We have recently selected a new group of patrons which will be announced soon, at which point this page will be updated.
We pay tribute to our former Patrons who have died
Benjamin Zephaniah (15 April 1958 – 7 December 2023)
Poet, playwright and novelist, Benjamin Zephaniah was offered, but declined an OBE for his ‘services to literature’ in 2003 and was included in The Times 2008 list of the top 50 British post-war writers, He has produced several collections of poetry, many with a powerful political thrust. His plays for stage, TV and radio have won BBC and Commission for Racial Equality awards. Rasta in Palestine, poems and travelogue, sprang from his experience of staying with both an Israeli and a Palestinian family, in Tel Aviv and Gaza, which opened his eyes to the vast disparity in living conditions, and convinced him of the necessity of Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories. 
Formerly Professor of Physics at the American University of Beirut, he is an eminent academic and consultant on science and techology policies, specialising in the promotion of appropriate policies in the Arab world. He has published many articles and books, some on Palestinian issues such as education, and the need for ‘A Vision of Independence’ if Palestine is to benefit from scientific and technological advances. A founder and trustee of the Center for Arab Unity Studies. 
Tony Benn sadly died on 14 March 2014. One of the longest serving serving MPs, representing Bristol South East and then Chesterfield for Labour, and former Cabinet Minister, Tony has been described as ‘unofficial conscience to the nation’. He retired from his seat in the Commons in 2001 ‘to devote more time to politics’ which he believed must be based in grass-roots activism. 
Rodney Bickerstaffe, lifelong and eminent trade unionist (General Secretary of NUPE, then of the merged unions forming UNISON), sadly died on 3rd October 2017. Rodney campaigned for better rights and fairer treatment for staff working in public services, notably in the introduction of the statutory minimum wage and the fair uprating of pensions. He became President of the National Pensioners Convention in 2001 and, as President of War on Want in 2007, he visited Palestine with Clare Short to witness life under the Occupation. Rodney spoke out against house demolitions and was an active and vocal supporter of PSC for many years. 
Bob Crow sadly died on 11 March 2014. General Secretary of the RMT union after the merger of the NUR and NUS in 1990, Bob was elected by a large majority of the RMT membership as General Secretary in 2002. A tough defender of workers’ rights and of the international union movement, he was a staunch supporter of the Palestinians and was a patron of PSC for a number of years. 
Bruce Kent, Britain’s best known peace campaigner and former Chair of CND sadly died on 8 June 2022. Bruce devoted himself to promoting a vision of the world in which war and poverty are abolished through argument and practical action. He supported the case for justice for Palestine for many years and spoke regularly on the issue. In 2002 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for his life’s work for peace by Middlesex University. Read obituary