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Netpol @netpol.org · 29/09/2026
See it. Say it. Siphoned.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 29/09/2026
Proscription was introduced to crush direct action against Britain's complicity in Israeli genocide. Does Miliband think all the arrests – all for signs saying "I oppose genocide” as well as expressing support for Palestine Action – were about something else? www.middleeasteye.net/news/miliban...
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Miliband ‘looking at’ whether Palestine Action ban was sensible, argues mass arrests 'unintended'
Foreign secretary's remarks at Labour conference come after arrests made at protest against ban on the direct action group
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Netpol @netpol.org · 29/09/2026
If anyone is struggling to understand how our media and politicians are still talking about an RAF Fairford "bomb plot" when there were no bombs found, then the Forest Gate raid in 2006 is a useful comparison en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_...
Photo taken by Netpol's campaigns coordinator in 2006 of the end of Lansdown Rd in Forest Gate, closed by police after a "bomb plot" terrorism raid led to the sealing off of the area for a week. One man was shot but fortunately survived – there was no bomb factory, yet the Kahar family were smeared by the media for weeks
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Miliband: "To the millions in this country.. who have been moved & outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people, we hear you. You were right" So scrap the proscription of Palestine Action. End all arms exports to Israel. Impose sanctions on the Israeli govt & economy.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 28/09/2026
Hot take: it's impossible to "market" the idea of protest rights to a society that vigorously demonises campaigners and encourages the idea that political change is impractical and extreme and polls like this are a poor use of resources. Our rights are defended only when we get out and use them
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Netpol @netpol.org · 28/09/2026
This poll also says as many participants think giving the police more powers to restrict protests is good as those who said it's bad. Protest rights that challenge powerful interests are never popular, right up to the moment people suddenly discover they need them www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Failure to protect free speech could cost Labour votes at next election, says Liberty
Polling for rights group shows issue is concern for voters and many feel recent policies have had negative effect
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/09/2026
Demonstrators protest against UK government's proscription of Palestine Action as a 'terrorist' organisation.
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Palestine Action protesters arrested outside UK Labour Party conference
Demonstrators protest against UK government's proscription of Palestine Action as a 'terrorist' organisation.
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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unbelievable scenes on the Garvaghy Road. PSNI tactics have been incendiary, heavy-handed & discriminatory. Your reminder of the Sam McBride interview in June that detailed PSNI doing loyalist paramilitary road closure work for them on the Newtownards Road during the June 2026 racist pogroms. [1/2]
Text: Your reminder that journalists witnessed PSNI closing roads and facilitating unlawful roadblocks for loyalist paramilitaries in the June 2026 pogroms.

Graphic: a riot scene in Belfast.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 27/09/2026
Our new zine "To Mask is To Care" was launched yesterday and will be available online soon. You can pick one up for free, however, at our workshop the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair at the Trinity Centre on 24 October
The purple zine Netpol has produced, called "To Mask is to Care?Posted for the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2026
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Netpol @netpol.org · 27/09/2026
Thanks to everyone who came to Netpol's London Anarchist Bookfair workshop yesterday - so many were shocked to hear for the first time about the implications of the new mask-free zone legislation and that's what makes holding these events worthwhile. We are holding our next workshop in Bristol
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Netpol @netpol.org · 27/09/2026
Restrictions on face masks were in place yesterday in Sheffield (South Yorkshire Police) and Dudley (West Midlands Police) for far-right protests and antifascist counter-protests. Despite this it doesn't seem that officers decided to enforce the mask-free zone orders and make arrests.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026
How UK universities briefed BAE Systems on pro-Palestine campus protests aje.news/1l3a46
How UK universities briefed BAE Systems on pro-Palestine campus protests
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Netpol @netpol.org · 24/09/2026
The full programme for @bookfairldn.bsky.social is available here anarchistbookfair.london/programme/
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Programme - London Anarchist Bookfair
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Netpol @netpol.org · 24/09/2026
Attendees at our workshop will receive one of these for free bsky.app/profile/netp...
