UK Police Detain Thunberg for Holding Sign, Not Insuring Carnage
Al Jazeera reports Greta Thunberg was detained by British police for holding a placard at a demonstration targeting a company insuring Israeli arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems. The 'crime'? Public order offenses. Meanwhile, the financial mechanisms funneling cash to companies profiting from a conflict deemed a potential genocide by international bodies, remain largely unchallenged by the same
authorities. (One might call that 'business as usual'. Emphasis on the 'usual carnage'.) The British government, ever keen to project an image of law and order, seems to draw a stark line: protest signs are a threat, but underwriting weapons contracts that fuel humanitarian crises? That's just free market capitalism. It raises questions about whose 'order' is being protected, and whether holding a
sign is truly more disruptive than, say, indirectly arming a war with a 70% civilian casualty rate. It's almost as if the system is designed to allow the powerful to profit while silencing those who dare to point out how.