UK ‘Damage as much as possible’ Undercover with Palestine Action

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Just a day after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced plans to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group, the organisation launched its latest online training session — a “crash course in direct action” — on Zoom. Hosted by a masked activist wrapped in a keffiyeh, the two-and-a-half-hour session brought together a dozen new recruits and one undercover journalist from The Times, all eager to learn how to take part in the group’s campaign of sabotage against companies allegedly complicit in Israel’s military actions.

 

“This is a critical moment in every sense,” the host declared. She admitted that the group was “flummoxed” by the looming terror designation and acknowledged tensions were high. Still, she insisted the campaign of vandalism and criminal damage would “continue as normal.” The training revealed an organisation both highly secretive and brazenly committed to causing significant financial harm — with £5,000 of damage encouraged as a minimum threshold. “We hope you’ll be causing damage of over £5,000,” she told attendees. The more serious the charges, the greater the praise: “My favourite case of all time” involved a lone activist who caused £500,000 of damage at the Arconic aerospace factory in Birmingham — and was acquitted.

 

 

Legal risks were downplayed. “Don’t be put off” by the potential ten-year sentences, the host said. She claimed most serious charges were often dropped or diluted by prosecutors and pointed to recent jury acquittals of activists accused of criminal damage, including the so-called “Leicester two.” In her view, “the public is on our side.” 

 

 

Even prison time was reframed as a badge of honour. “The resistance continues right the way through to the trial. If you end up in prison, on remand, you can take the resistance into prisons,” the host explained, quoting one jailed member who said, “I am bringing the intifada into the prison.”

 

Nineteen Palestine Action activists are currently incarcerated and referred to as “political prisoners” by the group. Francesca Nadin, one of those celebrated for serving time, told Glastonbury Festival attendees that “everyone who goes to prison becomes more radicalised,” insisting it was “not the end of the world.”

 

Concerns about the personal consequences of activism — criminal records, visa issues, mental health — were acknowledged but ultimately brushed aside. One activist said a conviction had not harmed her career working with vulnerable people, and in fact had improved her job prospects. “As soon as I’ve told them why it is that I’ve got a conviction, they’re like, ‘Please come work for us more,’” she said.

 

Throughout the session, the host stressed the belief that Palestine Action members are morally right. “We are literally the people that are upholding international law,” she said. “We’re not guilty and that’s why we plead not guilty.” Legal advice was informal and offered without liability, with attendees advised to exploit legal aid or crowdfund. One example cited was a book smuggled into prison titled How to Blow Up a Pipeline, which promotes militant climate activism.

 

Beyond its militant messaging, the group offers what it calls a tight-knit support network. Volunteers wait at police stations to assist released members, help recover their property, and attend court hearings. “It’s a really beautiful community,” said the host. “They wave flags, show support, and knit you little Palestine flag hearts.”

 

Financially, Palestine Action insists it does not pay anyone. It accepts donations via its website and claims all legal costs are covered through online crowdfunding. One campaign to oppose the terror proscription raised £150,000 in just four days.

 

In a statement responding to the government’s decision, the group said: “This is an unhinged reaction to an action spraying paint in protest at the UK government arming Israel’s slaughter of the Palestinian people. It is plainly preposterous to rank us with terrorist groups like Isis, National Action and Boko Haram.”

 

Despite the looming ban, the group remains defiant and increasingly emboldened. Its recent break-in at RAF Brize Norton has been followed by plans to target three other military bases. “We’ve actually seen support go through the roof,” the host claimed, thanking attendees for “putting your finger up against the government who are trying to silence us.”

 

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  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Times  2025-06-30

 

 

[koolkarl]

These individuals are targeting the wrong group.  Try Hamas who are still holding the hostages and won't lay down arms and continuously hide among civilians and caused this mess in the first place.

[quake]

Reckon facial recognition will get this little sod. 

[JonnyF]

11 hours ago, Social Media said:

Even prison time was reframed as a badge of honour. “The resistance continues right the way through to the trial. If you end up in prison, on remand, you can take the resistance into prisons,” the host explained, quoting one jailed member who said, “I am bringing the intifada into the prison.”

 

This lot don't have to worry about jail time under 2 tier Keir's regime. 

 

They share a common goal with the government. 

 

Only people opposing mass immigration get jail for protesting.