Over 60 people crowded into a room in the Queen’s Hotel Dundee last week to mark the 45 th  anniversary of the city’s twinning with the Palestinian city of Nablus. Prominent speakers included Nehad Khanfar, the Chair of both FONSA (Friends of Nablus and Surrounding Areas) and of the Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK and Nadia El-Nakla, the Depute Lord Provost of Dundee. Mike Arnott, Dundee TUC Secretary, also spoke, recognising the ‘immense pride’ Dundonians

DLS expresses our support for two important activities coming up over the coming week – a protest in Aberdeen organised by environmental activists and campaigners in support of Palestinian rights, and the major annual march and rally organised by the STUC against racism and fascism. Friends of the Earth are joining forces with the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other progressive groups and individuals in efforts to expose Dana Petroleum’s complicity in working wit

Members of the University & College Union (UCU) at the University of Dundee embark on further industrial action across Nov 10 th -14 th . Their aim is to prevent compulsory redundancies – and they have support from an increasingly wider section of the Dundee community who are growing concerned at the University’s direction of travel. Dundee Trades Union Council’s statement on the dispute notes that ‘it is now a year since the institution’s then Principal announced the astonis