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To fight ban on Palestine Action, we must learn from university protesters

Government’s proscription of the group follows months of similarly chilling repression on campuses across the UK

By Anne Alexander, Colin Murray and Alice Finden
To fight ban on Palestine Action, we must learn from university protesters
MPs this week voted for a government motion to proscribe Palestine Action | Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images
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That the government’s case for proscribing Palestine Action is both threadbare and blatantly political was on full view in the House of Commons this week.

Facing a barrage of criticism from dozens of MPs, Home Office minister Dan Jarvis intoned endless variations of the government’s statement justifying proscription, ultimately falling back on vague claims of a threat to “national security”.

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