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Palestine solidarity demos in the UK

SATURDAY 18TH MARCH

Acton: Between Morrisons & King St Bus Stop D, W3 9NW, 12noon-1.30pm

Camberwell: Camberwell Green, 12noon

Camden: Chalk Farm Station, 11.30am, march to Camden Town Station, 12.30pm. Rally at office of Keir Starmer MP and Tulip Siddiq MP, Crowndale Centre, NW1 1BD

Hackney: Assemble at Kingsland Passage (on the corner of Balls Pond Road/Kingsland High Street), 2pm

Harrow: Rally outside the office of Harrow East MP Bob Blackman, 209 Headstone Lane, HA2 6ND, 11am-12noon

Islington: Highbury Corner, 12.30pm

Kingsbury: Outside Kingsbury Barclays (recently closed), 505-507 Kingsbury Road, London NW9 9EG, 10am-12noon

Lewisham: Assemble at Lewisham Islamic Centre, 1pm, march up Lewisham High Street for rally outside Glass Mills Leisure Centre, 2.30pm

Tower Hamlets: Assemble at Altab Ali Park at 12noon, march to Bethnal Green Gardens.

Waltham Forest: Barclays on Hoe Street, E17 9QE, 11.30am-1pm

Redbridge: Outside Redbridge Town Hall, 12noon-2pm

Luton: Outside Luton Town Hall, George’s Street, 12noon

Where are protests in the rest of UK?
Abergavenny: Street Stall/Vigil opp Waterstones, 11am-12.30pm

Barry: King Square, 12noon

Birmingham: Lobby Selly Oak MP, Outside Cotteridge Church, B30 3EJ, 10am-12noon

Bristol: Assemble at Castle Park, 12.30pm

Cambridge: Stall in Market Square, 11.30am-1.30pm

Carlisle: City Centre, 1pm

Corby: The Cube, Vigil and Rally, 1.30pm

Cromer: Junction of West Street and Church Street, 10am-12noon

Dorchester: Town Pump, 12noon

Durham: Gather Palace Green (in front of Cathedral) at 11.45am, march to Framwellgate Bridge

Exeter: Bedford Square, 12noon

Guildford: Vigil at High Street, Junction with Quarry Street, 12noon-2pm

Grimsby: Outside Barclays, Victoria Street South, Freshny Place, 11.30am

Hastings: Wellington Square, 12noon

Hereford: Near the Bull/Old House, High Town, 11.30am-1pm

Hull: Outside Barclays, Queen Victoria Square, 12noon

Kirkwall: St Magnus Cathedral, 1pm-2pm

Lampeter: Harford Square, 10.30am-1pm

Lancaster: Lancaster Market Square, 1pm

Leamington Spa: Town Hall, 11am-12noon

Leicester: Banner Drop for Palestine Near Meridian Leisure Park, LE19 1JZ, 12noon-1pm

Lincoln: Assemble St Martin’s Square, 2.30pm

Liverpool: Gather Outside Catholic Cathedral, 2pm

Leeds: Assemble at Leeds City Square (opp Leeds Railway Station), 11.45am

Llanfyllin: High Street, vigil from 11 am

Margate: Gathering at the Margate Steps, 2pm

Milton Keynes: Central Milton Keynes Library, MK9 3HL, 11.30am

Newcastle: Assemble 12noon at Forth Banks Car Park, march @ 12.30pm along Quayside, over Millenium Bridge for rally at Baltic Square.

Nottingham: Assemble at Forest Recreation Ground, 12.30pm

Oxford: Assemble Manzil Way, 12noon - march to Bonn Square

Portsmouth: Assemble at Victoria Park by the Lodge Café, PO1 3HJ at 1.15pm, for a march to St George’s Square PO1 3EZ. Finish time approx 3pm.

