people are forced to second-guess what they say and write, and even what they wear,' Sarah Brooks said." 'The now default use of pre-trial <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#detention</a> and refusal of bail are alarming examples of how Article 23 has been used to reinforce the repressive tools first introduced under the NSL.” ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a>’ as a trump card overriding established laws"Article 23 has also been weaponized to impose additional punitive measures against dissidents already serving sentences. Under the existing Prison Rules, last amended in 2014, prisoners with good conduct were eligible for early release after serving two-thirds of their sentences. However, according to new rules set by Article 23, the prison authorities can waive this practice if the release would be 'contrary to the interests of national security'."Notably, at least two jailed activists have been denied early release, despite the fact that they were not convicted under Article 23 and had already begun serving their sentences before its enactment."One of the activists – who was convicted of incitement to wound, a charge unrelated to any national security legislation – was barred from early release despite Article 23 expressly stating that the new rules apply only to prisoners convicted of offences endangering national security." '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Retroactively" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retroactively</a> denying early release based on vague national security justifications undermines legal certainty and due process. The government’s failure to comply with the very text that it drafted further raises serious concerns about the arbitrary application of Article 23,' Sarah Brooks said. Extraterritorial application against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overseas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overseas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a>"The worrying impact of Article 23 on human rights is not restricted to Hong Kong. Authorities have invoked Article 23’s extraterritorial scope to penalize a total of 13 Hong Kong activists residing overseas, including in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a>. These penalties have included the cancellation of passports, suspension of lawyer licenses, removal from company directorships and prohibition of financial transactions, restricting a range of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> such as their freedom of movement, right to privacy and right to work."These measures have been imposed alongside arrest warrants issued under the NSL, each carrying a HK$1 million (US$128,700) bounty, for these 13 individuals and six other overseas activists." 'By sanctioning activists overseas, the Hong Kong government is attempting to extend its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DraconianLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DraconianLaws</a> beyond its borders to target potentially anyone, anywhere. The situation has resulted in a chilling effect on individuals who persist in exercising their freedom of expression, even after departing from the city. The international community cannot afford to ignore Article 23’s intended extraterritorial reach,' Sarah Brooks said." 'We urge the Hong Kong and Chinese governments to immediately repeal Article 23, the NSL and any other legislation which violates international human rights laws and standards. We also call on other governments to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hongkongers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hongkongers</a>, in particular those actively defending human rights, within their jurisdictions." 'The rising risk of transnational repression, which Amnesty has documented and which is explicitly tied to Hong Kong’s national security legislation, demands a response by governments worldwide. As a start, that means denouncing incidents of transnational repression and pursuing accountability for criminal acts targeting activists and others in the country of residence.' Background"On 19 March 2024, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council unanimously voted to pass the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance based on Article 23 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini-constitution."The law, which took effect on 23 March 2024, introduced China’s definition of 'national security' and 'state secrets', together with other broadly defined offences which further restricted freedom of expression and the right to protest. It also replaced a widely used <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonial</a>-era <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sedition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sedition</a> law with its own provisions on sedition which now expressly cover acts or speech which do not incite violence. The maximum prison sentence for sedition was increased from two to seven years, or up to 10 years if involving 'collusion with an external force'."Amnesty International submitted an analysis of its proposals to the government during the consultation period, concluding that the offences and changes to investigatory powers are contrary to Hong Kong’s human rights obligations. After the law was passed, Amnesty International issued a briefing paper providing an in-depth analysis of the effects of the law on both Chinese and non-Chinese individuals, in particular via its purported extraterritorial application." Source: <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/hong-kong-article-23-law-used-to-normalize-repression-one-year-since-enactment/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/hong-kong-article-23-law-used-to-normalize-repression-one-year-since-enactment/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRightsViolations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigBrother</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeverForgetTiananmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeverForgetTiananmen</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> seeks to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deport</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesters</a> Submitted by webadmin on 9 April, 2025 "The German state has issued deportation orders for three <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EUCitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EUCitizens</a> and one <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#American</a> who have attended <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProPalestinian</a> protests."Berlin immigration authorities issued the orders on 31 March, demanding that the four individuals leave Germany within one month or else face deportation. Their orders cite a protest in October 2024 in which masked individuals caused 'significant property damage, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/graffiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graffiti</a>', as well as resisting arrest and calling a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#police</a> officer a '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascist</a>'."Unusually, three of the four orders also invoke the German principle of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Staatsr%C3%A4son" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Staatsräson</a>, (“<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StateReason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StateReason</a>”). This term originates from a speech <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AngelaMerkel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AngelaMerkel</a> gave to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliKnesset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IsraeliKnesset</a> in 2008, asserting that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israeli</a> security was fundamental to the purpose of the German state."Staatsräson is not an officially defined term or codified anywhere in the German constitution or by German courts. At least two of the protestors are appealing the decision, with their lawyer telling Al-Monitor that it is a 'political concept, not a legal concept, and therefore unlawful'."In any case, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesting</a> should be opposed.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Khalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Khalil</a>"The activists’ lawyer has drawn parallels to the case of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MahmoudKhalil</a> in the US. 'I see similarities… It is weaponization of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ImmigrationLaw</a> as a tool to silence <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliticalDissent</a>'. Khalil’s case may also lead to a debate on interpretations of the US constitution’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>."Back in February, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Berlin</a> police broke up a protest, citing a ban on '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArabicChanting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArabicChanting</a>', the playing of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArabicMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArabicMusic</a>, or giving a speech in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arabic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arabic</a>. In October 2024, police raided the homes of five men, four of whom were being investigated over 'authorship of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antisemitic</a> social media posts'.Clapping"And after the joint Israeli-Palestinian documentary <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoOtherLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoOtherLand</a> won an Academy Award, German culture minister Claudia Roth insisted that she was only clapping for Israeli director Yuval Abraham, not Palestinian director <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BaselAdra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BaselAdra</a>. Several politicians, including the mayor of Berlin, called for her resignation. A torrent of public criticism was aimed at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YuvalAbraham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YuvalAbraham</a> for his acceptance speech, to which he responded: 'To stand on German soil as the son of Holocaust survivors and call for a ceasefire — and to then be labelled as antisemitic is not only outrageous, it is also literally putting Jewish lives in danger.'"Israeli politicians cited German politicians when attacking the filmmakers themselves, and only weeks later, co-director <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HamdanBallal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HamdanBallal</a> was attacked by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliSettlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IsraeliSettlers</a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestBank</a>, and removed from an ambulance by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IDF</a> soldiers."German Staatsräson is less about assuring Israel’s right to exist, and more about giving a free hand to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#repressive</a> policies of the Israeli right." Source: <a href="https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2025-04-09/germany-seeks-deport-protesters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2025-04-09/germany-seeks-deport-protesters</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestineActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProPalestineActivists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProPalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GermanyPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GermanyPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GermanAntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GermanAntiProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightWing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtesters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zionism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BibiIsAWarCriminal</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Enablers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enablers</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a>: Anti-Elon Musk '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeslaTakedown</a>' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a> break out across U.S.; Florida law enforcement ordered to respond Story by Annabelle Sikes, 3/29/2025"The Brief - "Tesla Takedown" protests are breaking out across the United States, including in Florida. - The demonstrations are part of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a>' attempts to escalate a movement targeting Tesla dealerships and vehicles in opposition to Elon Musk’s role as the head of the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>). - In response to the protests, Attorney General <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JamesUthmeier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JamesUthmeier</a> has ordered Florida law enforcement officers to respond to and monitor the events.[...]"Uthmeier said Florida has 'zero tolerance' for crimes against people or property. He said if the protests turn violent, Florida is prepared to 'do what's necessary to restore order and hold offenders accountable.'" 'Our troopers are here working around the clock patrolling these dealerships,' Uthmeier said in the X post. 'And if you wanna come here, you’re going to face the full force of law.' " <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/anti-elon-musk-tesla-takedown-protests-break-out-across-us-florida-law-enforcement-ordered-to-respond/ar-AA1BUBGV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/anti-elon-musk-tesla-takedown-protests-break-out-across-us-florida-law-enforcement-ordered-to-respond/ar-AA1BUBGV</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloridaProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FloridaProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BadDOGE</a>

