Mark Knoop

A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.

Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.

I have written to Wes Streeting, following his private admission that Israel has been committing war crimes.

History will shame those who could have spoken out against the genocide in Gaza, but chose to serve in governments that aided and abetted it instead.

‎Al Kamandjati - الكمنجاتي‎ on Instagram‎: "⁨ قامت قوات الاحتلال ليلة أمس باقتحام مركز الكمنجاتي الكائن في مخيم قلنديا لللاجئين والذي يعود ملكيته لجمعية مركز البرامج النسوية في المخيم. حيث قامت قوات ا... 427 likes, 15 comments - alkamandjati on January 27, 2026‎: "⁨ قامت قوات الاحتلال ليلة أمس باقتحام مركز الكمنجاتي الكائن في مخيم قلنديا لللاجئين والذي يعود ملكيته لجمعية مركز البرامج النسوية في المخيم...

Last night, israeli occupation forces raided Al Kamandjati Center located in Qalandiya Refugee Camp, destroying all musical instruments inside the center.

This will be met, yet again, with silence from our classical music industry

www.instagram.com/p/DUBUWwSiCxl/

A fantastic resource. They finally have their own website. Have a look!

archiveofsilence.org

From Faeries to Field Recordings, Plus or Minus The British new music group Plus-Minus Ensemble made their Irish debut last week at Whelan's (1 October), performing works by Jessie Marino, Bernhard Lang and Seán Clancy. Brendan Finan reviews.

Thanks to @journalofmusic.bsky.social for a nice lil review of our Plus Minus // Ultan O Brien concert last week. Fair play to Ultan & Plus Minus for such an enjoyable show…

@ucddublin.bsky.social
@cmcireland.bsky.social
@artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social

journalofmusic.com/reviews/faer...

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Day 1 of recording with Plus Minus Ensemble in the bag. Lovely to be in the Dublin Mountains with the mighty Spud Murphy at the helm. New album out with @nmcrecordings.bsky.social in 2026… exciting times ahead

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@cmcireland.bsky.social
@artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social

Looking forward to playing Dublin on 1 October!

We Need to Talk About Genocide [Guy S Goodwin-Gill is Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford and Honorary Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney] Few if any of us will ever meet Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel…

opiniojuris.org/2025/09/02/w...

Plus Minus Ensemble + Ultan O'Brien Enthusiastic Eunuch, In Association With The Arts Council Presents Plus Minus Ensemble performing J...

Plus Minus + Ultan O Brien… one month from today in Dublin.

Music by:

Ultan O Brien (has hair)
Jessie Marino (has hair)
Bernhard Lang (does not have hair)
Sean Clancy (itsa me) (has not much hair)

Has @enthusiasticeunuch.bsky.social ever steered you wrong?

billetto.ie/e/plus-minus...

Achieving political change Can MPs be bribed? This question is central to whether the left should change its tactics. I say this for the simple reason that demonstrations and marches just don't work. Protestors have been on the...

Blogged: street protests aren't very effective, so perhaps we should consider other forms of political action: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...

David Renton · What is the meaning of support? With the proscription of Palestine Action early in July, the question of what support for a terrorist group means has...

‘The proscription of Palestine Action crosses a new threshold. In the injunction proceedings, Mr Justice Chamberlain accepted that PA had not committed violence against any person or endangered life or created a risk to health or safety.’

David Renton in the next issue
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Building wrap of Jabaliya camp in Gaza opposite Labour Party HQ reads "Protesting this isn't terrorism"

🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London.

We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.

Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action? I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...

‘The willingness of the average British citizen to convict someone of smashing up a plane to prevent more deaths would be hard to guarantee. Now there is no need to worry.’

Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action, online early from the next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out | Juliet Stevenson We have laws to deal with crimes linked to protest. What this is really about is ministers complicit in the Gaza atrocities seeking to silence dissent, says actor Juliet Stevenson

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Channel 4 to air BBC-commissioned documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack BBC last week announced it had dropped the film over concerns it may create a ‘perception of partiality’

Well done to Channel 4 for doing what the BBC should have done themselves www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

Join us for Music We'd Like to Hear's 20th season which begins Friday this week and continues for the next two Fridays! Featuring a glittering array of brilliant music and musicians! Come and join the celebration! Tickets available here www.eventbrite.com/cc/music-wed...

Congrats to the incredible organizers who made this huge win possible! We know that this victory was earned through tireless research, organizing, continued pressure by the Mask Off Maersk campaign, Palestinian Youth Movement, and global popular pressure for a people’s arms embargo.

That sentence needs more than an Oxford comma to save it.

Coming up this week - eavesdropping returns to Cafe OTO for another four-day festival, curated by Juliet Fraser, which includes four evening double-bill events and a weekend-long forum of provocations exploring 'Experiments in Magic': www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/eaves...

Photo of a rowing boat on the shore of a lake.

I'm happy to share that this summer I'll be running a course at Musiikin aika / Time of Music in Finland together with my friend and colleague Matthew Shlomowitz. Please share with your students!

musiikinaika.org/en/olde-skoo...

(Photo from my last trip to Viitasaari in 2017.)

Apartment House

General booking now open for the celebration our 30th year concert, April 28th, at Wigmore Hall. A new version of Erik Satie’s Socrate for ensemble + iconic early Philip Glass works including the European premiere of his Music in Eight Parts.
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202...

Unclassified Live | Southbank Centre

Then on Thursday 23rd January, Nwando Ebizie and the BBCCO première two of her compositions which I orchestrated as part of Unclassified Live! 8pm @ QEH, Southbank. @southbankcentre.bsky.social
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/unc...

Image of Robert Ashley

2025 kicks off next week with some collaborations with wonderful musicians. Firstly on Saturday 18th in Oslo, together with Mira Benjamin and Andrea Silvia Giordano, the fabulous pairing of the music of Galina Ustvolskaya and Robert Ashley. 20:30 @ Caféteatret, Oslo nymusikk.no/arrangemente...