#protest arrest

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Hundreds of Jewish anti-war demonstrators have been arrested during a Passover seder that doubled as a protest in New York, as they shut down a major thoroughfare to pray for a ceasefire and urge the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, to end US military aid to Israel.

The 300 or so arrests took place on Tuesday night at Grand Army Plaza, on the doorstep of Schumer’s Brooklyn residence, where thousands of mostly Jewish New Yorkers gathered for the seder, a ritual that marked the second night of the holiday celebrated as a festival of freedom by Jews worldwide.

The seder came just before the US Senate resoundingly passed a military package that includes $26bn for Israel.

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

These photos appear to show people being arrested for peaceful protest in London.

So, are we a democracy or have we in fact not progressed past feudalism?

[sheriffofmagic]

new favorite ally beardsley pic just dropped (edit: for context @froginakettle and @sugaldean both shared this is from a pro-palestine protest)

FREE PALESTINE

[hedgehog-moss]

Much love to this old lady whose reaction to Macron's Great Saucepan Ban of 2023 was to straight-up smuggle a saucepan in her purse past the police checkpoint to go clang it with a spoon near the president with renewed anger and determination.

Protesters today greeted the Prime Minister on an official visit by banging their shoes against walls to make noise, so I wonder how long we'll still be allowed to wear shoes.

(Joking about this is risky because after the saucepan protests on Monday, Le Gorafi (the Onion's French cousin) joked that the government would now take action to seize pans—and it became a reality on Thursday... We can't forget that our satirical news outlets are disproportionately affected by the bullshit inflation.)

[lilithism1848]

[kropotkindersurprise]

August 2024 - Kenya’s political elite is trying to criminalize protests. The government is currently considering a bill that would give the police official authority to ban and crush protests, imposing fines and jail sentences for protesters. Due to the recent uprising, the government was forced to scrap the Finance Bill, an IMF plan that would have significantly raised the cost of living. During the protests in June, more than 50 people were shot dead by the police and many more were abducted, with some people still missing. While the Finance Bill was officially scrapped, Kenya’s top court suspended the ruling that denounced the bill as unconstitutional. This has sparked fears amongst Kenyans that the government will try to implement the law again. Nevertheless, Kenyans have said they will take to the streets should such an event occur. [video]

[trans-xianxian]

the bail fund for student protesters arrested at portland state university yesterday is defensefundpdx on both p@yp@al and venm0

[grecoromanyaoi]

ppl on that 'how many protests did you go to' poll r insane. this is the 'what kind of drugs do you do' polls website. bffr

[fagcrisis]

please support the hungarian student protests

Hello! you know i'm not the kind of person to be making these posts, but the situation here is kind of dire right now

as you may know, for the past year hungarian students and teachers have been protesting against the horrific state of our education system. we have been demanding better wages and work conditions for our teachers, and more funding diverted towards education

the government currently does not have a dedicated education ministry

our far right government's response has been a law known as the status law, or the revenge law. this law includes the following

taking away the professional freedom of the board of education, handing descisions over to the school district (a government subsidiary)

further widens the salary range, making the wages of teachers completely tied to the will of their employer. many teachers in the country are currently making barely above minimum wage

reduction of vacation days

increasing the number of daily working hours from 8 to 12

forbidding teachers from being critical of the education system. this includes participating in protests, but also simply voicing criticism of the system online

punishing students if their teachers are on strike

the termination notice period was changed from 2 months to six months, meaning that a teacher has to work in the school they quit for 6 months after quitting

extending the school year to 180 days

the status law makes it harder for unions to do their jobs. the teachers, at first, tried to protest through peaceful methods and strikes, but their requests were not listened to. Moreover, the oppressive hungarian strike laws make it impossible to do this effectively. around the carmelite monastery, from which the high and mighty overlords control the country, a cordon was raised to keep the press out, which was found to be unlawful by the metropolitan court of budapest in april. despite this, they have not removed the cordon.

on may 7, the students who were protesting for a better education system tried to lawfully dismantle the cordon, which resulted in the police using tear gas against children and beating them with batons. Use of tear gas was not justified, the police ignored regulations and acted against the law.

several people have been arrested at these protests with such charges as wearing a mask (illegal under hungarian protest law) and attacking police officers. several people at the last protest have been detained and kept from speaking to their parents. the majority of the protestors are minors, and those are not are teachers overwhelmingly over the age of 40.

we are going to protest again on may 19th (this friday), and we would really appreciate if you spread awareness about our efforts. people will likely be hurt, and arrested on made up charges to scare us away from fighting for our teachers, but we won't give up

on twitter you can show your support for the protests under the hashtags #freehungary and #fuckorban

[pulsar-1919]

From what I'm seeing I genuinely think that if I went over to London today, wore an Irish tricolour and expressed anti-royal sentiment I might get arrested on suspected terrorism like it's the fucking 1980s

[many-sparrows]

Court outfit

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

We joined thousands in Washington, D.C., July 24 protesting the disgusting Congressional welcome to U.S. puppet war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu.

Police from multiple agencies, including NYPD, attacked protesters with flashbangs and pepper spray. Undeterred, they raised Palestine's flag at Union Station and burned the U.S. rag.

Via Struggle-La Lucha

[rosignoelle]

westminster abbey currently has the highest concentration of tax-dodgers in the world ❤️

[brennacedria]

Trump for Prison Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Like to charge reblog to cast

[nando161mando]

[? / Israel]

Conscription protesters are repeatedly assaulted. A police officer makes feeble gestures to stop the violence.

This is part of a long campaign against conscription (and other state efforts) which has been met by both police and civil violence.