#liberty — Public Fediverse posts
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Liberty Township firefighters climb tower in France to honor 9/11 first responders
Liberty Township firefighters climb tower in France to honor 9/11 first responders LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Four Liberty…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #9-11 #arras #country #day #event #fireservice #firefighter #firefighters #honor #Liberty #libertytownshipfiredepartment #libertytownshipfirefighter #member #monviller #sacrifice #shanetrickey #tower #township #UnitedStates
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Liberty Township firefighters climb tower in France to honor 9/11 first responders https://www.byteseu.com/2357858/ #9/11 #arras #country #day #Event #FireService #firefighter #Firefighters #France #honor #liberty #LibertyTownshipFireDepartment #LibertyTownshipFirefighter #member #monviller #sacrifice #ShaneTrickey #tower #township #UnitedStates
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Libraries hold a special place in my heart, for reasons both intellectual and sentimental.
Librarians are guardians of knowledge, champions of freedom, and friends of the people. They are community members, dedicated to helping connect poor people with relevant information, so they can improve their minds, educate themselves, and access job resources.
After I became a #whistleblower in 2023, and was made #homeless , this notion was challenged.
Librarians would block my access, call the police, and have me arrested. If you find this hard to believe, please see my whistleblower website. The PDF linked, has an appendix giving the “receipts” ( documents to corroborate my account ).
http://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/
I had applied to be a board member of the libraries in Hawai’i after attending their meetings, and saw some corruption there.
Scroll to the bottom of this page, and see the photo of the board members. How many native Hawai’ian faces do you see? Any Japanese or brown folks?
https://folkhawaii.com/about-us/
Their former Director of Membership, Bobby Gebbia, lied in court, before the judge and cameras, saying I was a board member, though I was not granted a membership.
In Hawai’i, librarians appear to be part of the occupying forces, whitewashing colonialism, insidiously taking over and erasing the true history of Hawai’i, which I heard from talking to local old timers.
250 years ago, Hawai’i had not heard of Jesus, and had its own deities, ( Goddess Pele, the creator, Kaneloa, etc. )
Then Captain James Cook invaded, and 90% of the natives were wiped out.Then Samson Dole attacked with soldiers, threw out the natives, turned their land into plantations, and turned the natives into day laborers on the plantation, on their own land.
Contrary to popular belief, Hawai’i is not a part of the USA, but a belligerently occupied territory,
1887-1897: Hawaiʻi Rebelled against the USA.
Hawaiʻian people did not choose to be part of the USA.
King David Kalākaua was forced to sign what is called the "Bayonet Constitution". Queen Liliuokalani asserted that Kalākaua's life was threatened: "He signed that constitution under absolute compulsion."Now Hawai’i is full of churches, their own gods are vanishing from memory, thanks to the “librarians”. There’s poverty, a drug epidemic, and seething discontent on the streets. Hawai’ian people are heavily overpoliced, thrown into jail without cause, and denied #justice in the #courts of the occupiers ( #USA ).
All this is hidden from the casual tourist, content to visit a golf course on the sacred land, that has been bulldozed, and be served drinks by little brown people ( usually from the Marshall Islands, Hawai’i locals have mostly left for minimum wage jobs in mainland America ).
Billionaires, like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey, “own” huge chunks of the land.
Chinese billionaire, Eva Liu, has controlled the Punalu’u Black Sand beach, with a sweetheart deal ( $1 ), and is proposing erasing this natural landmark, spawning site of the endangered Saddleback Turtles, and building resorts there, in the name of “development”.
In 2022, the Hawai’ian people had a setback in court.
( Hawaiian Kingdom v. #Biden ; December 14, 2022 )Librarians have been instrumental, in manipulating minds, and pushing through these insidious #imperialist agendas, and disenfranchising and displacing the local people.
