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Saturday 29th November 2014UN International Day of Solidarity with the People of Palestine Today as part of a nationwide day of action in protest at Barclays holding shares in Elbit Systems, Brighton campaigners did a little bit of theatre inside the bank’s main branch in North Street. They helped Barclays host a photography exhibition of …

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Saturday 15 November 2014 Today we launched our boycott campaign against Hewlett Packard – our contribution to a major global campaign in recognition of HP’s deep complicity in israeli apartheid and the illegal occupation of Palestine. Our local campaign kicked off on Saturday with a demo inside and outside Curry’s PC World, one of HP’s …

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BHPSC opposes cynical stunt by ZF with dignified protest On Sunday November 2nd, people of conscience demonstrated outside a performance of the Pola Dance Company at the Ralli Hall in Hove. We wished to make clear our steadfast opposition to state-sponsored cultural exports from israel. These exports are an important part of israel’s determination to …

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Once each month BHPSC contributes to the national campaign to urge Sainsbury’s to put its ethical trading policy into practice, and stop doing business with companies complicit in the illegal occupation of Palestine. After two years of corporate intransigence on the company’s part, we wanted to send a clear message to Sainsbury’s that they can’t …

Read more “Sainsbury’s told again: “Stop profiting from israeli apartheid!””

DON’T GAG LOCAL DEMOCRACY!    Campaigners for a free Palestine demonstrated outside the meeting of Brighton & Hove City Council on Thursday 23rd October. They were objecting to a recent decision by Penny Thompson, the unelected Chief Executive of the City Council, to block a debate by councillors. The debate would have addressed the City Council’s ethical …

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