PROTEST RIDE: GIRO D’ITALIA – RELOCATE THE RACE FROM ISRAEL

Saturday 10th March 12:00  Starting at Chorlton Green – Ride to the Velodrome 

The first three days of the famed Giro d’Italia cycling race are scheduled to take place in Israel starting on 4th May. On Saturday 10th March an international day of action is calling for the race start to be relocated from Israel. We need to step up the pressure on professional cycling to hold Israel to account.

We are organising a short ride and protest outside the British Cycling Federation Headquarters in Manchester on Saturday 10th March as part of the International Day of Action. Continue reading PROTEST RIDE: GIRO D’ITALIA – RELOCATE THE RACE FROM ISRAEL

WOMEN OF PALESTINE – ON GOING NAKBA

NORTHERN WOMEN FOR PALESTINE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY EVENTS 2018

Sunday 4th March 14:00-17:00  Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Uppermill, Oldham Ol3 6AX (Local organiser – Saddleworth Palestine Women’s Scholarship Fund) (Details)

Thursday 8th March 12:00-16:00 People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Spinning Fields Manchester M3 3ER  (Details)

Organised by Manchester PSC in conjunction with the People’s History Museum

Hear the stories or refugee women of Palestine from 1948 to today through poetry, testimonies, film and photographs.

Before the talks, visit a stunning installation that considers the plight of refugees from Palestine and the Rest of the world who cannot return to their homeland.

Suitable for Adults and Young people

Tour organised by  Northern Women for Palestine Facebook

Free Ahed Tamimi / Stop Arming Israel

Palestine solidarity campaigners  protesting outside HSBC in St Ann’s Square Manchester 20th Jan 2018

  • In support of Ahed Tamimi  and the  400 other Palestinian children illegally currently held  in Israel jails.
  • Against HSBC’s involvement with the arms trade between Israel and Britain.

An Israeli military court has ordered the Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi and her mother Nariman Tamimi to both be held in custody during their trials, possibly for months, despite calls from rights groups for their release. We need you to help send a message!

The arrest of 16 year old Ahed has shone a spotlight on Israel’s systematic abuse of minors through the process of military detention. It also highlights the different legal realities for Palestinians compared to illegal Israeli settlers.

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THE LYNCHING: A PLAY WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY JACKIE WALKER

18th Jan 2018 Performance Start Time 7pm ,
Friends Meeting House Main Hall, 6 Mount Street, behind Central Library, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2 5NS

Suspended from the Labour Party and vilified with fake accusations of antisemitism, Jackie Walker tells the story of her extraordinary activist parents and her own struggles fighting  racism in the UK.  How did a black,  lifelong anti-racist and supporter of Jeremy Corbyn end up suspended from the Labour Party?

The Lynching is a theatrical performance, a ‘one woman’ show based on the history of black struggle. The play touches on her experiences as a black Jewish woman in the Labour Party and the struggle to bring the Palestinian narrative into the mainstream in the fight for Palestinian rights.

There will be a Q&A discussion session after the performance.

“… a great night. Jackie possesses a lovely singing voice and the honed acting skills of a veteran performer … very funny and frank about her own bolshy nature”  

Alexei Sayle The Guardian  19 Nov 2017

“Jackie’s play is not a diatribe … but a very skilfully crafted work of art … that forces the audience to draw their own conclusions about racism, oppression, witch-hunts and over-zealous social workers .”

Suzanne Gannon  Labour Briefing 4 Nov 2017

Details
18th Jan 2018 Performance Start Time

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

Admission Free  Suggested Donation £10 waged/£5 unwaged

Email contact@gmfriendsofpalestine.org to reserve

Jackie Walker The Lynching Flyer

Film Show: The Wanted 18

15th Dec 2017 6:00 – 8:00 pm Room 2, University of Manchester Students Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL

Directors:  Paul Cowan, Amer Shomali 75min  Documentary & Animation

Join us for an inspiring film, ‘The Wanted 18’ followed by a discussion. This film is about nation-building from the bottom up, by the people, not the politicians!

The first Intifada, 1987: Palestinian leaders urge communities to Continue reading Film Show: The Wanted 18