#Earth #environment
#library #libraries #librarian #librarians #liberty #hawaii
#bigisland #imperialism #colonialism #capitalism
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I was afraid of a united Church; it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable, and then when it by and by gets into selfish hands, as it is always bound to do, it means death to human liberty and paralysis to human thought.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85458/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #connecticutyankee #church #churchandstate #corruption #freedomofthought #humannature #liberty #oppression #organizedreligion #religion #religiousintolerance #tyranny
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"Liberty and Justice for All"
Soon, please.#TrumpVirus #detention #law #ICE #liberty #Constitution #democracy #justice #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #fascism #emoluments #nepotism
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@buckfiftyseven/116980631827143297
Anti-AI open source has an enemy in common, but almost nothing else
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/25/anti-ai-open-source-has-an-enemy-in-common-but-almost-nothing-else/5278275 ― Liam Proven @lproven | The Register
Building bot-free alternatives may require lefties, libertarians, and culture warriors to share code …
#AI #liberty #left #culture #ethics #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Linux #Torvalds #opensource #code #Codeberg #systemd #GNOME #Wayland #Flatpak #IBM #RedHat #Devuan #XLibre #X11Libre #KDE #Trinity #Sonic #Firefox #Servo #Ladybird #Zen #Floorp #Waterfox #Librewolf #Tor #Mullvad #Urbit #Framework #bot #enemy
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Your art history post for today: by Thomas Stuart Smith (1815–1869), The Pipe of Freedom, 1869, oil on canvas, 42x30.9 inches (106.8x78.7 cm), The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling, UK. Look closely. Notice a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation pasted on the wall behind the man. It partially covers an advertisement for a slave auction. Freedom has replaced bondage. #arthistory #painting #oilpainting #emancipation #freedom #liberty
From the museum: ‘The Pipe of Freedom was painted in 1869 by Thomas Stuart Smith – the founder of what is today the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. A prolific artist and abolitionist, there are three surviving portraits of black men by Stuart Smith in our collection.
At the first glance The Pipe of Freedom shines with the warmth of the colours and the relaxed stance of the man in the foreground. His red paisley shawl wraps him in a contentment reflected in the half smile on his lips as he lights the long-stemmed clay pipe. But even the choice of the subject was unusual – at this time black people were more often painted as servants. A closer look at the background also hints that this picture is more than just a simple portrait - it is a political statement too.
The brick wall behind the man is covered with posters, including a yellow one publicising the sale of slaves. This has been covered by a copy of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which declared in 1863 "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Thomas Stuart Smith submitted The Pipe of Freedom to the Royal Academy Exhibition in London in 1869. It was rejected. Suspecting that politics were involved, Smith went on to exhibit it elsewhere alongside other works deemed unsuitable or too risqué by the Academy.’
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A quotation from Martin Luther King
If our nation had done nothing more in its whole history than to create just two documents, its contribution to civilization would be imperishable. The first of these documents is the Declaration of Independence and the other is that which we are here to honor tonight, the Emancipation Proclamation. All tyrants, past, present and future, are powerless to bury the truths in these declarations, no matter how extensive their legions, how vast their power and how malignant their evil.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American clergyman, civil rights leader, social activist, preacher
Speech (1962-09-12), Emancipation Proclamation Centennial Address, New York CityMore about this quote: wist.info/king-martin-luther/2…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #martinlutherking #martinlutherkingjr #America #DeclarationofIndependence #EmancipationProclamation #liberty #rights #truths
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When liberty’s position is challenged, artists and writers are the ones who first take up the sword. They do so without persuasion, for the battle is peculiarly their own. In the nature of things, a person engaged in the flimsy business of expressing himself on paper is dependent on the large general privilege of being heard. Any intimation that this privilege may be revoked throws a writer into a panic. His is a double allegiance to freedom — an intellectual one springing from the conviction that pure thought has a right to function unimpeded, and a selfish one springing from his need, as a breadwinner, to be allowed to speak his piece.
E. B. White (1899-1985) American author, critic, humorist [Elwyn Brooks White]
Essay (1939-01), “One Man’s Meat,” Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 178More about this quote: wist.info/white-eb/84790/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ebwhite #artist #censorship #control #freethought #freedomofexpression #freedomofthought #liberty #tyranny #writer
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Plan piloto 5G del ICE acabará antes de lo previsto, tras regaño de Sutel
El pasado 6 de mayo, la Sutel ordenó la suspensión del proyecto luego de meses operando sin cumplir con toda la regulación.
