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A British judge has sentenced four Palestine Action protesters as terrorists, handing them custodial sentences ranging from four to eight years.
The unprecedented ruling came despite jurors convicting them of criminal charges not connected to terrorism during the prosecution.
On Friday, the presiding judge, Justice Jeremy Johnson, added a “terrorism connection” to their offences.
In a preliminary ruling in March 2025, Johnson found an “appearance” of a terrorism connection in the case, as he said the activists were attempting to influence the Israeli government by restricting their access to weapons. This information was withheld from the jury who convicted them.
Politics by definition is violence. It is the descriptor of who is allowed to do the violence. All of politics is violence, all of violence is political to some degree.
And honey, if I’m ever stuck in a western country and am arrested, the last thing on my mind is terrorism charges. I’d be worried about getting raped or tortured for the rest of my life more than whatever excuse a government uses to allow my rape and torture.
In civilized countries we vote.
I don’t want to live under the political system that you propose.
You already do. Try voting for anything that upsets the actual owners of your country and suddenly you will find out who has the monopoly on violence. I’ll give you a hint, it’s never the working class.
I live in a country where we have laws that are determined by the people we vote for. If they pass laws we don’t like we vote in someone else. Works quite well, you should try it in your country.
How’d that work out for the native candians again? how many mass graves under public schools have been found? how many native women go missing every year while the RCMP chalks it up to voluntarily going missing?