UPCOMING PSC EVENTS IN LONDON

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Public Meeting

Israel’s Occupation of Palestine: who profits and who doesn’t

Speakers:

Dr Dalit Baum – Who Profits

Salwa Alenat – Kav LaOved

Thursday 19 November

6:30pm - 8 pm

London School of Economics

Clement House, Room D602

Chair: Daniel Machover, Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights

Dr. Dalit Baum teaches Gender and the Global Economy at the Haifa University and Beit Berl college in Israel, and coordinates the ’Who Profits from the Occupation’ project in the Coalition of Women for Peace. A feminist anti-occupation activist, she has been a co-founder of Black Laundry, the Community School for Women and the Coalition of Women for Peace.

In her talk she would discuss the grassroots research initiative “Who Profits” www.whoprofits.org, present its mapping of corporate involvement in the occupation, and tell the story of specific discoveries and challenges in on-going campaigns.

Salwa Alenat works for Kav LaOved (Worker’s Hotline), a nonprofit non governmental organisation committed to protecting the rights of disadvantaged workers employed in Israel and by Israelis in the Occupied Territories, including Palestinians, migrant workers, subcontracted workers and new immigrants. Kav LaOved is committed to principles of democracy, equality and international law concerning human and social rights. http://www.kavlaoved.org.il/default_eng.asp

Organised by LSE Student Union.

Supported by Oxfam GB and PSC.

Nearest Underground: Holborn and Temple Tube

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/findingYourWayAroundLSE.aspx

For more information: Aia Hijazi at a.hijazi@lse.ac.uk

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Implementing the Goldstone Report

Bring war criminals to justice - End the siege on Gaza

Tuesday 24 November, 7pm in Committee Room 14, House of Commons, Parliament, London.

The meeting will mark the UN’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, and focus on the need for the UN and the British government to act on the Goldstone Report and war crimes, and end Israel’s siege on Gaza.

This meeting is hosted by Jeremy Corbyn MP.

Speakers include:

Prof Manuel Hassassian

Jeremy Corbyn MP

Baroness Lindsay Northover

Martin Linton MP

Bob Marshall-Andrews MP QC

Baroness Jenny Tonge

Daniel Machover

Free entry, no need for registration. Make sure to allow for plenty of time for security at St Stephens entrance.

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PSC Annual Christmas Concert

This year’s concert will be a great event and we are very excited about having a brass band and an exceptional choir, a range of fascinating speakers, along with photo and film projections and wonderful interval refreshments. We are particularly pleased to be able to promote the fantastic work of the Holy Land Trust and their important rebuilding projects.

Voices for Bethlehem 09

Tuesday 1st December

Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church

235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP

Join us to raise awareness of the situation in Occupied Bethlehem and to raise funds for PSC and the Holy Land Trust www.holylandtrust.org

Featuring:

Adhoc Humanitarians Brass Band and Choir

Playwright Caryl Churchill

Karl Sabbagh, Writer and TV Producer

Deborah Moggach, Author

David Calter, Actor

With an introduction by Samira Hassassian, former lecturer Bethlehem University

Performances will include carols, a range of musical contributions as well as seasonal readings.

Entrance: £12 (£10 Concessions and PSC members)

Advance booking now available by credit/debit card from PSC by phone: 02077006192

Start 7pm – Doors open 6:15pm

Refreshments will be served before the event and during the interval: mince pies and hot seasonal drinks against donations.

Nearest tube: Holborn and Tottenham Court Road http://www.bloomsbury.org.uk/about/location.html

For more information: info@palestinecampaign.org

www.palestinecampaign.org

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One year since the Beginning of the Attacks on Gaza

Protest Outside the Israeli Embassy : End the Siege on Gaza

Sunday 27 December 2009 3pm

High Street Kensington, W8, London (High St Kensington Underground)

Called by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, British Muslim Initiative, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Stop the War Coalition

Supported by: Amos Trust, Friends of Al Aqsa, Jewish Socialists’ Group, Palestinian Return Centre.

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The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) aims to raise public awareness about the occupation of Palestine and the struggle of the Palestinian people. PSC seek to bring pressure on both the British and Israeli government to bring their policies in line with international law. PSC is an independent, non-governmental and non-party political organisation with members from communities across the UK. Join PSC today!

Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Box BM PSA
London
WC1N 3XX

Tel: 020 7700 6192
Fax: 020 7609 7779

Email: info@palestinecampaign.org

Web: www.palestinecampaign.org