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Netpol @netpol.org · 24/09/2026
Join us on Saturday at the London Anarchist Bookfair for our workshop "Masking Up Against the Crime and Policing Act", which will look at what the new law on a 'mask-free zones' means, how we might organise a campaign of mass non-compliance, and the obstacles we'll face 🕔 5pm 📍 Oxford House, E2
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Netpol @netpol.org · 24/09/2026
Among the institutions are the University of Manchester, the University of Nottingham, the University of Southampton, the University of Birmingham, the University of Strathclyde, and Cranfield University
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Netpol @netpol.org · 24/09/2026
Thirteen British universities have discussed how to handle pro-Palestine campus protests with BAe Systems, Britain's largest weapons manufacturer, including ramping up security at events and coordinating responses to criticism www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
aljazeera.com
How UK universities briefed BAE Systems on pro-Palestine campus protests
Several universities discussed protests with the weapons maker, raising concerns about influence and academic freedom.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 23/09/2026
Our zine of new face mask restrictions at protests is available this Saturday (26 September) at Netpol's workshop at the London Anarchist Bookfair, taking place at 5pm at Oxford House, Derbyshire St, London E2 6HG
Two copies of Netpol's zine "to mask is to care – why masking at protests matters", with the cover showing someone putting on a mask
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Netpol @netpol.org · 22/09/2026
Some may wonder how, on the one hand, the presence of a counter demonstration is the justification to ban a protest in one city, whilst in another – like Brighton – it is an excuse for the police to try to violently force a racist march through a diverse multiracial city.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 22/09/2026
Sweeting is reported to have said the police’s decision was “plainly open to them” given the “significant effects” of the anti Zionist protests and counter-protests on the community in Swiss Cottage. Much of the disruption was caused by counter-protesters from the pro-Israel "Stop The Hate" group
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Netpol @netpol.org · 22/09/2026
Today the High Court refused to allow a challenge to a Metropolitan Police ban on protests outside the Israeli ambassador's home in Swiss Cottage. Justice Sweeting said the police’s decision was lawful even though these protests began long before a new 'cumulative impact' law was introduced
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Netpol @netpol.org · 22/09/2026
Nine people opposed to Israel's genocide in Gaza have been arrested by Staffordshire Police after a protest at UAV Engines, a subsidiary of Israeli owned Elbit Systems in Shenstone, on suspicion of locking on "to cause serious disruption" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Nine arrested after protest at drone factory in Staffordshire
Staffordshire Police was called to UAV Engines, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, on Monday.
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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A very dear friend and antifascist comrade is facing serious charges resulting from defending migrants housed in hotels in Bristol from a far right march in 2025. He's a father, has £11k in legal fees up front, and may be facing prison time if he doesn't win. Please dobate below.
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Support a Bristol antifascist on trial
Support a Bristol antifascist facing charges for resisting far right attacks
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Netpol @netpol.org · 20/09/2026
Victims of intrusive police surveillance accused the government of seeking to cut short the #spycops public inquiry by holding a phoney and rigged consultation. When campaigners tried to deliver submissions in person this week, the Home Office went into lockdown www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Victims say Home Office attempt to curtail spycops inquiry will result in a ‘cover-up’
Shabana Mahmood is concerned about length and £144m cost of inquiry into intrusive police surveillance
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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It also fails to understand the extent to which the police (both institutionally and as a decent chunk of the individual officers) are fundamentally supportive of the Patriots movement. Please I am begging you all once again to read @adamquarshie.bsky.social's reporting on this from Bristol.
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A year of aggressive policing against antifascists in Bristol
Nicholas Stone died after being pushed over by officers at a demo in January. Other antifascist protesters have been arrested, kettled and surveilled under increasingly draconian state powers
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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Proscribing Patriot Platform isn't going to stop this. National Action were proscribed 10 years ago. The State cannot stop this. What stops this is co-ordination between local journos, OSINT researchers, mainstream antiracist protest groups, and militant antifascists willing to defend communities.
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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A taste of how it's going over the pond concerning UK policing and infiltration of Palestine solidarity, antimilitarist and anticolonial struggles. Check out more of the chat with @netpol.org members at thefinalstrawradio.mayfirst.info/2026/09/13/a...
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026
What on earth is happening?
  This had become the new normal. RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised, recognised for TV interviews he had done.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 18/09/2026
We're at the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair on 24 October to talk about how to deal with the latest police tactics at protests
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Prettiest pumpkin 2025 @wikihowtologout.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Important piece and I would add that this has been our experience in Bristol as well. Time & time again Bristol has shown we don't want fascists on our streets & intimidating refugees. Cops however seem determined to use batons, boots, horses & pava spray to force marches where they are not welcome
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Netpol @netpol.org · 18/09/2026
A jury unanimously acquitted a Churchill statue spray-painter who, despite the nonviolent nature of what was clearly a protest, spent seven weeks on remand. The judge imposed severe restrictions on the defendant talking about their motivation for resisting genocide realmedia.press/olax-acquitt...
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Jury unanimously acquits Churchill statue spray-painter - Real Media - The View From Below
Dutch human rights activist, Olax Outis had no “lawful defence” and was stopped from give a closing speech – but was acquitted by the jury in a verdict seen as a snub to a system complicit in Genocide...
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Netpol @netpol.org · 18/09/2026
How Sussex Police Protected Fascists on June 13th 2026 Great post on our One Day in Brighton report by @ayoub.bsky.social www.hauntologies.net/p/how-sussex...
