Articles

Why the time is right for action to help Palestine

25 April 2018

“The failure of the UK Government, however, does not stop Scottish institutions, local authorities and others from taking inspiration from across the sea. Dublin City Council earlier this month endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions […]

Palestinian message to the Left + Gaza background and images

13 April 2018

Three important articles from Mondoweiss on Gaza 1. Contextualizing the Great March of Return by Haider Eid from Gaza2. Striking images from the last week of Gaza’s Great March of Return 3. The Gaza protests […]

Calls to criminalise angry condemnation of Israeli mass murder

8 April 2018

The enemies of free speech on Palestine want to criminalise the term ‘Zionist’, shortened or not. A Westminster Parliament Home Affairs Committee allowed the term ‘Zionism’ to be used but claimed that “The word ‘Zionist’ […]

A fork in the road for anti-racists in Scotland

25 March 2018

“When the Palestinians see themselves reflected in the struggles of the victims of racism around the world, how can we in the UK see the Palestinians as a divisive issue and exclude our struggle against […]

Support Palestine – Stand Up to All Racism

14 March 2018

UPDATE as of Friday morning 16 March We need a victory of courage over fear – as Palestinians show every day The depraved racist views of COFIS (Confederation of Friends of Israel Scotland) has not […]

SPSC statement on Stand Up to Racism, 13 March 2018

13 March 2018

“Palestinians have situated their struggle, the BDS movement, as part of a wider struggle against racism. Week after week Israel’s crimes escalate, fuelled by racism and genocidal discourse so malevolent that even Israeli generals, prominent […]

‘Mandela Women’: from Sharpeville to Palestine – oppose all racism

9 March 2018

On International Women’s Day Scottish PSC received the following message from Nelson Mandela’s daughter-in-law, Rayne Rose Mandela, and her daughter Nodiyala, Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter, from Eastern Cape. Message, 8 March 2018: Greetings to those opposing […]