On Saturday 23rd September 2023 hundreds of protesters descended on more than 25 Barclays branches across Britain to demand the bank divests from arms companies supplying Israel with weapons used in its attacks on Palestinians The campaigners were taking part in a National Day of Action organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, War on Want …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) welcomes the announcement by the Welsh Government that it is formally opposing the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, better known as the ‘anti-boycott bill’ and recommending that the Senedd withhold its consent This decision by the Welsh Labour Government is the latest blow to Michael Gove’s toxic anti-boycott …
PSC welcomes the re-affirmation of support by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement, in a motion passed with a unanimous vote at its Annual Conference today (12/9/23) The motion confirms the full opposition of TUC to the Government’s anti-boycott bill and support for the coalition of more than …
People from across London gathered at vigil organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign to oppose the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in London The vigil highlighted DSEI’s role in arming Israeli apartheid, and other repressive states around the world This event begins two weeks of protests against DSEI under the banner …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and a delegation of civil society groups have today (31/8/23) handed in a petition at 10 Downing Street calling on Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to scrap the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) bill, or anti-boycott bill. The anti-boycott bill aims to prevent public bodies – including local councils, …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) welcomes the decision of Unite the Union, Britain’s second biggest union, to reaffirm its strong support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign for freedom and justice, in 3 motions passed at its Conference today A central motion passed by the Union calls on the UK government to abandon …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and partners call emergency protest against Israel’s brutal and indiscriminate attack on Jenin refugee camp Hundreds expected to protest outside Israeli embassy in London MPs and trade union representatives to speak and call for an end to Israel’s system of militarised apartheid The Palestinian people are once again under attack. Israel …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) joined by nearly 70 civil society organisations in pledging to fight the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) bill, or anti-boycott bill, as a threat to basic democratic rights. The anti-boycott bill aims to prevent public bodies from deciding how to spend, invest and trade ethically, in line with international …
Campaigners protest at Barclays Annual General Meeting today to demand the bank ends its complicity in Israeli apartheid, as it was forced to do in relation to South African apartheid in the 1980s Barclays invests over £1 billion in, and provides £3 billion in loans to, companies supplying weapons to Israel – used to …
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) to hold an online Rally for Palestine on Tuesday March 7th in response to the increasing intensity of repression of Palestinians by Israel’s far right extremist government Rally will hear from Palestinian speakers from inside Palestine and from UK speakers who will address the inadequacy of the UK response, including John …