The Slough branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign was founded in the wake of Operation Protective Edge in 2014. Our committee and core members have shown their commitment to tackling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by attending protests and rallies, sponsoring talks, putting pressure on parliamentarians or local government, spreading awareness through multi-media, networking with other pro-Palestinian […]
This is potentially huge. A Norwegian MP (Scandinavians showing us up again) has nominated the global BDS movement for a Nobel Prize. Winning a NP would at least put those who accuse BDS of *inherent* anti-semitism on the back foot, in the best case scenario we would have the upper hand in this PR battle […]
Hardcore Beitar Jerusalem fans known as La Familia have become infamous with their chants of ‘death to Arabs’. Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP A club with supporters who openly avow racial purity and organize violent ultra-nationalist marches is third in the Israeli Premier League, behind only Hapoel Be’er Sheva and Maccabi Tel Aviv, and a hair’s breadth […]
In the spirit of openness we wanted to share a couple of the articles published by our old blog (now superseded by this website). The article linked to below was written in July 2015, in the wake of an inspiring lecture by the Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert. It was my first ever entry on the […]
Talks are currently underway to provide Zaytoun produce on this website. Zaytoun is a collective of independent Palestinian farmers who’ve managed to make their own living in the shadow of the occupation. In 2004 they became the first in the world to receive the fair trade label for their olive oil, their Arabic namesake and […]
Here are pictures from our panel discussing anti-semitism, the accusations coming from the left and right and how they should be approached, and this issue’s relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Please become a member of the national PSC if you haven’t yet, as an official branch of their organisation we are entitled to materials like leaflets and posters but this is only made possible by your support.
Welcome to our new website, thank you to Oz for bringing us in to the 21st century! It’s going to be refined over the coming weeks and we welcome any feedback. Hope to work closely with the national PSC, our web designer, and other progressive organisations in Slough or Berkshire committed to peace, social justice, […]