The International Week of Action on Hewlett Packard (HP) was the broadest-ever coordinated BDS action. It took place from 25th November to 3rd December, with over 150 actions in 25 countries, across 6 continents. More than 40 actions took place in the UK alone. Please see below for locations. Saturday 26th November Birmingham Bradford Brighton Bristol: 12pm-2pm outside …
Take action: Contact FIFA On Tuesday 9th August 2016 the Israeli army demolished five homes of the Al Hathaleen family in Umm Al Khair, continuing the cycle of demolition-rebuild-demolition over eight recent years. Three of the demolished structures were funded by the European Union. FIFA has recently produced a video featuring Umm Al Khair, entitled “Football …
The anniversary of the Palestinians’ dispossession and violent removal from their indigenous land in 1948 will be commemorated across the globe this weekend. Across continents, from Australia to South America, Europe to Africa and North America, events will be held on 15 May to mark what is known to Palestinians as the Nakba. In London, …
Nakba: then and now – Palestine from 1948 to today Day-School Conference – Saturday 14th May 2016 To register: www.palestinecampaign.org/events/day-school-conference/ Join us at London’s Mander Hall for a Day-School Conference on the Nakba: Then and Now. Supported by the NUT. Prof. Nur Masalha, a Palestinian historian currently based at SOAS University of London, will speak about the …
Next week, one of the world’s most important historical anniversaries will be commemorated around the world. On 15 May, people will remember the violent dispossession and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948. These events, which took place during the creation of the state of Israel, are known to Palestinians as ‘the catastrophe’ or, in Arabic, …
Join us for Nakba Week Please join us for Nakba Week of Action, a series of events and actions commemorating the Nakba (‘Catastrophe’ in English) the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. During the creation of the state of Israel, around 750,000 (90%) Palestinians were driven out of their homes and never allowed to return. Whilst the rights to campaign for …
Only a few days left… You have just under one week left to take part in the consultation to stop the government’s attack on support for Palestine in local government. If you haven’t already, please send a consultation response today – it only takes a minute. Over 12,000 people have already signed! Resistance is rapidly growing …
Palestine was once again one of the key issues supported by the UK trade union movement at the TUC Congress in Brighton in September 2015. Hundreds of delegates have shown their support, by visiting the Palestine Solidarity Campaign stall in the exhibition area, by wearing a Palestine lanyard, signing the petition against the siege …
This year’s UNISON National Delegates Conference, which took place in Glasgow, has again seen a great number of Palestine related activities. Earlier in the week Ala Khatib, Director of Kav LaOved (Workers Hotline) and official guest of UNISON, addressed the official UNISON International rally and explained how Palestinian workers …