Gaza
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National March for Palestine, 11th November 2023
This was the biggest one yet – estimates of 800,000, and certainly the largest UK protest since the anti-Iraq war one twenty years ago. I received a lot of messages from friends telling me to “stay safe” and “be careful”, which makes me worry that people are increasingly afraid to assert their rights. Certainly the Read more
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March for Palestine, Brighton, November 5th 2023
After last week’s march in London [1], I stayed closer to home this time around. The situation in Gaza is beyond imagination. I hope these protests grow and grow, week by week, until we can no longer be ignored. The strength of feeling in Britain for an immediate ceasefire, revealed both in polling and the Read more
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National March for Palestine, October 28th 2023
“You realise I’m just using you for your whiteness – you’re my safe white friend to shield me in case the police want to arrest me!” My friend was joking, but she kind of wasn’t. Marching for peace while brown isn’t *entirely* outlawed yet, but given recent comments by the Home Secretary, it’s only a Read more
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