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Campaigners with banners: Lewisham divest for Palestine, Lewisham Boycott Barclays, Greens for Palestine

Lewisham council agrees "watered down" Divest for Palestine motion

Campaigners' divestment petition, which had over 3,000 signatures, made it onto the Agenda for debate. Green group leader Shrivastava proposed a motion for full divestment, while Cllr Sian Eiles, Pensions Investment Committee (PIC) chair, proposed an amendment which council agreed.

Campaigner in keffiyeh outside Woolwich Town Hall, banners read Stop Starving Gaza and Unite community.

Peace campaigners feel ignored by Greenwich Council

Campaigners have been protesting at Woolwich Town Hall since October 2023, calling for the council to divest its pension fund from companies involved in Israel's military occupation, apartheid and genocide in Gaza. However, there is a sense among campaigners that their voices are being ignored.

Cllr Hau-Yu Tam and Cllr Liam Shrivastava. Image: Green Party

Exposed: Labour Party forced councillors into silence on Gaza by threatening discipline

'Uncomradely' behaviour and formal warnings for being anti-genocide.

A protestor's back, with Mother's Rebellion banner pinned

Fighting for my daughters' future: A Mother's Rebellion

In her powerful new film, Martha McAlpine charts the journey of an ordinary health worker and mother to civil resistance, taking the immense personal risks of “slow-walking” with Just Stop Oil.