Daniel Renwick – GDSC – 25th Nov 2010
There are some actions and policies of government that demand action. Not action without thought, but reactive, cathartic action. When confronted with the naked truth of the situation, knowing that passivity and inertia are understood by the State as tacit consent, dissent must be heard.
The demographic most responsive to the call to dissent are the youth. Both the Gaza demonstrations of 2009 and this fateful November have been fuelled by the passion of mid-to-late teens. This world is theirs to inherit, they will not accept the perpetuation of settler colonialism, backed up with mass murder. Likewise, they will not accept a cuts agenda that stratifies society to protect the capital of the elites at the expense of the vast majority.
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Lizzie Cocker – Morning Star – 24th November 2010
Thousands of school and university students turned out on the streets of London today to voice their anger at the Con-Dem coalition’s vicious assault on Britain’s education system.
Following their embarrassment earlier this month, when thousands of students beseiged and invaded Tory HQ, riot police reacted against peaceful protesters with a brutal containment strategy, corralling crowds in Whitehall for several hours.
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On 24 August three more of the people imprisoned for protesting against Israel’s attack on Gaza appealed against their sentences. The Gaza Demonstrators Support Campaign held a demonstration outside the court and supporters filled the public gallery. (Click here for images) Unfortunately, the outcome was only successful for one applicant. Martin Askew and Mohammed Khawaja who were each sentenced to 18 months, were unsuccessful in their appeals, and their sentences remained unchanged. Yunis Benelbaida’s sentence was reduced from 24 months to 18 months.
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There are currently over a dozen people in prisons across Britain who are serving prison sentences for protesting Israeli war crimes and Britain’s complicity with such crimes.
Many were not political activists, but moved by shocking images of death and destruction in Gaza last year they felt compelled to act.
Please take the time to write to them and show your support. Names and addresses are available at the bottom of this page.
