On October 4th, almost 500 people were arrested in Trafalgar Square while holding carboard signs opposing genocide and the proscription of Palestine Action.

In a system that glorifies violence, greed, and deception, those who live from love, for each other and the Earth, are left with little choice but to make a stand.

Trafalgar Square, London
4th October, 2025
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While being arrested for holding a placard, one protester recites a poem by 9-year-old Fatema Saidam who was killed, along with her entire family, by an Israeli airstrike on October 17, 2023.

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As Gaza endures genocide and starvation, the Israeli military intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla and abducted civilian volunteers attempting to deliver urgent humanitarian aid. In response, thousands took to the streets of London in protest.

London
2nd October 2025
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This was the largest mass arrest carried out by the Metropolitan Police in over 60 years.

Those arrested included retired doctors and nurses, clergy, disabled people, teachers, grandparents, and others from all walks of life.

They gathered in silent protest, holding placards in defiance of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the UK Government’s complicity, and its move to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.

On Saturday 9th August 2025, in Parliament Square beneath the statues of Gandhi and Millicent Fawcett, 522 people were arrested.

"If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear."
- The late Joanna Macy

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