• SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    how is a protest march in a city, on an island, in a different continent going to do anything in Gaza?

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      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

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        1 year ago

        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

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      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.