Our purpose as Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) is to build effective solidarity with the Palestinian people as an extension to the Palestinian struggle for freedom against Israel’s programme of ethnic cleansing and genocide in Palestine. We can only do this if we defend our rights here in Scotland and resist attempts by government and Police…
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Cop28: ‘Eco-normalisation’ goes ahead in Dubai despite Israeli war crimes by Manal Shqair, published in Middle East Eye, 30 November 2023 Through Arab ‘eco-normalisation’ projects that allow Israel to greenwash its colonial violence, the UAE is complicit in undermining Palestinian rights and climate justice The 28th UN climate summit, Cop28, opened on Thursday in Dubai, hosting delegations of…
A Statement from the Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee in Edinburgh On November 21st, the Scottish Parliament voted to support international calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with a majority of 90 to 28. As a collective of civil society organisations in Scotland, we welcome this decision as a vital and necessary first step, particularly…
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release Protests planned as Glasgow Council leader promotes “arms to Israel” firm The leader of Glasgow’s local government has been criticised for promoting a Conference that will hear from a controversial arms firm accused of facilitating Israel’s war on Gaza. Susan Aitken, the leader of the SNP minority council government,…
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Write to your elected representatives, members of the UK and Scottish Parliaments. Urge them to support the calls for an immediate ceasefire. If your MP/MSPs already support a ceasefire, then make sure that they are doing all they can to communicate this position to constituents, their party, the government and the press. Let them know…
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Join investigative journalist and author Asa Winstanley in his Scottish tour as he discusses his new book ‘Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn’. He will speak in meetings across Scotland, starting at 7.30pm: Edinburgh 20/11/23 – Augustine United Church, 41 George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL Aberdeen 21/11/23 – Aberdeen Arts Centre, 33…
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