Plymouth: Place de Brest, Armada Way (opp Barclays Bank), 12noon

Presteigne, Powys: Recycling Centre, 11.30am

Rochester: Assemble The Vines, ME1 1RQ, 2pm

Settle, North Yorkshire: Three Peaks for Palestine Annual Open Day at Settle Friends Meeting House.

Sheffield: Assemble Mount Pleasant Park, 11.30am

Slough: Meet at Town Square, 1.30pm

Stevenage: Assemble at King George V Playing Field, 12noon

Truro: Lemon Quay, 1pm

Tunbridge Wells: Outside Barclays 8 Calverley Rd, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2TB, 11am-2pm

Wolverhampton: Protest Rally at Peace Green, Dunstall Rd, 11.30am-12.45pm

Where are protests taking place on Sunday?
Cambridge: Assemble at 1pm on Parker’s Piece to Form a Human Chain to Support a Ceasefire.

Colchester: Vigil,Colchester War Memorial, 12noon

Derby: Assemble Derby City Council House, Corporation Street, 1.30pm

Peterborough: Cathedral Square, 12PM

Southend: Assemble at Pier Hill, 12noon

Stoke: Blue Clock, Hanley at 1pm
 
hitmouse said:
Mentioned over on the other thread, but Na'amod are calling for a protest on Sunday:

Victoria Embankment Gardens, 3.30 on the 19th.
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I'm joining this one, so let me know if you're going as I'm heading on my own. I'd be surprised if there weren't people from my synagogue there but at the same time sadly I don't feel able to post asking about it on our synagogue fb group as I just don't know if it might rub some people (a minority) the wrong way, even though Jewish organised
 
TopCat said:
Where is The Hyde park March going? It could still be huge
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I can't see any info about it now. Seems it has been dropped for local activities instead.

There is another National March planned in London next Saturday, 25 November.
 
Cloo said:
I'm joining this one, so let me know if you're going as I'm heading on my own. I'd be surprised if there weren't people from my synagogue there but at the same time sadly I don't feel able to post asking about it on our synagogue fb group as I just don't know if it might rub some people (a minority) the wrong way, even though Jewish organised
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I won't be in London then, but my da will, so feel free to PM if you'd like to try and meet Hitmouse Senior, I suppose?
 
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Kevbad the Bad said:
Vigil tonight in Tavistock calling for a ceasefire. 40-odd people turned up in the pouring rain at short notice. Not a bad turnout. Same again next Friday at 4pm Bedford Square.
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I think these rallies are good but I also think they should be calling for the end of Hamas too. Palestinians cannot do that as they are fearing for their lives, if not from Israel attacks, but attacks from Hamas. At least in the UK we can safely protest the end of Hamas and to call for a ceasefire.

JJ
 
janinej said:
I think these rallies are good but I also think they should be calling for the end of Hamas too. Palestinians cannot do that as they are fearing for their lives, if not from Israel attacks, but attacks from Hamas. At least in the UK we can safely protest the end of Hamas and to call for a ceasefire.

JJ
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These vigils/rallies give the participants a sense of solidarity and not much else. If there were enough of them they might just influence our government, who in turn might influence Israel, in conjunction with other countries. Hamas are finished anyway. If we call for the end of Hamas as well, that will be interpreted as saying "eradicate Hamas and then have a ceasefire ". So ceasefire it is.
 
Kevbad the Bad said:
These vigils/rallies give the participants a sense of solidarity and not much else. If there were enough of them they might just influence our government, who in turn might influence Israel, in conjunction with other countries. Hamas are finished anyway. If we call for the end of Hamas as well, that will be interpreted as saying "eradicate Hamas and then have a ceasefire ". So ceasefire it is.
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That makes sense. I don't understand why the UK and US are backing Israel. We should just be calling for a ceasefire. There are lots of innocent people on both sides that need support, I don't understand why we pick a side.
 
