Plants and pots for sale along with cakes and refreshments. All proceeds to Sumud Palestine. Sunday 14th June 2:00 – 5:00pm Westbrook Farm, Blakelow Road, Onecote, Leek ST13 7SQ For more information email Cina Zacune or phone on 01538 300394

Fish from Oblivion Presents Planting Hope in Palestine Saturday 6 June 2015 At 19:30 in St. Dominic’s Priory Hall, Station Road, Stone ST15 8EN Tickets £8 and £5 students.  Refreshments will be served in the interval. Stafford’s own world music vocal group, Fish from Oblivion, presents a new programme of

On May 17 there will be a walk around Rudyard Lake near Leek to raise funds and commemorate the Naqba. Meet at Rudyard Lake Visitor Centre Near Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands ST13 8XB For more information email Cina Zacune or phone 01538 300394

1:30 – 4:30 pm 16/May/2015 Room CBA0.060, Chancellor’s Building, Keele University ST5 5BG The Military Court Watch which monitors the treatment of children in Israeli military detention, will unpack the reality for children and their parents of living daily life under an Israeli military occupation. We will hear the testimonies

From Armenia 24th April 1915 to Syria today via Ukraine, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia, Darfur, Rwanda, Palestine and all points in between with traditional Armenian Duduk music played live by Tigran Aleksanyan, plus performances by Phoenix Singers, Birdscarers, Peace through Folk Choir, Brian Bull, Rick Ford, Ray Johnson, Virginia Meir,

The Siege is inspired by the real stories of a group of fighters who during the height of the second Intifada took refuge in the Church of the Nativity. The play uses both theatre and visual arts to portray an event that with time has taken on almost mythical proportions.

Tuesday 14 April 6.30-9.00pm at the North Staffordshire Conference Centre in Hartshill, formerly the Medical Institute, a meeting with Parliamentary candidates: Conservative Liam Ascough, UKIP Mick Harold, Labour Tristram Hunt and Green Party Jan Zablocki. To reserve a place or suggest a question please call 01782-414484 or Email: barbaraandrew213@btinternet.com

Have your questions answered in an hour long general election debate – hosted by Staffordshire University, the event will be chaired by our own Professor of Journalism and Politics, Mick Temple and features all prospective parliamentary candidates for the Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency: Dr Zulfiqar Ali – Liberal Democrats; Liam Ascough

Politicians all set for debate 20 March 5.00pm in the Westminster Theatre with Paul Farrelly – Labour; Tony Cox – Conservative; Ian Wilkes –Liberal Democrats; Phil Wood – UKIP; Sam Gibbons – Green Party. Tickets must be booked from the Keele Votes website with questions submitted at the same time.

In 2013, Pat Mood joined the JAI Keep Hope Alive Olive Tree Campaign in the West Bank of Palestine. Helping to harvest olives is a life changing experience for volunteers who witness at first hand the daily struggle of farmers to maintain their land and harvest their crop. Pat’s illustrated