By Ger Francis A quite remarkable event took place in Birmingham on Sunday night. Between 800 and 1,000 people packed in to the Sparkbrook Islamic Centre for a meeting organised by Sheikh Zahir Mahmood - one of the participants in the Viva Palestina convoy. Built largely by word of mouth, the meeting raised an incredible £26,000
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SocialistUnity on 13th May 2009 (via socialistunity.com)
Socialist Unity, amongst many others, is excitedly promoting a series of Gaza demonstrations taking place in the UK tomorrow, coordinated by the umbrella organisation The Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Let’s take a look at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, beginning with its list of ‘Who we work with‘: There is strong support for the Palestinian people amongst many religious
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HarrysPlace on 2nd Jan 2009 (via hurryupharry.org)
demonstrate - remember gaza december 27th - one year on exchange square in manchester and 22 days of protest following [see also www.targetbrimar.org.uk ] solidarity with the viva palestina convoy and gaza freedom march, struggling to get into gaza with humanitarian aid and solidarity with the people of gaza see below 25th December 2009 No Christmas Cheer from Egyptian Authorities The Egyptian gov...
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SocialistUnity on 26th Dec 2009 (via socialistunity.com)
WEST MIDLANDS PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN VIGIL RE GAZA Monday 29 Dec 5pm Outside Waterstones, High Street, Birmingham City Centre (near the bull in the Bull Ring Centre) pscwm@yahoo.co.uk
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Tigmoo on 29th Dec 2008 (via action-without-theory.blogspot.com)
Up to 150,000 people took to the streets of London on Saturday in a mass show of solidarity with Palestinians caught under Israeli bombs in the Gaza Strip
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SocialistWorker on 10th Jan 2009 (via socialistworker.co.uk)
Students at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) in London have occupied the Brunei Gallery Suite in protest at a Ministry of Defence exhibition being held there and in solidarity with the people of Gaza
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SocialistWorker on 14th Jan 2009 (via socialistworker.co.uk)
Students in Scotland have been raising solidarity with Gaza through
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SocialistWorker on 6th Feb 2009 (via socialistworker.co.uk)
Wednesday, 07 January 2009 FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE LSE-Palestine Solidarity Initiative Slams Silence Over Gaza Genocide The founders of the LSE-Palestine Solidarity Initiative ( have condemned the university's "hypocritical silence" over the atrocities being...
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Tigmoo on 7th Jan 2009 (via jamescaspell.blogspot.com)
Morning Star US dockers have refused to unload an Israeli cargo ship at the Californian port of Oakland and instead joined hundreds of picketing solidarity activists. The protest was an expression of outrage at the Israeli blockade of Gaza and its deadly raid on the Mavi Marmara aid ship. Trade unionists and demonstrators from a range
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SocialistUnity on 22nd Jun 2010 (via socialistunity.com)
The global demonstrations against Israel's assault on Gaza have been a magnificent display of solidarity with the Palestinians. I wasn't there but a comrade on the march estimates some 50,000 demonstrated in London yesterday - and that wasn't even a national demonstration (that, according to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign is pencilled in for next Saturday). Thousands also demonst...
The recent international support for the Palestinian people in Gaza has arguably been the greatest act of international solidarity since the International Brigades against fascism during the Spanish civil war. This is a bold assertion, but my background colours my assertion. Born and raised in a Gaza refugee camp where most refugees felt that no-one cared about their plight, it was easy to believe...
