Still think Australia is a #democracy? Australian's have no Bill of Rights and none of our ASSUMED rights appear in Australia's Constitution #australia #auspol #freespeech #protest #protestisnotacrime #policeviolence #freepalestine #fuckzionism #fuckisrael independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
They SWAT-raided a man for throwing a hoagie at a cop—because he mocked Trump’s D.C. task force. The jury laughed. The state sent a message: dissent = federal crime. #SandwichGuy #ProtestIsNotACrime
**NSPM-7: Project Esther in Overdrive**
from #TheVoiceMemo
by Stefanie Fox a leader of #JVP #JewishVoiceForPeace in [#USA]
Oct 20, 2025
> One year ago, the Heritage Foundation released #ProjectEsther, which is best understood as an addendum to #Project2025. It was released quietly, but with […]
**# UK Home Office loses bid to block #Palestine Action from challenging ban as terror group**
_The British government lodged its appeal after Palestine Action's co-founder Huda Ammori successfully won a judicial review to overturn its ban_
from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
Published date: 17 October […]
**Palestinian student#MohsenMahdawi returns to Columbia University: ‘They have failed to silence me’**
_Mahdawi was targeted and arrested for deportation due to his activism but the permanent US resident is resuming postgraduate studies_
Anna Betts
Tue 2 Sep 2025 16.33 ET
> > Mohsen Mahdawi […]
**New Trump Order Among 'Scariest Things I've Seen in US Politics,' Civil Rights Attorney Says**
_The new order, he says, would essentially allow "random fascist vigilantes" to "sign up to be a Brownshirt" for Trump's militarized occupation forces._
from #CommonDreams
Stephen Prager
Aug 26 […]
People in China have the right to gather and speak out peacefully. Authorities must stop using excessive force and respect the voices calling for change. Peaceful protest is not a threat. It's a human right.
#StandForFreedom #RightToProtest #HumanRightsNow #VoicesMatter #ProtestIsNotACrime
**How#Columbia’s Leadership Refashioned the University in Trump’s Image**
_# ColumbiaUniversity President Claire Shipman said the school retained full independence, but it gave in to virtually all of #Trump's demands._
from #TheIntercept
Meghnad Bose, Anna Oakes
August 7 2025, 10:10 a.m […]
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[smaller letters] A sovereign state recognized by
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since 1948 by a foreign army
[large letters] Action
[smaller letters] What decent people do whenever
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Photo of a black t-shirt with white text [large letters] Palestine [smaller letters] A sovereign state recognized by 75% of the UN Assembly Member states, invaded and occupied since 1948 by a foreign army [large letters] Action [smaller letters] What decent people do whenever oppressive regimes invade neighbour countries killing thousands of civilians
this is a repost of https://sociale.network/@gubi/115003955787654526
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If you want to protest in UK against a government that outlawed the pacifist organization "Palestine […]
[Original post on expressional.social]
The banner that the statue of suffragette Millicent Fawcett is holding reads: "COURAGE CALLS TO COURAGE EVERYWHERE".
#PalestineAction #ProtestIsNotACrime
(Photo & reportage: @tom-d.bsky.social)
**I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with#Trump**
_Rashid Khalidi_
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
> > Columbia’s capitulation has turned a #university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former […]
**Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal**
_# RashidKhalidi, in open letter published by #Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlement_
from #TheGuardian
Dani Anguiano
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
> > “Although I have retired, I was […]
New single our today. 60 years old but, sadly, this song still resonates with the current state of our world.
#eveofdestruction #grahambodenham #soundmixbygrahambodenham #antiwar #peace #givepeaceachance #protestisnotacrime #righttoprotest #protestsong
Trump Deploys #Marines to a “Manufactured Crisis,” Defense Official Says
A defense official told The Intercept that #Trump's move to use Marines to stifle anti-#ICE protests in #LosAngeles is a “provocation.”
from #TheIntercept
Nick Turse
June 9 2025, 8:26 p.m […]
Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump
Protesters demonstrate at about 2,000 sites nationwide on day US president holds military parade in Washington
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis, Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles and Melissa Hellmann […]
#ICE Says It Has No Immediate Plans to Release #MahmoudKhalil
A federal judge ruled this week that the government cannot hold the #ColumbiaUniversity graduate under the rarely invoked law it used to detain him.
from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
By Jonah E. Bromwich
June 13, 2025, 11:04 a.m. ET […]
Mainstream media: Trump deploys Marines to LA to frontline of protests
Mastodon: protesters deploy mariachi bands to frontline of protests.
Trump 0, protesters 1
#ProtestIsNotACrime
The National Guard is being sent into LA for protests that — by all accounts — are mostly peaceful.
This is not public safety. It’s intimidation. And it’s a dry run for something darker. I am Rightly Pissed.
#RightlyPissed #ProtestIsNotACrime
University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student #Gaza protesters
Revealed: security trailing students on and off campus as video shows investigator faking disability when confronted
Tom Perkins
Fri 6 Jun 2025 06.00 EDT
"The #UniversityOfMichigan is using private […]
#MahmoudKhalil blocked from holding son for first time by #ICE, lawyers say
Detained #Columbia University graduate and #Palestinian activist forced to meet month-old baby from behind glass
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Léonie Chao-Fong in Washington
Wed 21 May 2025 18.24 EDT […]
‘Don’t yap to cops’: why Hasan Piker’s US customs story kicked off a backlash
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Julia Carrie Wong
Sat 17 May 2025 09.00 EDT
"When #HasanPiker was stopped and questioned about his political views by US Customs and Border Protection (#CBP) agents at Chicago’s O’Hare […]
NYU withholds diploma of student who condemned Israel in graduation speech
University says it ‘strongly denounces’ commencement speech by Logan Rozos, who called out ‘atrocities’ in Gaza
From #TheGuardian
Maya Yang
Thu 15 May 2025 14.19 EDT […]
#Columbia suspends over 65 students following pro-Palestinian protest in library
from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
Updated 9:21 PM EDT, May 9, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — #ColumbiaUniversity has suspended dozens of students and barred alums and others who participated in a pro-#Palestinian […]
#Columbia University calls in police to clear pro-#Palestinian protesters
University’s president says activists refused to leave library despite warnings of disciplinary action and arrest
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Lauren Gambino
Wed 7 May 2025 19.41 EDT
"#ColumbiaUniversity asked the New […]
Detained #Columbia student #MohsenMahdawi speaks from prison
[on April 29, before he was freed on April 30]
from #NPR #NationalPublicRadio [USA]
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5377484
#StopGazaGenocide
#DefendAcademicFreedom
#ReleaseMahmoudKhalil
#repression
#ReleaseRümeysaÖztürk […]
'Do You Realize That This Is Kafkaesque?':
#Trump's Attacks on Foreign Students Stun Judges
"Disenrolling students was already a blatant capitulation, and now it is a wholly inexcusable one," said one attorney.
from #CommonDreams
Brett Wilkins
Apr 22, 2025 […]
"Come for one, face us all."
from #TheWire
online publication of #JewishVoiceForPeace #JVP in [#USA]
"Desperate to crush popular and growing opposition to #Israel’s genocide, the #Trump regime is shredding our First Amendment rights.
But we’re not backing down. Shortly after Mohsen was […]
A Palestinian activist expecting a US citizenship interview is arrested instead by #ICE in Vermont
from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER
Updated 6:04 PM EDT, April 14, 2025
"A #Palestinian man who led protests against the war in #Gaza as a student at […]