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How Sussex Police Protected Fascists on June 13th 2026
Without the Cops, Fascists would not have been able to come to Brighton
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Netpol @netpol.org · 17/09/2026
Time to lift Palestine Action proscription morningstaronline.co.uk/article/time...
morningstaronline.co.uk
Time to lift Palestine Action proscription
ANDY BURNHAM and Ed Miliband have taken welcome steps towards sanctioning Israel over its genocidal attacks on the Palestinians of Gaza and its ethnic cleansing on the West Bank.Miliband’s statement w...
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Netpol @netpol.org · 17/09/2026
Six days. Already happening.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 17/09/2026
Yeah jog on mate
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Netpol @netpol.org · 17/09/2026
That's fair. It no longer has a meaning in England and Wales
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Netpol @netpol.org · 17/09/2026
If you are now arguing that "Patriot Platform should be banned like Palestine Action was banned", please remember... Palestine Action should not have been banned. And demanding the state bans more groups helps validate the idea it acts benignly, or that "terrorism" has any real meaning anymore
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Netpol @netpol.org · 17/09/2026
This is not how things work on the streets. The legislation makes it an arrestable offence just to wear a mask when an order is imposed. Frontline police will do what they're instructed by senior officers and make arrests regardless of whether a medical mask might leave your face "visible enough"
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Netpol @netpol.org · 17/09/2026
If anyone from Brighton has any more information, contact us through the usual channels
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Netpol @netpol.org · 17/09/2026
Yesterday the far-right protested in Burgess Hill in Sussex following false Facebook rumours that a care home was turning into accommodation for people seeking asylum. Anti-fascists held a counter-protest. Police imposed a mask-free zone and we've had reports one person from Brighton was arrested
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
😷 How did a medical mask go from public health protection to public order issue? One designation this summer covered 10 council wards for short march. The restriction applied to people who were not involved or near it. My piece for @netpol.org: netpol.org/2026/09/15/w...
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Netpol @netpol.org · 16/09/2026
"Face masks at protests: If not now, when?" A piece Netpol wrote for @freedompress.bsky.social in April 2025 that argues: if a campaign of mass non-compliance is too difficult for many to endorse, then we still need to know what meaningful solidarity looks like freedomnews.org.uk/2025/04/02/f...
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Face masks at protests: If not now, when? - Freedom News
A proposed ban on wearing a face covering at a protest is an enormous challenge to protest organisers and human rights groups ~ Kevin Blowe ~ Labou…
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Netpol @netpol.org · 16/09/2026
On 26 September we are launching our new zine on why the ban on masks at protests must be resisted
A purple zine shows a person putting on a mask with the title "to mask is to care – why masking at protests matters"
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Netpol @netpol.org · 16/09/2026
Lots of people still need to wear a mask in 2026. Lara Wong, of Clinically Vulnerable Families, writes for Netpol on why new police powers to create mask-free zones at protests (and arrest everyone for wearing one) is a public health issue, not just a public order one netpol.org/2026/09/15/w...
Campaigners from the Clinically Vulnerable Families, all wearing a face mask, with a purple and blue banner that says "we demand the right to breathe safe air"
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Netpol @netpol.org · 15/09/2026
The racists are now abusing Britain's main blind people’s charity, the RNIB, accusing it of helping "small boat" migrants after mistaking it for the RNLI. Presumably the RNID, who support deaf people, are next. And will face accusations of refusing to listen... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Blindness charity targeted by anti-migrant protesters after being mistaken for RNLI
One person accused the blind people’s charity of ‘deliberately overfilling our great country with illegals’
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Netpol @netpol.org · 15/09/2026
Back on sale from @darrencullen.bsky.social on his new website – 100% of profits are donated to Netpol www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/product-page...
spellingmistakescostlives.com
ACAB / SEGA enamel badge
ACAB enamel badge with metal pin back. 100% of profits will be donated to Netpol the police monitoring group, resisting excessive, discriminatory and violent policing.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 15/09/2026
It is the expanded PSPO
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Netpol @netpol.org · 14/09/2026
Are my Signal messages really safe? A guide for campaigners netpol.org/2026/09/11/a...
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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Andy and Maya from @netpol.org talk about the Filton #PalestineAction case, documenting violent policing of anti-racist demonstrations, an endangered #SpyCops Inquiry and other topics thefinalstrawradio.mayfirst.info/2026/09/13/a...
a photo of a line of riot police with their backs to right wing demostrators, defending them and facing possible counter-protestors in Manchester, plus "TFSR 9-13-26 | Anti-Repression Updates from the UK with Network for Police Monitoring"
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Netpol @netpol.org · 13/09/2026
King’s College London used a private security firm to monitor a campaign in support of a student suspended in relation to pro-Palestine activism novaramedia.com/2026/09/10/k...
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King’s College London Used Private Security to Monitor Campaign in Support of Suspended Pro-Palestine Student
King’s College London used a private security firm to monitor a campaign in support of a student suspended in relation to pro-Palestine activism, who has since been readmitted to the university. Harri...
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