Programme
National Security and International Solidarity: Resisting the criminalisation of internationalism
Ascension Church Hall
11.10.2025
10AM – 11:30AM
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Palestine Action’s proscription has exposed the connection between domestic ‘counter-terrorism’ and British imperialism.

This discussion will address the repression of international solidarity, the long-standing impact on communities of resistance in Britain, and how we can incorporate the struggle against criminalisation into our internationalism today.

Speakers

Brogan is the sister of political prisoner Jordan Devlin, one of the Filton 24 activists imprisoned without trial since August 2024 for allegedly taking direct action against Elbit Systems. They've been held under the Terrorism Act despite never being charged with any terrorism offences. Coming from the North of Ireland they are no stranger to being wrongly labelled a terrorist by the British government.

Elif Sarican is a writer, editor and translator who collaborates with cultural, community and education institutions around the world. She was elected co-chair of the Kurdish People’s Assembly in Britain from 2020 to 2022. Elif is an author of the edited volume 'She Who Struggles: Revolutionary Women Who Shaped The World' and guest edited a special issue for Barnard College's S&F Online journal titled 'Rage, Struggle, Freedom: Politics of Hope and Love'. She is the Education Manager and head of the online Academy of Left Book Club, a historic radical publisher in the UK established in 1936.

is a doctoral researcher at Royal Holloway University of London, examining the impact of counterterror legislation in political diaspora communities. She works with the Anticolonial Communities Alliance and other initiatives on resisting criminalisation.

Researcher, writer and organiser against state violence and national security policies, member of Anticolonial Communities Alliance

The Pat Finucane Centre

The ELSC is the first and only independent organisation defending and empowering the Palestine solidarity movement across Europe through legal means.

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