Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter   22 February 2024
  In this newsletter:
  • Thursday 22 February, 7 pm - David Rovics In Hastings
  • Saturday 24 February, Noon - Information stall in the town centre
  • Sunday 25 February, 3 pm - White Rock Hotel. Planning Meeting And Banner Making For General Dynamics Action
  • Thursday 29 February, 7 am - Protest At General Dynamics
  • Plus more dates for your diary

    GIG FOR GAZA THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY
    DAVID ROVICS IN HASTINGS

    Thursday 22 February 7 pm at the East Hastings Sea Angling Club.
    Tickets: £12.00 through Eventbrite or on the door. Benefit for Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Al-Mawasi community in Gaza.

    Catch this legendary American singer songwriter in Hastings for one night only....and show your support for the people of Gaza.

    David will be performing songs from his latest album, many of which are about the war against Gaza; hopefully along with a few old favourites. He is now in the middle of a world tour taking in France, the UK, Australia and Scandinavia.

    There's an article about our benefit with David Rovics in the Hastings Independent Press by Leah Levane - please pick up a copy. This is the online version: David Rovics: New Songs for Palestine.

    Tickets can be bought at Eventbrite.  Facebook event page.   David Rovics website.

    INFORMATION STALL: THIS SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY

    12.00 noon until 2pm Town Centre Please visit our stall. It's important to have a presence in the town with our Stop Genocide, Ceasefire Now! and BDS banners, placards, leaflets and other information.

    PLANNING AND BANNER MAKING FOR GENERAL DYNAMICS ACTION SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY 3 PM

    Sunday 25 February 3 pm. The White Rock Hotel (opposite Hastings Pier)  Planning meeting and banner making for the 29 February protest at General Dynamics (see below).

    PROTEST AT GENERAL DYNAMICS THURSDAY 29 FEBRUARY

    Thursday 29 February 7 am. General Dynamics, Sidney Little Road Hastings TN38 9PU.

    We will be protesting against General Dynamics' role in arming and enabling Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza.

    Since the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, Israel has actually intensified it's attacks and is now bombarding Rafah, which it designated a 'safe zone,' and where more than 1 million displaced Palestinians are living in makeshift tents.

    Anyone who continues to provide arms to Israel is complicit in genocide and all of us have a duty to do everything we can to stop this horror. More information: Facebook event page.

    BARCLAYS DAY OF ACTION SATURDAY 2 MARCH

    Barclays Bank, 207-208 Queens Road, Hastings TN34 1QP 11 am - 1 pm.
    Barclays is bankrolling Israel's genocidal assault on Palestinians through its financial ties with arms companies that sell weapons to Israel. Barclays Bank holds over £1 billion in shares, and provides over £3 billion in loans and underwriting to 9 companies whose weapons, components, and military technology are being used by Israel in its attacks on Palestinians.

    CLOSE YOUR BARCLAYS ACCOUNT
    ON 21 MARCH

    On the first PSC collective account closure day, 9 February, over 1500 people closed their bank accounts. The PSC is now asking asking everyone who still holds a Barclays account to pledge to close it on the 2nd mass account closure day, Thursday 21 March, to have the most impact. Barclays NEEDS TO KNOW that you are boycotting it, and to know why, so the PSC has set up a simple way for you to inform the bank. If you're not a Barclays customer, the request is to write to the bank to tell it you won't use any Barclays services. More information: Boycott Barclays Bank.

    MEETING WITH ANDREW FEINSTEIN

    Wednesday 27 March. More information to follow.

    We are pleased to welcome Andrew Feinstein to speak in Hastings. Andrew Feinstein is a former African National Congress (ANC) Member of the South Africa Parliament from 1994 till 2001. Now based in the UK, Andrew is the Executive Director of Shadow World Investigations. He is a prolific writer and speaker, author of the best-selling After the Party: Corruption, the ANC and South Africa's Uncertain Future, as well as the critically-acclaimed The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade.

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    Recent Hastings and District PSC newsletters:

    16 February 2024
    13 February 2024
    9 February 2024

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