INVITE YOU TO A TALK featuring RASHID KHUDAIRAT, JORDAN VALLEY SOLIDARITY and AHMAD AL-BAZZ, PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST SPEAKING ON — THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION’S ONGOING ANNEXATION OF THE JORDAN VALLEY INTRODUCED BY ANN SCHOFIELD, NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCILLOR AND PSC MEMBER THE SESSION RUNS FOR 90 MINS – 30 MINS PER SPEAKER, WITH A 5-MINUTE BREAK BETWEEN PRESENTATIONS, AND Q&A … Read More
Ben Jamal, Director of PSC speaks to Hexham and the wider public, on the proposed (further) annexation of Palestinian land in the the occupied West Bank. Click above to see a video taken of the online event Hexham CLP held on 16 July 2020, in conjunction with Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign. We were … Read More
A fortnight ago, Boris Johnson compared himself to US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR’s New Deal turned round the economic collapse of the Great Depression. He created the first ever US state pensions and unemployment insurance. He promoted collective bargaining, improving wages and working conditions. The Public Works Administration built dams, … Read More
HEXHAM LABOUR PARTY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEWCASTLE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN INVITE YOU TO A TALK featuring BEN JAMAL DIRECTOR, PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN and LOUISE REGAN VICE CHAIR OF PSC, EX-PRESIDENT OF NEU speaking on: ANNEXATION, AND BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS (BDS) INTRODUCED BY ANN SCHOFIELD, Newcastle City Councillor and PSC member. The session runs for … Read More
I was listening to radio last week, and on came Michael Heseltine, bigging-up Metro Mayors. He name-checked our work in Newcastle. It’s a funny feeling for a Labour politician, getting praised by a Tory grandee. It’s heartening to have your good work recognised. It’s good in electoral terms. An opposition politician saying you’re doing a … Read More
1 July 2020, Brian Singer, Hexham CLP Vice-Chair, Membership This debate over the future of our movement has been a vitally important one – but now, as an organisation, we’ve got to turn that vision into a reality. We’re facing an oncoming wave of crises: from a pandemic to unemployment, police racism and climate change. … Read More
Some of you may know that on the 23rd of June, members of the CLP, in partnership with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Newcastle Labour Friends of Palestine hosted an online session on the topic of Gaza and Palestine. We hope this event will be the first of many, and to those who attended, thank … Read More
Oliver Twist sums up the relationship between central government and the North. There’s a dependency on grants from Westminster, often tied in with the electoral cycle. Restrictions come from Whitehall on to how to spend it, with priorities optimised for the Home Counties. Oliver needed the handouts because the playing field was tilted against him. … Read More
Politicians are terrified of U-turns. They look indecisive. 200,000 kids have had to skip meals because their family couldn’t afford enough food during lockdown. Yet thanks to England footballer Marcus Rashford, 1.3 million kids will now get fed this summer. When the cupboards are bare, that £15-a-week voucher will stop kids becoming malnourished. For the … Read More
HEXHAM LABOUR PARTY ACTIVISTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN, AND NEWCASTLE LABOUR FRIENDS OF PALESTINE INVITE YOU TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT GAZA AND PALESTINE We’re hosting a talk by two Durham University students from Gaza, Hala and Ahmed. Hala, who is studying MSc in Sustainability, Culture and Development, is a dentist, and surgical assistant. She volunteered … Read More
Please join Berwick CLP in a Zoom session with Vicky Foxcroft MP for Lewisham Deptford and recently appointed Shadow Minister for Disabled People. This is an informal discusson in which Vicky will speak for 20 mins about her role and how she hopes to challenge the Government on the impact of Covid-19 on people with disabilities … Read More
Culture is the sum total of how we express ourselves as humans. Culture is our collective soul. For some it’s theatre, museums, art galleries, opera. For others, a live music gig, a beer festival or a home game. I don’t see culture as a “sector”, an opportunity for economic growth. We can live in concrete … Read More
The dedicated and skilled staff who risk their lives every day to care for the elderly and infirm both in care homes and in their local communities are at last getting the recognition and respect that they deserve. But these heroes of the Covid19 pandemic remain at the bottom of the pile when it comes … Read More
When I saw the new Opposition Shadow Minister for DWP Jonathan Reynolds MP piece in the ‘House ‘ Magazine I was livid like many others, so I immediately hit the PC and typed a letter to get him to acknowledge how disabled people were offended by the article. Basically a future Labour Government will scrap Universal … Read More
It is very encouraging to see the overwhelming response to the brutal murder of George Floyd. Quite rightly, people demand such killings by agents of the state must stop. However, I am concerned that the righteous indignation about a racist murder in another country can also serve as a kind of displacement activity to avoid … Read More
Why is it that when someone supports #BlackLivesMatter, someone replies, “All lives matter!” If someone told you, “I’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer,” you wouldn’t reply, “Well some people get prostate cancer!” The protests in America are the confluence of three recent killings of black citizens by US Law Enforcement Officers. On 25th February this … Read More