BrikoX@lemmy.zip to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days agoMore than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesterswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkMore than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesterswww.theguardian.comBrikoX@lemmy.zip to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety
minus-squarebrewery@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoHow is this not terrorism? If a Muslim group did this to anywhere their group would be shut down so fast…
minus-squareAnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoThis double standard is why Palestine Action being proscribed was such a galling move
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agobecause terrorism has no meaning beyond “my government hates these people” and your government thinks home-grown fascists are SUPER.
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoTerrorism has very little to do with the actual label and much more to do with who carries out the act and who they do it to. Terrorism is nothing but a shorthand for violence (in the widest possible sense) that the ruling class dislikes.
How is this not terrorism? If a Muslim group did this to anywhere their group would be shut down so fast…
This double standard is why Palestine Action being proscribed was such a galling move
because terrorism has no meaning beyond “my government hates these people” and your government thinks home-grown fascists are SUPER.
Terrorism has very little to do with the actual label and much more to do with who carries out the act and who they do it to.
Terrorism is nothing but a shorthand for violence (in the widest possible sense) that the ruling class dislikes.