Become a member of Stoke Palestine Solidarity Campaign
What we stand for
The Stoke Palestine Solidarity Campaign is a campaigning organisation committed to freedom and justice for the Palestinian people. Whilst we were founded in opposition to Israel's colonial genocide on Gaza, we stand for the right of Palestinians - from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing all of historic Palestine - to total self-determination over their country, the right to return and the end of Israel's colonial occupation. As a campaigning organisation based in Britain, we stand for the absolute cutting of all ties - economic, military and political - with the state of Israel. We wholeheartedly endorse the call from Palestinian civil society for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.
We firmly believe that Palestine has never been a single issue. Palestine is a prism that reveals the world to itself. It reveals that our struggles are intrinsically connected, international, local, personal and collective. We seek solidarity with anyone who opposes colonial violence, racism and power.
Who we are
Formed in October 2023, we are a multiethnic, inclusive organisation of activists and volunteers from all walks of life. We include educators, trade unionists, students, community leaders and people from across the broad spectrum of Stoke-on-Trent civil society.
What we do
As a campaign, we believe in a diversity of tactics. Since our inception, we have organised demonstrations, mass meetings, teach-ins, reading groups, rallies, film screenings, vigils and coaches to actions and protests elsewhere. Our aim is to put pressure on national and local government, as well as firms and companies, to break all ties with Israel. Since October 2023, the popular pressure we have created on the streets forced the local council to support a ceasefire. We also raised the profile of cutting arms export licences to Israel with our protest and intervention on BBC Question Time. Additionally, we seek to educate the broader public on the history and contemporary condition of Palestinian life. We also stand in solidarity with other struggles against oppression and human injustice.
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