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A group of local residents and activists campaigning for a free Palestine

24/01/2026

JOIN OUR OPEN MEETING 7 FEB ➡️ LINK IN BIO

We are a coalition of community groups, coming together to support progressive candidates who back our demands for social, economic and climate justice in the May local elections.

We are fighting for a council who listens to its residents. Our demands reflect the campaigns of local grassroots organising and the priorities of our community.

23/12/2025

📣‼️ SAVE THE DATE: OPEN MEETING, SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2026!

We are a coalition of community groups coming together to fight for a fairer Waltham Forest. Each of our grassroots campaigns have a common thread: inaction or failure by Waltham Forest Council.

Together, we will support progressive candidates for the 2026 local elections who support our demands around social housing, migrant justice, public services, climate action, community ownership, and Palestine.

Join our open meeting led by , , .wf, , Waltham Forest Anti-Raids Network, , and with support from Unison the union and London Votes Palestine.

15/12/2025

In your twenties people will tell you to shut up about Palestine. It's very important you don't listen to those people.

It is more important now than ever to stand up for Palestine and against British complicity in genocide and apartheid. Israel is guilt of the continuation of genocide in Gaza, increasing offences in Lebanon, and expansion into the West Bank. The British government responds by shipping arms and ignoring political prisoners on hunger strike for Palestine.

Keep fighting, keep organising, Free Palestine 🇵🇸

09/12/2025

‼️ Waltham Forest for a Free Palestine stands in full solidarity with the hunger strikers and their demands.

🍉 There are currently at least 33 political prisoners in the UK detained by the British state for their actions against Israel's genocide. After months of standing unjustly behind bars, facing many months more before they are due to stand trial, eight of these prisoners are on a collective, rolling hunger strike until their five demands are met. These political prisoners are:

Qesser, on hunger strike since 2 November
Amu, on hunger strike since 2 November
Heba, on hunger strike since 3 November
Jon, on hunger strike since 6 November
Teuta, on hunger strike since 9 November
Kamran, on hunger since 10 November
Lewie, on hunger strike since 24 November
Muhammad, on hunger strike since 5 December

Both Teuta and Kamran have been hospitalised due to deteriorating health.

Their 5 demands are as follows:
1. End all censorship
2. Immediate bail
3. Right to a fair trial
4. Drop all terror-related charges
5. Shut Elbit down

📣 It is paramount that we support and mobilise for these political prisoners as they fight against Britain's commitment to supply arms to Israel and repress the Palestine movement.

02/12/2025

🍉‼️ POV: your council's pension fund is still invested in genocide...

In July 2024, after months of campaigning from local residents, Waltham Forest council committed to divest from Israel's genocide—specifically, to end all investments in arms companies, and to review investments in companies complicit in human rights abuses in Palestine or elsewhere.

But 17 months on, we have seen little action. We've sat in on dozens of Pension Committee meetings and the message is always the same: these investments are complex and someone else is holding up the process. The council blames their fund manager, the London Collective Investment Vehicle, which in turn blames its external fund managers. It seems there’s always someone else to blame, because everyone with power is shirking responsibility.

Last week, after a peaceful protest of 100+ local residents outside the Town Hall, we filled the public gallery for the scheduled Pension Committee meeting. After more excuses and more inaction from the Committee, we disrupted the meeting, throwing blood money down at the councillors complicit in genocide.

Protest and pressure got the council to commit to divestment in the first place. Protest and pressure will urge the council to make good on this commitment. And if they don't divest, we won't vote for them in the 2026 local elections.

27/11/2025

🇵🇸📣 LAST NIGHT, WE SHUT DOWN THE WALTHAM FOREST PENSION COMMITTEE MEETING

💷 Blood money rained down on Waltham Forest Pension Committee members as it became clear they are still dragging their feet on divestment.

🤡 The committee were full of self-congratulations for their stance on divestment, despite still investing millions in companies colposcopy in genocide.

‼️The LCIV didn't even bother to attend the meeting, despite being scheduled to present to the committee.

📣 Our message for both the Waltham Forest Pension Committee and LCIV are clear: We want action, not words. Blood money on your hands—show us your divestment plans!

26/11/2025

🇵🇸📣 JOIN US TODAY: WALTHAM FOREST TOWN HALL, 6PM 📣🇵🇸

2 years since Waltham For a Free Palestine was formed.
16 months since the council committed to divestment.

People power works. Our protests have pushed Waltham Forest Council to take some important first steps towards divestment.

We must keep the pressure up to ensure Waltham Forest Council fully divests from genocide in Palestine.

25/11/2025

🍉💚 PROTEST FOR PALESTINE—TOMORROW! 💚🍉

🇵🇸 Family-friendly protest
⏰ 6pm, Wednesday 26th November
📍Waltham Forest Town Hall, E17 4JF

See you there 🫡

21/11/2025

📣 🇵🇸PROTEST FOR PALESTINE: 26 NOVEMBER, 6PM AT WALTHAM FOREST TOWN HALL📣🇵🇸

We're protesting our council's complicity in genocide and we want you to join us!

19/11/2025

PROTEST FOR PALESTINE: 26 NOVEMBER, 6PM, WALTHAM FOREST TOWN HALL.

The Waltham Forest Pension Fund, paid by our council tax, invests millions in companies complicit in genocide.

This fund pays into the pensions of thousands of local council workers—many of who are appalled that their pension money is tied up in human rights abuses and war crimes.

Waltham Forest council has promised action on divestment, but has failed to follow through. The Pension Committee is meeting for the final time in 2026 on 26 November—we’ll be rallying outside the Town Hall to let them know: if they don’t divest, we won’t vote for them in the 2026 local elections.

📸 .hitchingshales

10/11/2025

So you’re from Leytonstone? 🤌💜

Then you’ve seen how we’ve been taking a stand as a community against genocide. Like with all the incredible businesses hanging “Don’t Buy Apartheid” posters from in their windows - we see you!

Want to get involved? Come to Waltham Forest for a Free Palestine’s open meeting tonight at The Mill Community Centre at 6.30pm - and join our protest against the council’s delay on divestment outside Waltham Forest Town Hall on Wednesday 26th November (also at 6.30pm).

Don’t let the council forget. No divestment, no vote, Leytonstone and proud!

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