La entrada Plan piloto 5G del ICE acabará antes de lo previsto, tras regaño de Sutel aparece [...]#5G #Apple #Claro #ContraloríaGeneralDeLaRepública #ICE #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Liberty #País #Piloto #PlanPiloto #RACSA #SUTEL #Samsung #Tecnología #ÚltimaHora
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
He had not learned that the majority in a democracy has no more right to tyrannize over a minority than, under a different system, the latter would have to oppress the former; and that, if there is a moral principle at stake, the saying that the voice of the people is the voice of God may be quite as untrue, and do quite as much mischief, as the old theory of the divine right of kings. The distinguishing feature of our American governmental system is the freedom of the individual; it is quite as important to prevent his being oppressed by many men as it is to save him from the tyranny of one.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Thomas Hart Benton, ch. 6 (1886)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/2…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #autonomy #civilrights #democracy #freedom #individual #liberty #majority #personalfreedom #tyranny #tyrannyofthemajority #voxpopuli
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Kölbi-ICE reportó abrupto aumento de clientes ante Sutel, pero ingresos cayeron en más de ₡20.000 millones
El último informe de estadísticas de la Sutel muestra que Kölbi, sin tener 5G, revirtió la tendencia de pérdida de mercado que arrastró por años y ahora más bien creció más [...]
#Claro #Destacadas #ICE #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Kölbi #Liberty #Mercado #País #Pospago #Prepago #SUTEL #SuperintendenciaDeTelecomunicaciones #Telecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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A quotation from Adlai Stevenson
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-10-07), “Safeguards Against Communism,” Masonic Temple, Detroit, MichiganMore about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #adlaistevenson #freecountry #freesociety #freedom #freedomofexpression #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #minority #unpopularity #liberty
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A quotation from Bertrand Russell
Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC RadioMore about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/837…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #conformity #democracy #dissent #equality #freedom #freedomofthought #herd #heterodoxy #liberty #majority #mob #popularopinion #slavery #tyrannyofthemajority #wethepeople #voxpopuli
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5baPn6SAQA
#US #USA #USPol #USPoli #USPolitics #America #Propaganda #Capitalism #Socialism #SocialDemocracy #LandOfTheFree #Freedom #Liberty #Education #Brainwashed #Colonialism #Healthcare #Childcare #ParentalLeave #ImperialOverstretch #CriticalThinking #Cults #MindControl #Gerrymandering #FPTP #TwoPartySystem #RankedChoice #RankedChoiceVoting #PledgeOfAllegiance #QuestionAuthority #ChristianNationalism #AmericanExceptionalism
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Claro y Liberty ya tienen 5G en las siete provincias; Kölbi sigue atrasado
El operador estatal apenas logró lanzar un plan piloto que no sirve con celulares Apple ni con la mayoría de modelos de Samsung.
La entrada Claro y Liberty ya tienen 5G en las siete provincias; Kölbi sigue atrasado aparece primero en Semanario Universidad.#5G #Apple #Claro #Conectividad #ICE #Kölbi #Liberty #País #Provincias #RACSA #Samsung #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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Gobierno de Chaves no vería adjudicación de 5G: ICE pide nueva prórroga para adjudicar hasta mediados de mayo
La licitación 5G del ICE acumula un retraso tras otro mientras los competidores de Kölbi ya ofrecen el servicio desde hace meses.
