Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter   8 March 2024
  In this newsletter:
  • Stand With Rafah - Solidarity With Palestinian Women - Friday 8 March, 5pm
  • National Demonstration in London - Saturday 9 March
  • This Saturday's information stall
  • Festival For International Women's Day - Saturday 9 March, 11am - 7pm
  • Planning Meeting for Wednesday's Gen Dynamics protest - Sunday 10 March, 5.30pm
  • Protest At General Dynamics - Wednesday 13 March, 8 am - 5 pm
  • Plus more dates for your diary

    STAND WITH RAFAH - SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN WOMEN

    Friday 8 March, 5pm Hastings Station Plaza TN34 1NH
    Hastings rally for International Women's Day
    Called by: Hastings Healthworkers4Palestine, Hastings District National Education Union, Hastings & District Trades Union Council
    As Israeli forces prepare to attack Rafah, stand with Palestinian women for a global day of solidarity on International Women's Day. More information.

    NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION - CEASEFIRE NOW
    STOP THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA

    Saturday 9 March.

    Assemble Hyde Park Corner, London marching to US Embassy

    Catch the 10.21 train from Hastings to Charing Cross.

    Demand the UK government call for CeasefireNOW to StopGazaGenocide. National PSC information.

    If you or anyone you know needs help with the cost of a train ticket or is willing to sponsor someone else's ticket please email Hastings and District PSC and we will match you up.

    INFORMATION STALL: THIS SATURDAY 9 MARCH

    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.

    FESTIVAL FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
    THIS SATURDAY 11AM - 7PM

    'Hear Me Roar....MORE' organised by Women's Voice at the The Observer Building, 8 Prospect Place. The chair of our branch Katy will be speaking at the event. She will be talking about the inspiring Palestinian women who have shown her the different ways to be part of this movement. Should be worth a visit. Have a look at the day's events at the Facebook event page.

    PLANNING & PREP MEETING
    FOR WEDNESDAY'S GENERAL DYNAMICS PROTEST

    Sunday 10 March at 5.30pm at the White Rock Hotel Join us for for a one-hour meeting to plan Wednesday's peaceful protest. Included in the meeting will be a 'Know your Rights' briefing.

    HASTINGS VS GENOCIDE DYNAMICS DAY OF PROTEST
    WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH 8 AM - 5 PM

    General Dynamics, 100 Castleham Road, Hastings, TN38 9NJ

  • US-owned Genocide Dynamics makes all the MK-80 bombs that are being dropped on Gaza right now. It provides weapon systems and maintenance services to Israel's fleet of F-35 fighter jets which are used to target the hospitals, schools, mosques, churches and UN buildings in Gaza - using these same "bunker buster" MK-80 bombs.

  • The Hastings sites make systems for fighter jets and equipment for ground vehicles sold to Israel.

  • The company is playing a key role in the ongoing genocide and these sites in the heart of our community make us unwitting accomplices.

    As a community let us take this opportunity to let General Dynamics know that we do not agree with an arms dealer in our town supporting genocide in Gaza.

    We'll be there all day but we'd like a strong presence 8am - 9am, 1pm - 2pm and 4pm - 5pm when we will have speeches and leaflets for staff arriving and leaving.

    By maintaining this presence we are holding General Dynamics accountable for supporting a regime committing genocide.

    Come before work or after the school run. Drop down on your lunch break. Come over after school or college. Bring signs, food and hot drinks to share. Bring chalk to leave a message, print a poem to read, stream your favourite song on our PA system. Bring a camping chair, an umbrella for the rain, whatever you need, but still come.

    More information: Facebook event page.  Instagram. Please share widely.

    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.

    APARTHEID, ARMS AND ACTIVISM
    with ANDREW FEINSTEIN

    Wednesday 27 March 7 pm at the White Rock Hotel.

    We are pleased to welcome Andrew Feinstein to speak in Hastings. Andrew is a former African National Congress member of the South African Parliament from 1994 till 2001. Now based in the UK, Andrew is the Executive Director of Shadow World which investigates corruption, militarism and the global arms trade.
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    PALESTINE - ISRAEL: FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

    Much of the 'information' in the corporate media is misleading. Some useful sources:
    Middle East Eye.    Electronic Intifada.    Al Jazeera.    Middle East Monitor.
    Mondoweiss.    Palestine Chronicle.    Al Mayadeen.    Mintpress.    The Grayzone.
    The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.       Jonathan Cook.
    The Cradle.       MediaLens.
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    Hastings and District PSC online membership and donations

    Becoming a member of Hastings and District PSC is an important way of supporting our work.The annual subscription is £10 waged, £5 unwaged. We now have an online membership payment form. It can also be used to renew membership. If you would rather not use Paypal, you can pay directly to our bank: please contact us for the details. Or alternatively pay at one of our events.

    The work of Hastings and District PSC could not continue without the donations from members of the public. If you would like to support our work without becoming a member please visit our shop page here and see the right hand column:
    Donate to Hastings and District PSC.
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    Recent Hastings and District PSC newsletters:

    22 February 2024
    16 February 2024
    13 February 2024

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