In the summer of 2021, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network launched the Ghassan Kanafani Brigade to Lebanon and the Palestinian refugee camps. The brigade, announced on the 49th anniversary of the assassination of Palestinian writer, leader and revolutionary Ghassan Kanafani, included activists and organizers based in Belgium, Spain, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, and elsewhere.
Join us on Saturday, 2 October for a reportback on the situation in Lebanon from Palestinian and Palestine solidarity organizers, addressing topics such as:
* Economic crisis in Lebanon today
* Palestinian refugees and the right of return
* Situation in the Palestinian refugee camps
* Lebanese and Palestinian resistance
* The situation of Palestinian youth and women
* Political scene in Lebanon and the Palestinian refugee camps
Welcome to an Irish-Palestinian pub of solidarity! On the 2/10 Samidoun Stockholm and Irlandinformation (a group for solidarity with Irish freedom fighters) invite you all to a pub night in support of national liberation movements. Palestinian food, cheap drinks, revolutionary music will all be front and centre. During the night, literature and other merch will also be available, both from Samidoun and from Irlandinformation.
Profits from the night will be used for Republican prisoners in Ireland and for Palestinian organisations in the refugee camps of Lebanon. More information and a more detailed schedule will be released within the coming days.
Invite your friends and grab a beer to support the efforts to unite Ireland and free Palestine!
Välkomna på irländsk-palestinsk solidaritetspub! Den 2/10 bjuder Samidoun Stockholm och Irlandinformation in till en pubkväll till stöd för befrielserörelserna. Palestinskt att äta, billig dryck, revolutionär musik kommer finnas på plats. Under kvällen kommer det även säljas böcker och merch från både Samidoun och Irlandinformation.
Intäkterna från kvällen kommer gå till republikanskt fångarbete i Irland och till palestinska organisationer i Libanons flyktingläger. Mer information och schema kommer släppas under dagarna.
Bjud in dina vänner och köp en öl för att stötta arbetet för ett enat Irland och ett fritt Palestina!
ندعوكم لأمسية لدعم النضال الايرلندي الفلسطيني!
تدعوكم شبكة صامدون للدفاع عن الأسرى و حراك irlandinformation التضامني بتاريخ الثاني من أوكتوبر لأمسية تضامنية داعمة لحراك التحرر الوطني.
الأرباح من الأمسية ستبعث كاملة لدعم الأسرى الجمهوريين في ايرلندا, كذلك لمخيمات اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في لبنان. مزيد من المعلومات عن جدول الأمسية سيتم نشرها في الأيام المقبلة.
أدعو صحابكم و الرفاق, رح نقدم أكل فلسطيني, مشروبات ونلتقي لنسمع و نتذكر أن النضال جدوى مستمرة!
On Saturday 2 October from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Capitole metro in Toulouse as part of the month of mobilization for the release of Georges Abdallah. A Lebanese communist and Palestinian resistance fighter, he has been imprisoned in France since 1984 while despite being eligible for release since 1999. He has become the oldest political prisoner in Europe. To support him is to support the Palestinian people and their right to resist colonialism, racism and apartheid.
On the program: distribution of flyers, signature of petition cards, solidarity photos, free leaflets and stickers, registrations for the demonstration bus on Saturday 23 October in front of Lannemezan prison, etc.
This gathering is registered at the prefecture and respects the required health measures (masks, sanitizer, etc.).
From Friday 24 September to Sunday 26 September, the activists of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in the Spanish State (Samidoun España) were present at the Fiesta festival, marking the centenary of the Communist Party of Spain, in the municipality of Rivas Vaciamadrid.
The presence of Samidoun Spain was crucial during these important days, which served as a meeting point for a wide range of political activists and organizations of the left in the Spanish State. During the event, Samidoun organizers had the opportunity to converge with many other national and international social movements, with internationalist activists, political parties, as well as with fundamental political and artistic personalities of the Spanish, Latin American and international left in general.
