Palestine Solidarity Campaign - paving the road to extremism [...] October 7 2023
The open support for terrorism is not just historical. By 13:53 on October 7, the PSC social media channels had begun to post excuses for the Hamas atrocities even as they were still unfolding. By 16:00 they had already organised a ‘mass protest’, calling for an emergency demo to ‘stand with Palestine’. At this point in time, social media was awash with the Hamas horror videos, over a dozen Israeli communities were still in Hamas control – and Israel was reeling in shock as it counted its dead.David CollierPSC branches swiftly moved into action. Manchester PSC held a demo on Sunday 8th. With big signs proclaiming that ‘Manchester supports Palestinian resistance’, they marched through the streets. On the website they put out a statement on the 7 October that spoke of the ‘heroic’ actions of Hamas, claiming it is their ‘duty’ to give ‘unconditional support’ the attacks.
