Palestine solidarity demos in the UK

[teqniq]

yeah that would make sense. good to stop it happening in west end theatre at the very least. £75 pop a ticket tho. bigotry is big business.

Douglas Murray doing the 'poor us' routine on twitter and implying that the theatre staff felt intimidated:

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Not sure what the threat of a threat is.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Not sure what the threat of a threat is.

It's like a known unknown

 

[mojo pixy]

"Jews or Israel"

What a weasel words wanker

 

[hitmouse]

Events for Wednesday listed so far:
Brighton:

• University of Brighton March: Assemble, 12pm @ Mithras House, Moulsecoomb Campus, Lewes Rd, BN2 4AT
• University of Sussex Walkout, 11.30am, Falmer House, Sportcentre Rd, Falmer, BN1 9QF
• Walk Out, Speak Out! Rally, 1pm, Hove Town Hall.

Bristol:

• 10am-4pm Bake Sale for Gaza, Outside OneZone, Frenchay Campus, UWE
• 11am – school strike on College Green.
• 12-2pm Eat Well for Palestine, £4 lunchbox, Level 2 Bristol Royal Infirmary
• 12.30pm – lunchtime protest & vigil outside City of Bristol College on College Green
• 1pm – staff & student walkout at University of Bristol outside the Wills memorial building, marching to Tyndall avenue.
• 2pm – Teach ins: Solidarity with Palestine, 43 woodlands road, G.01, University of Bristol
• 6pm – Education workers vigil for Palestine on College Green.

Bury:


Bury Unison Members Rally, 12-1pm, Whitehead Gardens, Knowsley Street, Bury, Opposite the UNISON Branch.


Cambridge:

Durham:


Durham University, Staff and Students Walk Out, 1pm, Gather at ‘What Lies Beneath Us’ Map, opposite Whitechurch.


Exeter University:



10.45am: Call upon all University staff to tell their students to walk out of classes until end of the day of action.

11am-12.30pm: Teach in on Palestine (outside University’s Great Hall)

12.30pm-1.30pm: Protest on campus (University’s Forum)

1.30pm-2.30pm: Lecture by Prof. Ilan Pappé (Peter Chalk)

Glasgow:


• Trade Unionists #StandWithGaza Rally 12pm, Glasgow City Chambers


• UCU Rally – #StandWithGaza Rally, 12pm, outside the library steps, University Of Glasgow Hillhead St, G12 8QE


• EIS FELA New College Lanarkshire – stalls at Coatbridge, Cumbernauld and Motherwell campuses and zoom meeting at 4pm with Donny Gluckstein, EIS FELA Executive member


• Glasgow University – students joining UCU rally then marching to #StandWithGaza rally at the City Chambers


Hull: Stand With Gaza Day of Action – 12-1pm, Outside Hull University, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX


Ipswich: Lunchtime Rally, 12-1.30pm at University of Suffolk, Waterfront Building, 19 Neptune Quay, Ipswich, IP4 1QJ.


London:

• Elephant & Castle Walkout for Palestine, 12pm, LCC Main Entrance, SE1 6SB.
• Imperial College London Stand With Gaza Protest, 12pm, Dangoor Plaza, South Kensington campus, SW7 2AZ
• King’s X Bake Sale – Raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestine – organised by RMT members. 10am-6pm. Kings X, East Side Mezzanine (under the stairs).
• Lunchtime rally organised by RMT Staff in the GMB. 12pm, Unity House, 39 Charlton St, NW1 1JD.
• Media Workers for Palestine Rally – 5.30pm @ Outside the BBC, Great Portland Street, W1A
• Tower Hamlets UNISON Lunchtime Rally – 12.30pm, Town Hall Steps, 160 Whitechapel High St, E1 1BG.
• University of Westminster Staff-Student Vigil, 12.30-13.30pm, Regent St Foyer
• Whitehall Workers Protest/Vigil in Solidarity With Palestinians in Gaza (Organised by PCS Union) – 1-2pm, George V statue, Abingdon Street, Westminster, SW1P 3PL

Manchester: UCU Rally – Whitworth Arch, Oxford Rd, 12-1pm. Followed by: A meeting in the Student Union building from 1pm – food provided.


Norwich: 11am @ Barclays Bank, 5-7 Red Lion Street, Norwich, NR1 3QH


Oxford:


• Student walkout & march – assemble 12 noon Weston Library, Broad St, Oxford, OX1 3BG
• Oxford Stands with Gaza UCU/NUJ vigil -Meet 1.15pm Radcliffe Square, Oxford, OX1 3BG
• Parents for Palestine – reading, crafting making doves, music, face-painting ready for mass march. Meet 10 am Bonn Square, Oxford OX1 2DH
• NHS workers vigil – 1pm Warneford hospital, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford
• Oxford March for Palestine – Ceasefire Now – Stop the Genocide in Gaza! Assemble: 5pm, Manzil Way, off Cowley Rd, Oxford OX4 1YH.


