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Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter 26 July 2024
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In this newsletter:
Saturday 27 July 12 noon - Information Stall
Tuesday 30 July. 7 - 9 am - Stop Arming Israel protest at General Dynamics
Wednesday 31 July 6.30 pm - Why is Palestine a Feminist Issue?
Saturday 3 August 12 noon - National Demonstration, London
Report: Meeting with MP Helena Dollimore at Parliament
Books available at our stalls and meetings
Plus....local more news, information and activities.
SATURDAY'S INFORMATION STALL
Saturday 27 July 12.00 noon until 2pm Town Centre. Please visit and support our soldarity stall. All the usual information, petitions, plus badges and boycott stickers.
Tuesday 30 July. 7 - 9 am. General Dynamics, Sidney Little Road Hastings TN38 9PU
The tactical and communication systems made in Hastings directly contribute to the Israeli war machine responsible for conducting a 10 month genocide.
Join us for an early morning picket. Bring your loud voices, your home-made placards and all your friends and family!
More information at our Facebook event page.
WHY IS PALESTINE A FEMINIST ISSUE?
Why is Palestine a Feminist Issue? Wednesday 31 July 6.30 pm Stade Hall, Hastings TN34 3DW
We are thrilled to partner with Hastings Women's Voice to put on this important event: Why is Palestine a Feminist Issue?
We will analyse how Israel has deflected feminist criticism of the genocide in Gaza through false rape atrocity propaganda, and examine how gendered violence is built into the settler-colonial state. We will be joined by Palestinian-led educational organisation Makan who will lead a fascinating discussion about the connectivity of gender, sexuality and anti-colonial struggle in Palestine. See a short video explainer by HDPSC Chair Katy Colley on the background to this meeting.
Food provided by Palestinian Chef Roa Almadi. Everyone welcome, inclusive pricing starts at £5. Tickets selling fast - book your tickets now to secure your place.
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION:
STOP ARMING ISRAEL. END THE GENOCIDE
Saturday 3 August noon. Park Lane, London. Meet 10.15am at Hastings Train Station to catch the 10.31 train to London. If you would like to go but need help towards the cost of a ticket, contact us directly. We match donors with marchers.
MEETING WITH MP HELENA DOLLIMORE AT PARLIAMENT
On Wednesday, 24 July one of our supporters went to Westminster to lobby the new Hastings and Rye MP, Helena Dollimore, as part of the Mass Lobby for Palestine organised by national PSC. Full report here.
BOOKS AVAILABLE AT OUR STALLS AND MEETINGS
 
Now available at our stall, two great books to deepen our knowledge of the history of Palestine and Israel leading up to October 7. We're grateful to Lee at Printed Matter in Hastings, for generously discounting the price for us in support of the work of PSC.
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Oneworld, 2007) £13 by Ilan Pappé, renowned Israeli historian, scholar and author who was forced from his position at the University of Haifa after publishing this book, and is now Professor of History and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. In this book he exposes the facts behind the Nakba of 1948 with meticulous research into Israeli archival documents, making clear that ridding the land of its Palestinian inhabitants was always central to the founding of the State of Israel.
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017, Rashid Khalidi (Profile Books, 2020) £12. Khalidi is Palestinian American and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University in New York City. He tells this history from the perspective of his own prominent Jerusalem Muslim family using his family's extensive archives in Jerusalem, along with multiple other sources, documenting the extensive Palestinian resistance to colonization that began with the arrival of European Jews to Palestine and has continued to the present.
Swim with Gaza. Saturday 24 August. More information.
Rally at the trial of the #Hastings3. Tuesday 27 August. More information.
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PALESTINE - ISRAEL: FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Much of the 'information' in the corporate media is misleading. Here are 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. Declassified UK.
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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:
19 July 2024
14 July 2024
12 July 2024
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