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20 January, Amsterdam: Stop the U.S. war machine!

Wednesday, 20 January
7:00 pm
US Consulate
Museumplein 19
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1657962144376515/

On January 20, Trump must leave the White House for good. His electoral defeat is partly due to years of protests against his politics in the service of billionaires, bankers and generals.

Under the banner of Black Lives Matter, Women’s marches and many alliances, the American people formed a fist against exploitation and oppression that reached new heights under the Trump regime.

Their activism shows that a better world is possible as long as we are willing to fight side by side for it.

The exploitation and oppression of the global population, by American multinationals and the state that serves its interests, will unfortunately not end under Biden.

For example, Biden has declared himself a staunch ally of the Israeli apartheid state and under his rule, the US will continue to fund Israeli crimes by the billions.

Also, under the leadership of Biden and Harris, US support for human rights abusive regimes around the world, such as governments in Turkey and the Philippines, will not end.

It is therefore of the utmost importance to continue our common struggle.

Together we can put an end to the impending climate catastrophe, the crises inevitable under capitalism and the ever-looming new wars.

We say together that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris do not stand for a better world and it is time to let the rest of the Netherlands know.

A world free from exploitation and oppression will only be the result of the concerted struggle of truly progressive forces.

That is why we are making a stand together in front of the American consulate in the Netherlands on 20 January.

Because we want to end America’s political, economic, and military domination, both in our own country and around the world.

Save the climate!

Save humanity from impending war and crisis!

Together for a world free from exploitation and oppression!

United against Biden and US Imperialism!

Supporting organizations:

– Dekolonisatie Netwerk voormalig Nederlands Indië
– Palestijnse gemeenschap in Nederland
– Samidoun, Palestijnse Gevangenen Solidariteitsnetwerk
– Revolutionaire Eenheid
– Partizan
– Migrante, global alliance of overseas Filipinos
– Left Laser
– Strijd Tegen Racisme
– Vrije bond Amsterdam

Our protest takes place during the peak of the second wave. We do not want to burden healthcare any further. So stay home if you have the flu or symptoms and try to avoid public transport as much as possible. Wear a mouth mask and keep your distance during the protest. We will facilitate a safe one and a half meter protest on the Museumplein.

The demonstration can also be followed via the livestream.

Does your organization also support the call? Fill out the form here:

https://forms.gle/gqGR3LAsoJBBF58y6

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20 januari dient Trump het Witte Huis definitief te verlaten. Zijn verkiezingsnederlaag is mede te danken aan de jarenlange protesten tegen zijn politiek ten diensten van miljardairs, bankiers en generaals.

Onder de vlag van ‘Black Lives Matter’, Women’s marches en vele vakbonden vormde de Amerikaanse bevolking een vuist tegen uitbuiting en onderdrukking die onder het Trump regime nieuwe hoogtepunten aannam.

Hun activisme toont aan dat een betere wereld mogelijk is, zolang wij bereid zijn om daar zij aan zij voor te vechten.

De uitbuiting en onderdrukking van de wereldwijde bevolking, door Amerikaanse multinationals en de staat die haar belangen dient, zal onder Biden helaas niet beëindigen.

Biden heeft bijvoorbeeld verklaart een trouwe bondgenoot van de Israëlische apartheidsstaat te zijn en onder zijn bewind zal de VS Israëlische misdaden met miljarden blijven financieren.

Ook onder leiding van Biden en Harris zal de steun van de VS aan mensenrechten schendende regimes over de hele wereld, zoals regeringen in Turkije en de Filipijnen, niet worden beëindigd.

Het is daarom van het grootste belang om onze gezamenlijke strijd voort te zetten.

Samen kunnen wij een einde maken aan de dreigende klimaat catastrophe, de onder het kapitalisme onvermijdelijke crisissen en de altijd dreigende nieuwe oorlogen.

Wij zeggen samen dat Joe Biden en Kamala Harris niet staan voor een betere wereld en het is tijd om dit aan de rest van Nederland te laten weten.

Een wereld vrij van uitbuiting en onderdrukking zal enkel het resultaat van de gezamenlijke strijd van echte progressieve krachten.

Daarom maken wij op 20 januari samen een vuist voor het Amerikaanse consulaat in Nederland.

Omdat wij een einde willen maken aan de politieke, economische en militaire dominantie van Amerika, zowel in ons eigen land als in de rest van de wereld.

Red het klimaat!

Red de mensheid van dreigende oorlog en crisis!

