Yesterday's demo started with one of the Zionist counter-demonstrators being arrested for hurling racial abuse at one of our Muslim protestors. He was later released. Such behaviour we have sadly become use to and it did not deter us from continuing the demonstration outside the store, if anything it made us more resolute than ever.
The picket was excellent and drew a lot of support from the public, particularly the Arab visitors but also some from Europe and the U.S as well. The Summer evenings really help in building up good numbers and atmosphere but we can't rely on the British weather and tourists for support for the Palestinian people. We must press home the urgency to people living in Britain about what is going on. With the war on Iraq and the possibility of British troops being sent to Sudan it is imperative that we confront our own government and our own institutions, such as M&S, for the role which they are playing in brutalising and aiding the brutalisation and exploitation of the world and its people.
We urge all progressive people to join the growing and increasingly diverse demonstrations of Marks and Spencer and by doing so build an ongoing focus for Palestinian support work here. We urge all those fighting against the ravages of Zionism and imperialism to come and join us and stand up in action where it matters most - not in the lobby halls of Parliament, or some hidden building to listen to countless academics, but on the street where the people are. From London, to Manchester to Scotland get in touch and join us.
Boycott Marks and Spencer Oxford St (Marble Arch end) every Thursday 6 till 8pm.
The picket was excellent and drew a lot of support from the public, particularly the Arab visitors but also some from Europe and the U.S as well. The Summer evenings really help in building up good numbers and atmosphere but we can't rely on the British weather and tourists for support for the Palestinian people. We must press home the urgency to people living in Britain about what is going on. With the war on Iraq and the possibility of British troops being sent to Sudan it is imperative that we confront our own government and our own institutions, such as M&S, for the role which they are playing in brutalising and aiding the brutalisation and exploitation of the world and its people.
We urge all progressive people to join the growing and increasingly diverse demonstrations of Marks and Spencer and by doing so build an ongoing focus for Palestinian support work here. We urge all those fighting against the ravages of Zionism and imperialism to come and join us and stand up in action where it matters most - not in the lobby halls of Parliament, or some hidden building to listen to countless academics, but on the street where the people are. From London, to Manchester to Scotland get in touch and join us.
Boycott Marks and Spencer Oxford St (Marble Arch end) every Thursday 6 till 8pm.
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