7 d. ago Salford incident: Armed police and helicopter swarm city estate as streets on lockdown

Dozens of police officers have descended on residential streets, including Romney Street and Littleton Road, in Salford, Greater Manchester, following reports of a serious incident

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1 week ago Inside Youth Demand: The Gen Z protest group vowing to 'shut down' London

Youth Demand say they have 25,000 people on their mailing list and have seen interest surge since police raided a Quaker House meeting

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2 w. ago Police raid London Quaker house, arrest six activists discussing climate protests

Police raid London Quaker house, arrest six activists discussing climate protests  Straight Arrow News

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2 w. ago Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot

It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissentThe faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.Last week, six young women were having tea and biscuits in the Quaker meeting house in Westminster. Twenty police officers forced open the door and arrested them on conspiracy charges. Had the police discovered a plot to blow up parliament or to poison the water supply? No. It was an openly advertised, routine meeting of a protest group called Youth Demand, discussing climate breakdown and the assault on Gaza.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnistThe Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, was published in paperb...

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2 w. ago Youth Demand vows to press on with 'disruptive' protests as Met accused of 'traumatising women' during arrests

Youth Demand held a rally in central London on Tuesday night - days after more than 30 police officers made six arrests at Quaker meeting house

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3 w. ago Police raid at Quaker meeting condemned as 'unprecedented level of police repression'

More than 20 police officers raided a meeting of the activist group Youth Demand at the Quaker Meeting House in Westminster, which has been condemned as an 'aggressive violation' by the Quakers in Britain

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3 w. ago Raid on Quaker Meeting House, mass arrests by London Metropolitan Police of Youth Demand members

Raid on Quaker Meeting House, mass arrests by London Metropolitan Police of Youth Demand members  WSWS

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3 w. ago Met Police arrest six activists at Quaker meeting house over ‘shut down London’ plot

More than 30 officers made the arrests at a welcome talk held in Westminster

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3 w. ago Dozens of police officers batter down door of pacifist Quaker meeting house to arrest activists 'discussing climate change and Gaza'

More than 30 police officers made the arrests at a welcome talk held at the Westminster Meeting House at around 7.30pm on Thursday, March 27, according to Youth Demand.

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3 w. ago Quakers condemn Met Police raid as six arrested in Westminster meeting house

Youth Demand said their members were planning non-violent protests in April when they were arrested in a Quaker meeting house

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3 w. ago Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk

Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk  The Guardian

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3 w. ago Quakers say London police arrested six people at meeting on climate change, Gaza

Quakers say London police arrested six people at meeting on climate change, Gaza  CNN

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4 w. ago Chaotic moment schoolchildren run through the streets for safety after 'stab gang' invade 16th birthday party

Dozens of police officers swooped on Elm Park Primary School's hall, in Havering, Essex, at around 9pm on Saturday after two teenagers were stabbed.

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