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news from broken bridges to economic boy costs. direct action is increasingly common as people become frustrated with the government's failure to confront israel's assault on golf up. a can direct action succeeds where other methods have notes by marian faucet, and this is the stream, the

the responsibility of the people in the imperial family. the the order the direct action refers to the use of economic or physical power to which have a specific goals. and it has come to define the tactics of a new generation of palestinian advocates. so who. 7 the people behind it and why is it the preferred mode of protest? joining me to explore this on the day of benjamin co founder of the women lead peace group code pink and the leading figure in the us peace movements. she's

joining us from washington, dc from london, low key, hip hop office on active this through the member of palestine action. i'm from new york, a shish prussia, a political strategist, human rights activist, and found the of the no tax the genocide campaign. welcome to you all. thank you for being with us. with the can i start with you by asking how and why you got involved in direct action? well, let me 1st say that i'm not the new generation. i'm the older generation having started direct action back in the 19 sixty's during the vietnam war, or when our government was sending young man o receives to kill people, they didn't even know. and we felt that we had to do whatever we could to stop the draft to stop our government to get the attention of the american public. and i've been involved in it ever since during the rack, or we did the same thing. why is our government taking us to war on the basis of

lives we the public have to get out there and do something about it. and now that the u. s. government is so complicit in this genocide and god. so we have to do everything. everything that we can to stop that complicity. so i think direct action is one of the most important tools that we can use. putting our bodies on the line, trying to get the media attention trying to wake up the public to say, we've got to stop this. locate what's your relationship to direct action and we'll see i do behind it as well. in the case of palestine action, what we are arguing is that britain should adhere to the provisions of article one of the convention on the prevention and punishment of genocide. a policies to the convention on the obligation to prevent the occurrence of genocide and punish those responsible for its commission. now is britain fulfilling is obligations in

accordance with international law. the honest trade treaty, which britain is a signal to and rectify all stipulates that if exports also to possibly be used for violations of international human to monetary and rule, they should not proceed. now in the case of israel as genocide in gauze on britain provides components for the 16. that's a hard technology which is rarely uses for targeting in that fi as yet. but it also provides components for the s a 5, the apaches snipers, and also the vast majority of small arms and munitions comes from l. but systems which is as well as largest owned company, which has numerous sites across this country. now, in the case of palestine action, it has been produced alto, the intransigence, and inflexibility of the british political system. if we had the political system that responded to the views of the vast majority of the population,

supporting us east by supporting banning arms and being exports as well, then there would be no need for direct action organization like promised by an action which goes directly into the factories and stops them from functional functioning, at least temporarily. but in a few cases, we have seen the permanent debilitation of several of these on factories. now this is not just a legal obligation as i have laid out before, but also i view it as a moral obligation and a situation that we are in. and of course, direct actions was the very way that people for 300 years in this country agitated to gain the right to vote for parliamentary representation. you would not have women and people that do not own property, having the right to vote for parliamentary representation without direct action in

this country. and we've got so many. yeah, and we'll come back through some of those points very shortly. is just, can you tell us about the no tax the genocide campaign? yeah, so all the work we do in the associate as a group, i'm in discussion of lawyers, phone, or political strategist, people, you know, what with the middle east p. sam, boy, a lot of the work is actually limited to, you know, half of the people, right. so some of the stuff we're doing is universal jurisdiction cases. right? and only half a level as can prosecute to bring them to coal. i'm can hold, you know, american brand and they want to cancel. and you know, we've had countless times that the boss protests across britain, america, everywhere else about what more can i do? so we looked really hot at the little, i believe, the lowest, how that can be used on behalf of the mass, support tory struggles and can be wheeled instead of as a political movements like house full of ration. right. and it's because this is based, this is a genocide, you know, and i'll give you the background. this is important to set up why this campaign is

legal. 34000 people were killed. 1.2000000 people display that was the beginning of the boss of the genocide. we have some tasks that we've got that we take over 40000 . we don't even know how many people under the brussels is 15000 and the children get 2000000 people have been displaced in the us and the u. k. aided and a back to them. these will cost you i. c, j is already ruled at what level genocide which if anyone knows anything of bank, national lloyd's basically declaring it to genocide. francesca opened these the us special raptor tool for human rights to them. they have report a couple of weeks ago that it's a genocide and what you're also not seeing is the you can us not putting up any of that genocide x, but any of that, lawyers to say it's not even though the government's repeatedly keeps saying we don't believe it's a genocide known with legal background or expertise in the space or scholar in this space from either administration or government is willing to put the name to say it's not this back. so we gave the public an opportunity to use that ruling. those