Post Growth Institute🌍 The Post Growth Fellowship returns for 2025! We’re thrilled to introduce the fourth cohort of Post Growth Fellows: <a href="https://medium.com/postgrowth/introducing-the-2025-post-growth-fellows-96fc3f27af31?source=friends_link&sk=7c78758b97a9a25f28df29b25412b96b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medium.com/postgrowth/introducing-the-2025-post-growth-fellows-96fc3f27af31?source=friends_link&sk=7c78758b97a9a25f28df29b25412b96b</a> From April to November, we journey with an inspiring cohort of 26 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#researchers</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#creatives</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#community</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#organizers</a> as they share bold, grounded examples of life beyond capitalism.➡️ Subscribe to our monthly newsletter and follow us on Medium at Post Growth Perspectives for the latest learnings and insights: <a href="https://postgrowth.org/newsletter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://postgrowth.org/newsletter/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehosePepperdine University: Pepperdine University Libraries to Acquire Prestigious Research Collection from Bob Woodson and the Woodson Center. “Pepperdine University Libraries will be the exclusive home of more than four decades of work by Bob Woodson and the Woodson Center. Led by former civil rights activist Bob Woodson, the Woodson Center has worked for over four decades to empower indigenous […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/10/pepperdine-university-pepperdine-university-libraries-to-acquire-prestigious-research-collection-from-bob-woodson-and-the-woodson-center/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/10/pepperdine-university-pepperdine-university-libraries-to-acquire-prestigious-research-collection-from-bob-woodson-and-the-woodson-center/</a>

