Conservative Attacks on Protest Right Slammed

As the government continues its authoritarian drift, LGBTQIA+ activists have added their voices to concern over efforts by the right wing in Britain to label progressive political campaign groups as "extremist".  The communist daily newspaper Morning Star takes up the story, saying "DIRECT-ACTION groups Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action have vowed to defy government plans to proscribe them as “extremist” as part of its continuing crackdown on the right to protest.   The proposals would rank the groups alongside terrorist organisations, though under different proposed legislation, and include a ban on meetings and ability to raise funds.   Both named organisations immediately said that they would defy any such laws".  The attack on civil disobedience is felt by many in the LGBTQIA+ communities to join plans to force disabled people off benefits, and the continuing culture war against transgender women, as an effort to deflect people's attention from the government's woeful economic performance.