Comrade and activist Jaldía Abubakra participated in the internationalist space in a forum on the Arab region with Jon Rodríguez Forrest, responsible for International Relations in Izquierda Unida (United Left), Sira Rego, MEP of UP-IU (Unidad Podemos – Izquierda Unida) in the Confederal Group of the European United Left, spokesperson of IU and Head of External Area of IU, and Abdullah Arabi, Delegate of the Polisario Front in Spain. During her speech, she emphasized the need for Palestinian struggle to break with the disastrous path of Oslo for a new stage of resistance and building a strong Palestinian national front that advocates real decolonization and not collaboration with the Zionist colonizer.
Samidoun Spain coordinated with other political forces to continue to strengthen support for the Palestinian struggle and resistance for the liberation of Palestine. The event also provided the opportunity for three full days of raising awareness and involvement for Palestine among all of the guests who came to enjoy the cultural events or other political and social activities organized by the Communist Party of Spain.
Throughout the weekend, Samidoun activists at their information and materials stand distributed information leaflets about the campaign to boycott Israeli pharmaceutical company TEVA and other Israeli products and institutions; about the urgent situation of Palestinian political prisoners in Zionist prisons; the Israeli colonization of Palestine and the need to free Palestine from the river to the sea; as well as the upcoming Alternative Palestinian Path Conference (Masar Badil) that will take place at the end of October. At the same time, we invited the passers-by to join the upcoming events that Samidoun has organized in Madrid, such as the screening of “Fedayin, the Struggle of Georges Abdallah“, the event for the tenth anniversary of Samidoun at the EKO Social Center and the big demonstration for Palestine that will take place on 31 October in Madrid.
In addition, many people showed their solidarity by taking pictures with the images of the Palestinian political prisoners. Among them, artists like Toni Mejías, journalists like Miquel Ramos and even political figures like Daniel Jadue, Chilean Communist mayor in the commune of Recoleta. The stand served to raise awareness among people who were unaware of the issue, but also to increase the information level, interest and involvement of those who knew about the political reality in Palestine.
Finally, the solidarity fundraising that the group did through the sale of merchandising was a real success. It was very satisfying to walk around the fairgrounds and see different passersby with T-shirts and bags with the map of Palestine silkscreened and around it in big letters: “Free Palestine from the river to the sea”.
We invite everyone to continue to participate in the next solidarity initiatives, in particular next Tuesday, 26 October at The Neighborhood Theater, where the film “Fedayin, the fight of George Abdallah” will be presented. Georges Abdallah is a Palestinian resistance fighter imprisoned in France since 1984 who, although he has been eligible for release since 1999, is still imprisoned. In addition, for all of you who have run out of T-shirts or bags … this is your moment to get your own!
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Khalida Jarrar, her family and loved ones, her comrades, and the Palestinian people on the occasion of her release from two years of unjust imprisonment in Israeli occupation jails. The moment of her release is one of joy for everyone around the world who supports the just cause of the Palestinian people and the international movement for liberation and justice. Today, her steadfastness, strength and leadership must give us occasion not only to celebrate her return home but to redouble our efforts for Palestinian liberation and return.
Of course, our celebration today comes alongside honor and mourning for the five Palestinian lives taken by the Israeli occupation today as they resisted assassination and arrest raids: Ahmad Zahran, Mahmoud Hmaidan, Osama Sobh, Yousef Sobh and Zakaria Badwan. These martyrs resisted the theft and colonization of Palestinian land and lives until their last breath.
Jarrar, the Palestinian political leader, feminist and parliamentarian, was arrested by Israeli occupation forces on 1 November 2019, only eight months after her release from 20 months in Israeli administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial – after her last arrest by occupation forces in 2017. During her detention from 2017 to 2019, over 275 organizations signed onto an international call for her release. The 2019 attack by Israeli occupation forces also came as she prepared to teach at Bir Zeit University on international law and the Palestinian movement, the forced cancellation of her class accompanying the targeting of students for their own political and student activity on campus.
In 2014, she resisted – and defeated – an Israeli attempt to forcibly displace her from her family home in el-Bireh to Jericho. Only nine months later, in April 2015, she was seized by Israeli occupation forces and ordered to administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. After a global outcry, she was brought before Israeli military courts and faced 12 charges based on her political activity, from giving speeches to attending events in support of Palestinian prisoners. She served 15 months in Israeli prison – and was then free for only 13 months before her 2017 arrest.