Greg JohnsonAugustin Marlorat du Pasquier, French Reformer, says Christ will focus on deeds of love on the last day (Matthew 25). Marlorat says charity is a token by which we declare ourselves to worship God.Was told in youth it was Marxism to say this passage was about feeding hungry people. But this idea is all over the Reformation, as I soon shall prove by inductive reasoning. How can you declare yourself to worship God?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#christian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/honesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#honesty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/begoodness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#begoodness</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sermonprep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sermonprep</a>

50+ Music"This Little Light of Mine" is an African-American song from the 1920s. It was often reported to be written for children in the 1920s by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HarryDixonLoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarryDixonLoes</a>, but he never claimed credit for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theOriginal</a> version of the song, and researchers at the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MoodyBibleInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoodyBibleInstitute</a>, where Loes worked, said they have found no evidence that he wrote it. It was later adapted by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ZilphiaHorton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZilphiaHorton</a>, amongst many other <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a>, in connection with the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/civilRightsMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilRightsMovement</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuQYidDbYAc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuQYidDbYAc</a>

sheislaurence🧵 1/2: I've been thinking a lot about this video from Sam Stein, an American <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israeli</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> activist. Filmed 4 weeks ago after his detention by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IDF</a> for resisting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/settler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#settler</a> violence in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestBank</a> (as he's been doing for the past 5 years), it triggers profound lessons, which I hope act as a lightning rod for Western <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a>, who often understimate the system at their peril.Sam starts: "all your legal training goes out of the window when a soldier has his knee on your neck...

sheislaurenceSome comforting words for a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunday</a> for all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a> out there, from Dr <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GaborMat%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GaborMaté</a>. He posted yesterday on the concept of "moral injury", as we are bearing witness to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a>. It resonates all the more that Maté is himself a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#holocaust</a> survivor and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trauma</a> specialist. Have a good Sunday everyone!

Sean O'Brien<a href="https://mastodon.online/@evangreer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@evangreer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.fightforthefuture.org/about/more?instance_actor=true" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fightforthefuture.org</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bsky.app</a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/@guardianproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@guardianproject</a> 🔁 Círculo: Keep your circle close. Form a group of 6 trusted peers, set mutual support protocols, and signal distress instantly if needed. Designed for <a href="https://privacysafe.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalists</a>, <a href="https://privacysafe.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a>, and allies in hostile situations. <a href="https://encirculo.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://encirculo.org</a>

