BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1188@palestinecampaign.c6digital.dev DTSTART:20150416T190000Z DTEND:20150416T210000Z DTSTAMP:20150319T153103Z URL:https://palestinecampaign.c6digital.dev/events/manchester-psc-public-m eeting-celebration-linda-clairs-70th-birthday/ SUMMARY:Manchester PSC Public Meeting: A Celebration of Linda Clair’s 70 th Birthday DESCRIPTION:Our Strength Lies In The Justice Of Our Cause: A discussion and celebration of activism and commitment.\n \;\n\nThis meeting is to ce lebrate people who dedicate their lives to fighting for peace and justice.   We will hear from three such people:\n\n \;\n\nLinda Clair whose 7 0th birthday we are celebrating today. (There will be cake!). Born in Man chester in 1945\, she has been involved in left-wing politics all her life . Motivated by racist attacks on the Asian communities\, she joined the CP GB in 1975. Linda’s trip to Palestine in 1986 changed her life. She joi ned PSC and was chair of Manchester PSC for 20 years.\n\n \;\n\nBetty Tebbs age 97\; lifetime activist for peace\, socialism and women’s righ ts. She started work in a paper mill aged 14\, quickly learning about ineq uality (finding that a lad the same age was paid more than her). She joine d the union straight away and has been an active trade unionist all her wo rking life\, campaigning for equal pay for work of equal value.\n\n \; \n\nMusheir El-Farra is the chair of Sheffield PSC. He was born in 1961 i n Khan Younis\, southern Gaza. He is a political and human rights activist \, a public speaker and author of “Gaza: When The Sky Rained White Fire ”. He has campaigned for justice for the Palestinians all his life.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nIn 2008/9\, 2012\, and again in 2014 Palestinians were massacred in Gaza and millions took to the streets in protest. Protests have now dw indled to small numbers of people\, even though things continue to get wor se for the Palestinians living under the Israeli occupation. The Israeli b ombs will rain down again.   How do we keep  people fighting against in justice when their day-to-day lives are hard enough?  Hear how the solida rity and love between comrades and activists fighting for justice gives us all strength.\n\n \;\n\nLeaflet for Meeting\n\nDetails\n16th Apr 2015 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm\n\nFriends Meeting House\, 6 Mount Street\, behind Cent ral Library\, Manchester\n\n \; LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Mount Street \, Manchester \, M2 5NS\, Nor th West\, United Kingdom GEO:53.4779654;-2.2454506000000265 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mount Street \, Manchester \, M2 5NS\, North West\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Friends Meeting House:geo:53.4779654,-2.2454506000000265 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR