UK Indymedia - UK Palestine Newswire Archive

Barclays 2012 AGM, Friday, 27 April, London

25-04-2012 12:49

Barclays 2012 AGM will be held at 11:00 (UK time) on Friday, 27 April at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

Seems like a prime Target Barclays opportunity for Londoners.

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Target Barclays in Brighton, Sat 28th, 1pm

25-04-2012 11:20

There will be another Smash EDO, Brighton Jordan Valley Solidarity and Brighton and Hove PSC target Barclays demo outside Barclays in North Street, Brighton, this Saturday (the 28th) at 1pm.

Come along to make it as lively as the previous ones.

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Protest & Vigil At Shenstone Drones Factory 3pm Fri 11 May

25-04-2012 11:12

There will be a protest and vigil outside the drones factory in Shenstone, supported by a number of groups, including Friends of Sabeel, Stop the War and WMPSC.

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Smash EDO: The Summer of Resistance starts 1st of May

25-04-2012 10:50

On May 1st we will be holding a big noise demo at EDO/ITT starting
at 12pm.

Flyer:

http://smashedo.org.uk/events/event/demo-to-mark-the-start-of-the-bsummer-of-resistrance

Please come along and help kick off the Summer with a
bang. Bring pots, pans, musical instruments and sound systems.

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Palestinian family evicted in Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina to make way for settlers

23-04-2012 08:49

The Palestinian Natsheh family was evicted from their home in Beit Hanina. It is the first eviction in the Palestinian neighborhood in the north of occupied East Jerusalem. The land will be used to build 50 apartments for settlers.

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PHOSPHOR: Solidarity With The Struggle For Celtic Liberation

20-04-2012 13:37

"War, what is it good for?"

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G4S loses EU Parliament contract over illegal activities in Palestine

18-04-2012 11:33

G4S loses its security contract with the European Parliament after complaints from 28 MEPs.

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Tenth Anniversary of the Israeli Military Siege of the Church of the Nativity

12-04-2012 08:50

When Israeli troops reoccupied the West Bank in April 2002, they swept into Bethlehem, trapping 248 civilians, militants, priests, and nuns inside the Church of the Nativity for 40 days. Jiries Canavati, a Christian shopkeeper, was one of them. Returning to the Church, he retells the inside story of the harrowing struggle for survival under the Israeli military siege.

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Smash EDO: Upcoming events and the Summer of Resistance

10-04-2012 20:44

The Summer of Resistance is getting closer and now is the time to get involved.

The summer will start with a demo up at the factory at 12pm on the 1st of May.

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EDO gets new Paveway IV contract – We need to step up our resistance

05-04-2012 08:34

The MoD has awarded Raytheon a new £60 million contract to replenish supplies of Paveway IV guided bombs to the British Army. EDO MBM (a unit of US arms dealers ITT Exelis) will manufacture the umbilical interconnect system and containers in Brighton. Paveway IV bombs have been used in Afghanistan and Libya and an earlier model of the Paveway was used in Iraq.

The MoD claims that this will sustain hundreds of jobs at the factories concerned (see

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-17597889).

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Public Meeting on Palestine

05-04-2012 06:51

2012: The struggle for Palestine

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Smash EDO public meeting on Iran and Afghanistan this Thursday

03-04-2012 15:51

Smash EDO presents

Stop the Attack on Afghanistan and the Prospect of Strikes on Iran

Thursday 5th April, 7pm, Friends Meeting House Ship Street, Brighton

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Stop supporting Israel’s occupation

01-04-2012 13:14

Protest letter handed to Veolia’s Birmingham management

Thirty Palestine rights supporters gathered outside the gates of Veolia’s site in Tyseley on Friday afternoon, 30th March 2012. The rally was to draw attention to Veolia’s commercial activities in supporting Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem and Palestinian territories.

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Smash EDO Summer of Resistance infonight at London Action Resource Centre today

31-03-2012 13:45

Saturday the 31st of March, 4pm at the London Action Resource Centre,
62 Fieldgate Street, London: Summer of Resistance info talk. Come
along to learn more, get an affinity group together and get involved.

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Smash EDO: Upcoming events

30-03-2012 20:42

Just a a quick reminder of some Smash EDO related events happening in the next few days.

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An Interview with Ed Greens: ‘Screaming Revolution’ & Palestine

30-03-2012 20:07

Ed Greens, 21 year old musical artist & poet from Camden Town, London performed at the Hackney Picture House yesterday. The show premiered the music video to ‘Screaming Revolution’ by Empdy x Ed Greens. I caught up with brother Ed to ask a few questions, particularly, how he came to start making ‘active’ music and why Palestine is a common thread in his music.

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Toulouse School Targeted by Hate Mail

28-03-2012 16:10

The French Jewish school where three children and a teacher were murdered this month has received a wave of anti-Semitic hate mail and calls, the local prosecutor said Wednesday.

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Disavowing Disavowal: In Defense of Gilad Atzmon

28-03-2012 15:35

I've been on a concert tour in Europe, so far mostly in Great Britain, for the past month or so. There's nothing like being on tour to connect on a personal, face-to-face level with society, or at least the little subsets of society who come to my shows. Being a songwriter who writes songs about the Palestinian struggle, among other subjects, many of my shows around the world are organized by Palestine solidarity activists of one kind or another. Before the tour began I was getting occasional emails from people asking me whether I wanted to add my name to a group denunciation of jazz musician, blogger and author Gilad Atzmon. Denounce him for what, I asked. For being an anti-Semite, they replied. I'd then ask them to send me what he wrote that they found offensive, which they would then do (sometimes accompanied by an introductory essay explaining the distinction between anti-Zionsim and anti-Semitism). I'd then read every word, and each time, I'd fail to find the anti-Semitic bit. Then, ten days into my tour, the US Palestinian Community Network published a "Disavowal of the Racism and Antisemitism of Gilad Atzmon." Several of the signatories include Palestinian intellectuals and activists I know and admire.

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Smash EDO: Summer of Resistance talk in Worthing, Thurs 29th

27-03-2012 11:21

Smash EDO will be speaking about the Summer of Resistance at the Worthing Alliance meeting on Thurs 29th, 8pm at Beechwood Hall Hotel, Wykeham Road, Worthing.

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Bin Veolia in Birmingham protest

27-03-2012 07:17

Campaigners for Palestinian rights will gather outside Veolia ES premises in James Road, Tyseley on Friday 30th March 2012. The protest has been organised by West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign to spotlight the company’s activities in East Jerusalem.