OccuWorldSTAND UP FIGHT BACK<a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GwTT7WYJ-yI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GwTT7WYJ-yI</a>In Boston hundreds of students and workers demanded the release of detained student Rumeysa Ozturk.<a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/StandUpFightBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandUpFightBack</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boston</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RumeysaOzturk</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Release</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Students</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Activists</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oppression</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Workers</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigrants</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Quakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quakers</a> condemn arrests of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a> at meeting houseMarch 30, 2025"The arrests of six female supporters of activist group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YouthDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthDemand</a> at a Quaker meeting house have been condemned by the faith group."Quakers in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Britain</a> said the arrests were the first at a meeting house and 'an aggressive violation'."The Metropolitan Police said six people were arrested on Thursday evening at the Westminster Meeting House on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicNuisance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicNuisance</a>."The force said it came amid concerns there were plans to 'shut down' London during April using tactics such as road blocks."Youth Demand said more than 30 officers were involved with making the arrests."Paul Parker, of Quakers in Britain, said he could not recall anyone being arrested at a Quaker meeting house in living memory."'The forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalisesProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalisesProtest</a>."'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfSpeech</a>, assembly, and fair trials are an essential part of free public debate which underpins <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>,' he said."Police said a further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday - four at addresses in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a> and one in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Exeter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Exeter</a>."Youth Demand, which is not affiliated with the Quakers, said the meeting was 'an opportunity to share plans for non-violent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilResistance</a> actions' due to take place in April."The group claimed a number of houses were also raided on Thursday and Friday as part of the operation."Quakers in Britain said: 'Quakers support the right to non-violent public protest, acting themselves from a deep moral imperative to stand up against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#injustice</a> and for our planet."'Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slavery</a> to women's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/suffrage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#suffrage</a> and prison reform.'"The Met said the force understood the importance of the right to protest but added that Youth Demand had stated an intention to 'shut down' London in April."'We have a responsibility to intervene to prevent activity that crosses the line from protest into serious disruption and other criminality,' a spokesman said."On Thursday, officers raided a Youth Demand planning meeting where those in attendance were plotting their April action."Six people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance."A further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday, 28 March. Four of the arrests were at addresses in London and one in Exeter.'Policing priorities'"Out of the 11 people arrested, 10 have been released on bail and one will face no further action."Asked about the matter on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: 'I have made clear to the police this government's priorities for policing are reducing serious violence... and bringing back neighbourhood policing, those crimes in town centres like shoplifting.'"Youth Demand, which describes itself as a 'new youth resistance campaign fighting for an end to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a>', began carrying out acts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilDisobedience</a> last year."Its demands of the government include stopping all trade with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> and raising money from 'the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SuperRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperRich</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fossilfuel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elite</a>' to pay damages for the effects of fossil fuel burning."Read more: <a href="https://bbc.com/news/articles/cj3x5j6g30ro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bbc.com/news/articles/cj3x5j6g30ro</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThoughtCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtCrime</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingActivism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicNuisanceLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicNuisanceLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Article20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Article20</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/2023PublicOrderAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2023PublicOrderAct</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKResistance</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectMotherEarth</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IsraeliWarCrimes</a>

A.StringerSurely it depends what JSO's aims actually were?"The “<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/radicalflankeffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radicalflankeffect</a>” shows that when radical <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a> push boundaries, they often make <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/moderatevoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moderatevoices</a> in the same movement appear more reasonable. Recent <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JSO</a> found that even when the group provoked <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicanger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publicanger</a>, support for moderate organisations such as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FriendsoftheEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FriendsoftheEarth</a> increased."Being hated worked for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JustStopOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JustStopOil</a> <a href="https://theconversation.com/being-hated-worked-for-just-stop-oil-253379" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/being-hated-worked-for-just-stop-oil-253379</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateAction</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climateactivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climateactivism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossilfuels</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climateprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climateprotests</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/1945836/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/1945836/</a> Lawmakers and activists speak out on MPRP, ongoing energy crisis <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConservedLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConservedLand</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnergyCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnergyCrisis</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernorWesMoore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernorWesMoore</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lawmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lawmakers</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Maryland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maryland</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/mprp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mprp</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicServiceCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicServiceCommission</a>

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