Palestine solidarity demos in the UK

[hitmouse]

Oops... already posted

Funnily enough, posted the other day on Leicester ACG and the Leicester Trades Council Facebook pages:

On that note, good to see FBU members apparently refusing to get involved in removing them:


Tried to find confirmation from the FBU - couldn't see anything from today, but they wrote this about a similar situation back in 2014:

Elbit arms factory protest

The Fire Brigades Union is aware that television news and social media are showing footage and pictures of a fire service aerial appliance, which has been in use this morning for the purposes of assessing any potential fire or other safety risk, at a demonstration taking place at the Elbit arms f

www.fbu.org.uk

 

[AmateurAgitator]

 

[hitmouse]

Impressed to realise that they still seem to be up on that roof, according to the local paper.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Tried to find confirmation from the FBU - couldn't see anything from today

Saw this earlier from Graham Vaux;

 

[GarveyLives]

Palestine solidarity demos in the UK

(Source: video grab)

Hamza Choudhury and Wesley Fofana, Leicester City v Chelsea, FA Cup Final, 15 May 2021

(Source: via WAFA)

Paul Pogba and Amad Diallo, Manchester United v Fulham, Premier League game, 18 May 2021​

 

[Shechemite]

I’m not marching with people shouting alua Akbar etc.

Like these fellas?

 

[AmateurAgitator]

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[Serge Forward]

They're still up there.
Palestine Action activists spend night on roof of factory

 

[hitmouse]

I also saw this today on facebook. Don't know where this is though. It's from twitter originally and it said it's from the diaspora on the original twitter post:

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Westminster abbey chapter house at a guess

Just found this, apparently it's actually Pittsburgh. The other side of the banner:

 

[AmateurAgitator]

This is not strictly to do with solidarity demos but is kinda related. Some Tory POS I've never heard of before by the name of Matthew Offord is trying to have Alexei Sayle cancelled for 'antisemitism' (merely for describing Israel as an Apartheid state):

#IStandWithAlexeiSayle goes massive after Tory right-winger tries to have his Desert Island Discs cancelled - Vox Political

Did you have any idea who Matthew Offord is, before […]

voxpoliticalonline.com

 

[hitmouse]

They're still up there.
Palestine Action activists spend night on roof of factory

Sounds like they're still up there, as far as I can tell, although Palestine Action saying two people nicked for providing supplies:

 

[hitmouse]

Anyway, this weekend's events are listed here - 60 at the moment:

Map Frozen

Map Frozen:Needs to be owned by an active, paid plan for more visits.

www.zeemaps.com

 

[ska invita]

Massive turn out in London again...but feels like so little impact

 

[teqniq]

Kicked off in London:



apparently all started with an altercation with a car that did not want to stop

 

[bimble]

Glad I wasn’t at this. Is it tariq Ali speaking?

 

[BillRiver]

Glad I wasn’t at this. Is it tariq Ali speaking?

Blimey that is bad isn't it.

Do they think there was no antisemitism pre-1948? Fools.

 

[PTK]

Glad I wasn’t at this. Is it tariq Ali speaking?

Is it a justification, or an observation?

 

[bimble]

Is it a justification, or an observation?

Why do the crowd cheer?

 

[BillRiver]

Is it a justification, or an observation?

It's bollox. Antisemitism isn't created by events over there. It might be whipped up, but it's not created. He's talking nonsense. Dangerous nonsense.

 

[platinumsage]

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[kenny g]

It's bollox. Antisemitism isn't created by events over there. It might be whipped up, but it's not created. He's talking nonsense. Dangerous nonsense.

Tariq Ali is and always has been a tool. Writes quite interesting articles about Pakistani politics for the LRB occasionally but they could be complete bollocks as far as I would know.

 

[Gramsci]

Posted some of my photos of the demo on the other thread as did see this one.

Gaza under attack yet again.

Just watched the C4 news interview with Israeli ambassador. Her refusal to say whether she supported a two state solution prompted me look her up. She is hardline right winger. Her appointment as ambassador was opposed by some sections of Jewish community here...

www.urban75.net

Great turnout and glad I went. A lot of young Londoners turned up. Which was good to see. I'd say the majority of the people who went were not the usual lefties but Londoners who wanted to come out to support the Palestinians.

 

[Gramsci]

 

[Shechemite]

Good photos gramsci.

 

[Gramsci]

More photos of demo in London today

 

[Gramsci]

Few home made banners

 

[Gramsci]

Demo in London

 

[Gramsci]

The Columbians came to the London demo. Banner says fight like Columbians. There is big Columbian community in London. South Americans are pro Palestinian.

 

[Waterwheel]

I can remember when anarchists used to go on anti war demonstrations with banners saying: "No war but the Class War!" There was a big absence of anarchists at this event. I think the anarchist class struggle message is very releve t here. As we class struggle anarchists want both the Palestinian and Israeli working class to unite and fight their rulers rather than each other.

 

[PTK]

I can remember when anarchists used to go on anti war demonstrations with banners saying: "No war but the Class War!" There was a big absence of anarchists at this event. I think the anarchist class struggle message is very releve t here. As we class struggle anarchists want both the Palestinian and Israeli working class to unite and fight their rulers rather than each other.

How can Palestinian Arab workers in the Gaza Strip ally with Israeli Jews in Israel? What would be a demand that would unite them?