Yesterday in #Bath, legendary filmmaker Ken Loach spoke powerfully at the rally for Palestine, extending heartfelt thanks to Bath Campaigns Network for their “magnificent work in keeping the truth alive.” Ken reminded us: “The biggest weapon we have is solidarity.”
He praised the bravery of young activists picketing arms factories supplying weapons to Israel, condemning the UK government for enabling apartheid. “If you are supplying weapons to people committing crimes, you are an accomplice to that crime.”
Ken also called out pro-Israeli groups that smeared Jeremy Corbyn, labeling them apologists for war crimes. He described the devastation in Gaza: children maimed, families orphaned, and lives torn apart. “There will be a day of reckoning,” he declared, outlining essential demands:
- Immediate and permanent ceasefire
- Recognition of Palestine
- War criminals and their accomplices standing trial in The Hague
- Palestinians deciding their own future democratically
- Justice and reparations for destruction and suffering “Without justice, there can be no peace.”