3 days ago
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- The Herald Scotland
Glasgow union body calls for support for Palestine Action
If the order passes, membership or support for the group would be punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
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The Glasgow Trades Union Council, which was established in 1858, is calling on those in the union movement to publicly support Palestine Action and look to block the proscription.
A statement said: "We Are All Palestine Action: we must do everything we can to stop the UK government from designating them a terrorist organisation.
"Despite mass peaceful protest against the genocide, the British state remains complicit in the erasure of the Palestinian people.
"Palestine Action is a direct action group that has been protesting against the supply of weapons to the Israeli military. Spraying paint and breaking windows is not terrorism - Israel's genocidal war is.
"We won't allow the government to repress the rights of protesters. As a movement, we must do everything to defend civil disobedience and oppose parliament's proscription of Palestine Action.
"Today, the women who protested the storage of nuclear weapons at Greenham Common are correctly considered heroes. What is the difference between them and Palestine Action?
"While we're still allowed to say it, we call on the whole trade union movement to join us in supporting Palestine Action and campaigning publicly and privately to stop this crackdown.
"An injury to one is an injury to all."
