The project for a new Arab century The birth pangs of a new Middle East are being felt, but not in the way many outsiders envisioned. Original article published on Al Jazeera English No sooner did former US president George W. Bush come into power in January 2001 than a much vaunted neo-conservative doctrine came…
Saturday 26 February 2011from 2pm, The Mound, Princes Street, Edinburgh Watch video of protest. Scottish PSC will be on Princes Street on Saturday to support the appeal by Scotland’s Libyan, Egyptian, Tunisian and Yemeni communities to show our solidarity with the Arab revolutions. Join us and make our support clear to the people in Libya…
Continue Reading Demonstrate solidarity with the Arab revolutions! 26 Feb 2011
Monday 28 February 2011, 7.30pm Eric Liddell Centre, Morningside Road, Edinburgh (Map & Directions) Speakers from Libya, Egypt, Palestine and SPSC Chair Mick Napier, just returned from delegation to Tunisia (Wed 23 Feb)The Arab revolutions against bloody dictators armed and supported by the West are going to change the entire relationship of power between the West,…
Continue Reading Public Meeting: Solidarity with the Arab Revolutions
TODAY 5.30pm The Mound, Edinburgh Download SPSC flyer Please pass round contacts. SPSC will be at the Mound at 5.30pm today behind our banner: Support the Arab Revolutions”, to show our solidarity with the people fighting for freedom in the Middle East and North Africa. SPSC Chair Mick Napier is still in Tunisia. He reported…
Continue Reading Solidarity demo with Middle East; 22 Feb, 5.30pm, Edinburgh, The Mound
Great demo against Israeli Ambassador to the UK, Ron Prosor. (SJP call for demo here) Edin uni’s Palestine group (Students for Justice in Palestine – SJP) are doing an admirable job of ensuring that Israeli propagandists are given a hard time wherever they go. Three weeks ago they managed to stop one of Israel’s racist…
Embargo: Tuesday 22nd Feb 2011 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release ISRAELI ECONOMIST ON UK SPEAKING TOUR PROMOTES ISRAEL BOYCOTT An Israeli economist and author who argues for boycott and sanctions against his own country began a UK speaking tour last week. Shir Hever, author of ‘The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation’, will travel from…
Continue Reading 2011 Feb 22: ISRAELI ECONOMIST ON UK SPEAKING TOUR PROMOTES ISRAEL BOYCOTT