During the 2 years of Khalida Jarrar’s imprisonment, the Palestinian people witnessed the attempt to impose the so-called “deal of the century” through normalization campaigns led by the U.S. in partnership with reactionary Arab regimes; the repeated bombardment and siege on Gaza; the COVID-19 pandemic and its Palestinian and global effects; the uprising of Palestinians from the river to the sea and inside and outside Palestine in May 2021 alongside the Seif al-Quds battle; the self-liberation of six Palestinian prisoners with the tools they could fashion by hand, exposing the false veneer of invincibility of the Israeli occupation. Throughout all of this, Khalida remained locked behind Israeli bars, an attempt to deny the Palestinian people and the global movement access to her leadership, thought, and action.
Of course, Khalida Jarrar was also kept from her family and loved ones, despite personal tragedy. On 11 July 2021, Khalida’s beloved daughter, Suha Ghassan Jarrar, a committed Palestinian human rights defender who worked with Al-Haq and spoke around the world, defending and upholding Palestinian rights and liberation,died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 30. While hundreds of Palestinians joined her funeral procession in Ramallah, Suha’s mother was denied early release for her funeral or even the ability to see her daughter’s body before she was buried.
Thousands of Palestinians and supporters around the world spoke up, campaigned on social media,signed petitions, demanded their governments take action and expressed their outrage at the denial of this basic human right and comfort to Khalida Jarrar and her family by the Israeli occupation. Khalida represented a Palestinian political leader as well as a Palestinian mother, continuing to resist the Israeli occupation amid devastating pain.
Jarrar is a member of the Palestinian committee that acceded to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and presented evidence to the international body about ongoing Israeli crimes. Israeli occupation forces invaded her home just as the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that she recommended the ICC launch a formal investigation of Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine. She was sentenced only weeks after the ICC affirmed its jurisdiction over occupied Palestine over the objections of the Israeli occupation as well as its backers among imperialist powers. In fact, her 2015 arrest came literally one day after Palestine’s accession to the ICC.
Despite all of the political arrests, ongoing persecution and attempts to silence Khalida Jarrar, the occupation was never able to break her will or her commitment to the freedom of Palestine and its people. On this occasion, we urge all friends of Palestine to join us in celebration — and in outrage — through action: sharing the stories, images and struggles of Palestinian political prisoners, building the boycott of Israel, and organizing together for a day when the prison bars in Palestine and around the world will be pulled down to free every prisoner of injustice — and when Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea.
Despite deteriorating health, six Palestinian prisoners are continuing their open hunger strikes to demand their liberation from Israeli occupation prisons. All six of them are jailed without charge or trial under Israel’s “administrative detention” mechanism, and they are facing increasingly serious health situations, especially as Kayed Fasfous has now gone without food for 73 days. His fellow hunger strikers have also been on lengthy strikes: Miqbel Qawasmeh, imprisoned university student, on strike for 66 days; Alaa al-Araj for 48 days; Hisham Abu Hawash for 40 days; Raik Bisharat for 35 days; and Shadi Abu Aker for 32 days.
Meanwhile, Amin Shweiki, 61, also jailed without charge or trial under administration, has refused to take his insulin injections, demanding he be released. As reported by Al Jazeera, “Amin, a UK graduate in civil engineering, is one of the 520 Palestinian prisoners held under administrative detention, a policy that allows the Israeli police and military to imprison Palestinians indefinitely, on ‘secret information’, without presenting them with formal charges or allowing them to stand trial – laws that originate from the British occupation of Palestine.”
Shweiki, father of seven children and owner of a glass shop in the Old City of Jerusalem, has been jailed without charge or trial since 17 May. One day before he was expected to be released, a military court extended his detention for another four months, prompting him to launch his medical strike. Administrative detention orders are indefinitely renewable and Palestinians have spent years jailed without charge or trial under these orders.
Shweiki, along with four fellow administrative detainees, has vowed to boycott the Israeli occupation military courts. Ahmed Abu Sundus, Yousef Qazzaz, Yaser Badrasawy and Ayed Dudin have all vowed that they will not receive medical treatment or go to the Israeli courts until they are freed from detention without charge or trial.
