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The Bonds with Zionism

2 June 2014

The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to economically pressure the Israeli state to adhere to international law has been gaining traction since its inception in July 2005. From individual to organisational boycotts, divestment by […]

Arab Palestinians in the Holy Land – Shared Struggle and Resistance

21 May 2014

Arab Palestinians in the Holy Land – Shared Struggle & Resistance‏‏ Speakers: Rev Loren McGrail – St Andrew’s Scots Church Jerusalem & Mohamed Moutaly, a political refugee living in the USA, unable to get a […]

A Bird is not a Stone: Palestinian poetry in translation

18 May 2014

A Bird is not a Stone: Palestinian poetry in translation 3 June 2014 at 18:00 Looking Glass Books 3 Porters Walk, EH3 9GG Edinburgh, United Kingdom Contemporary Palestinian poetry translated into English, […]

Join the Wood Group AGM protest Aberdeen May 14th

6 May 2014

SPSC Protest at Wood Group’s AGM in Aberdeen: 10am, Wednesday May 14th Join us on May the 14th in Aberdeen to challenge Wood Group’s ongoing complicity in Israel’s occupation and dispossession of Palestinians.Wood Group is […]

Edinburgh branch newsletter – May 2014

29 April 2014

Join us this Saturday on the May Day March and Rally, plus take part in the Sainsburys campaign. Come to our branch meeting this Thursday to find out more.Edinburgh SPSC Branch Newsletter : May […]

Educate yourself about Palestine, Israel & Zionism

25 April 2014

Others will have different short lists of ‘best’ books, films, and videos on Israel/Palestine but, for what it’s worth (and I think they are all platinum) here goes with Five key books Five key books […]

Israel destroys Palestinian homes to build Jewish settlements from which Palestinians are barred

Israeli ‘left’ and right have never conceded equal rights to Palestinians

21 April 2014

The demand that the Palestinians recognize a Jewish state is no coincidence; it’s not to be taken lightly. It’s the way to demand that the Palestinians admit their historic defeat and recognize the Jews’ exclusive […]

Edinburgh Stills Gallery returns Israeli Embassy sponsorship money

10 April 2014

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes today’s decision by the prestigious Stills Gallery to terminate the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of their forthcomng photography exhibition, A Thousand of Him, Scattered: Relative Newcomers in Diaspora. The Gallery has […]

Sainsbury's store Newton Stewart 5 April 2014

Asserting the right to free speech for solidarity with Palestine

6 April 2014

Six members of Dumfries & Galloway SPSC Branch went to “Sainsbury’s Superstore” at Newton Stewart to join in the UK effort to pressurise Sainsbury’s UK management to follow the Coop and stop trading with companies […]

JNF-KKL tractor-bulldozer at work destroying the Palestinian village of Al Araqib

Zionists lament that Scotland is “worst” for Palestine solidarity

4 April 2014

With so many ethnic cleansing successes, why are Zionists so worried?Mick Napier4th April 2014 As Israel accelerates its current wave of ethnic cleansing – driving Palestinians from their homes to make way for Jewish-only settlements […]