In this week's issue
- How pro-Palestine activists became first protesters in Britain to be sentenced as terrorists without being convicted of terror offences
- As billionaires incited far-right violence in Belfast, ordinary people mobilised to protect our neighbours
- Is Keir Starmer rushing into plans to ban social media for under-16s?
- Trump has threatened a military intervention in Cuba, but there is no guarantee it would deliver a democratic transition
- Netanyahu is facing his biggest loss: A collapse in US support
- If Andy Burnham becomes PM, he must invest in care to grow the UK’s economy
- Despite privacy concerns, getting rid of Palantir now may not solve the problems its Federated Data Platform has created
- From the Archive: Swedish teen’s murder exploited by the far right
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Imagine a trial where the jury doesn’t know what the defendants are being tried for, the defendants aren’t allowed to explain their actions, and the police arrest citizens peacefully holding signs saying “Jurors deserve to hear the whole truth”. Could this happen in the UK?
Yes, if you are one of four Palestine Action activists who yesterday became the first protesters in Britain to be sentenced as terrorists without being convicted of terror offences, as Nandini Naira Archer reports in this week’s issue of The Weekly. The activists will now be officially recorded as terrorists for the rest of their lives. Read Nandini’s piece to find out more about what the ruling means and the terrifying precedent it sets for protest rights.