La entrada Gobierno de Chaves no vería adjudicación de 5G: ICE pide nueva prórroga [...]#5G #Atraso #Claro #Contratación #Ericsson #ICE #Kölbi #Liberty #Licitación #Nokia #País #RodrigoChaves #Samsung #Sicop #Tecnología #ÚltimaHora
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Unicursal TRUE PRINCIPLE SELF CONTROL LIBERTY Propaganda from Hermetic Library Office of the Ministry of Information
https://hermetic.com/information/true-principle-self-control-liberty/index
#propaganda #AleisterCrowley #thelema #LiberAleph #true #TruePrinciple #principle #SelfControl #liberty
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Ericsson pidió excluir a rivales de licitación 5G del ICE mientras ministra Bogantes se reunía, a la misma hora, con el embajador sueco
El horario del encuentro confirmado por Micitt coincide justo con el momento en que [...]
#5G #Bloque1 #Cisco #Claro #Datasys #Destacadas #Embajada #Ericsson #Huawei #ICE #Impreso #Impresogrande #Kölbi #Liberty #Licitación #MICITT #Nokia #PaulaBogantes #País #PontusRosenberg #Primeranota #Samsung #Suecia #Telecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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Hype for the Future 100Z: Town of Liberty, Indiana
Overview Though located across the state line from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, the Town of Liberty—and Union County at large—often shares cultural traits and heritage with the area associated with the university and the historic College Township. Under earlier definitions of the line between Indiana and Ohio, such as the Kentucky River definition, the area in which the Town of Liberty is located now would have been part of the modern State of Ohio.https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/hype-for-the-future-100z-town-of-liberty-indiana/
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A quotation from Adlai Stevenson
The anatomy of patriotism is complex. But surely intolerance and public irresponsibility cannot be cloaked in the shining armor of rectitude and righteousness. Nor can the denial of the right to hold ideas that are different — the freedom of man to think as he pleases. To strike freedom of the mind with the fist of patriotism is an old and ugly subtlety.
Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-08-27), “The Nature of Patriotism,” American Legion Convention, Madison Square Garden, New York CityMore about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #adlaistevenson #prejudice #liberty #freethought #freedomofthought #ideas #intolerance #irresponsibility #opinions #patriotism
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This has happened before in our history — in fact, it’s a pretty predictable reaction to fear. We get so rattled by some big Scary Thing — communism or crime or drugs or illegal aliens or terrorism — something that scares us so much, we think we can make ourselves safer by giving up some of our freedom. Now, not only does that not hold a drop of water as a logical proposition but it has consistently proved to be an illusion as a practical matter. Empirically, when you make yourself less free, you are not safe, you are just less free.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Bill of Wrongs, Introduction (2007) [with Lou Dubose]More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/81677/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #crime #fear #freedom #immigration #liberty #overreaction #RedScare #safety #scare #security #terrorism #waronterror -
ICE blinda a gerente de Telecomunicaciones hasta 2031 con salario de ₡6.4 millones, pese a estado crítico de Kölbi
Al cierre del tercer trimestre de 2025, el ICE registró los ingresos más bajos en telecomunicaciones desde 2010.
La entrada ICE blinda a gerente de Telecomunicaciones hasta 2031 con salario de ₡6.4 millon [...]#5G #Claro #Gerente #ICE #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Kölbi #LedaAcavedo #Liberty #País #Pospago #Prepago #Telecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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Kölbi-ICE no está volando: la empresa pública cae en picada de la mano de Chaves hasta un precipicio sin salida fácil
Todos los gráficos encienden alarmas; desde los peores ingresos en una década hasta la pérdida del liderazgo en el mercado de telecomunicaciones [...]
#5G #Claro #Destacadas #GillesMaury #ICE #Impreso #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Internet #JuanManuelCampos #Kölbi #Liberty #País #Pospago #Prepago #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones #TeodoroWillink
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ICE apuesta futuro de Kölbi con plan para 5G que suma 26 “riesgos extremos” y sacrifica calidad del servicio
La institución optó por una vía descartada por la com [...]
#5G #AdolfoArias #Destacadas #Ericsson #HerbertBarrot #ICE #Impreso #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #JoséPabloRivera #Kölbi #LedaAcevedo #Liberty #LuisaRamos #OpenRan #País #RACSA #RadiográficaDeCostaRica #SUTEL #SuperintendenciaDeTelecomunicaciones #Telecomunicaciones #TeodoroWillink #ÓscarRomero
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Viceministro de Telecomunicaciones dice que ICE no tiene 5G por sus propias “decisiones estratégicas”
Vargas descartó que haya intromisión estatal y señaló que la institución tenía la opción de “maximizar” la infraestructura actual para ofrecer 5G.
