Forthcoming local and national solidarity actions.....
HASTINGS TOWN CENTRE INFORMATION STALL
Saturday 9 May 12noon until 2pm Town Centre.
We will be running our weekly information stall as usual. Please come and visit. With all the usual information sheets, the petition calling on Hastings Council to ditch the General Dynamics' lease, boycott stickers, keffiyehs, books and badges.
Saturday 9 May 12noon/1pm. Southborough Civic Cenre, Southborough TN4 0NA. Organised by West Kent PSC. More information Facebook and tickets.
DAVID ROVICS AND KAMALA EMANUEL RETURN TO HASTINGS
Sunday 10 May 7pm, The Pig, 37 White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JP. "Radical troubadours David Rovics and Kamala Emanuel are back in Hastings bringing their songs for Palestine and social justice." Event by Guy Smallman. More information (Facebook). Tickets available at Eventbrite.
GENOCIDE DYNAMICS ON NAKBA DAY
Thursday 14 May 8-10am. General Dynamics, Castleham Road TN38 9NJ.
14 May marks 78 years since the Nakba (the catastrophe) when the majority of the Palestinian people fled the terror of the Zionist armed gangs.
The are two General Dynamics factories in Hastings. They provide avionic systems for fighter planes and tactical communications equipment for ground vehicles. These components are a vital part of the Israeli military machine. The site at Castleham Road is leased to General Dynamics by Hastings Borough Council. Hastings Council is profiting from genocide. Clearly this has to stop.
Join us on Nakba Day to demand:
Stop Arming Israel.
Hastings Council: Ditch the lease.
Please share: Facebook and Instagram.
Sign the petition calling on Hastings Borough Council to evict General Dynamics from council premises for carrying out 'illegal and immoral activities.'
SIGN THE PETITION
NAKBA 78: MARCH FOR PALESTINE
Saturday 16 May 12noon. Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DB.
March to commemorate the Nakba - for 78 years; march against the far right. Palestinians have been subjected to a racist system of oppression including ethnic cleansing, settler-colonialism, apartheid and genocide; march against the far right in Britain which glorifies Israel's racism and brutality. More information.
THE PHOENIX OF GAZA - FILM SCREENING AND DIRECTOR Q&A
Sunday 17 May 2026 3PM Stade Hall, Hastings, TN34 3FJ.
Award-winning documentary from Palestinian-British journalist Yousef Alhelou showing rare footage of Gaza's beauty, culture and people, filmed just weeks before the genocide began. Yousef visited Gaza in the summer of 2023 to reconnect with the city of his birth, meet his large family and promote Gaza to the outside world as a resilient and vibrant place.
The film will be followed by a Q&A with the director and a chance to sample his homemade falafel sandwiches.This will be Yousef's second visit to Hastings - he gave us a talk about life in Gaza back in 2014.
Ticket information at Ticketsource. Please share our Facebook and Instagram pages.
PALESTINIAN CULTURAL EVENING
Thursday 21 May 7-9.30pm King John's Nursery, Sheepstreet Lane Etchingham TN19 7AZ.
Great to see a Palestine solidarity group in Burwash. "Join us for an evening of solidarity in the spirit of fun, food and friendship." Buy tickets (Eventbrite).
FILM SHOW: WE WON'T BE SILENT
Sunday 7 June 3pm Stade Hall, Hastings, TN34 3FJ.
The film has been made by award-winning journalist and film documentary maker Medyan Dairieh. Throughout the summer of 2025 he filmed at both the armaments factories of General Dynamics in Hastings and the L3Harris factory in Moulscoomb. The film includes interviews with the protestors at both factories; an interview with Professor Stavriankis from Sussex University; music by BuddBeginnings.
The film show will be followed by a discussion and question and answer session with Medyan Dairieh. More information to follow.
HELP GAZA'S CHILDREN RECLAIM THEIR CHILDHOOD THROUGH SWIMMING
Amjed Tantesh's lifetime aim is to teach as many children to swim as possible. He has already made big progress with this pool in Deir al Balah. Since starting this project he has made plans to build swimming pools in other parts of Gaza. We will hopefully be working with Amjed with this year's Swim With Gaza, possibly in August or September. Please read and donate.
PETITION: EXPEL ALL US MILITARY PERSONNEL AND CLOSE ALL US MILITARY BASES IN THE UK
This is a UK government petition: "We call on the UK Government to cancel all UK-US agreements that permit US personnel and bases to operate in the UK, in order to prevent the UK from being used as a base for any unilateral military action."
SIGN THE PETITION.
PETITION: DEMAND THE UK EUROVISION CONTESTANT WITHDRAWS
"Whilst Palestinians are still facing Israel's genocide against them, it's obscene for events like Eurovision to include Israel, giving it a stage to conceal its atrocities." Please sign this PSC petition which calls on Sam Battle to follow the lead of the five countries that have pulled out of Eurovision this year.
SIGN THE PETITION.
PETITION: URGE THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE LAW ALLOWING THE EXECUTION OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
A UK Government and Parliament petition: "The UK Government must act urgently to urge the Israeli Government to stop the proposed law which would permit the execution of Palestinian Prisoners, past, present and future."
SIGN THE PETITION.
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. Craig Murray. The Canary. Double Down News.
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