those, that environment to actually take another form of direct action which is tax resistance and the u. k. with the in the case case, there are laws that allow us to design a way that the us citizens to show you a muscle, a show, you know, the politicians who they really went for. and we both know thanks to loki, setting it all up there as well. the u. k. specific these aided and abetted and these will crimes and you as an individual or business funding, those will crimes and funding what kinds of legal and tax is not exempt on the table. another campaign results to march is based on 2 u. k statute laws the i c, c at which make it a criminal offense, but in the case any passenger engaging war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, condo, ancillary to those crimes and the terrorism act, the 2000 does not exclude taxation in the criminalization of funding of those master trust me now there is one going spot and you do still pay your taxes. you

actually just withhold your taxes. thanks for clarifying it says so april 15th is the global strike for palestine when acts of is across the well according on people to make themselves had on april 15th and people across the 4 continents will launch an economic blockade and solidarity with the house to this coordinated mobilization, we will jam up trade shop points and disrupt the global economy. 30 cities and counting have joined the effort. this comes as gammon is bombed to secure global trade routes and billions of dollars continue to fund the occupation. the time has come to open up new friends against the scientists or mission. it's time for collective risk. lucky, why do you think we're seeing this growth in phones of direct action among palestinians, supporters, buses of the move full roots of to send a in the case of israel,

we have seen during the war on gauze of german exports, 2 of arms to israel, increased by out to a 1000 percent, even the setting up of a special stream line way of providing width and re. we've also seen the united states regardless of its p all exercises and attempts to try and beautify its policy for public consumption. we've seen the us constantly arming is row to the helped in the case of britain. we've seen the british government go against the advice it's been given by its own lawyers. the israel is breaking international in garza by continuing to own is routes and then almost those countries you have seen massive demonstrations on the street. but you have seen essentially a political system which does not respond to that pressure. and so for that reason,

people are becoming more and more creative and more original in them ways of interrupting and disrupting this passage of power. well, yeah, also they all looking precisely infrastructure and i think that is an interesting space for direct action. well, on the point about creative action today, i want to bring you in and i'll ask you a little bit about the phones or creates of action that you and your group all pod taking in. and also if you can tell me whether there's been an evolution in the phones of direct action that your engaged in. well 1st i want to respond to some issues that loki brought up of the of not being a did our politicians do not represent us in a couple of weeks after the initial october 7th action by him us. there was a pole that showed that 66 percent of the american public, one of the ceasefire, 80 percent of democrats. and yet at that time in congress,

when there was a resolution for a ceasefire, less than 5 percent of congress signed onto that resolution. and since then it has been the same thing. we are told. ringback and represented by the people in congress. and so you have are and that's what we have been. and i have been going with the groups of people into the halls of congress every single day for the last 6 months. and we're trying to show what is the thinking and who are these people behold into we see is really flags outside of their offices in congress. and we say, who are you representing? are you representing the united states, or are you representing these really government? we go in there offices with placards that say how much money they are getting from the pro israel lobby groups like a pack. we followed them down the halls, what we call bird jogging. and i asked them directly,

why are you supporting more weapons to israel? and we have them saying heretic things like congressman bryan mast who said to us, we should not be sending a penny. and you can manage hearing aid that all of the people and gaza are responsible. they voted for this terrorist organization. i'm us. and so israel needs to do what it needs to do and we should be helping them. and so we have to show the american public who these people are who they are responding to who is paying for their campaigns and how out of touch they are in the for reality, what's going on and how heartless they are. so we go into the hearings, we interrupt them, we go to their homes in san francisco at the home of nancy polosa. you've been lying down in the streets. and yes, we've seen an evolution because she has finally unbelievably signed onto a letter saying that we should withhold weapons to israel. this is because of