Samen voor een wereld vrij van uitbuiting en onderdrukking!

Verenigd tegen Biden en het Amerikaans imperialisme!

Ondersteunende organisaties:

– Dekolonisatie Netwerk voormalig Nederlands Indië
– Palestijnse gemeenschap in Nederland
– Samidoun, Palestijnse Gevangenen Solidariteitsnetwerk
– Revolutionaire Eenheid
– Partizan
– Migrante, global alliance of overseas Filipinos
– Left Laser
– Strijd Tegen Racisme
– Vrije bond Amsterdam

Ons protest vindt plaats tijdens de piek van de tweede golf. Wij willen de zorg niet verder belasten. Blijf dus thuis als je griep of symptomen hebt en probeer het openbaar vervoer zo veel mogelijk te vermijden. Draag een mondkapje en houd afstand tijdens het protest. Wij zullen een veilig anderhalvemeter protest op het Museumplein faciliteren.

De demonstratie zal ook via de livestream te volgen zijn.

Ondersteunt jouw organisatie de oproep ook? Vul het formulier hier in:

https://forms.gle/gqGR3LAsoJBBF58y6

Georges Abdallah: Statement to anti-imperialist meeting

The following statement was provided by Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab struggler for Palestine imprisoned in French prisons for the past 36 years, to an anti-imperialist meeting convened online by the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, held on 15 January 2021. The statement below is republished from the original French:

Friday, 15 January 2021

Dear comrades, dear friends,

Allow me at the beginning of this short intervention to greet you all from behind these bars and, especially, to greet your call for the mobilization of the popular masses and their vanguard to better counter the recent developments on the borders of the country and throughout the region…

Certainly Algeria, our Algeria, retains a very special place in our hearts and our collective memory: This is the case throughout the Arab world and in quite a few African countries. Of course, we are no longer in the early 1970s, when Algiers was the Capital of the Third World, the flagship city of the Non-Aligned Movement; when revolutionaries from all over the world were welcomed there; which, at the time, made Amilcar Cabral say, “Christians go to the Vatican, Muslims to Mecca, and revolutionaries to Algiers.” However, after the devastation of Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen, it is the only Arab country that remains standing, although, as is the case for the others, it is a bourgeoisie of the state (of a particular type) which directs it. The Algerian popular masses, and behind them, all the Arab masses, even the martyred, will know how to stand up, as they have always taught us to do in the most difficult moments.

Quite naturally, we cannot ignore or underestimate the dangerousness and complexity of the situation, not only on the borders of the country, but also and above all throughout the Arab world. The capitulation of the Arab bourgeoisie in general and, more particularly, that of Saudi Arabia, the protectorates of the Gulf, and Morocco (not to mention others) and their unvarnished alignment with the Zionist camp always sharply accentuates the pressure on all of those who in one way or another resist the demands of the imperialists, especially American and European imperialism.

In the current political conditions, where the effects of the structural crisis which shakes the entire world system intertwine and interact, no geopolitical space, even the smallest, escapes these violent repercussions… It is clear, comrades, that nowadays, fulfilling national tasks and confronting the multiple factors which shake the foundations of various Arab entities, is more than ever conditioned upon the capacity of the popular masses and their vanguard to situate all of these factors within the framework of the global crisis of the world system. The latter is visible at all levels, all over the world.

Comrades, the more the crisis develops and the more “the power holders of globalized capital,” namely, the leaders of these imperialist states, these “officials of capital,” increase their interventions in the peripheries, increase their pressure on oppressed and subjugated peoples and sing praises about the bourgeois regimes in place. Recent developments in the region are more than enlightening in this regard. Certainly, there is room for other futures than submission to imperialist dictates whose harmful consequences can be seen at all times, in the form of the destruction of entire cities and the dismemberment of somewhat protesting states with processions of the dead, the displaced, and forced migration.

Certainly, the Algerian popular masses are fare more inclined to resistance than to submission to anyone, especially when it comes to a Zionist entity like the one that martyrs the Palestinian people and seeks by all means to destroy them for over a century… And of course, the Sahrawi people in the hearts of all those who fight for freedom and dignity cannot be left alone in the face of this dirty business of bargaining with such and such an imperialist power…

Comrades, certainly it is always according to your ability to counter this whole stratum of parasites who seek by all means in our countries to submit our whole existence to the interests of globalized capital, that our popular masses will be victorious.

Solidarity, all solidarity with the Palestinian and Sahrawi peoples!

Down with imperialism and its Zionist agents!

Down with imperialism and its lackeys, all these Arab reactionaries!

