After one year of protests outside SodaStream’s ‘EcoStream’ store in Brighton, a 1600-signature petition was presented toMr Taylor on Saturday 26th October 2013 at 9.30am outside the EcoStream store, 142 Western Road, Brighton. The headline message of the petition was: “No business from illegal Israeli settlements in our city!” On Saturday 26th October 2013 …
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Brighton and Hove citizens of conscience were out in force on Saturday September 28th to raise awareness of SodaStream’s deep complicity in Israel’s record of war crimes, colonisation and ethnic cleansing. As part of a national UK day of action, with SodaStream stockists all over the country being targeted, we took the message to the …
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The campaign against Southern Water’s contract with Arad Technologies for water meters in the southeast is really gaining momentum. According to one engineer installing meters in Lewes the other day, refusals in Lewes are “currently running at 2 in 10”. You can find out more about the current campaign, and the background to it, here. …
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Statement from Keith Taylor, Green MEP for Lewes and the South East of England I find the award of contracts by Southern Water to an Israeli company that operates in and profits from illegal settlements completely unacceptable. Furthermore, as a resident of Brighton, I am personally extremely uncomfortable with the installation of a water meter …
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Following the favorable coverage of our water meter campaign in Lewes by the Sussex Express, the Argus has run a favorable piece, including a mention of the strong support we have received from the Lewes MP Norman Baker. Click on the link below to see a scan of the article. You can learn more about …
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint filed by BHPSC, in which we objected to an advert by Sodastream claiming that their manufacturing facility is based ‘within Israel’, when it is in fact based on an illegal industrial settlement in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The ASA accepted our argument, and instructed Sodastream …
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