BobTheBoozer@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoLondon set for massive pro-Palestinian protest demanding Gaza ceasefirewww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1446arrow-down143
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minus-squareSirToxicAvenger@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down29·11 months agohow is a protest march in a city, on an island, in a different continent going to do anything in Gaza?
minus-squareecho64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down2·11 months agoAre you asking how protest works in general? The place doesn’t matter much. Do you want them to protest in gaza? They can’t go there
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down7·11 months agoThe UK is one of Israel’s strongest supporters after the US, so pressure from them can do a lot.
minus-squareSirToxicAvenger@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·11 months agowhy would the UK government care what it’s citizens want? I suppose there’s a first time for everything but I rather suspect that it wont be this time
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down5·11 months agoSometimes, solidary is better than nothing when you feel powerless.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down4·11 months agoIt’s not, but generally in democracies, people protest to let their own government and their fellow citizens know how they feel about an issue. When the issue is domestic, they are generally seeking a policy change. When the issue is foriegn, they usually hope to influence their own country’s foriegn policy stance/actions on that issue.
minus-squarefosforus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down10·edit-211 months agoWith a lot of effort, we can hope to make London as bad as Gaza?
minus-squareburchalka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoNope, just keep bringing in another 500K-600K per year, of illegal immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries, and they’ll take care of it…
how is a protest march in a city, on an island, in a different continent going to do anything in Gaza?
Are you asking how protest works in general? The place doesn’t matter much. Do you want them to protest in gaza? They can’t go there
The UK is one of Israel’s strongest supporters after the US, so pressure from them can do a lot.
why would the UK government care what it’s citizens want? I suppose there’s a first time for everything but I rather suspect that it wont be this time
Sometimes, solidary is better than nothing when you feel powerless.
It’s not, but generally in democracies, people protest to let their own government and their fellow citizens know how they feel about an issue.
When the issue is domestic, they are generally seeking a policy change.
When the issue is foriegn, they usually hope to influence their own country’s foriegn policy stance/actions on that issue.
With a lot of effort, we can hope to make London as bad as Gaza?
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Nope, just keep bringing in another 500K-600K per year, of illegal immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries, and they’ll take care of it…