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Boycott Marks and Spencer!

Neil and Keith | 12.03.2004 10:11 | Anti-racism | London

Boycott of Zionist Marks and Spencer continues on the Streets of London.

Yesterday saw another successful day of protest against Zionist Marks and Spencer - Britains biggest corporate sponsor of Israel which does trade with the apartheid state to the tune of over £230m on average every single year.
Noticeably the police had changed their tune and were much more 'chummy' tonight after last weeks victory by the protesters concerning our legal right to be there and use a megaphone.

Still it was difficult at times, not because of the cops or the fascists (who this week, like last, were outnumbered by Palestian supporters) but because of the general gloomy weather and almost deserted Oxford St. However, considering how few people were on the street there was relatively a lot of support and interest from the public, a few of whom joined the picket, handed out literature and joined in the slogans. We also had a minutes silence for all those killed in Palestine and in Spain yesterday - both of whom were direct or indirect victims of the imperialist state terrorism which Israel and western governments stand for and spread.

We have made our stand and will continue to fight outside the apartheid store. The only thing that will stop these pickets would be Marks and Spencers decision to stop trading with Israel - when they do that we'll stop protesting against them.

We will not however end our protests against Israel until they end their brutal occupation of Palestine. The situation is now desperate. Only 11-15% of historical Palestine remains. The apartheid wall twice as high as the Berlin Wall has now been completed with the effect of ghettoizing and isolating the Palestinian people. Last year over 850 Palestinian civilians were directly killed by the Israel army (this is over 4 times as many killed than Israelis last year) and Israel continues to receive at least $15m in U.S aid every single day and continues to breach international law - breaking as it does moire U.N resolutions than any other country in the world.

Though the situation is desperate there is also room for optimism. Israel is becoming increasingly isolated by the international community and faces economic meltdown. The so called 'strength of Zionism' is a myth. They have lost the propaganda war and have been reduced to the status of a beggar state dependent on handouts from the West.

The fiction of the two state solution has also now been discredited. It is time to get get serious once and for all and free mankind from the racism of Zionism, show our solidarity for the Palestinian people and help in what way we can in this country to bring about the reality of a Palestinian state where Arabs and Jews can live in peace and justice side by side. Something which can never happen under the racism and apartheid of Zionism which doesn't treat all human life equally.

Join the pickets of Marks and Spencer every Thursday on Oxford Street (Marble Arch end) from 6 till 8pm.
Victory to the Intifada!

Neil and Keith
- e-mail: victoryintifada@hotmail.com

Comments

Display the following 23 comments

  1. Perhaps... — ade
  2. Racist Israel — James
  3. disgusting antics of the jew hating VTI — baruk
  4. zionist — zionist
  5. Anarchist=Nazi? — Oi!
  6. is that the best you can do? — watcher
  7. I think you can't spell — counter watcher
  8. Come to think of it.... — Debunker
  9. What are we? — Mustbeaweirdmoodyoldlesbianshemanscruffykidterroristthen
  10. Little Support for Zionists — Jackie
  11. You terror supporting scumbags — freedom man
  12. Pathetic — A luta continua
  13. israel will never surrender — another jew
  14. The Unbearable Lightness of VTI — Samson
  15. one man and his dog — rabbi kahane
  16. stupid!! — leon
  17. i am wanting peace — anon
  18. same writing — friend of VTI
  19. give a reply — friend of betar
  20. VTI Terror apologists — Jabotinsky
  21. comments on views — kulsoom khan
  22. Disgusted Goy — jonathan
  23. WTF — Walter Theodore Franklin

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