Tag: #FreePalestine
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Why are we ‘obsessed’ with Palestine?
Quite a few of the attendees of the recent FiLiA conference in Brighton have been asking this question. Women I know and have great respect for have asked this question, their tone suggesting we were being unsisterly imposing our concerns on this, our annual, internationalist conference. I was told waving flags and chanting wasn’t the…
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Saturday in Parliament Square
*** Guest post from Leah Levane *** So today I happened to be passing Parliament Square where there was clearly something going on. Peaceful – and very quiet – protestors were standing by the Nelson Mandela statue. I understand that they had gathered around midday, or perhaps 1pm and by the time I got there…
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There is absolutely no justification for supporting Israel
We were talking about language this afternoon, about how you can be led astray by accepting the wrong words for things, or by allowing yourself to be persuaded to reject words that others find uncomfortable hearing. The event was a talk by Ghada Karmi and I assure you, listening to a Palestinian whose family were…
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Justice delayed…
I believe the crisis in our politics has reached a stage now where there’s a real danger of good people going to jail for their efforts to stop bad politicians breaking the law. People from Hastings gathered at the Magistrates Court this morning in support of three of our local Palestine Solidarity Group who were…
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Facebook got it right for once
Graphic violence indeed. Facebook has taken to covering up images of USA police violently assaulting university staff and students. This is one of three horrendous arrests I had videos of on my page – the other two appear to have disappeared. In each case, it was university professors who’d come to support and protect their…
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Persecution, prejudice and propaganda
What do you make of a situation where a UN investigator reads a certain name, and says “out of nowhere, I was overtaken by a host of disparaging thoughts and almost reflexive feelings of rejection”? He says he didn’t even read the email about that person, because he’d been convinced this wasn’t a topic he…
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Trying to guess what happened in our council yesterday
***There are now two links on the end of this post which, I think, make it pretty clear what happened.*** Hastings Borough Council full council meeting did not happen this week It’s supposed to be a meeting of citizens democratically elected to represent the town, open to members of the public who get to join…
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From Hastings to Gaza
Through this coming half term week, there is a series of workshops, and an exhibition of poetry and art for, by and about Palestinian children. Whether you want to spend a few minutes in the quiet hall, just looking at the paintings, to sit down and make use of the art materials provided to write…
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Hastings for Palestine
We had a fantastic weekend in Hastings. Below is a link to the local PSC’s video of the kids’ banner-making and the Bike-ride-for-Palestine on Saturday… And on Sunday, we had a march along the seafront, led by the young banner-makers, and a rally in the town centre. Thank you, Hastings, to all those who continue…
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Israel: the whole world is watching
Across the globe this weekend, millions came out on the streets again, to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Despite the vast numbers marching in our major cities, we still had enough of us left over to run smaller events in town and village squares. Very few people like wars. Even fewer people are willing…
Kay Green 