Meanwhile, the hunger strikers have continued their “battle of empty stomachs.” Fasfous had an appeal scheduled to be heard on 22 September, but it was postponed by the Israeli occupation court system until 30 September, despite the fact that Fasfous has gone without food for over two months and is facing serious health problems. Abu Aker, who has been on hunger strike for over a month, is being held in solitary confinement in a dirty and cramped cell with no windows in Ofer prison.
Qawasmeh, 24, is still held in the Kaplan hospital due to the severe deterioration in his health; he has a low heart rate, shortness of breath, blurred vision and pain throughout his body. He is unable to stand; while in the Israeli hospital, he is shackled to the hospital bed by his right hand and left foot. Inside the hospital room, three jailers are constantly present and eat in front of him in order to taunt him into ending his strike.
What Is Administrative Detention?
Administrative detention was first used in Palestine by the British colonial mandate and then adopted by the Zionist regime; it is now used routinely to target Palestinians, especially community leaders, activists, and influential people in their towns, camps and villages.
There are currently approximately 520 Palestinians jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention, out of 4,650 Palestinian political prisoners. These orders are issued by the military and approved by military courts on the basis of “secret evidence”, denied to both Palestinian detainees and their attorneys. Issued for up to six months at a time, they are indefinitely renewable, and Palestinians — including minor children — can spend years jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention.
Who Are the Hunger Strikers?
Kayed Fasfous, 32, from Dura – al-Khalil, started his strike 73 days ago. He is 36 years old, detained without charge or trial since July 2020. He is married and the father of the daughter; his three brothers, Akram, Mahmoud and Hafez are also detained by the Israeli occupation (Akram and Mahmoud earlier joined the hunger strike.) Before he was arrested, he was working in Dura municipality and had recently returned to Hebron University to complete his computer science degree, which he was earlier unable to complete due to repeated arrests.
Miqdad Qawasmeh: from al-Khalil, started 66 days ago. Miqdad Qawasmeh is a Palestinian university student, 24 years old. He has been jailed without charge or trial since January 2021 and is held in Ofer prison. He has previously spent around 4 years in occupation prisons over various arrests since 2015.
Alaa al-Araj: from Tulkarem, launched his strike 48 days ago. He has been jailed since 30 June without charge or trial under administrative detention and is held in Megiddo prison. He is 34 years old and a civil engineer; he has been detained multiple times since 2013, including being held without charge or trial under administrative detention.
Hisham Ismail Abu Hawash, 39, from Dura, al-Khalil, has been on hunger strike for 40 days. He has been jailed without charge or trial since October 2020 under Israeli administrative detention. Over multiple arrests, he has spent eight years in Israeli prisons. He is married and the father of four children; his youngest child suffers from kidney failure.
Raik Sadeq Bisharat, 44, from Tubas, on strike for 35 days, has been jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention since July 2021. He is an injured former prisoner and has spent 9 years in Israeli prison. His hand was amputated and his wife was martyred by the Israeli occupation.
Shadi Abu Aker, 37, from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, has been on hunger strike for 32 days to reject his administrative detention. He has been jailed without charge or trial since October 2020. Married and the father of two children, he is a former prisoner who spent 10 years in Israeli prison before his release in 2012. He has since been held under administrative detention three times.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all supporters of Palestine to take action to support these Palestinian hunger strikers and all Palestinian prisoners struggling for freedom, for their own lives and for the Palestinian people. They are confronting the system of Israeli oppression on the front lines, with their bodies and their lives, to bring the system of administrative detention to an end. Take these actions below to stand with the hunger strikers and the struggle for liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea!
Independent grassroots international activists have launched a petition in support of the hunger strikers and to end administrative detention. Show your support by signing on – in addition to taking action in person! Sign here: change.org/NoChargeNoTrialNoJail
Protest at the Israeli Embassy or Consulate in Your Country!
The international, Arab and Palestinian campaign to boycott Israel can play an important role at this critical time. Local boycott groups can protest and label Israeli produce and groceries, while many complicit corporations – including HP, G4S, Puma, Teva and others, profit from their role in support Zionist colonialism throughout occupied Palestine. By participating in the boycott of Israel, you can directly help to throw a wrench in the economy of settler colonialism.
Demand Your Government Sanction Israel!
