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7th October 2024 / 28th October 2024 by samalston
Today we remember the atrocities of October 7th, 2023, carried out by Hamas against Israeli citizens and foreign nationals, when more than 1,100 people were brutally killed and another 240 taken hostage. This has escalated into a cycle of violence that continues to destroy lives a year onwards. We remember not just these lives taken, […]
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1st October 2024 / 7th October 2024 by samalston
Over the last difficult year, as Jewish Greens, we have stood side by side with our communities, pledging to put the evils of the past behind us and work with them to create a more peaceful future. We cheered as 14 years of Conservative government came to an end, and four new Green MPs were elected […]
1st October 2024 / 1st October 2024 by samalston
This AGM was well attended covering our previous year. We successfully passed a number of constitutional motions and said goodbye to committee members David Farbey, Elly Stanton, and Zack Polanski. However we elected Vivien, Jo, Sam, Andree, Nick and Joshua. See more details on our people page: https://jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/people/
13th September 2024 / 7th October 2024 by samalston
Jewish Greens completed our busiest conference. ,In addition to our usual members meeting and Saturday night meal we held two speaker events. The first featuring Jewish Greens Policy Officer, Joshua Alston, speaking on a panel about how to address fascism. There he drew lessons from his research area into the rise and fall of apartheid […]
5th September 2024 by samalston
Jewish Greens activities at Conference We have a record number of Jewish Greens sessions at conference: Sat 7th: 09.00-10.15Fascism: what it is; how we defeat it.One of the speakers being JG Policy Officer, Joshua Alston. Sun 8th: 09.00-10.15Jewish and Muslim Perspectives on environmental stewardship and climate actionSpeakers:Susan Fox, Southport & District Reform Synagogue, recipient of […]
19th May 2024 / 19th May 2024 by samalston
The Green party has issued a statement following discussion with Lord Mann. “Lord Mann and the leadership team at The Green Party of England and Wales met last week to discuss the important issue of antisemitism. Both parties have committed to continued dialogue and working together to ensure that antisemitism, like all racism, has no […]
Together, we oppose any efforts to exploit the ongoing tragedy in Israel-Palestine to foster division, intensify antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of racism. Within our communities, individuals and groups hold differing views. However, we recognise our shared common humanity and our collective pain. It’s crucial to build bridges that encourage unity and prevent division from […]