Comment on Socialism, anti-fascism and anti-abortion on Prevent list of terrorism warning signs
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 6 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A document from Prevent, the official scheme to stop radicalisation, includes believing in socialism, communism, anti-fascism and anti-abortion in a list of potential signs of ideologies leading to terrorism.
A former head of counter-terrorism said it risked damaging Prevent, and human rights groups said the government was playing political games under the guise of stopping terrorism.
In a section on single-issue ideologies, the document reads: “Narratives are likely to come from those who seek to change a specific policy or practice, as opposed to replacing the whole economic, political or social system.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “Prevent deals with all forms of radicalisation and it is important that this is effectively communicated within our training products so that frontline professionals are equipped to take the appropriate action.
“Our concern is only heightened by government rhetoric during the past few days that appears to be targeting British Muslims and protesters for Palestinian rights.
Ilyas Nagdee, from Amnesty International, said: “This is yet another crackdown from the UK government to stifle freedom of expression – including political speech and activism – using the blunt instrument that is Prevent.
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cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
That’s fucked.
The only one that belongs there is the anti-abortion one.
In North America, the majority of cases of acts of terrorism were done by radicalized conservative christian right-wingers who attacked family planning and abortion clinics, gay bars or other LGBTQ+ establishments, attacked anti-fascism protesters, attacked non-caucasians, and attacked non-christian religious establishments.
There has been no socialist/communist or any left-wing terrorist acts that I can remember.
Conservatives are the true terrorists and they feel threatened by anyone who don’t think like them.
____@infosec.pub 6 months ago
I can think of a single example in my living memory within the US, the loner who attacked the congressional softball game was left of the average democrat. How much farther left, I don’t recall.
Part of that surely has to do with the way the gun debate in this country has been framed, and the positions the left has taken up on the same. That’s a separate conversation, of course, but I hypothesize that the dearth of guns on the left also leads to a dearth of acts that kill people. Well, that, and the lack of baseless bs conspiracy theories (mostly).
Womble@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Even the anti abortion one is bullshit. Yes they’re shitbags who want an awful thing, but standing outside clinics shouting at people and handing out fliers is not something that should have you labelled as a potential terrorist.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
You haven’t heard about people setting these clinics on fire? Physically threatening patients and doctors and death threats?
Womble@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In the UK? No I havent, in America sure but I havent heard of arson attacks on clinics happening over here.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 6 months ago
No evidence. But I’ll be happy to risk my left tenticle to declare.
The only reason anti abortion made tge list. It was thevonly one they could excuse on there. That stopped folks screaming it was a right wing attack on the left.