Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter   2 May 2025
  In this newsletter:
  • Saturday's information stall
  • Saturday 10 May - Flush It Away Coca Cola Amnesty
  • Thursday 15 May - Workplace Day of Action for Palestine
  • Saturday 17 May - National Demonstration - Nakba 77
  • Victory in our 'School's Out For 'Genocide' Dynamics' campaign

    SATURDAY'S INFORMATION STALL

    Saturday 3 May 12.00 noon until 2pm Hastings Town Centre. We have copies of our new 'Schools Out for Genocide Dynamics' pamphlet, BDS literature including the Don't Buy Apartheid campaign material, the East Sussex Pension Fund petition, plus keffiyehs from Nablus, Free Palestine badges, boycott and General Dynamics 'Guilty of Genocide' stickers.

    "FLUSH IT AWAY" COCA COLA AMNESTY

    Saturday 10 May 12.00 noon until 2pm Hastings Town Centre. Join us from midday and bring your secret Coca Cola stash for a novel way to put a lid on the fizzy drink......strictly no judgements!

    Coca-Cola is now a priority target of the BDS movement as it operates a distribution center in an illegal Israeli settlement, meaning it is helping to entrench Israel's military occupation and colonisation.

    We are offering a one-day amnesty for all Coca Cola cans and bottles, as well as the other brands the company owns like Schweppes, Sprite, Fanta, Innocent, Appletiser, Smart Water and Costa Coffee. Don't flush with embarrassment - pay us a call on Saturday and we'll get rid of it, at your convenience!

    WORKPLACE DAY OF ACTION FOR PALESTINE

    Thursday 15 May. Join an action in your workplace to demand an end to government and corporate complicity in Israel's atrocities. More information.

    NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION - NAKBA 77

    Saturday 17 May 12.00 Embankment tube, London. This is the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba. Demand the UK government take action to end the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land. Catch the 10.31 Hastings 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.

    GENERAL DYNAMICS STRUCK OFF THE LIST OF EXHIBITORS AT LOCAL CAREERS' FAIR


    Genocide profiteer General Dynamics was billed to have an exhibit at Tuesdays 'Big Futures' careers' fair in Eastbourne.

    One of our members wrote to the organiser of the fair giving legal and reputational reasons for ditching General Dynamics. This included the UN instruction that all countries and companies stop weapons transfers to Israel; the fact that the National Education Union (NEU) has called for all schools to cut ties with arms companies and to end careers collaborations; and now the Hastings and District PSC has launched the 'Schools Out for General 'Genocide' Dynamics' campaign which demands that schools stop hosting the arms company.

    The result? General Dynamics was struck off the list of exhibitors! It's a real victory for people power. The idea that this company dares try to recruit locally among school and college students is appalling. Now General Dynamics must be booted out of every school and college in the area. Write to the head of your local school to ensure it is not hosting the merchants of death.

    SCHOOL'S OUT FOR 'GENOCIDE' DYNAMICS

    More information about the 'Schools Out' campaign: the Hastings Online Times, Skwawbox, our Facebook article, and our Instagram artcle.

    ONLINE WELLBEING SESSIONS

    Clinical hypnotherapist Chris Dindar is running 30 min relaxation sessions to help decompress, process our emotions, and find a moment of peace and deep relaxation amidst the chaos. Chris is offering his services for free, as a token of his solidarity, to help nurture the well-being of our local group and maintain our collective resolve.

    Please email Chris directly if interested in taking part. The sessions are the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month at 12 noon.

    BOOKS AVAILABLE AT OUR STALLS AND MEETINGS

     

     

     

    Now available at our stall, a number of great books to deepen our knowledge of the history of Palestine and Israel. We're grateful to Lee at Printed Matter in Hastings, for generously discounting the price for us in support of the work of PSC. Thanks to Kay Green for providing us with Marilyn Garson's Jewish not Zionist.

    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.       The Hind Rajab Foundation.
    Rania Khalek.
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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:

    25 April 2025
    18 April 2025
    11 April 2025

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