direct action. and actually, so i want to ask you because of the work that you do, your former advisor to the u. k. release piece. and boy, you've worked with the likes to tony blair and bark obama. how all these forms of action received in the holes of power? i mean they to test them. i mean that is the id, they want this to go away. and i think that i actually think is the reason, i mean they pray this environment. well, this possible, everything loaded into the saying is possible because they have ignored us because they don't believe we'll cat like i, i love them. yeah. but nancy pelosi out because she said something really, really is discussing it. one of these process always people are paid by the chinese to be here. all these people are like paid by russia to be hit. the thing is, it's kind of like every accusation is a compassion, right? they're all paid by somebody else to care about something. they're not, they can't believe the us human beings actually care about of the human beings

across the well, we can, we don't want babies to be master good. they can, we don't want his entire family lines wiped out. and they cop see through their own money and who that paid for to be in those offices and doesn't run deep, but just institutional democrats or conservatives in brit animals. yes. interest labor, people like his alma this is this is everybody. this is progressive. see, i looked at what the, any sound is, is that local agencies that and they may change that tone in the last few weeks. and even though they still don't go far enough based on this doping, golden, mid 4 of these rallies good. she wiped out. so many palestinians, and you'll see took a how long to go with the genocide and then the irony of a it was the cheese to cold, the trump people to be direct. that shouldn't chasing them down hallways and everything else. and you should get used as the one that happened to us is that, oh my god, you can't do this, this is not right. yeah. well, she's equally as comfortable cuz she both owns to go to as well. yeah. she, she has talk. she's depended on ro, the stuff that she is also comfortable. so we're not represented by anyone at the

moment. and the reason they have gone with the reason of buying the ministrations push for so long. i think they're going to break through every other issue. sadly, that we have mobilized around that we have a, as a society cat about we do eventually quote, but lose interest. so people get exhausted in time as right. not historically happens like a great example of this. you then stopped in 2020 and i think buying use that moment of. we're also angry at trump. he was a great relief and i think a lot of us in america, at least when he got elected, we could be going on via that happening. we all to the side, you know, it was a massive relief moment. yeah. and we, but didn't leave it that seemed to be at i'm stuff, but we just kind of lost momentum. now with this, we're waking up every morning watching again, children being blown to bits, families being torn apart over stop. and there is no and we know that everyone is comfortable. the information that dan lucky, proud that every politician come there is no going away. they think this will go

away by an event. this is not stuff that they missed just, that's all there. that's and see it is not going to say curve is what you're saying . what direct factual time come with the risks is one code pink activist recently found out the fact the parts gave the light to leslie. there was in a hearing that you stood up and you tried to defend on route because the people only hearing in congress were trying to do fund. and. and so what happened? so i, so that's a nice leader with the congress people who are in the hearing to not the sun. i'm the and i just need it please, please, please don't just on the and you got arrested and i got arrested. i'm the only one that they injected to turn off. so you're going to have to go to the ports to defend yourself, or trying to make sure that unreal refunded, so that they could feed serving people. yes, because the people of cars that are starving of the day, um,

i want to ask you about the, the forms of direct action that you are preparing for your about to join us to taylor. sale to goal is to try and break the siege or, you know, its, um, the last to, to the in 2010. uh, you know, did uh end up with tragic circumstances in which 10 people were killed. how have you come to this decision, and are you concerned a tool for your safety and those of your fellow sailors as well, of course and concerns for our safety because the is relatives are so insane. but i am very excited about joining the slo till i feel very honored to be able to be part of this. lo tell us. it's just another example of how we have to do whatever we can in a non violent fashion. putting our bodies on the line to job this genocide and those of us and there will be many hundreds of us going on this latino a are trying to say there is a siege of gaza that didn't start october 7th. this goes back for now. 17 years and

of course the oppression of palestinians goes back for 75 years. and we have to wake up our governments. we have to show that we will not allow these rallies to keep doing this, that we demand a real solution, not just humanitarian aid, getting in, not just a ceasefire, but we demand real freedom for the palestinians. and that's why this lo 2 is so important to say and to see just gotta but the risks of direct faction also incurred by the companies or governments targeted check out this post from palestine action. the time with factory used to make is really weaponry. now they only make pots to public transport and a no longer owned by israel's largest weapons from you do not need to beg the powers that be to create change. this was achieved through relentless, direct action located. can you tell us about the impact the pile option has had on

