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 been a sufficient barrier to organisers allowing them to participate in the march tomorrow in Glasgow. COFIS, working in partnership…
“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 journalists and Holocaust survivors have spoken out about how Israeli society develop ever more marked features resembling 1930s European fascism…
Continue Reading SPSC statement on Stand Up to Racism, 13 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 racism in Scotland and around the world. The worldwide demonstrations on the anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre should oppose all…
Continue Reading ‘Mandela Women’: from Sharpeville to Palestine – oppose all racism
This is a referenced version of the brochure available for distribution to school teachers and educationists, school students and their parents and relatives, or anyone else with an interest in challenging the well-funded disinformation campaign by the pro-Israel group One Voice through its front campaign, Solutions not Sides, in Scotland during March. You can download…
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Introduction & addition8th March 2018 “We say that the organisers have no mandate to violate and corrupt this international commemoration. Scotland must not be the back door for supporters of Israeli Apartheid to promote their racist segregation and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. Were this effort to be successful it would shame Scotland internationally…
Continue Reading SPSC statement on anti-racism and pro-Israel campaigns in Scotland
SPSC Webinars 2018 The winners of the 2017 Palestine Book Awards will speak in a series of webinars on aspects of Palestine that can expand our knowledge base in ways that are essential to deliver effective solidarity with the Palestinian people. Register for each webinar below. Download Leaflet Download mobile image (238kb) Organised by Scottish…