Events

The Big Ride Manchester Send Off


The Big Ride Manchester Send Off
Sat 6th Aug 10-11am  Whitworth Park, Oxford Road.
End the Siege of Gaza –  End the Arms Trade with Israel

  • The second Big Ride is taking place 6-8th August 2016 to mark the second anniversary of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza in 2014 .
  • Four rides, starting from London, Bristol, Manchester, & Sheffield, will meet in Birmingham, before heading en-masse to Shenstone, where Israel’s largest arms company Elbit Systems manufactures engines for the military drone aircraft used to attack Gaza in 2014.
  • More information including details of how to join the Big Ride is available from www.redspokes.co.uk/thebigride.footer
Film Showing

Film showing & discussion: “Our Story”, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi

Our Story Mustafa Bargouthi“By Dr Mustafa Barghouthi and the Palestinian National Initiative.  The Palestinian situation from 1947 to the present day with special focus on the Apartheid Wall.  Critical source of information for scholars, journalists, students, and anyone seeking a balanced narrative on the Middle East conflict.” (Palestine Solidarity Campaign) http://www.palestinecampaign.org/films/films-about-palestine/

Dr. Mustafa Barghouti was born in Jerusalem in 1954. He is a  is a Palestinian physician, activist, and politician. In June 2002, Dr. Barghouthi co-founded the Palestinian National Initiative, which aims to unite Palestinians in Israel/Palestine & in the Diaspora.

After the film there will be time for an informal discussion on the current situation in Palestine, the Apartheid Wall, and the use of Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) as a form of international, non-violent resistance to Israeli Apartheid against the Palestinian people.

Details
21st Jul 2016 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, behind Central Library, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 5NS

Meetings

IS THE LABOUR PARTY ‘RIDDLED’ WITH ANTI-SEMITISM?

Has there been an upsurge in anti-Semitism in the Labour Party?  Why now?  What lies behind the recent controversies over ‘anti-Semitism’? Is anti-Zionism being re-defined? Is Jeremy Corbyn under attack?

Details
15th Jun 2016 7:00  – 9:00 pm Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, behind Central Library, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 5NS

Antisemitism cartoon

The Labour Party have suspended Jewish activist, Tony Greenstein, over accusations of anti-Semitism without allowing him to see the evidence against him. However, the accusations were leaked to the Daily Telegraph & The Times!!!  Tony will tell us his story & explore this statement: “It is perfectly justifiable and legal to question the right of Israel to exist as it is constituted as a Jewish state.  It is not anti-Semitic to do so.”

Tony Greenstein is a co-founder of Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Britain, a suspended member of the Labour Party and a socialist activist.  He is author of the book ‘Fighting Fascism in Brighton and on the South Coast’ and has been an anti-fascist activist since the 1970’s.

Details
15th Jun 2016 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, behind Central Library, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 5NS

Meetings

PUBLIC MEETING: PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL – STATUS AND ROLE IN THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

19th May 2016 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Awad Abdelfattah is the General Secretary of the National Democratic Assembly (NDA), which used to be known as Balad.

The NDA is the party of Haneen Zoabi and Azmi Bishara and forms part of the Joint List, which is currently the third largest grouping in the Israeli parliament (Knesset). The Joint List is overwhelmingly supported by the one and a quarter million Palestinians who make up 20% of the Israeli population.

Awad Abdelfattah will be joined by Bernard Regan (Palestine Solidarity Campaign EC and Member of NUT) to talk about life for Palestinians living in the State of Israel.

Manchester PSC & Oldham NUT are delighted to jointly host this meeting.

Details
19th May 2016 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmFriends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, behind Central Library, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 5NS

Actions, Events

Vigil & Protest for Nakba Day – Sunday 15th May

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Piccadilly Gardens,

This year will be the 68th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.  Between 1947 and 1949 an estimated 750,000 Palestinians were forced from the homes into exile, the overwhelming majority never to return. Hundreds of Palestinian towns and villages were depopulated and destroyed.

To mark the remember the Nakba there will be a vigil from 12 noon to 2 pm on Sunday 15th May in Piccadilly Garden.

Palestinian refugees leaving the Galilee in October–November 1948
Palestinian refugees leaving the Galilee in October–November 1948

Manchester Palestine Action are organizing a camp in Piccadilly Gardens with speakers, a live link to Gaza and film showings over 14-15 May.

15th May 2016 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester City Centre, Manchester  M1 1AF