We tell the BBC in Brighton: “Tell the truth about Gaza!”

Dozens of pro-Palestine protestors demonstrated outside (and inside) the BBC’s Brighton offices in Queen’s Road on Thursday July 17th. Link to a short video made at the BBC demo Chanting “BBC – Shame on you!”, we explained to the rush-hour passers-by that the BBC is complicit in the current brutal assault on Gaza, through its …

Brighton demo Saturday July 12th: “Stop the bombing, stop the killing!”

The demo was covered by the Argus July 14 2014 A first-hand report from one of the organisers of Saturday’s vigil, rally and march in Brighton city centre: “First of all a huge ‘well done’ to everyone who came out this morning for our protest about the continuing awful situation in Gaza. For the sake …

BHPSC tells Sainsbury’s: Apply your ethical trading policy to illegal settlement business!

On Saturday July 5th members of BHPSC demonstrated outside the Sainsbury’s Local in St James’s Street. We were leafleting as part of the national Boycott Sainsbury’s campaign, supported by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, aimed at raising awareness about illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, and the terrible damage done to the Palestinian farming …

BHPSC thanks Brighton & Hove for supporting the Ecostream campaign

  On Saturday July 5th, following the announcement that the Ecostream had closed, BHPSC and its many supporters thanked the people of Brighton & Hove for their magnificent support for the two-year campaign. We organised our stall, distributed leaflets and discussed the issues with the public peacefully but passionately. We know that it was only …

Ecostream closure announced around the world

A selection of sites reporting the closure of Sodastream’s ‘Ecostream’ store in Brighton: Brighton & Hove Independent Brighton Argus Palestine Solidarity Campaign (UK) The Electronic Intifada Ha’aretz Jewish Chronicle RT (Russia Today) Middle East Monitor International Middle East Media Centre Oumma.com (NB “Les Militants de Brighton”)