Honor to the martyrs and to the struggling popular masses!

Capitalism is nothing more than barbarism; honor to all those who oppose it in the diversity of their commitment!

To all of you, my revolutionary greetings.

Your comrade, Georges Abdallah

 

Monday, 18 January: Launch of 2021 – Year to Confront Normalization

With the participation of international and Arab activists, public figures and personalities the “2021 year to confront normalization” forum will be launched in Gaza tomorrow The Global Campaign for Return to Palestine, in cooperation with 61 partner institutions, is launching the International Forum to launch activities: “2021, year to confront normalization”, with the participation of international and Arab activists. The forum will be held in the besieged Gaza Strip, on Monday 18 – 01 -2021 at 1:00 pm Al Quds Time.  

International and Arab personalities participating in the forum are: 1. Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia. 2. Dr. Aleida Guevara, daughter of the internationalist Che Guevara, from Cuba. 3. South African freedom fighter PM. Mandla Mandela, the grandson of South African leader Nelson Mandela, from South Africa. 4. Mr. Tushar Gandhi, grandson of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, from India. 5. Hajjah Mubaraka Brahmi, a former member of the Tunisian Parliament, from Tunisia. 6. Professor Abdullah Al-Mousawi, a Kuwaiti researcher specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict, from Kuwait. 7. Journalist Ammar Muhammad Adam, from Sudan. 8. Sheikh Yusuf Abbas, General Coordinator of the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine, from Lebanon. 9. Dr. Bassem Naeem, former Minister of Sports, Youth and Health, from the Gaza Strip. 10. The mother of the paramedic martyr Razan al-Najjar, from the Gaza Strip. 11. Mr. Khaled Al-Batsh, representative of the Palestinian national and Islamic forces, from the Gaza Strip. 

The global campaign invites all friends and free people around the world to follow the international forum to declare “2021 year to confront normalization”, on Monday 18 – 1 – 2021 at 1:00 pm in Al Quds time, directly through the page of the global campaign to return to Palestine in addition to Al-Mayadeen, Palestine today, and other satellite channels.

The global campaign to return to Palestine: https://www.facebook.com/ReturnToPalestine.net

AL- Mayadeen: https://www.almayadeen.net/live

Palestine Today:* https://paltoday.tv/live

 

From Berlin to Palestine, solidarity with Ahmad Sa’adat and all prisoners in Zionist jails

As part of the International Week of Action in solidarity with Ahmad Sa’adat, launched by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, the network organized multiple media events, political seminars and solidarity meetings highlighting the case of Ahmad Sa’adat and the Palestinian prisoners’ movement. These events have highlighted the case of the over 4,500 Palestinian prisoners jailed in Zionist prisons as well as that of Georges Abdallah, Lebanese Arab struggler imprisoned in imperialist French prisons for over 36 years.

Today, a group of young people from the Samidoun Network in Berlin, Germany, posted posters, stickers and other media actions in the streets and popular neighborhoods in Berlin, especially in the Arab and Palestinian communities of the city.

A member of Samidoun in Berlin said, “We organized this activity as Samidoun Deutschland in Berlin, as part of the international week of solidarity with Ahmad Sa’adat and with the Palestinian prisoners’ national movement, as well as among the activities for the launch of Samidoun Deutschland. We stand for the right to complete and unconditional liberation for all political prisoners and detainees in the prisons of occupied Palestine and in reactionary and imperialist jails. We recognize the important of hard work and struggle to free the prisoners from Zionist jails.”

The Samidoun organizer continued, “The Palestinian prisoners are an integral part of the global resistance to colonialism. From the prisons of occupied Palestine to France, where Georges Abdallah is held, to our detained Turkish and Kurdish comrades, to our comrades in Europe, in the United States and in the Philippines, as well as in the prisons of the Arab regimes, let us send a clear message: Freedom is definitely coming!”

“From Berlin, as Palestinian and Arab youth in diaspora and in countries of exile, we affirm that it is important to work together today and organize collectively to take up the cause of Palestine and to struggle together, until the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea and until our return to Palestine.”

This week’s activities will continue in cities around the world through 23 January. The event and actions of this year focus on Ahmad Sa’adat’s commitment to steadfastness and resistance and vision of a Palestinian unified front to continue the liberation struggle until return to Palestine.

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On 15-23 January 2021, join Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in a collective call for the freedom of Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners, with action and global solidarity to escalate the boycott of Israel, end aid and support to Israel, organize for justice in Palestine and resist imperialism and colonialism.

