Video: Ken Loach, Owen Jones & others debate BBC coverage
Gaza: let down by the BBC and mainstream media? Palestine Solidarity Campaign brought together the film director Ken Loach, columnist and commentator Owen Jones, the BBC’s former Middle East correspondent, Tim Llewellyn, and Greg Philo, director of the Glasgow Media Group, to debate where the mainstream media got it right, and where it got it wrong, …
Statement on police barring 18 January march from the BBC
We strongly condemn police attempts to stop an agreed march for Palestine from protesting at the BBC on 18 January. The route for the march was confirmed with the police nearly two months ago and as agreed with them, was publicly announced on 30 November. This route has only been used twice in the last …
Endorsements for Bristol BBC Occupation
NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE …..Sent Tuesday 29July 2014 Palestine campaigners who have occupied the front lawn of the BBC building in Bristol for the last week are receiving messages of support Quote from Mark Thomas “The BBC reporting of the Israeli military assault on Gaza has failed time and time again to contextualise …
5,000 block traffic outside BBC over Gaza coverage
Around 5,000 protestors blocked the road outside the BBC’s London studios yesterday for two hours, shouting ‘BBC, shame on you’. (15th July) The protestors were demanding that the broadcaster start reflecting the reality of Gaza’s occupation and siege in its coverage of the current assaults. Hugh Lanning, Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign, handed a letter …
Chomsky, Pilger and Loach call on BBC to reflect reality of Gaza’s occupation
Noam Chomsky, John Pilger and Ken Loach are among 45,000 signatories who have signed an open letter to the BBC calling on its journalists to reflect the reality of Gaza’s occupation while reporting on Israel’s current assault. MPs Andy Slaughter and Katy Clark have also signed the letter, along with musician Brian Eno and comedian …
Sign our open letter to the BBC
Please sign this open letter to the BBC. Ask your MP to sign it. Ask your friends to sign. Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be presenting this letter, with your signatures on it, to the Director General of the BBC, Lord Hall.Dear BBCOnce again Gaza is under massive aerial bombardment from Israeli warplanes and drones, and, …
Activism in May & Just Walk to Jerusalem
Dear friends, The month of May brought us sad anniversaries – and the month of June brings us the 50th anniversary of the military occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. On Nakba Day, we marked the expulsion of 750,000 people from their homes. The Nakba continues unabated, as routine abuses of Palestinian human …
MPs lobbied for Palestine at National Lobby for Palestine
Gaza – one year on Gaza vigil – Friday 10th July, 2015, Time: 5.30pm to 7.30pm Richmond Terrace (opposite Downing Street), Whitehall, London In July 2014, Israeli land, sea and air forces began a sustained and devastating assault on Gaza, terrorising the Palestinian population of 1.8 million for 51 days until, eventually, more than 2,000 …
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Before you vote: check your candidates’ views on Palestine
Vote Palestine: support Gaza Candidates standing for election to Parliament in May who have responded to our survey have shown their support for an immediate lifting of Israel’s blockade of Gaza. More than 700 candidates from all major parties in England, Scotland and Wales responded to emails sent to them by constituents, asking for their …