At the last full council meeting Croydon Council Pension Committee dismissed calls for divestment from genocide on grounds of cost and fiduciary duty. Here we answer those objections, and show a way forward.
Homes Not Bombs – The Case For Divestment Read More »
Croydon council pension fund has invested over £1.2 million in Lockheed Martin – the world’s largest arms manufacture. It is infamous for its F-16 and F-35 fighter aircraft, which has been extensively used by Israel in its genocide in Gaza. But there is another product range Lockheed Martin produces, an outlawed one, that is not so well know…
Lockheed Martin’s Dirty Secret Read More »
On 16 July the Croydon Divest Coalition, which includes the Resistance Kitchen, protested outside the town hall, where a full meeting of Croydon Council was taking place. The coalition is calling on Croydon council to divest from genocide.
Croydon Demands Council Divest From Genocide Read More »
From midnight tonight Palestine Action as an organisation has been proscribed by the government. Support for Palestine Action can now lead to up to 14 years imprisonment. For more information on its implications please see NetPol guidance: https://tinyurl.run/advice Please note that we have retained all past posts on our social media and website related to Palestine Action as a historical archive. These materials are preserved solely for the purpose of documenting and reflecting on activism, free speech and the evolving legal landscape in the UK. All material was legal at the time of posting. The presence of this content should not be interpreted as current support, endorsement, or encouragement of any organisation that has been proscribed. Please be careful sharing old posts in case they are interpreted as showing support for an organisation that is now proscribed. PALESTINE WILL BE FREE Resistance Kitchen4th July 2025
Statement On Palestine Action Proscription Read More »
On Saturday 21st June, the Resistance Kitchen joined other local grassroots organisations of the Croydon Divest Coalition, to protest outside the surgery of the head of Croydon council pension committee, Councillor Callton Young who seems to have reneged on a promise to meet us.
Croydon Divest – Protest Pension Committee Head Read More »
On Thursday 5th June 2025 the Resistance Kitchen joined several community groups outside the Croydon Labour party fundraising Gala dinner to protest NHS privatisation, disability cuts, and Labours complicity in genocide.
Protest Croydon Labour Party Fundraiser Read More »
With your help, mashAllah, we have smashed our target of 1,000 letters to councillors! As of Sunday 8th June 2025, the community has sent 1,272 letters to their local councillors in Croydon and the Council Pension Committee urging them to divest from genocide and instead invest ethically to benefit our community. Every councillor in every ward in Croydon has now received letters from their local residents in their ward.
1,000 Divestment Letters Target Smashed! Read More »
Croydon council pension fund has invested over £120 million in companies complicit in genocide. Please write to your councillors urging Croydon council to divest from genocide, help us reach a 1000 letters. Use our simple 3 step tool – it only takes 2 minutes.
Help Send 1000 Letters – Croydon Council Divest From Genocide Read More »
Send an email to your local Croydon councillor asking them to divest Croydon Council from companies supporting genocide. Use our simple 3-step tool to generate you email.
Write To Your Councillor – Divest From Genocide Read More »
The Croydon Divest coalition this week challenged Croydon councils investments in arms companies guilty of genocide in Gaza, by tabling a question at the full meeting of Croydon council.
Croydon Divest Coalition Challenges Council Over Genocide Investment Read More »
