Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign have been campaiging through Time to Divest for divestment from Israeli Bank Hapolaim for several years. Billy Briggs reports on the corruption scandal engulfing the Bank today in a story carried by both The National and The Ferret. Lothian Pension Fund (LPF) invests in Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s largest bank, which has…
Nakba Day – May 15th – commemorates the catastrophe (‘Nakba’) of the Palestinian people being ethnically cleansed, driven by planned massacres, from their homes and till this day denied the right to return to their own properties in their own homeland.You are invited to join the live discussion by Zoom webinar between Musheir El Farra…
Continue Reading Discussion with Palestinian Nakba survivors – May 15th 2020
Thanks only to the Coronavirus lockdown, Glasgow is spared the obscene spectacle today of supporters of Israeli Apartheid marching past Mandela Place within a column of committed anti-racists. SUTR insists COFIS will be allowed to participate when they march after restrictions are lifted.SUTR are helping COFIS (an arm of the Israeli Embassy) to realise a…
Continue Reading The extraordinary day SUTR flipped to accommodate organised racists
The reckless US and UK cold war policy to support Al Qaeda against the pro-Soviet regime in Afghanistan led to blow back that still endangers us all. US sanctions on Iran, backed up by threats to anyone trading with that country, have weakened their health service, reduced their defences against Covid19, and contributed to a…
Continue Reading Israel caging Gaza as Coronavirus threatens
3 March 2020 – SACC As organisations opposed to all forms of racism, we regret that we are unable to support the march organised in Glasgow by Stand Up to Racism to mark the UN’s International Day Against Racial Discrimination (“Anti-Racism Day”)[1]. We are dismayed that Stand Up to Racism Scotland will once again be…
Continue Reading Statement on the Glasgow march to mark Anti-Racism Day
Letter to the Editor, The National, 29 February 2020 (HTML links added)”Another excellent article from David Pratt. (Modi is moving India away from Gandhi’s vision) The UK government may not exhibit the politics of hate to its full extent; but it is seeking to silence those with whom it disagrees. The recently announced government policy…