The sheer number present on the day, estimated at half a million, points to organisational acumen and bodes well for developing the movement, says DIANE ABBOTT
‘We have created a little of Sheffield in Palestine and a little of Palestine in Sheffield’
Links of friendship and support between groups in Britain and communities in Palestine are a seldom-publicised stratum of solidarity activities, and are today more vital than ever, writes PETER LAZENBY
Musheir al-Farra of Sheffield Palestine Solidary Campaign takes part in an activity with children at New Horizons centre, Nussairat refugee camp
A packed fringe meeting at the National Education Union conference heard from Iranian teachers, campaigners and journalists
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
MAT COWARD recommends a crop that keeps growing well under drought conditions
Cypriot lawyer and former central committee member of the Progressive Working People’s Party (Akel) TOUMAZOS TSIELEPIS discusses the case for expelling the British military from Cyprus
US aggression has plunged us into an energy price crisis that will spark steep inflation across the board — and the shock will be much worse than in the 1970s, warns MICHAEL BURKE
MUSHEIR AL-FARRA knows the value of direct links between Palestine activists in Britain and Palestinians living under the reality of daily repression and violence inflicted on them by Israel.
Although he has lived in Sheffield in South Yorkshire since 1989, he is from Khan Younis in Gaza, currently under bombardment.
He came to Britain to study for a master’s degree in civil and structural engineering in Cardiff and decided to stay. He is chair of Sheffield Palestine Solidarity campaign. The group’s links with Palestine go back to 1995 and are understandably with people in Gaza.
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