The racist, settler colonial state of Israel and its war crimes against the Palestinian people are enabled and backed extensively by the over $3.8 billion each year given to Israel by the United States — targeted directly to support the Israeli occupation military killing children, women, men and elders throughout occupied Palestine. From Canada to Australia to the European Union, Western governments and imperialist powers provide ongoing diplomatic, political and economic support to Israel as well as selling billions of dollars of weaponry to the settler-colonial state. Meanwhile, they also purchase billions of dollars in weaponry from the Israeli state. Governments in league with imperialist powers, such as in the Philippines, Brazil, India and elsewhere, also buy weapons and “security” services — all “battle-tested” on the Palestinian population. Call your representatives, MPs, political officials and demand your government sanction Israel now, cut off all aid, expel its ambassadors, and stop buying and selling weapons!
Sunday, 26 September 12 pm Holyrood Church – Iglesia Santa Cruz 715 W 179th St, New York, NY Event organized by the Alliance for Global Justice and the Nicaragua Network
We are republishing the following call to action:
At this moment, we are receiving threats from the Nicaraguan extreme right that threatens the activity with the Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Relations H.E. Mr. Denis Moncada that will take place this Sunday, Sept 26 at 12 noon. We have two options: cancel or send as many people as we can to Pastor Luis Barrios’ church to show solidarity with Nicaragua.
We can not allow the censorship of the ultra right! Our only option is to show solidarity with the Nicaraguan people and their struggle for their sovereignty. This is none other than the struggle of the second independence and for the consolidation of the great homeland of the Latin American peoples.
US regime change operations in Latin America have a long, sordid history and continue to do enormous harm in the places where they are active today. Today, Nicaragua is the target of these operations. As elections approach in the country, we see increasing U.S. efforts to interfere and undermine the sovereignty that the Nicaraguan people work for every day.
During this Community and Popular Mass in Solidarity with Nicaragua, officiated by Pastor Luis Barrios, we invite you to hear from the Minister of Foreign Relations about the current situation in Nicaragua in light of the November presidential elections, the Sandinista strategy to protect the country’s sovereignty in the face of sanctions imposed by the US and its allies, and the importance of international solidarity at the current juncture.
Join us to a conversation with H.E. Mr. Denis Moncada, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua on Sunday, September 26, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm Eastern Time. at Holyrood Church Iglesia Santa Cruz, 715 West 179th st New York, NY 10033
On Friday, 24 September, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network, organized a Palestine Stand at the Bagatelle metro station in Toulouse, France. The stand was organized during the outdoor market in this working-class neighborhood. This action was part of the kick-off of an international month of action to free Georges Abdallah, a Lebanese Arab struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France since 1984 and eligible for release since 1999. The U.S. government has worked hand in hand with the French government and the Israeli state to deny George’s return to his homeland, Lebanon.
For over two hours, participants in the stand distributed more than 1,000 flyers calling for Georges Abdallah’s release. They spoke with hundreds of passers-by about the political and judicial harassment and oppression of Georges, who has become the longest-held political prisoner in Europe. During the stand, activists were able to observe that an increasing number of people know Georges’ name, his cause and want to get involved in supporting his liberation. They understand that supporting Georges Abdallah is also supporting the Palestinian people and their right to resist colonization and occupation.
Photo credit: Corine Janeau
The participants in the stand also distributed a large number of stickers and flyers to people wanting to get involved, while more people signed petition cards to call for Georges’ freedom or registered for the bus to come to the national demonstration on Saturday, 23 October in front of Lannemezan prison.
Photo credit: Corine Janeau
Several people also expressed interest in attending the upcoming Toulouse screening of “Fedayin, the Struggle of Georges Abdallah,” scheduled for Thursday, 21 October at 8:30 pm at the American Cosmograph Theater.
The activists also informed visitors to the table about other key campaigns the Collectif is organizing and leading, including the boycott of Israel and the companies and products that support or profit from Israeli apartheid.
Photo credit: Corine Janeau
Dozens of people took solidarity photos to show their support for the release of Georges Abdallah and salute the incredible determination and ongoing resistance of this Lebanese Communist struggler who is facing decades of official state revenge policies.
