'A very frightening time': US terror tag endangers UK Palestine Action activists, critics say

'A very frightening time': US terror tag endangers UK Palestine Action activists, critics say Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Fri, 08/28/2026 - 12:39 Washington announced the sanctions days before it was revealed that activists who targeted Trump's Scottish golf resort could face sentencing as 'terrorists' The designation raises questions about the fate of over 2,700 protesters who were arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act for supporting the banned group, in London, April 2026 (Katherine Hearst/MEE) Off Washington's move to designate Palestine Action as a transnational terrorist organisation could place British activists associated with the group at heightened risk of surveillance and being frozen out of the financial system, campaigners warn. In a statement on its website, the US Department of the Treasury announced a slew of sanctions targeting “Violent Far-Left Terrorist Networks”, including Palestine Action and Masar Badil , a movement that advocates for an "alternative revolutionary path" for Palestinian rights and freedoms. Italian tech collective Autistici/Inventati was also designated as a terrorist group for allegedly supplying “specialized digital architecture, tools, and services for Antifa cells and other violent far-left extremists, including a foreign terrorist organization”.