Hastings and District Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Newsletter   29 August 2025
  In this newsletter:
  • Saturday 30 August - Hastings and Al-Mawasi Friendship Celebration
  • Monday 1 September at Hastings Council Offices - Evict General Dynamics!
  • Thursday 4 September - Vigil to honour Gaza's Courageous Journalists
  • Saturday 6 September - National March for Palestine
  • Plus.....future local and national solidarity events.

    HASTINGS AND AL-MAWASI FRIENDSHIP CELEBRATION

    Saturday 30 August 2pm Muriel Matters House, Hastings TN34 3UY.
    Please join us to celebrate the council's recognition of the deep friendship links between Hastings and Al-Mawasi. This will be followed by a family-friendly march to Warrior Square where we will have music, poems and speeches. At 4pm join our empty pot protest for Al-Mawasi. We will end with a reception at Hastings Mosque. Everyone is welcome to this day of celebrating two coastal communities in friendship and solidarity.


    Planned schedule (subject to change!):
  • 2pm Hastings Borough Council Offices, Muriel Matters House. Reception hosted by the Mayor of Hastings, Cllr Becca Horn.
  • 2.30pm: Family-friendly celebration parade from the Council offices to Warrior Square
  • 3.30pm (approximately). Speeches, music, poems. Bring drums & instruments! The musicians we have so far are: Allie Stewart, Frank Moon and Ciara Vinci.
  • 4pm. Queen Victoria Statue Warrior Square. Empty Pots Protest for Al-Mawasi. Stop the genocide. Bang empty pots in a howl of rage at the injustice and inhumanity our friends are suffering.
  • At the end of the parade (approximately 5pm) there will be a reception at Hastings Mosque, 12 Mercatoria, St Leonards TN38 0EB

    If you have a drum or other instrument that will add to the parade and the event at Warrior Square, please bring it along. Please share widely our Facebook event page and our Instagram page.

    NO HASTINGS TOWN CENTRE INFORMATION STALL

    No information stall in Hastings this Saturday. We'll be back next week.

    EVICT GENERAL DYNAMICS FROM COUNCIL LAND

    Monday 1 September 6.00 pm Muriel Matters House, Hastings TN34 3UY.
    Join us at the Hastings Council Cabinet meeting for the public question time session from 6pm to 6.30pm, to ask Hastings Council to evict General 'Genocide' Dynamics from council land. General Dynamics, one of the world's biggest arms manufacturers, leases one of its sites from Hastings Council and the lease includes a clause that it can be revoked if they carry out 'illegal or immoral activities.'

    Read the background to this issue, in particular the refusal of council officials to answer a previous question on the lease, at our Facebook event page

    TARGETTING THE TRUTH - A VIGIL TO HONOUR GAZA'S COURAGEOUS JOURNALISTS

    Thursday 4 September 6pm. Hastings Town Centre.
    Join us for a solemn vigil honouring the heroic Palestinian journalists murdered by Israel during the genocide. We will be reading the names of all 278 journalists brutally assassinated by the terrorist state with the full complicity of Western governments and legacy media. Please share widely our posts on Facebook and Instagram.

    NATIONAL MARCH FOR PALESTINE - STOP STARVING GAZA

    Saturday 6 September 12.00 noon. Russell Square to Whitehall.
    The government is feeling the pressure to end its complicity in Israel's genocide but we must keep pushing until they take meaningful action and stop arming Israel. More information. Catch the 10.31 Hastings train to London. If you would like help with the train fare or would like to donate a fare, please contact us We match donors with marchers.

    SHUT DOWN DEFENCE AND SECURITY EQUIPMENT INTERNATIONAL (DSEI)

    Tuesday 9 September. Excel Centre, London E16 1XL
    The DSEI is where the defence industry, the military and politicians rub shoulders, where Israel has a pavilion and where the British government has always invited an official Israeli government delegation. Elbit Systems is a regular participant.

    A coalition of groups is calling for a mass blockade of the event on 9 September, the first day that delegates arrive. More information.

    LOBBY YOUR MP

    Tuesday 9 September 2.00 - 5.30pm. Houses of Parliament.
    Please note change of date. This is the next PSC lobby day: "Join us lobbying MPs....to demand immediate sanctions against Israel." Details of how to lobby your MP.

    FILM SHOW: FROM GROUND ZERO - STORIES FROM GAZA

    Monday 15 September 6pm. Kino Rye, Lion Street, Rye.
    We are delighted to support this one-off screening at the Kino Rye of the documentary film From Ground Zero, directed by renowned Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Mashawari. The film brings together 22 stories as told by young, talented filmmakers in Gaza, each between 3-6 minutes long, during the current genocide. More information and ticket sales.

    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.

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