BHPSC responds to the smears of local Tories

Members and supporters may be interested to read our response to the dangerous and provocative statement by Graham Cox, Chairman [sic] of the Brighton and Hove Conservatives. It is reproduced below. Dear Mr Cox, We write in response to your statement on the Brighton and Hove Conservatives’ website (http://www.brightonandhoveconservatives.com/2012/07/statement-on-anti-israel-remarks-of-smash-edo/) dated 3 July 2012, and in …

Globe Theatre: Strong pro-Palestinian protest inside and out

The managers of the Globe Theatre in London, along with hundreds of passers-by on London’s south bank, will have been left in no doubt about the strength of opposition to the Globe’s invitation to the Israeli National Theatre Company, Habima, to perform as part of the ‘Cultural Olympiad’. In the hours before the performance on …

Protesters disrupt performance by the Jerusalem Quartet in support of a boycott of Israel

The Jerusalem String Quartet’s recital at the Brighton Festival on May 8th was interrupted by protesters objecting to Israel’s apartheid system, its illegal occupation of Palestinian lands, its attacks on civilians in Gaza and its suppression of Palestinian human rights in Israel and the Occupied territories. The action was taken in line with the call from …

Write to the Co-op to support their stance on Palestinian human rights!

On April the 27th the Cooperative Group board made a historic and welcome decision to extend their Human Rights & Trade Policy to include all companies who trade in the illegal settlements. While the Co-op’s policy shift isn’t a complete boycott of all Israeli companies, we do recognise what an important advance this is for …

Campaigners welcome Co-operative Group move to end trade links with companies that source goods from illegal settlements

Boycott Israel Network (BIN) media release Saturday 28 April 2012 Palestine human rights campaigners today welcomed news that the UK’s fifth biggest food retailer, The Co-operative Group, will “no longer engage with any supplier of produce known to be sourcing from the Israeli settlements”. The Co-op’s decision, notified to campaigners in a statement, will immediately …