ska invita said:
There's a regularly updated list on the PSC website worth checking if anyone is interested
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Cheers - I think PSC national refuse to acknowledge Manchester events now cos of the falling out I mentioned on another thread. Which is... I can see national's point, but also seems a bit petty.
Samidoun also have an absolutely huge international listing which is well worth a look to get an idea of the full scale of this movement:
samidoun.net

Calendar of Resistance for Palestine! Events and actions around the world

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all Palestinian, Arab and international supporters of Palestine to escalate their organizing and struggle to stand with the heroic Palestinian…
samidoun.net samidoun.net
janinej said:
I think these rallies are good but I also think they should be calling for the end of Hamas too. Palestinians cannot do that as they are fearing for their lives, if not from Israel attacks, but attacks from Hamas. At least in the UK we can safely protest the end of Hamas and to call for a ceasefire.
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I mean, fwiw I think it is good to be critical of Hamas, would defend the right of anyone to raise anti-Hamas slogans in these protests and so on, but it's not exactly like there's a Hamas embassy or loads of Hamas-owned arms companies to protest outside, and I think Sunak and Starmer don't really need to have their hands forced by a protest movement before they'll criticise Hamas.
 
janinej said:
That makes sense. I don't understand why the UK and US are backing Israel. We should just be calling for a ceasefire. There are lots of innocent people on both sides that need support, I don't understand why we pick a side.
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The UK is backing in part historically because we 'gave' them Israel and in part politically because they can cause a Labour rift by forcing the Labour leadership to take the same line or else be buried under screams of antisemitism from the right wing press.

The US I suspect because of the power of Christian Nationalists from whom Israel is essential in the return of Christ, as long as all the Israelis convert, and also because of the 'only non Muslim country in the Middle East' thing.
 
TopCat said:
I’m going in the Camden March. Anyone else? Be good to say hello
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im going to go to lewisham...what i like about the camden one is it nominally targets Starmer, though he's almost certainly not going to be in the office...it reminded me how Blair literally couldn't make a public appearance, likely still cant, because people would turn up to hector him for being a war butcher. it would be nice to see starmer follow in his footsteps and likewise be hounded
 
Cloo said:
The US I suspect because of the power of Christian Nationalists from whom Israel is essential in the return of Christ, as long as all the Israelis convert, and also because of the 'only non Muslim country in the Middle East' thing.
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You should listen to Biden as to why the US supports Israel - he's very explicit about it - because its a proxy military base for the US "to protect our interests in the region"
"ISrael is the single greatest strength America has in the middle east " etc


and the UK supports the US becasue thats the special lapdog relationship
 
ska invita said:
im going to go to lewisham...what i like about the camden one is it nominally targets Starmer, though he's almost certainly not going to be in the office...it reminded me how Blair literally couldn't make a public appearance, likely still cant, because people would turn up to hector him for being a war butcher. it would be nice to see starmer follow in his footsteps and likewise be hounded
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It has been nice hearing the old Seven Nation Army chant adapted to "Kier Starmer's a wasteman" for these changed times. The BMA also do it as "full pay restoration".
 
ska invita said:
You should listen to Biden as to why the US supports Israel - he's very explicit about it - because its a proxy military base for the US "to protect our interests in the region"
"ISrael is the single greatest strength America has in the middle east " etc


and the UK supports the US becasue thats the special lapdog relationship
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Is this the fourth or fifth time this video's been posted?
 
Cloo said:
The UK is backing in part historically because we 'gave' them Israel and in part politically because they can cause a Labour rift by forcing the Labour leadership to take the same line or else be buried under screams of antisemitism from the right wing press.

The US I suspect because of the power of Christian Nationalists from whom Israel is essential in the return of Christ, as long as all the Israelis convert, and also because of the 'only non Muslim country in the Middle East' thing.
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Tbh the Labour party rather painted themselves into a corner by the weaponisation of a-s against corbyn, for them to show solidarity with or indeed simple humanity for the Palestinians would risk them being viewed as insincere hypocrites after the way saying the slightest thing against the zionist entity has been used as grounds to discipline
 
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