La entrada Viceministro [...]#5G #HubertVargas #ICE #InnovaciónYTelecomunicaciones #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Kölbi #Liberty #MICITT #MinisterioDeCiencia #País #RACSA #Tecnología #Telecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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Kölbi asegura que con pérdida de 3% del mercado está consolidando su “liderazgo” en pospago
El operador estatal intenta que resultados de informe de Sutel parezcan positivos mientras cae en picada y competidores le pisan los talones en el mercado más lucrativo.
La entrada Kölbi asegura que con pérdida de 3% del mer [...]#Claro #ICE #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Kölbi #LedaAcevedo #Liberty #País #Pospago #SUTEL #SuperintendenciaDeTelecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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Kölbi se desploma en suscripciones pospago mientras competidores ganan terreno
Según datos de la Sutel, revelados esta mañana, operador estatal no logra revertir la tendencia de los últimos cinco años y su participación en el mercado pospago se sigue desplomando.
[...]#5G #Caída #Claro #Desplome #HaroldCordero #ICE #InstitutoCostarricenseDeElectricidad #Kölbi #Liberty #Mercado #País #Pospago #SUTEL #SuperintendenciaDeTelecomunicaciones #Telecomunicaciones #ÚltimaHora
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Il titano di Buffalo, municipio degno di simboleggiare il mutamento del canone statunitense
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=41807
#strutture #palazzi #municipi #grattacieli #novecenti #anni'30 #strutture #artdecò #liberty #decorazione #ornamentazione #urbanistica #newyork #buffalo #statiuniti #architettura #storia #città #dalmondo #viaggi #turismo #luoghidiriferimento #monumenti
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Sólo Claro y Liberty participarán en subasta de espectro radioeléctrico a nivel nacional para desarrollar tecnología 5G
La Sutel indicó que “bajo un escenario positivo” la subasta se realizará el 24 de enero del 2025,
“si no existen retrasos o nuevos elementos que puedan ampliar el plazo”.
La entrada Sólo Claro y Liberty participarán en subasta de espectro radioe [...]#5G #Claro #EspectroRadioeléctrico #FRECUENCIAS #ICE #Liberty #País #RACSA #SUTEL #Telecomunicaciones
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There are 4 boxes in defense of #Liberty. #SCOTUS just added #BumpStocks to the 4th box.
It's time #Faux #Conservatives realize that liberals understand the #2ndAmendment, it's purpose, and how and when to establish and release a #WellRegulatedMilitia.
The #ProudBoys and #IIIPercenters will melt facing the #NationalGuard, under the orders of an actual #CommanderInChief.
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Protest laws ruled unlawful by High Court after Liberty case
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/05/21/protest-laws-illegal-high-court/#Protest
#ProtestLaws
#HighCourt
#Tories
#UKGov
#Police
#PolicePowers
#Disruption
#DisruptionBan
#Henry8thPowers
#LackOfParliamentaryScrutiny
#HomeOffice
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#Consultation
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Liberty takes Home Office to court over Public Order Act 2023 | openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/home-secretary-liberty-court-anti-protest-laws-james-cleverly-suella-braverman-palestine/?utm_source=All%20UK%20Contacts%20in%20Weekly%20List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20UK%20government%20is%20getting%20SUED&_kx=Xku3CuTVfvJvWrKmPGcGLexvP_ylT3QHPER5MFvOQqxUks80d5eeQosUxA8e_RtM.YjCYwm#Liberty
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#PublicOrderAct2023
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#ProPalestinianMarches
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#Cleverly
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#HomeAffairsSelectCommittee
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LIBERTY'S PRACTICAL PROTEST GUIDE
"In the last few weeks, unprecedented numbers of people have taken to the streets all around the #UK to stand up for what they believe in. You might be one of them.
