The steps taken today by the government are grotesquely inadequate and will serve to maintain Britain’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. It must introduce a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel now. Lammy described Israel’s blockade as “intolerable”, saying it is “morally wrong, unjustifiable” and “needs to stop.” He described Israel’s plans to ethnically cleanse …
The Palestine coalition welcomes the ruling of the Court of Appeal that legislation granting the police enhanced powers to restrict protests was introduced unlawfully by the former Home Secretary Suella Braverman. This decision, in a case brought by human rights organisation Liberty, confirms the judgement of the High Court from May 2024 that Braverman acted outside …
On 1 February PSC held its annual AGM in London, with our largest ever turnout. PSC supporters, made up of individual members, those representing their branches, and those representing affiliated organisations, gathered to reflect on a pivotal year in PSC’s campaigning work and to agree our plan for the year ahead. Our Chair Louise Regan …
The grotesque statements by US President Donald Trump – that the US will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and forcibly remove the Palestinian population of more than 2 million – have exposed the long-standing Israeli plan for ethnic cleansing. For more than a year, Israel and its supporters have denied that the true aim of …
PSC condemns in the strongest possible terms US President Donald Trump’s plans for the mass ethnic cleansing of 2.3 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. In a press conference accompanied by Benjamin Netanyahu – a fugitive from the International Criminal Court – Trump has said that “the US will take over the Gaza Strip” and …
Yesterday I voluntarily attended an interview with the Metropolitan Police, to address allegations that I led, and incited others to join, a procession which forced its way through a Police line at the top of Whitehall, thereby breaching conditions imposed upon our protest. Within 2 hours of the interview concluding, Police officers turned up at …
The Metropolitan Police has promoted a misleading narrative about the events in Whitehall and Trafalgar Square, claiming that a peaceful delegation pushed through police lines in an attempt to justify their repressive actions on Saturday 18 January. This could not be further from the truth. On Saturday 18 January, we organised a rally on Whitehall …
As a group of civil society organisations we advocate for public bodies not to invest in, or procure from, companies involved in human rights abuses, abuse of workers’ rights, destruction of our planet, or any other harmful acts. Many of our organisations have called on Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds to divest from companies enabling …
PSC shares the immense relief expressed by Palestinians at the ceasefire agreement that promises to stop the immediate catastrophic loss of life caused by Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip. The violence must end now. On Wednesday – the very day that the ceasefire was announced – Israel killed more than 80 Palestinians, 30 of …
We have met with the Metropolitan Police today after they declared their intention to use draconian powers to prevent our planned protest at the BBC on Portland Place on Saturday 18 January. Regrettably, the response of the police has made abundantly clear that the real aim is to block us from protesting at the BBC …