Consortium News, and on Youtube, August 27, 2026
This month four English court cases have struck blows at Zionism. We speak to David Miller whose right to criticize Zionism was upheld by a tribunal in London. Watch the replay!
Guest: Dr. David Miller. Host: Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy Vogan.
On Aug. 19, a jury failed to convict seven members of Palestine Action just for being associated with a break-in of an Israeli weapons plant during the height of Israel’s Gaza genocide.
Then on Aug. 21, five activists who broke windows and threw red paint at aBarclays Bank branch in protest over Israel’s genocide in Gaza found out they will not be sentenced as terrorists.
Judge Robert Altham told a packed room at Preston Crown Court the damage the activists caused with their August 2024 direct-action protest in Burnley was “significant.” But Altham said he was “not satisfied” the damage met the statutory measures of “serious damage” required under the Terrorism Act.
The 2000 Terrorism Act has been used to detain and interrogate journalists and commentators at British airports and to arrest protestors who simply show support for Palestine Action, a group proscribed as a terrorist organization.
Also on Aug. 21, anti-Zionist activist Tony Greenstein was acquitted by a jury of ‘Terrorism’ Charges at Kingston Crown Court.
On August 4 a tribunal in London ruled that antI-Zionism was a legitimate and protected position to take in a democratic society. There will be a remedial hearing to determine how Prof. David Miller will be compensated for his wrongful dismissal by Bristol University, including by his re-employment in good standing, lest this wrong have career-ending consequence.
