Bangor Gaza Solidarity Encampment - 1st Anniversary

The Encampment has been situated outside Bangor University since May 2024.The protest was much enlivened this Spring, after so much wind and rain into the New Year.It is a real achievement to have been in solidarity with the people of Gaza, in this terrible time of Genocide by Israeli government and military forces.Whilst supported locally,the leadership on the ground is students and other young people, they are spending their time in tents and maintaining the Encampment.They have challenged the University management to disinvest from Israel, and continue with that demand.They also highlight the horrible ongoing Genocide, and campaign for a Free Palestine; the establishment and protected Internatjonal recognition of a Palestinian State. On the 24th of May they were at the head of a protest march, walking from the BBC offices in Bangor to the Clock Tower in the centre of Bangor.The protest was advertised as, Stopiwch lwgu plant Gaza, Stop starving the children of Gaza. People were asked to wear black and carry an empty saucepan. This was a series of protests against BBC offices in Wales.I00 people + took part in a powerful show of solidarity with the people of Gaza. Three of us from the local Socialist Labour Party took part.

Kathrine Jones, SLP Welsh Region 25/5/2025