'I met them for the first time last week, and I’ve seldom come across such a devoted couple. But unless Marcus can successfully appeal, their right to family life will be cruelly snatched away.'

Brilliant piece from George Monbiot #DontDeportMarcus

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🚨 BREAKING: this morning activists sealed off London Facebook’s HQ, protesting its profiting from hate speech in India ahead of the general elections starting Friday

'This is how a revolution is born'

The UK state judiciary is seeking to vilify & silence peaceful protesters.

Watch ' #NotGuilty ', a powerful testimony of the nine women who broke windows at HSBC’s headquarters & is part of a larger project unfolding this year.

#RebelForTruth

1. For all of us working on 'the legal pillar' this was the week we've been waiting for

*ECtHR rules state failure to align policy to Paris Agreement is UNLAWFUL

*UN Rapporteur gives top cover to life defenders

*Leading journalist offers to join Trudi signholders! 🧵

We are already more likely to have our homes flooded than burgled, and as episodes of intense rainfall ramp up, the number of homes affected by flooding – which is now one in six in England – will grow significantly. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Are you a lawyer facilitating said contracts?
Emissions connected to top oil and gas firms may cause millions of heat deaths by 2100, study finds
Global witness analysis suggests 11.5 million deaths could be caused by burning of fuel produced by 2050
theguardian.com/business/2024/…

UK doctors involved in climate protests face threat of being struck off
GPs with convictions over protests face tribunals to determine whether they can keep licence to practise.
Read on Isabella Kaminski.
The Law Society
The BMA
GMC
Patient safety first
theguardian.com/environment/20…

BREAKING: TODAY 500 PEOPLE OUTSIDE 50 CROWN COURTS RISK ARREST to uphold the principle of jury equity and to defend our democracy 🧵

Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson MP Victoria Prentis Good Law Project Chris Packham The Secret Barrister Quakers in Britain Catherine Baksi

How does change happen?
Trust
Trust in the wisdom of a group of strangers
Trust in each other, that we will tell the truth & recognise the truth
Trust that without the corrupting forces of money & status, people will find the right way forward.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

One of the Extinction Rebellion UK 🌍
acquitted sums up our predicament:

“It’s tragically surreal to live in times when the justice system agrees we’re totally fucked but has nothing to say about the cause, the remedy, the victims or the perpetrators. We must continue, we will.”

WINDOW BREAKING NEWS: 9 NOT GUILTY

The jury has reached a unanimous verdict in the case of 9 women who broke the windows of HSBC UK – Europe’s 2nd largest investor in #fossilfuels

For full press release:
xrb.link/uJ5g7uX1aL1

1. ON MONDAY, MET ARREST ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN, LAURA KAARINA KORTE, for holding a sign with the law on, keeping her in custody for 24 hrs 🧵

#COP28
PEAK GLOBAL TEMPERATURES
PEAK OIL PRODUCTION
PEAK BULLSHIT

Can you believe it? The president of #COP28 is also CEO of one of the world's largest #fossilfuel corporations

🚨BREAKING 🚨

Jury acquits 5 members of Extinction Rebellion for 2019 Treasury Fire Engine. Crown drops remaining trials after Judge indicates prosecutions ‘not in the public interest’

Whenever we face a trial by jury, we are found NOT GUILTY!

Tories SMASHED in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections.

(And I feel fine)

Storm Babet is already causing havoc in Ireland.

There is a risk to life in places - residents of Brechin in Scotland have been told to fully evacuate.

Heartbreaking.

🚨 BREAKING: JUST STOP OIL BLOCK COACH TAKING REFUGEES TO BIBBY STOCKHOLM BARGE.

🦺 At 12:45pm, 23 supporters of Just Stop Oil blocked the only road access to the boat on the Isle of Portland.

🚧 Sign up to take part in resistance. Join the call: tinyurl.com/noprisonships

Another jury rules against corporate lies and violence.

12 ordinary people find activist NOT GUILTY of criminal damage to Arconic - the company which manufactured cladding for #GrenfellTower and parts for the Israeli military.

bit.ly/3LPBr6v

#DefendOurJuries

From 2010-20–apparently spontaneous, digitally coordinated, horizontally organised, leaderless mass protests–did a v good job of blowing holes in social structures & creating political vacuums. But it was much less successful when it came to filling them.

theguardian.com/world/2023/oct…