arms manufacturers in the u. k. but since the founding of palestine action, $77.00, investors have pulled out of elbow systems. the value of it will be systems you keisha as for, for them by 20 percent. that will be sold to subset of res in this country. forensic technologies in oldham and elite k o in term with recently loss to factories in this country will shut down permanently because of palestine action and bits of london h q was also shut down permanently. elbow was dumped by it to you. k. recruit to aisle associates elvis systems was dump, buys, website designer, and it's contracts were canceled with property manager fisherman. and even the logistics company which transported its hardware in this country also canceled its contracts. and so because of the activity of palestine action that will be systems

has really been rented a toxic brand in this country. but more over, it's not just because of the activity of palestine action. it's because essentially israel continues to break an encyclopedia of international laws. ryan, it's actions towards the palestinians, so that is the biggest recruiter for palestine action without doubt assist. i want to ask you about direct action. historically, it was used by the suffragette it was use in the civil rights movement. do you think that's a different perception of direct action today when it's being done as compared to how we look at it retrospectively? um i think histories been whitewashed, about direct action and other things i think, you know, if you think about you only have to use dr. king annual holiday here where every politician, even the races, ones come out and celebrate doctor king. and they pretend but that everything was done peacefully that nobody ever got killed and nobody ever got high and nobody

ever put that body is on the line. i think there's a misconception of how people have got freedom. right. and you can even go back to the fact that, you know, that they don't talk about how resistance is legal and into that. all resistance is legal and international law. you know, not the right. you call it the, the, the, is the famous quote as well as the right to defend itself by mistake has the right to defend itself and not from people that actually occupied. that's actually legal, international law. so, you know, i think we've done that. i think this, the pals, the b and history and whoever has written it has done a very good job of pretending everything was done peacefully. you know, i mean, i don't think people who were in south africa who are oppressed by a project regime, did everything peacefully, there was direct action on the grounds. direct action in the west. there was, um, you know, there was actual bombings in south africa by the agency. that ministry went. and this is not something that we, we talk about. we talk about the and you told them on the right. we talked about

like how we spend 27. yes. came out prison and everything was copy, right. we don't talk about all the stuff that was done leading up to that as often when we engage in that conversation, especially in the west. we don't spoke about how jerry go to the french. we don't talk about frankly, the aisle rate in the detail we should talk by jonathan powell, who was cheney best. you saw advocates for talking to resistance groups. yeah. he was the line to go straight the, you know, the good friday agreement and you just as all politicians today, like this, like a oh no, we can't talk to people who you resist. because talk to people who violently console to people, or that it's delivery to keep us down a different way of keeping us down. so different ways to stops and uprisings a different way to still think about it as a different way to start off. actually having a difference because they look at they pin us with history. that is actually completely whitewashed. useful to anyone from the civil rights there. yeah. so to anyone who actually was that, right. they put people on bridges, they did stuff, the block a trade, they did everything possible, you shut the country down, right?

and the problem is we didn't have access to things like this. we didn't have these tools where you can visually see it happen in real time, so they can do that, especially before the history. but if you talk to civil rights, they just, they'll tell you what we're doing today is know that no, yeah somebody that has to be done, you get very much to get freedom. well, my day i want to bring you in on a final thoughts on that. how does what you're seeing today, what your involved in today compact to other movements that you yourself have also been involved in? well, i think it's part of a history of how we make change in our country and in our world. and yes, we are always criticize when we sleep outside of nancy pelosi tom. we're called. how rude to go. and then major privacy, there's an in cameron that's been going on outside the home, the secretary of state anthony blinking. how rude of you to do that. we say it's rude to san 2000 pound bombs to blow people up. and one of the most densely populated places in the world all been gaza. it's rude to kill journalists and

academics, and doctors and women, and children and all kinds of in of the people that is what's rooted. so we say go ahead, use your body and put your body on the line. do everything to stop this genocide now. well, on that note, i want to say thank you to our guests today at low key issues. i'm thank you for watching. did you enjoy the show, talk to us on social media? we want to hear from you use the hash tag or the handle age a stream, and we'll look into it. take care. and i'll see you said you will see a duty and a growth using for p use a cost to contribute to improving the lives of thousands of our projects except the cost. and we strive to ensure it reaches its deserving recipients,

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