The Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is the keynote speaker at an event in Glasgow on Saturday; “Question Time – Challenging Racism & Islamophobia With The First Minister”. According to publicity for the event, “This exclusive event will facilitate questions from the audience to air their views and concerns and to help work along with…
Continue Reading Questions to First Minister on opposing Islamophobia
These images are from the Algerian capital last Friday. The popular struggle against the corrupt old regime is building and the regime is retreating. Palestinian flags are always raised on the mass demonstrations in Algiers and across the country Israel has powerful allies – atom bombs, and snipers licensed by the US and EU to…
Continue Reading When things look dark, millions move, carrying Palestinian flags
called by Palestine Alliance Saturday 30th March 2pm Assemble Foot of Mound, Princes Street Equality, Freedom & Justice for Palestinians UN investigators have reported that Israeli snipers “have intentionally shot children, they’ve intentionally shot people with disabilities, they’ve intentionally shot journalists, knowing them to be children, people with disabilities and journalists. Amnesty International…
John Byrne, a frequent poster to Glasgow Friends of Israel Facebook discussions, shared his approval before the bodies of the victims were cold. Given the nature of the discussions on that site, e.g approving the “euthanising” of Palestinians, Byrne must have thought his opinions, as so often in the past, would be shared. Many of…
Continue Reading Applause from Scotland for terrorism in Christchurch and Gaza
The Christchurch massacre of scores of Muslims joins the Pittsburgh Synagogue massacre as the work of White supremacists pumped up by Trump’s Islamophobia and xenophobia. Here in Britain Boris Johnson and others know how to dog whistle their Islamophobia to their political base (He’s the bookies’ favourite to succeed May as Prime Minister.) BBC…
Continue Reading Some at Glasgow Friends of Israel welcome NZ mosque massacre
We publish below some of the letters sent to key players in Stand Up To Racism – Scotland.Appeal for you to write a letter (pls share) We have a bad situation here in Scotland – an anti-racist campaigning group, Stand Up To Racism, will not oppose an extreme racist pro-Israel group linked to the Israeli…