This first initiative for the solidarity month with Georges Abdallah received warm and widespread support. The Collectif invites all to join in the upcoming solidarity initiatives, especially the Palestine picnic on Sunday, 26 September at 11:30 am at the Parc de Fontaine Lestang in Toulouse, near the Mermoz metro station.
Photo credit: Corine Janeau
This event followed a Twitterstorm in support of Georges Abdallah on Thursday, 23 September, in advance of the meeting between new Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and French President Emmanuel Macron, to demand France immediately release and repatriate this Lebanese political prisoner. Over 500,000 people received the messages during the Twitterstorm.
Saturday 23 October · Demonstration From 2 p.m. from the station to Lannemezan prison (65). Bus from Toulouse, registration: collectifpalestinevaincra@gmail.com
OnFriday, 24 September from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Bagatelle metro in Toulouse as part of the month of action for the release of Georges Abdallah. Lebanese communist and Palestinian resistance fighter, he has been imprisoned in France since 1984 despite being eligible for release since 1999. Today, he has become the longest-held political prisoner in Europe. To support him is to support the Palestinian people and their right to resist against colonialism, racism and apartheid. On the program: flyer distribution, signing petition cards for George’s freedom, free leaflets and stickers, registration for the bus to the national demonstration in front of Lannemezan prison, etc
This gathering is registered at the prefecture and respects the required health measures (masks, sanitizer, etc.).
On 23 October 2021, the national march and rally will gather outside Lannemezan prison in France once again, to demand the release of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the longest-held political prisoner in Europe. In the month prior to the march — which marks the 37th anniversary of Abdallah’s arrest — please join in and organize actions to join the call for his freedom! One action you can take, anywhere in the world, is to organize a public screening of the new and acclaimed film, “Fedayin.”
Georges Abdallah is a Lebanese struggler for Palestine who has been imprisoned since 1984, despite being eligible for release since 1999, for his involvement in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine — and Lebanon — from Zionist occupation.
“Fedayin,” the new film from Vacarme(s) Films in France, tells the story of George’s life in the struggle. Just announced as a selection for the 2021 Chicago Palestine Film Festival, the documentary traces the life of Georges Abdallah, Lebanese Arab Communist and struggler for Palestine and one of the longest-held political prisoners in Europe. It moves from the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon where his political consciousness was forged to the international movement to demand his liberation from French prisons.
The film includes a number of interviews, including with Palestinian leftist writer and activist Khaled Barakat; Samidoun international coordinator Charlotte Kates; Samidoun Europe coordinator Mohammed Khatib; former political prisoners Jean-Marc Rouillan and Bertrand Sassoye; lawyer Jean-Louis Chalanset; Georges Abdallah’s brothers Robert and Maurice Abdallah; and advocate for Georges Abdallah’s liberation Suzanne Le Manceau, among others.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges people and organizations around the world to organize screenings of “Fedayin” in the coming month and beyond. This film has an important role to play in highlighting Georges Abdallah’s case to international audiences and helping to break down the walls of injustice that continue to keep him imprisoned in France, away from his homeland Lebanon.
The film is available with appropriate subtitles in French, Arabic, English, German, Italian, Catalan and Castilian Spanish.
Check out the list of screenings below and organize your own. If you want to show Fedayin in your area, email us at samidoun@samidoun.net or contact the directors at vacarmesfilms@gmail.com. We will help you to get your screening organized, and the directors are available to attend your events in person or to join your in-person events via video link.
Upcoming screenings of Fedayin (check the directors’ site for changes and updates)
Paris (75) · Friday September 24 at 6.30 pm
Screening organized by the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah, the UL CGT of the 18th arrondissement and the Manouchian Circle with the presence of Saïd Bouamama, sociologist and author of “The Georges Ibrahim Abdallah Affair”. Union Locale CGT du 18e, 42 rue de Clignancourt, 75018 Paris Facebook event
Mauléon-Licharre (North Basque Country) · Friday September 24 at 8:30 p.m. (reception at 7 p.m.)
Screening followed by a discussion with the Collectif Vacarme(s) Films and Jean-Marc Rouillan, former political prisoner. Tokia Room, 18 Rue des Frères Barenne, 64130 Mauleon-soule
Brussels (Belgium) · Monday September 27 at 7 p.m.
