Thanks to all supporters who made it to the Borough Arm Hotel to support Sumud massage about the recent horrific ethnic cleansing in Gaza. The participants discussed the testimony of an Israeli x-soldier from Breaking the Silence Movement and concluded ways to empower Palestinians in their struggle to achieve liberation

An enthusiastic Mother’s Union meeting of about 11 people produced a donation of £90 and an equally interested group of 12 elicited a further £25. It all mounts up!

To mark Refugee Week, Keele University invited ASHA (African Social Health Agency) invited to a small reception followed by a Photographic Exhibition and some music in the chapel. I went along to accompany ASHA and besides speaking about the needs of destitution asylum seekers, I met several people interested in

I received an email from a man named Rod Cox asking if he could borrow the short film about the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions. He wished to include it in a series of short films he was showing in Chester Town Hall Square to accompany the Gaza children’s art

Hard on the heels of the previous meeting came another which I especially enjoyed. I had experienced a disorderly day spending more time than I could spare looking for some photos I had lost! Eventually I found the photos but I arrived at the meeting feeling in some disarray. The

Kidsgrove Townswomen’s Guild gave Pat Mood a very warm welcome when she spoke at their meeting last week.   They were interested to hear about the background to the current situation in Palestine, and to learn something of Angela’s and Pat’s experience of helping with the olive harvest and visits

The thing about speaking to Rotary Club meetings is that they are invariably preceded by a good dinner! Our second invitation suggests that we may be on a Rotary mailing list! I was certainly trying to accomplish this six months ago!   My talk was well received on this occasion

On 4 May Deborah and Patrick Darnes leafleted Sainsbury’s in Stoke. They report that :   We did what we could as it was just us!   We managed 45 minutes before being moved on; security arrived with some staff and a PCSO. We decamped to the other entrance on