Upcoming Events

Join these events and actions for the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and send your events to us at samidoun@samidoun.net!

Monday, 18 January — Online Event – Launch of 2021 – Year to Confront Normalization. 3 am Pacific – 6 am Eastern – 12 noon central Europe – 1 pm Palestine. The global campaign to return to Palestine: https://www.facebook.com/ReturnToPalestine.net

Wednesday, 20 January – Amsterdam, Netherlands — Stop the U.S. War Machine! Protest. 7 pm, U.S. Consulate, Museumplein 19, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1657962144376515/

Saturday, 23 January – Online Event – Liberation vs Dependency: Strategies to Defeat Neoliberalism and Colonialism in Algeria, South Africa, and Palestine. 11 am Pacific – 2 pm Eastern – 9 pm Palestine. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/722789698392609/

Sunday, 24 January – Paris, France – Protest to free Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Abdallah, and all Palestinian prisoners! 3:00 pm, Place Jean Ferrat – Metro L2 Menilmontant, Paris, France
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1135211573605908

 

Samidoun Sweden photo campaign for Ahmad Sa’adat’s freedom

Read the original Swedish article at Samidoun Sweden.

Ahmad Sa’adat has been imprisoned since 2002, the year after he was elected General Secretary of the PFLP. Together with progressives and antiimperialists around the world, Samidoun Gothenburg and Stockholm are participating in the international week of action in demand of his freedom. During the week actions, leaflet handouts, demonstrations and hunger strikes are organized in Palestine, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, the USA and Sweden, to name a few.

Do you wish to participate in the campaign? Write a sign in support of Ahmad Sa’adat and the Palestinian political prisoners and post it on social media with the hashtag #FreeAhmadSaadat.

Read more about the campaign and Ahmad Sa’adat.

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On 15-23 January 2021, join Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in a collective call for the freedom of Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners, with action and global solidarity to escalate the boycott of Israel, end aid and support to Israel, organize for justice in Palestine and resist imperialism and colonialism.

Upcoming Events

Join these events and actions for the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and send your events to us at samidoun@samidoun.net!

Sunday, 17 January – Manchester, Britain: Street Stall – Free all Palestinian prisoners! Free Issam Hijjawi! 12 Noon,  Outside Morrisons, Wilbraham Road,  Chorlton, Manchester M21 0UA. More info: https://samidoun.net/event/manchester-street-stall-free-all-palestinian-prisoners-free-issam-hijjawi/

Saturday, 23 January – Online Event – Liberation vs Dependency: Strategies to Defeat Neoliberalism and Colonialism in Algeria, South Africa, and Palestine. 11 am Pacific – 2 pm Eastern – 9 pm Palestine. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/722789698392609/

Sunday, 24 January – Paris, France – Protest to free Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Abdallah, and all Palestinian prisoners! 3:00 pm, Place Jean Ferrat – Metro L2 Menilmontant, Paris, France
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1135211573605908

Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza rally to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners

On Sunday, 17 January, hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza rallied outside the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City to demand freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The protest, organized by the PFLP, marked the 19th anniversary of the Palestinian Authority security services’ abduction of Ahmad Sa’adat, the under the Oslo accords’ PA “security coordination” with Israel.

It comes amid the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners, a global mobilization for actions and organizing to highlight Sa’adat’s case and the struggle of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement behind bars, advocating for liberation for Sa’adat and his fellow 4,500 Palestinians jailed by the Zionist state.

Awad al-Sultan, a member of the PFLP’s Central Committee, spoke at the protest, noting that Sa’adat was then detained with his comrades at the PA presidential compound, the Muqata’, subjected to a hastily arranged and farcical military hearing and then transferred to Jericho prison, where they were detained under U.S. and British guards in an agreement with the Israeli occupation. After four years, on 14 March 2006, occupation forces violently stormed the prison and kidnapped Sa’adat and his comrades. He is currently serving a 30-year sentence imposed by the Israeli military courts, which Sa’adat consistently boycotted throughout his military trial, which was delayed for years.

Sa’adat’s abduction by the PA “reflected a clear targeting of the path of resistance represented by the leader Ahmad Sa’adat and his comrades and underlines the importance of confronting the policy of PA political detention and pursuit of resistance fighters and ending the Oslo accords and their political, economic and security obligations. This was a national crime…that has not and will not be forgotten,” Sultan said. He affirmed that it was impossible to reach Palestinian national unity so long as the Oslo accords and security coordination with Israel remain in place.

