The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
George Galloway has condemned allegedly being banned from addressing a Birmingham pro-Palestine protest, amid claims he was “refused the right to speak” over his views on UK border controls. Attending the mass rally in the city last weekend, the firebrand political figure initially hoped to speak to the near 10,000 people who turned out for the event.
Over a thousand people gathered in Birmingham this afternoon to protest in solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing Israeli military bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Passions were running high as between 1,500 and 2,000 people turned out in Victoria Square to show solidarity with Palestine before marching through the city centre, waving banners and chanting slogans.
A rally against a possible US war with Iran is being held in Birmingham city centre tomorrow (Thursday) as part of protest action taking place across the country, following an escalation in tension between the two countries in the wake of the assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani. Organised by the Birmingham Stop the War Coalition, the…