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JulesIn response to the police raid on <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WestminsterMeetingHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestminsterMeetingHouse</a>, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Quakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quakers</a> are organising a <a href="https://social.coop/tags/MeetingForWorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MeetingForWorship</a> outside New Scotland Yard on Thursday. People of all faiths and none welcome.<a href="https://mailchi.mp/d312ad2f1001/quaker-faith-in-action-october-16511620?e=6ffe430c3f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mailchi.mp/d312ad2f1001/quaker-faith-in-action-october-16511620?e=6ffe430c3f</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/Quaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quaker</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/NonViolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NonViolent</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DirectAction</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/YouthDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthDemand</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a>

Geriatric Gardener“Peace-loving Quakers under state attack”by Another Angry Voice on Substack “The [London Metropolitan] police raid on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Westminster</a> Quaker Meeting House violated the principle of religious sanctuary and evoked the brutal state persecution of Quakerism in the past”<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/peace-loving-quakers-under-state?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/peace-loving-quakers-under-state?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Britain</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Police</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brutality</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MetPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetPolice</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Quakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quakers</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/YouthDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthDemand</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Repression</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PoliticalPolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliticalPolicing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Peaceful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Peaceful</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starmer</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cooper</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ZionistLobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZionistLobby</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Complicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Complicity</a>

JuneSim63"It’s kind of baffling but also affirming that the police believe a bunch of young people taking actions like this are worth the sort of resources they are devoting to these raids.”<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/YouthDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthDemand</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GazaProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GazaProtest</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MetPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetPol</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Quakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quakers</a>Youth Demand says more protesters have signed up since Quaker house raid | UK news | The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/30/youth-demand-says-more-protesters-have-signed-up-since-quaker-house-raid?CMP=firstedition_email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/30/youth-demand-says-more-protesters-have-signed-up-since-quaker-house-raid?CMP=firstedition_email</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Quakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quakers</a> condemn arrests of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a> at meeting houseMarch 30, 2025"The arrests of six female supporters of activist group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YouthDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthDemand</a> at a Quaker meeting house have been condemned by the faith group."Quakers in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Britain</a> said the arrests were the first at a meeting house and 'an aggressive violation'."The Metropolitan Police said six people were arrested on Thursday evening at the Westminster Meeting House on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicNuisance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicNuisance</a>."The force said it came amid concerns there were plans to 'shut down' London during April using tactics such as road blocks."Youth Demand said more than 30 officers were involved with making the arrests."Paul Parker, of Quakers in Britain, said he could not recall anyone being arrested at a Quaker meeting house in living memory."'The forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalisesProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalisesProtest</a>."'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfSpeech</a>, assembly, and fair trials are an essential part of free public debate which underpins <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>,' he said."Police said a further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday - four at addresses in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a> and one in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Exeter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Exeter</a>."Youth Demand, which is not affiliated with the Quakers, said the meeting was 'an opportunity to share plans for non-violent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilResistance</a> actions' due to take place in April."The group claimed a number of houses were also raided on Thursday and Friday as part of the operation."Quakers in Britain said: 'Quakers support the right to non-violent public protest, acting themselves from a deep moral imperative to stand up against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#injustice</a> and for our planet."'Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slavery</a> to women's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/suffrage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#suffrage</a> and prison reform.'"The Met said the force understood the importance of the right to protest but added that Youth Demand had stated an intention to 'shut down' London in April."'We have a responsibility to intervene to prevent activity that crosses the line from protest into serious disruption and other criminality,' a spokesman said."On Thursday, officers raided a Youth Demand planning meeting where those in attendance were plotting their April action."Six people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance."A further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday, 28 March. Four of the arrests were at addresses in London and one in Exeter.'Policing priorities'"Out of the 11 people arrested, 10 have been released on bail and one will face no further action."Asked about the matter on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: 'I have made clear to the police this government's priorities for policing are reducing serious violence... and bringing back neighbourhood policing, those crimes in town centres like shoplifting.'"Youth Demand, which describes itself as a 'new youth resistance campaign fighting for an end to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a>', began carrying out acts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilDisobedience</a> last year."Its demands of the government include stopping all trade with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> and raising money from 'the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SuperRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperRich</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fossilfuel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elite</a>' to pay damages for the effects of fossil fuel burning."Read more: <a href="https://bbc.com/news/articles/cj3x5j6g30ro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bbc.com/news/articles/cj3x5j6g30ro</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThoughtCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThoughtCrime</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingActivism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicNuisanceLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicNuisanceLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Article20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Article20</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/2023PublicOrderAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2023PublicOrderAct</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKResistance</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectMotherEarth</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IsraeliWarCrimes</a>

JulesSome photos that were shared in a <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Quaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quaker</a> group I'm in of the damage done to the door of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/WestminsterMeetingHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestminsterMeetingHouse</a> by the police raid to arrest six members of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/YouthDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthDemand</a> holding a peaceful meeting there.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/29/met-raids-quaker-meeting-house-and-arrests-six-women-at-youth-demand-talk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/29/met-raids-quaker-meeting-house-and-arrests-six-women-at-youth-demand-talk</a>?

WenThe Met Police achieve a Streisland win - finally being reported by the MSM. They must be so proud. Pratts.More than 20 Metropolitan Police officers broke down the front door of a Quaker meeting house to arrest six women who had met to discuss climate change and Gaza.None have been charged - but the message iOS clear. Under Labour dissent is BAD.<a href="http://archive.today/2025.03.29-220332/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/met-smash-down-door-of-quaker-meeting-house-to-arrest-activists-jhhchrtlt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://archive.today/2025.03.29-220332/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/met-smash-down-door-of-quaker-meeting-house-to-arrest-activists-jhhchrtlt</a> (archive)<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Quakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quakers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MetropolitanPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetropolitanPolice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/YouthDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthDemand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dissent</a>

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