"Download #Liberty’s Practical #Protest Guide for useful protest tips like what to wear, how to stay safe and who to call if you find yourself in trouble.
"Liberty challenges injustice, defends freedom and campaigns to make sure everyone in the UK is treated fairly."
Web:
https://action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/140640/petition/1?locale=en-GB#WaterProtectors #DirectAction #CriminalizingDissent #DefendTheForest #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #ACAB #Fascism #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #AbolishTheMonarchy #RightToProtest #SlowMarch
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Another court challenge to #AntiProtest laws -- this one in the #UK
High court challenge to ‘constitutionally unprecedented’ UK anti-protest law
#NationalCouncilForCivilLiberties brings civil case to quash ‘back-door’ regulations making it easier for police to stop protests
By Daniel Boffey, November 29, 2023
"A new law making it easier for the police to put conditions on peaceful protests is 'constitutionally unprecedented' and unlawful, according to a claim filed at the high court in #London.
"The legal challenge from the National Council for Civil Liberties, also known as #Liberty, is seeking to have the controversial regulations quashed, given what the advocacy group describes as the #draconian consequences for fundamental rights.
"The former home secretary Suella Braverman used the government’s so-called #HenryVIII powers to lower the threshold for the police to impose restrictions on protests, allowing it where there is merely a 'more than minor' hindrance on people’s daily lives.
"The change, through a statutory instrument in the Lords, came after the chamber rejected the same change, proposed months earlier in a heavily debated and scrutinised new public order act. Peers do not by convention normally vote down statutory instruments.
"The manner in which the regulations are said to have been forced through parliament is said by lawyers acting for Liberty to 'represent a constitutionally unprecedented attempt on the part of the executive to achieve by the back door through delegated legislation what it was unable to achieve by the front'.
"There had been 'no reasonable justification' provided for using a statutory instrument to change the law, it is claimed, and there was inadequate consultation of those who would be affected.
"Katy Watts, a lawyer at Liberty, said: 'We all want to live in a society where our government respect the rules, but time and again this government has done the opposite. The previous home secretary’s actions to sneak in rejected laws through the back door are a particularly egregious example of this.
“The wording of the government’s new law is so vague that anything deemed by police to cause ‘more than a minor’ disturbance could have restrictions imposed upon it. This has serious implications for everyone’s right to stand up for the things they believe in.
“These laws had been thrown out by parliament just months before the then home secretary introduced them. It’s shocking to see the government so flagrantly disregard our vital democratic checks and balances, and we’re determined not to let this stand.
“Our legal action is intended to stop this government’s flouting of the law in its tracks, and make sure that nobody – including our politicians – is above the law. It’s vital that they are not allowed to get away with it.'
"In the protest regulations brought into force on 14 June, 'more than minor' hindrances or delays are included in the definition of 'serious disruption' that is the threshold at which the police may impose conditions on a protest under the public order act 1986.
"The police are also allowed to take into account the cumulative effect of repeated protests when deciding whether the threshold had been met.
"The government has said the regulations are an attempt to deal with the activities of #JustStopOil and #ExtinctionRebellion, and that the language around 'more than minor' hindrances mirrors that in other new offences of ‘locking-on’ and ‘tunnelling’.
"The changes were nevertheless rejected by the House of Lords in February by 254 votes to 240 when they were put forward as amendments during the passage of the public order bill 2023, only for them to re-emerge in a statutory instrument.
"Regulations brought in by such means, known a Henry VIII powers in reference to the monarch’s preference for legislating directly by proclamation, are subject to minimal parliamentary scrutiny and decided on an 'all or nothing' basis without amendments.
"Between 1950 and 2017, only 0.01% of the total number of such instruments laid before parliament were rejected.
"Liberty’s legal challenge refers to supporting comments by the Lords’ secondary legislation scrutiny committee, which had been sufficiently alarmed to warn peers of 'constitutional issues' and told them it was 'not aware of any examples of this approach being taken in the past'.
