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The secret police are no longer secret. We are under occupation. Any one of us could be disappeared next. Legality means nothing anymore.
Another student has been arrested for “thought crime”.
The court filing said Mahdawi was targeted by a pro-Israel organization #Betar USA, which said on social media that “visa holder Mohsen Mahdawi is on our deport list.”
In a previous interview with “60 Minutes” regarding the protests, Mahdawi had condemned an individual who came to one and yelled “death to Jews.”
“I was shocked and they walked directly to the person and they told him, ‘You don’t represent us,’” he said, adding “to be antisemitic is to be unjust and the fight for the freedom of Palestine and the fight against antisemitism go hand in hand because a threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5248506-columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-dhs-ice/
#palestine #justice #freespeech #precrime #thoughtcrime #fascists
Another student has been arrested for “thought crime”.
The court filing said Mahdawi was targeted by a pro-Israel organization #Betar USA, which said on social media that “visa holder Mohsen Mahdawi is on our deport list.”
In a previous interview with “60 Minutes” regarding the protests, Mahdawi had condemned an individual who came to one and yelled “death to Jews.”
“I was shocked and they walked directly to the person and they told him, ‘You don’t represent us,’” he said, adding “to be antisemitic is to be unjust and the fight for the freedom of Palestine and the fight against antisemitism go hand in hand because a threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5248506-columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-dhs-ice/
#palestine #justice #freespeech #precrime #thoughtcrime #fascists
US Federal #S1017: New federal criminal penalties for #protests near #pipelines
"Would create a new federal felony offense that could apply to protests of planned or operational pipelines. The bill would broadly criminalize under federal law 'knowingly and willfully' 'vandalizing, tampering with, disrupting the operation or construction of, or preventing the operation or construction of' a gas pipeline. A range of #PeacefulActivities could be deemed 'disrupting… the construction of' a pipeline, from a rally that obstructs a road used by construction equipment, to a lawsuit challenging a pipeline’s permit or zoning approval. The bill does not define 'disrupt,' such that even a brief delay would seemingly be covered. Further, the underlying law provides that any 'attempt' or '#conspiracy' to commit the offense would be punished the same as actual commission. As such, individuals as well as organizations that engage in the planning or facilitation of a protest that is deemed to 'disrupt' pipeline construction could be covered. The offense would be punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for an individual, or $500,000 for an organization.
Status: pending
Introduced 13 Mar 2025.
Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Infrastructure
Full bill text:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1017
#CriminalizingDissent #AntiProtestLaws #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #Pipelines #PipelineProtests #ThoughtCrime
"Would create a new federal felony offense that could apply to protests of planned or operational pipelines. The bill would broadly criminalize under federal law 'knowingly and willfully' 'vandalizing, tampering with, disrupting the operation or construction of, or preventing the operation or construction of' a gas pipeline. A range of #PeacefulActivities could be deemed 'disrupting… the construction of' a pipeline, from a rally that obstructs a road used by construction equipment, to a lawsuit challenging a pipeline’s permit or zoning approval. The bill does not define 'disrupt,' such that even a brief delay would seemingly be covered. Further, the underlying law provides that any 'attempt' or '#conspiracy' to commit the offense would be punished the same as actual commission. As such, individuals as well as organizations that engage in the planning or facilitation of a protest that is deemed to 'disrupt' pipeline construction could be covered. The offense would be punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for an individual, or $500,000 for an organization.
Status: pending
Introduced 13 Mar 2025.
Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Infrastructure
Full bill text:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1017
#CriminalizingDissent #AntiProtestLaws #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #Pipelines #PipelineProtests #ThoughtCrime
Ahh - following a few comments and general media silence( bar Canary and others) the Gruaniad finally takes its head out of the sand. Only a few days late.
‘Police said all those arrested had been released on bail, except for one who was released and will face no further action.’
The Streisand effect hits the Met. We’ll have to see the evidence but I doubt it will hit a court. But that was never the point.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/29/met-raids-quaker-meeting-house-and-arrests-six-women-at-youth-demand-talk
#protest #thoughtCrime #UKpolitics #MetroplitanPolice
‘Police said all those arrested had been released on bail, except for one who was released and will face no further action.’
The Streisand effect hits the Met. We’ll have to see the evidence but I doubt it will hit a court. But that was never the point.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/29/met-raids-quaker-meeting-house-and-arrests-six-women-at-youth-demand-talk
#protest #thoughtCrime #UKpolitics #MetroplitanPolice
“Britain's two-tier justice system”
by Another Angry Voice on Substack
“There's a huge disparity between the lengthy sentences for the Zoom call environmental activists and greedy landowners repeatedly descending on London to demand inheritance tax breaks for themselves”
https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/britains-two-tier-justice-system?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
#Press #UK #Britain #TwoTier #Justice #JusticeSystem #JustStopOil #Zoom #ThoughtCrime #LandOwners #InheritanceTax #Jail
by Another Angry Voice on Substack
“There's a huge disparity between the lengthy sentences for the Zoom call environmental activists and greedy landowners repeatedly descending on London to demand inheritance tax breaks for themselves”
https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/britains-two-tier-justice-system?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
#Press #UK #Britain #TwoTier #Justice #JusticeSystem #JustStopOil #Zoom #ThoughtCrime #LandOwners #InheritanceTax #Jail
