Reposted by Jen Ang
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTEST FOR PEACE
YouTube video by Bylines Scotland
![(2) “An eviction for any person is an extremely stressful thing to contemplate … but for this particular group [appeal rights exhausted asylum seekers], it’s important to emphasise, contrary to what some people may think, they had no entitlement to statutory homeless services. So eviction for them more often than not would mean the streets.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uve2uxdoqngbzxuj75zvkd5/bafkreidzkrdwd24pjqayi7aqus3n6zbgm526bmmvgav7xy27qekv2zjsua)
![(5) “Have courage and conviction, and you do that by surrounding yourself with [social justice minded people] … We have to be in the best shape and the best state of mind to give the best fight that we can.” listen to the episode for more!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uve2uxdoqngbzxuj75zvkd5/bafkreialimm3cnccmafrlnnceox7ed2xheuyhva77hz6vbxbmvwdt5kwnq)
![(2 cont’d) …So there’s a fundamental there about that child’s not receiving an education… [But these are] parents who are also being expected to be looking full time for work, enter work, and increase their hours… and if they don’t meet [those conditions], they would be sanctioned.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uve2uxdoqngbzxuj75zvkd5/bafkreihiwuptfpqjt24afrrbg5b5ezjg42vafwmhoisew6d44da7m4qhhu)
![(5) “If [single parents] can actually experience [dignity, fairness, and equity] – not just in the law, [but in how] what’s in law can drive how society behaves – you’d begin to see the beginnings of justice… The law would recognise that there is more than one type of family, and they’re all equally valid, equally important – but actually require different things.” listen to the episode for more!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uve2uxdoqngbzxuj75zvkd5/bafkreie3tzgy6sbfdjew2onscdf6gomerofj6qvqjub6luj6shb7ojdhx4)
![(2) “When the policy itself and the law itself becomes more violent over the years, that also demotivates people… It’s been five years, six years [since] the Right to Work campaign… we’re not seeing any [positive] changes, but we’re seeing actually, more hostility within the law that gives… the gateway to be implemented and become more violent.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uve2uxdoqngbzxuj75zvkd5/bafkreigzhlnk4ujjrjhkjbk7qyqzfbt4kzo3ohszxghan5seeja742tkwu)
![(3) “It’s important for the immigration lawyers to come to the community setting and to meet people, and also to hear their stories… and to explain in a way that it’s more accessible for people… create that connection, and people [feel] more comfortable: ‘oh, okay, I don’t have to be too scared when I go to see my lawyer.’”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uve2uxdoqngbzxuj75zvkd5/bafkreiarl6xhc3iyaekkiuv6544hsef7tyy6r25wsw7einpdds2sypdy7y)
![(2) “Women were not equal citizens, didn’t have the same rights as the accused… they could be subjected to any range of questions about any aspect of their lives: their relationship with the accused and what they’d been doing before, what they did after, who they spoke to, whether they’d been drinking, what they’d been wearing, what their underwear looked like. They were all considered valid questions. And they still are [considered valid].”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uve2uxdoqngbzxuj75zvkd5/bafkreigftl42d5bsdxhlar7gw2j7kuaxitx4pp52w66hsrh35qvff3uc5y)
![(2) “There are so many ways in which the impact of the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism is showing up in our day-to-day lives right now… there are so many entry points in which we can actually start addressing that… very much still alive dynamic, rather than [calling it a] ‘legacy’, which implies it’s something behind us.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uve2uxdoqngbzxuj75zvkd5/bafkreigqylxjtxolboc44iarzbei2n2zs2k2tisugvjdbcaca4prmvanva)
![Quote - Lily Greenan - “Find some way to document what you’re doing and to be able to go back now and again and remind yourself that you’ve learned a few things since then … share [with others/future generations] what you’ve done that worked that was successful, and what you did that just landed flat.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5uve2uxdoqngbzxuj75zvkd5/bafkreien7bdoa6bodboey7zqdy3vuolchlcqpctuvsb7e53tb2fvtvulhy)
