Solidarity Citizens' Committee Solidarity Citizens' Committee The Solidarity Citizens' Committee ("Komitet Obywatelski "Solidarność"", acronym KO "S"), also known as "Citizens' Electoral Committee" ("Obywatelski Komitet Wyborczy"), previously named "Citizens' Committee with Lech Wałęsa" ("Komitet Obywatelski przy Lechu Wałęsie") was an (initially semi-) legal political organisation of the democratic opposition in communist Poland. Formed on 18 December 1988 in the premises of the Divine Mercy church in Warsaw, it spontaneously evolved into a nationwide movement attracting a vast majority of supporters of radical political change in the country after the conclusion of the Round Table talks (6 February to 4 April 1989) and the announcement
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) is a Scottish political organisation which campaigns in solidarity with the Palestinian people. It supports the BDS Movement and its call for boycott, divestment and sanctions towards Israel until it ends the occupation of the Palestinian territories, acknowledges Palestinian refugees' right to return to their homes, and recognises the right of Palestinian-Arab citizens of Israel to full legal and political equality. The organisation has successfully pressured Scottish cultural bodies to return sponsorship monies to the Israeli Embassy; one such success in 2009 led US Secretary of State to intervene clandestinely