"The legal challenge said it could not be right that parliament was 'treated as having provided [the] executive with a blank cheque to lower the applicable threshold by the back door and thereby sanction greater police interference with public assemblies and protests'.
"The government’s consultation is also said to have been limited to a roundtable chaired by the prime minister with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the Metropolitan police service and the police and crime commissioners of the police forces whose areas include the M25 and national highways.
"A Home Office spokesperson said: 'The right to protest is a fundamental part of our democracy but we must also protect the law-abiding majority’s right to go about their daily lives.
"'That is why legislation is in place to clarify the definition of serious disruption and give police the confidence they need to clear roads quickly.
"'This legislation was voted on by both the House of Commons and House of Lords, following proper parliamentary procedure.'"
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Police make 630 arrests of #climate #protesters in #London in one month
Liberty condemns ‘staggering and shocking’ statistic as #AntiProtest legislation is enacted
by Sandra Laville and Damien Gayle, December 4, 2023
"Police have made at least 630 arrests of peaceful protesters campaigning against new #OilAndGas production in the past month, as the authorities exploit new powers under the government’s anti-protest legislation.
"The mass arrests of more than 470 people – some individuals were arrested more than once – was condemned by #CivilRights group #Liberty as 'staggering and shocking'.
"The protests involve slow marching along roads and are a form of peaceful civil resistance analogous to the 'freedom' rides in the US in 1961, when individuals protested against segregated public transport, says #JustStopOil.
"Evidence gathered by the Guardian over the last four weeks reveals some people have been held in police custody for long periods after arrest.
"A 23-year-old was arrested within five minutes of joining a demonstration on 13 November, and held for 56 hours in custody before being presented to court, according to his testimony to the Guardian.
"A 19-year-old student was held for three nights in a London prison despite being given bail by a magistrates court. The student is considering a case of false imprisonment.
"The protests over the past four weeks coincided with the British government confirming in the king’s speech its plans to grant new #NorthSea oil and gas licences every year.
"Police are using new powers to make the #MassArrests under section 7 of the Conservative government’s Public Order Act 2023, which bans any action that 'interferes with the use or operation of any key national infrastructure'.
"According to data gathered by Just Stop Oil and not disputed by the Metropolitan police, almost half of the arrests were carried out under #Section7. The offence carries a prison sentence of up to 12 months.
"The 19-year-old student, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was held in a London prison for four nights after his arrest under section 7. After the first night in prison, he appeared by video link for a court appearance. He was bailed by the court, and should have been released. The student was held for a further three nights in a prison cell, according to testimony given to the Guardian.
"'I consider that I was illegally imprisoned over the three nights of that weekend and will be taking a case of wrongful imprisonment,' the student said.
"Another 19-year-old student who was arrested and also cannot be named for legal reasons, was held for 50 hours in a London police cell, from a Monday morning to Wednesday at 1pm.
"She was charged under section 7 of the act after 24 hours in custody, but held for another day-and-a-half in custody before being taken to court.
"'I remember asking for my medication, and I didn’t get it,' she said. 'I asked multiple times. One of the officers said: ‘Why didn’t you have it with you?’ I said: ‘I didn’t expect to be held for 50 hours in a cell.’ And the officer said: ‘What, after what you have done?’
"'Like I was a murderer or something, they just wanted me to feel bad.'
"Jun Pang, a policy and campaigns officer for Liberty, said: 'We all have the right to make our voices heard on the issues that matter to us. The staggering number of people arrested in recent weeks, many under this new legislation, shows just how sweeping and dangerous these powers are. It’s shocking to see hundreds of young protesters criminalised simply for standing up for what they believe in.'
"Scotland Yard said 630 arrests had been made of Just Stop Oil protesters since 30 October, and 328 people went on to be charged. The rest have been released on police bail.
"JSO data shows at least 276 people have been charged: at least 125 were charged with blocking key national infrastructure under section 7 and 125 with the lesser offence of wilful obstruction of the highway."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/04/police-arrest-climate-protesters-london
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