Excluded from having a stand in the Richmond Fair, PSC sets up its stall over the road.

For some unspoken reason Tibet supporters were allowed to take part in the Richmond May Fair but Palestinian campaigners were considered too 'political' and excluded from this 'family event'. Nevertheless Richmond and Kingston PSC ensured that the case for Palestine did not go unheard.

[@zehraispahani4640]

Thank you for doing this. Your work is inspiring and I hope many people join the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Is there a way to complain to the council or a petition running at the moment to voice our concerns regarding the stall not being on the green itself ?

[@MrAlexSeymour]

Thanks for your kind and supportive comments. PSC has had a long struggle with the organisers going back over many years. Initially there had been no opposition to our participation in the fair but then one year objections were raised by the Israel lobby and if my memory serves me correctly at least on one occasion two rival stands were allowed, one PSC, the other Zionist. Finally permission was withdrawn for our stand and since then there has been an off-may-fair psc stall which has possibly as an unintended consequence to the lobby's interference helped the cause of the struggle for Palestine stand out and not get lost in the plethora of other stands on the green.

[@beesmonk]

SOLIDARITY TO YOU

[@mariabagnoli868]

Thanks for doing this. Don't be put off by people's hypocrisy. Solidarity to the PSC .

[@MrAlexSeymour]

Thanks Maria.