Month: March 2015
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Sponsored Walk in Aid of Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund Sunday 10th May
Read More: Sponsored Walk in Aid of Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund Sunday 10th May‘Join Saddleworth Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund on Sunday 10th May and walk the width of the Gaza Strip! Of course, we won’t be walking in Gaza but we will be doing a 6.5 mile sponsored walk from Marsden to Uppermill. 6.5 miles is roughly the width of the Gaza Strip.
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Trafford Council Dumps Veolia after 20 years!
Read More: Trafford Council Dumps Veolia after 20 years!Veolia have lost their lucrative contract for environmental services with Trafford Council worth approaching 3 million per year (233,667 per month). See MEN report below Members of the Manchester PSC branch living in Trafford lobbied councillor’s over the past 4 years calling for Trafford to exclude Veolia from the tendering process for the renewal. Whilst…
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General Election Hustings on Palestine
Read More: General Election Hustings on Palestine7pm, Thursday 19th March 2015 Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS (behind the Central Library). Manchester PSC invited representatives from various political parties, standing in either the General or Council Elections, to come and explain how they would support Palestinian human rights if elected in May. After Israel’s attacks on Gaza last…
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Tom Hurndall Tenth Memorial Lecture – Dismantling Racism and Colonialism
Read More: Tom Hurndall Tenth Memorial Lecture – Dismantling Racism and ColonialismSpeaker: Rania Masri Associate Director of the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut Title: Dismantling Racism and Colonialism Wednesday 4 March 2015, 6.00-8.00 Lecture Theatre C0.14, John Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 “The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign has become a powerful, global,…
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We continue to demand an end to the genocide
Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine is committed to freedom and justice for the Palestinians. We also continue to call on our government to stop arming Israel and to end all its links with the Israeli state – diplomatic, commercial, sporting, cultural, and otherwise. Our government is acting on behalf of Israel through all the Israeli…
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Here’s a glimpse into the incredible work of the Palestinian Amputee Football Association (PAFA) in Gaza.
Your support helps make moments like these possible, where resilience, hope, and community spirit shine through. Khaled, featured here in blue with the PAFA will be joining us live from Gaza during our upcoming screening of Gaza: One Football – One Leg. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear firsthand about the incredible resilience and…
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Support the GMPF Divestment Campaign for Palestine!
GM Friends of Palestine are leading a critical campaign to demand that the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) divests in three major areas that are complicit in violations against Palestinian rights: We Need Your Support!We’re gathering signatures for an open letter that will be presented to the GMPF and to GM Mayor Andy Burnham in…