Screening organized by Secours Rouge, followed by a meeting with the Collectif Vacarme(s) Films. Adventure Cinema, Galerie du Center, 57 rue des Fripiers, 1000 Brussels Facebook event
Charleroi (Belgium) · Tuesday September 28 at 6 p.m.
Screening organized by the Plate-Forme Charleroi-Palestine, followed by a meeting with the Collectif Vacarme(s) Films. Maison pour Associations, 80 route de Mons, 6030 Marchienne-au-Pont The Facebook event
Gémenos (France 13) · Saturday, October 2
Screening organized by the ANC as part of its annual celebration. SCOP TI, 500 Avenue du Pic de Bretagne, 13420 Gémenos Facebook event
Bayonne (North Basque Country) · Monday October 4 More info to come
Brest (France, 29) · Wednesday 6 October More info to come
Strasbourg (France, 67) · Monday 11 October More info to come
Saint-Gaudens (France, 31) · Tuesday 12 October More info to come
Guingamp (France, 22) · Thursday, October 14 More info to come
Tarbes (France, 65) · Thursday 14 October More info to come
Aix-les-Bains (France, 73) · Thursday 14 October More info to come
Annecy (France, 74) · Friday 15 October More info to come
Albi (France, 49) · Friday 15 October More info to come
Chicago Palestine Film Festival (Chicago, United States) – Between Friday, 15 October and Saturday, 23 October Details coming soon: https://www.palestinefilmfest.com/
Nanterre (France, 92) · Thursday, October 21 More info to come
Toulouse (France, 31) · Thursday 21 October at 8:30 pm
Screening organized by the Collectif Palestine Vaincra with the Collectif Vacarme (s) Films and Saïd Bouamama, author of “The Georges Ibrahim Abdallah Affair”. American Cosmograph Cinema, 24 rue Montardy, 31000 Toulouse Facebook event
Rabastens (France, 81) · Wednesday 3 November More info to come
Beirut (Lebanon) Tuesday 9 November More info to come
Beirut (Lebanon) Saturday, November 13 More info to come
Paris (France, 75) Wednesday November 17 More info to come
Saint-Ouen (France, 93) · Thursday, November 18 More info to come
Vitry-sur-Seine (France, 94) · Friday 19 November More info to come
Manchester (United Kingdom) · Sunday 21 November at 2:30 pm
Screening organized by Fight Racism Fight Imperialism as part of the “Palestine Resists: Film and Music Festival” Dulcimer Bar, 567 Wilbraham Road M21 0AE Manchester Facebook event
Carcassonne (France, 11) · Monday 29 November More info to come
Avignon (France, 82) · Thursday 2 December More info to come
Niort (France, 79) · Saturday 11 December More info to come
If you wish to organize a screening of the film, do not hesitate to contact us at vacarmesfilms@gmail.com
But also abroad in Tunis – Tunisia, Geneva – Switzerland ( Festival “To film is to resist” ), Naples – Italy ( Festival Bassai Dai ), Cluj-Napoca – Romania, New York City – United States ( The People’s Forum ), Neuchâtel – Switzerland (Le Minimum Cinema), Zürich – Switzerland, Berga – Catalonia, Barcelona – Catalonia, Granollers – Catalonia, etc.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2
Saturday, 2 October
From Friday 24 September to Sunday 26 September, the activists of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in the Spanish State (
Throughout the weekend, Samidoun activists at their information and materials stand distributed information leaflets about the campaign to boycott Israeli pharmaceutical company TEVA and other Israeli products and institutions; about the urgent situation of Palestinian political prisoners in Zionist prisons; the Israeli colonization of Palestine and the need to free Palestine from the river to the sea; as well as the upcoming 
We invite everyone to continue to participate in the next solidarity initiatives, in particular next Tuesday, 26 October at The Neighborhood Theater, where the film “Fedayin, the fight of George Abdallah” will be presented. Georges Abdallah is a Palestinian resistance fighter imprisoned in France since 1984 who, although he has been eligible for release since 1999, is still imprisoned. In addition, for all of you who have run out of T-shirts or bags … this is your moment to get your own!
Friday, 24 September 2021
