Boycott Barclays Demo 11th October 2014

    BARCLAYS BANK CLOSED FOR ONE HOUR Barclays Bank is a major investor in Elbit systems, Israel’s largest military company. Through its subsidiary UAV Engines, Elbit Systems also operates a factory in Staffordshire here in the UK. The company regularly exports military equipment to Israel. Elbit is also a part of the U-TACS partnership manufacturing the …

Stop arming Israel – Demonstration at Elbit Systems in Shenstone – Friday October 17th

Solidarity campaigners plan demonstration at Elbit Systems BHPSC is one of many grassroots sponsors of the campaign During July and August 2014, 2,150 Palestinians were killed as Israel carried out another massacre of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza strip. Entire neighbourhoods were destroyed and mosques, market places, UN relief compounds and schools were deliberately targeted. …

Report and photos: Our rally for Gaza Sunday August 24th

Sunday 24th August 2014 Once again, supporters of a free Palestine took to the streets to show their sympathy and solidarity with the people of Gaza and all of Palestine. Several hundred of us gathered at Brighton Town Hall for a short rally. We heard two inspiring speeches. The first was from Dr Paul Oestreicher, …

Steamer Trading Cookshop the latest company to end its business with Sodastream

Following the closure of Sodastream’s so-called ‘eco-store’ in Brighton (see reports elsewhere on this site), the focus of the campaign has turned to the other stockists in Brighton & Hove. Our objective is to heed the call from Palestinian civil society to organise boycotts of companies complicit in human rights abuses in occupied Palestine, and …

Keith Taylor MEP makes public statement of “disappointment” about zionist rally planned in Brighton

Keith Taylor, MEP for Southeast England, has issued a public statement expressing his “disappointment” that a zionist rally “for israel and peace” has been called and will be taking place in his constituency. His statement is reproduced below. STATEMENT FROM KEITH TAYLOR, MEMBER OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REGARDING “ISRAEL AND PEACE” DEMONSTRATION, BRIGHTON, AUGUST 17 2014 …