Palestinian flag flies in Dundee as STUC president praises history of solidarity
THE Palestinian flag flew from Dundee’s Caird Hall as delegates gathered for the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) today.
STUC president Mike Arnott explained the flag represents Dundee’s twinning arrangement with Nablus in the West Bank, which dating back to 1980 was the second twinning with a Palestinian city anywhere in Britain.
“The trade union movement has a proud record of solidarity with Palestine,” Mr Arnott told conference in his opening address. “STUC campaigning for BDS” (the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against the Israeli occupation) “is widely recognised.”
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