Protesters also emphasized the situation of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, noting that the prisoners’ movement is facing a policy of “slow death,” including the medical neglect of the prisoners’ health during the coronavirus pandemic and the denial of the vaccine to imprisoned Palestinians. They emphasized the need to fight back to defend the prisoners’ movement against this ongoing attack.

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On 15-23 January 2021, join Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in a collective call for the freedom of Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners, with action and global solidarity to escalate the boycott of Israel, end aid and support to Israel, organize for justice in Palestine and resist imperialism and colonialism.

Upcoming Events

Join these events and actions for the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and send your events to us at samidoun@samidoun.net!

Sunday, 17 January – Manchester, Britain: Street Stall – Free all Palestinian prisoners! Free Issam Hijjawi! 12 Noon,  Outside Morrisons, Wilbraham Road,  Chorlton, Manchester M21 0UA. More info: https://samidoun.net/event/manchester-street-stall-free-all-palestinian-prisoners-free-issam-hijjawi/

Saturday, 23 January – Online Event – Liberation vs Dependency: Strategies to Defeat Neoliberalism and Colonialism in Algeria, South Africa, and Palestine. 11 am Pacific – 2 pm Eastern – 9 pm Palestine. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/722789698392609/

Sunday, 24 January – Paris, France – Protest to free Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Abdallah, and all Palestinian prisoners! 3:00 pm, Place Jean Ferrat – Metro L2 Menilmontant, Paris, France
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1135211573605908

Toulouse, France: Palestine stand calls for freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat

The following report is largely translated from the original French at Collectif Palestine Vaincra: 

On Saturday, 16 January 2021, a dozen members and supporters of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra organized a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Capitole metro station in Toulouse, France, calling for freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat, the general secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, imprisoned in Israeli jails. The event came as part of the International Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners, organized by the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network from 15 through 23 January 2021.

Under a bright winter sun, the Palestine Stand was very visible and received a warm welcome from passers-by in the city center of Toulouse. The stand near the metro station exit was decorated with Palestinian flags and various banners, calling for the boycott of Israel, highlighting the history of the colonization of Palestine, and calling for freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat and Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 36 years.

Over more than two hours, participants distributed hundreds of flyers and held rich and lively discussions with many people about the case of Ahmad Sa’adat and the vision and principles he represents. Many passers-by learned more about the imprisonment of over 4,500 Palestinian political prisoners, including 450 jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention and approximately 180 children, by reviewing the mini-exhibition highlighting their conditions and situation in Israeli jails.

In addition, the organizers distributed many leaflets calling for the boycott of Israeli products, which provide a list of different brands to boycott in supermarkets for those who do not wish to financially support Israeli apartheid and its crimes. Many people provided words of encouragement, urging the organizers to continue their efforts to support the Palestinian people. Several representatives of different groups came to participate in the stand, including members of the Popular Front of Turkey and the Friends of Palestine Against Imperialism and Zionism.

Dozens of people joined in the solidarity campaign by taking photos calling for the liberation of Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners:

The stand came to a conclusion with a group photo of solidarity to affirm support for various campaigns for Palestine facing attacks, defamation and attempted criminalization from the pro-Israel far right, including the Anti Zionism is Not Antisemitism campaign in Italy, Palästina Antikolonial in Munster, Germany, and the French Jewish Union for Peace. We will not give in — instead, we will build solidarity with the Palestinian people and their legitimate resistance against colonialism!

Collectif Palestine Vaincra invites interested people to contact them to get involved in future activities in Toulouse. Palestine will win!

Video: Steadfastness and Resistance – the Palestinian prisoners’ movement and the case of Ahmad Sa’adat

On Saturday, 16 January, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network organized a webinar as part of the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners. The webinar, “Steadfastness and Resistance: The Palestinian prisoners’ movement and the case of Ahmad Sa’adat,” focused on the imprisonment of Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa’adat and the revolutionary legacy and ongoing struggle of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement. The video is also available on YouTube and Facebook.

Samidoun international coordinator Charlotte Kates introduced the program, which included simultaneous French translation for online attendees, provided by Collectif Palestine Vaincra, with a brief introduction to Sa’adat’s case.

The General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Sa’adat is currently serving a 30-year sentence in Israeli prisons; he was kidnapped in a violent attack by occupation forces on the Palestinian Authority prison where he was held under “security coordination” with the Israeli occupation, with the involvement of U.S., British, Canadian and Turkish guards. Therefore, his case reflects the devastating role of the Palestinian Authority and the Oslo process for the Palestinian cause, as well as the direct involvement of imperialism in the subjugation and repression of the Palestinian people.

