Saturday 30 September 2017 Once again, dozens of local people protested today at the main Brighton branch of HSBC Bank, angry over the bank’s complicity in the deadly two-way arms trade between the UK and Israel. The protest was part of the UK-wide STOP ARMING ISRAEL campaign. The campaign is co-ordinated by a …
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Rock legends The Pretenders are scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv on September 23rd. They are also due to play in Brighton on the 10th of October. Chrissie Hynde and her band are being urged by people of conscience all over the world to to cancel their Tel Aviv gig, and by doing so to …
Iyad Burnat leads Bilin’s non-violent struggle in the occupied West Bank. He is the head of the Bil’in Popular Committee against the Wall, and has led non-violent weekly demonstrations since 2005 against the Israeli West Bank barriers. Iyad is also head of Friends of Freedom and Justice in Bil’in, a pro-Palestinian organisation with the stated …
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After a great Israeli Apartheid Week, the Sussex Friends of Palestine group is going in to an important stage of its campaign to pressure the university to divest from companies that profit from Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. Israel is occupying and colonising Palestinian land, discriminating against Palestinian citizens of Israel and denying Palestinian refugees the …
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UPDATE! Brighton Argus covers our protest at Fatboy Slim’s appearance at the Brighton Half Marathon on Feb 26. FURTHER UPDATE! Brighton Argus covers our campaign to persuade Fatboy Slim to cancel his gig in Israel. Many Brightonians will be shocked and disappointed to learn that Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) – local celebrity and cultural icon …
On 8th December there was an important protest as part of the Boycott Divestment & Sanctions campaign and specifically Red Card Israeli Racism. Southampton FC were playing Hapoel Be’er Sheva in the Europa League at St Mary’s ground in Southampton. Around 100 protesters were there (including 14 from BHPSC) demanding that Israel be kicked out …
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