'No to Israel’s genocidal wars': Hundreds risk arrest outside Labour conference over Palestine Action ban

Carolyn Gelenter was preparing for her fifth arrest for a terrorist offence. The 57-year-old daughter of a Holocaust survivor had come outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool to hold up a placard expressing opposition to genocide and support for the direct action group Palestine Action. “I feel like this is a great opportunity to reach out to Andy Burnham, who wants to disassociate himself from Keir Starmer’s premiership," Gelenter said. “There are many of us who are really angry about what’s going on and now’s an opportunity as a new leader of the Labour Party.” Nearby, a man named Richard prepared to hold up his own placard. He had been arrested several times before for the same offence.