Portsmouth:

School Strikes:


Bristol: 11am, College Green


Glasgow: 11am, Glasgow City Chambers

Islington: 9:30am, Islington Town Hall, march to Emily Thornberry’s office
London: 12pm Abingdon Gardens (near Parliament)

Manchester: 12pm, Rally outside University of Manchester campus

 

[Fozzie Bear]

David Lammy and Keir Starmer cancelled an event at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham this afternoon which was going to be protested by people in support of Palestine.

Fuck them both and big up Tottenham.

 

[hitmouse]

Also:

Palestine Action targets Elbit's tech suppliers - Freedom News

Windows were shattered, and the site was covered in red paint, symbolising the bloodshed of the Palestinian people.

freedomnews.org.uk

CAAT release interactive map of all UK F35 component manufacturers - Freedom News

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has released an interactive map of all the locations across the UK where F35 components are made.

freedomnews.org.uk

 

[The39thStep]

Angela Raynor getting it in Ashton

 

[Magnus McGinty]

What’s with the weird echo?

 

[Elpenor]

What’s with the weird echo?

Must be the dubstep mix

 

[ddraig]

What’s with the weird echo?

Maybe looping through his phone?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Maybe looping through his phone?

Do phones amplify sound though a speaker when being talked into? I didn’t think they did but could be wrong.

 

[ddraig]

Do phones amplify sound though a speaker when being talked into? I didn’t think they did but could be wrong.

I thought might be if recording and playing on same device, could be wrong

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I thought might be if recording and playing on same device, could be wrong

Well I don’t have a better explanation.
Unless he had some weird effect on the megaphone or he was standing in a cave.

 

[hitmouse]

Palestine Solidarity protestors blockade Bristol arms factory - Freedom News

They arrived at the site in Filton at 8:20 am and prevented vehicle access to the site by standing together at the entrance.

freedomnews.org.uk

 

[Cloo]

I'm joining Jewish bloc at National March for Palestine in London tomorrow.

 

[hitmouse]

Arms factories in Bristol, Glasgow, and Leicester were all blockaded this week:

Palestine Action blockade Elbit's Bristol HQ - Freedom News

Yesterday, activists from Palestine Action blockaded the Bristol HQ of Israel's largest weapons firm, Elbit Systems.

freedomnews.org.uk

Pro-Palestine campaigners blockade entrance to BAE Systems' Glasgow shipyard

PRO-PALESTINE campaigners are staging a blockade at a defence company’s shipyard in Glasgow and are calling for an immediate ceasefire.

www.thenational.scot

Along with seven PA defendants found not guilty of breaching a police notice in Leicester:

Palestine Action activists found NOT GUILTY of breaching a section 14 notice

Images are available for free here District Judge Grace Leong found seven activists not guilty of breaching a section 14 notice during Palestine Action’s ‘siege’ on Leicester’s Elbit weapons factory, UAV […]

www.palestineaction.org

And a night-time action against BNY Mellon (major investors in Elbit) in Manchester:

Palestine Action target BNY Mellon in Manchester

Video is available with no credit needed Activists from Palestine Action drenched the Manchester offices of Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon in red paint, to symbolise the bank’s complicity […]

www.palestineaction.org

 

[Gramsci]

At Park lane. Demo looks big. Just moving off

 

[Gramsci]

Journalists killed in Gaza.

 

[Gramsci]

Al Jazeera journalist killed by IDF

 

[ddraig]

Cardiff this afternoon

 

[Gramsci]

Powerful speech by Palestine Ambassador

 

[Cloo]

From Jewish bloc this afternoon

 

[hitmouse]

From Jewish bloc this afternoon

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My dad made it down to join in with the London Jewish bloc for the first time as well today.

 

[Cloo]

A few people I spoke to it was their first time. Well, it was mine as I'd either had something unavoidable on or I was ill every other opportunity - so I finally got to use the placard I'd made for the one where I wasn't well!

 

[Gramsci]

From Jewish bloc this afternoon

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The previous demo had a large Jewish bloc.

 

[Gramsci]

Few photos from today

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Gramsci]

As per usual no trouble on the march. Not sure how big it was this time.

 

[Gramsci]

Got sent this

Another vote on Wednesday in Parliament for a ceasefire.

PSC have set up easy way to email your MP on this

Email your MP: Vote for #CeasefireNOW

palestinecampaign.eaction.online