Direct Action Is Now Terrorism
Direct Action Is Now Terrorism
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Direct Action Is Now Terrorism | Steven Methven
The sentencing of four Palestine Action activists as terrorists for damaging property means the distinction between political activism and terrorism is now tissue-thin, writes Steven Methven.
Last Friday at Woolwich crown court, Mr Justice Johnson sentenced four Palestine Action activists to a total of nearly 27 years (Nelson Mandela’s term in prison) for their role in an action on the Bristol-based research centre of an Israeli weapons factory. At the same time, our history was rewritten. The suffragettes, the chartists, the women of Greenham Common, and many more besides: all terrorists.