Tens of thousands are expected to march to the US embassy today (February 15).
The Stop the War Coalition says:
The demo is on the 22nd anniversary of the biggest march in British history – over the Iraq war – and the signs are that it will be a very big protest, coming amid continued British and international government and media complicity over the genocide in Gaza, and Trump’s declaration of intent to ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and ethnically cleanse its people, are emboldening Netanyahu to go ever further.
It also takes place a month after the Met police banned the last national Palestine protest (January 18) from assembling at or marching to the BBC, and violently arrested Stop the War’s vice chair and chief steward Chris Nineham during the protest, charging him under the Public Order Act.
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In an unprecedented attack on the leadership of the Palestine coalition and the right to free assembly, the Met followed Chris’s arrest by also charging Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal.
For fifteen months, pro-Palestine marchers [the picture is of a previous event] have been calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and an end to the genocide. On the 24th national demonstration today, they will be demanding that the US take its hands off Gaza, that Israel stops its deadly raids in the occupied West Bank, along with its continued bombing across the Middle East, and that Britain stops arming Israel.
Among the speakers on Saturday will be renowned Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat, who has travelled to the UK from the West Bank. For over 20 years, Iyad has led the village of Bil’in’s non-violent struggle in the occupied Palestinian territory. He is the head of the Bil’in Popular Committee against Israel’s illegal apartheid wall. Iyad’s story is featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Five Broken Cameras.
Other speakers include Zarah Sultana, MP for Coventry South, Michael Rosen, the author, poet and presenter, journalist Owen Jones, Palestinian activist, organiser and storyteller Jeanine Hourani, Eddie Dempsey, RMT senior assistant general secretary, Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North, Hamza Stitan, Palestinian activist, Lindsey German, convenor at Stop the War coalition, Ben Jamal, director of Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, and the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zumlot.
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Tens of thousands are expected to march to the US embassy
Tens of thousands are expected to march to the US embassy today (February 15).
The Stop the War Coalition says:
The demo is on the 22nd anniversary of the biggest march in British history – over the Iraq war – and the signs are that it will be a very big protest, coming amid continued British and international government and media complicity over the genocide in Gaza, and Trump’s declaration of intent to ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and ethnically cleanse its people, are emboldening Netanyahu to go ever further.
It also takes place a month after the Met police banned the last national Palestine protest (January 18) from assembling at or marching to the BBC, and violently arrested Stop the War’s vice chair and chief steward Chris Nineham during the protest, charging him under the Public Order Act.
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In an unprecedented attack on the leadership of the Palestine coalition and the right to free assembly, the Met followed Chris’s arrest by also charging Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal.
For fifteen months, pro-Palestine marchers [the picture is of a previous event] have been calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and an end to the genocide. On the 24th national demonstration today, they will be demanding that the US take its hands off Gaza, that Israel stops its deadly raids in the occupied West Bank, along with its continued bombing across the Middle East, and that Britain stops arming Israel.
Among the speakers on Saturday will be renowned Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat, who has travelled to the UK from the West Bank. For over 20 years, Iyad has led the village of Bil’in’s non-violent struggle in the occupied Palestinian territory. He is the head of the Bil’in Popular Committee against Israel’s illegal apartheid wall. Iyad’s story is featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Five Broken Cameras.
Other speakers include Zarah Sultana, MP for Coventry South, Michael Rosen, the author, poet and presenter, journalist Owen Jones, Palestinian activist, organiser and storyteller Jeanine Hourani, Eddie Dempsey, RMT senior assistant general secretary, Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North, Hamza Stitan, Palestinian activist, Lindsey German, convenor at Stop the War coalition, Ben Jamal, director of Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, and the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zumlot.
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Health Warning: Government! is now available
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The first collection, Strong Words and Hard Times,
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