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What a difference your support makes!

What a difference your support makes! Thank you so much. Without the help of thousands of members and supporters, we would not have managed to organise such an effective campaign against SodaStream. Your pressure made a real difference. Within days, actor Scarlett Johansson was forced to break her links with Oxfam and end the pretence …

PSC update: Sainsbury’s -stop supporting settlements

Sainsbury’s: stop supporting settlement trade Be a part of the campaign – join Palestine Solidarity Campaign today! Sainsbury’s uses suppliers that trade in products from illegal Israeli settlements. Israeli settlements are built on stolen Palestinian land and are illegal under international law. In April 2013, the Co-operative stated that in line with its ethical policy …

Trade Union Conference

Campaigning for Palestine: a trade union conference Palestine Solidarity Campaign is organising a conference for delegates from trade unions, sponsored by the TUC, on Saturday 5 April. It will hear about the latest developments from speakers, including trade unionists, from Palestine and from the trade union and solidarity movement in Britain. Read more about the …

My visit to Gaza – Ayman Abuawwad

Last month I went to visit Gaza where my family lives. I landed in Cairo airport on 17th Dec. 2013. I had to wait in Cairo for a full week before Rafah crossing was opened by Egyptian authorities. My older brother joined me in Cairo coming from another part of the world just one night …

Model letter for your MEP candidates

Here is a letter you can send to your MEP candidates. Please email us at [email protected] with their replies. Dear MEP candidate Before voting in the European Elections on Thursday 22 May 2014 I wish to know what action you will take to support Palestinian human rights. This will be an important issue for deciding how I …

PSC update: Scarlett Johansson breaks ties with Oxfam

Scarlett Johansson breaks ties with Oxfam Scarlett Johansson has stepped down as an Ambassador for Oxfam because of her new relationship with SodaStream, a company which operates in the illegal settlement Ma’ale Adumim, in the Occupied West Bank. Scarlett Johansson and Oxfam faced immense pressure from the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign who demanded …

G4S tweets

Press Release: BBC bombarded over #G4S Over 2000 BBC viewers & listeners contact the BBC http://t.co/ub1TPEvFJZ pic.twitter.com/1p9ZMAzog1 — PSC (@PSCupdates) January 27, 2014 Viewers and listeners bombard BBC Director General over broadcasters links to #G4S http://t.co/9BHjMFaIbo via @middleeastmnt — PSC (@PSCupdates) January 27, 2014

Johansson steps down as Oxfam Ambassador

press release Date of issue: 30/01/2014 For immediate release Scarlett Johansson has stepped down as an Ambassador for Oxfam because of her relationship with SodaStream, a company which operates in the illegal settlement Ma’ale Adumim, in the Occupied West Bank. Scarlett Johansson and Oxfam faced immense pressure from the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign …

letter to Oxfam from a long-standing supporter

This is a message that was sent to us by a long-standing supporter of Oxfam, now nearly 80 years old: ‘Last night I spent a bit of time on the phone to Oxfam detailing the chronology of Scarlett’s several contracts (SodaStream, L’Oreal, Dolce Gabbana, et al), all of which followed her 2003 appointment as a …

Oxfam: end ties with Scarlett Johansson

Actor, Scarlett Johansson, is currently an Ambassador for Oxfam but has just signed up to promote Sodastream. Sodastream’s main factory is in a settlement – Ma’ale Adumim  – in the Occupied West Bank. These settlements are illegal under international law, and an obstacle to peace – therefore settlement production relies on, and supports, an activity that …