Hadeel Shatara, the coordinator of Samidoun Network in Occupied Palestine, spoke first on the program, addressing the ongoing reality of PA security coordination with Israel and how this is reflected in political repression and imprisonment directed at Palestinian resisters and activists, including student organizers, women’s movement organizers and community leaders. She addressed the types of charges  levied by the PA in political cases, including false allegations of “sectarian practices” and fomenting social division, or defamation of political officials and those in high positions. She emphasized that these repressive practices were directly tied to the PA’s role as an intercessor for Israeli colonialism and Zionist domination, tied to the Israeli security forces and directly sharing information about Palestinian organizers and resistance movements.

She was followed by Lena Meari, noted Palestinian scholar of decolonization, resistance and political captivity, and the author of “Sumud: A Palestinian Philosophy of Confrontation in Israeli Prisons.” An assistant professor of Anthropology at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Institute of Women’s Studies at Birzeit University, she was born in Haifa to a refugee family from Al-Birweh village.

In her incisive presentation, Lena Meari addressed the resistance, self-organization and anti-colonial struggle of Palestinian political prisoners and detainees, highlighting the history, development and present situation of Palestinian hunger strikes, resistance to interrogation and refusal to confess as part of the practice of sumud within Israeli prisons and under interrogation. She emphasized the political and anti-colonial leadership of Palestinian prisoners, emphasizing that solidarity campaigns must not represent these strugglers as victims in need of aid, but as freedom fighters in a liberation movement.

The concluding speaker was Mohammed Khatib, coordinator of Samidoun in Europe, who spoke about the importance of supporting Palestinian resistance and upholding Palestinians’ right to resist, return and liberate their land. He read a statement issued by Ahmad Sa’adat about the case of Omar Nayef Zayed, emphasizing once again the connections between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and imperialist powers in repressing Palestinian struggle. He noted the importance of Palestinian organization and pursuit of an alternative path of resistance for liberation, calling for a boycott of the PA elections earlier called for by PA president Mahmoud Abbas.

The engaging and wide-ranging discussion addressed a number of topics, including the growing call to return to the full boycott of the Knesset elections in the Israeli colonial project, scheduled for March 2021, the need to center the right to return and the right to resist in boycott campaigns, and the history of the Palestinian revolutionary movement alongside anti-colonial and anti-imperialist movements, especially those in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Lena Meari concluded the event with a stirring call for “radical solidarity” that embraces resistance and revolutionary politics, emphasizing that “solidarity with the Palestinian cause is also solidarity with yourself,” against all forms of exploitation and oppression.

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On 15-23 January 2021, join Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in a collective call for the freedom of Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners, with action and global solidarity to escalate the boycott of Israel, end aid and support to Israel, organize for justice in Palestine and resist imperialism and colonialism.

Upcoming Events

Join these events and actions for the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and send your events to us at samidoun@samidoun.net!

Sunday, 17 January – Manchester, Britain: Street Stall – Free all Palestinian prisoners! Free Issam Hijjawi! 12 Noon,  Outside Morrisons, Wilbraham Road,  Chorlton, Manchester M21 0UA. More info: https://samidoun.net/event/manchester-street-stall-free-all-palestinian-prisoners-free-issam-hijjawi/

Saturday, 23 January – Online Event – Liberation vs Dependency: Strategies to Defeat Neoliberalism and Colonialism in Algeria, South Africa, and Palestine. 11 am Pacific – 2 pm Eastern – 9 pm Palestine. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/722789698392609/

Sunday, 24 January – Paris, France – Protest to free Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Abdallah, and all Palestinian prisoners! 3:00 pm, Place Jean Ferrat – Metro L2 Menilmontant, Paris, France
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1135211573605908

The Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat launches today! Upcoming actions and events

The Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners kicked off on 15 January with photos, events and announcements in cities around the world. 

In Toulouse, Collectif Palestine Vaincra posted banners and posters across the city, demanding freedom for Sa’adat and his fellow 4,500 Palestinians held behind Israeli bars, including 160 children and nearly 450 jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention.

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In Brussels, activists gathered to protest outside the Israeli embassy to Belgium on 8 January 2021, including the Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine and Association Belgo-Palestine, took pictures of solidarity for the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners.

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Meanwhile, Anti-Imperialist Action Ireland announced that members of Macradh-ISR Youth’s Slua Áth Cliath were launching in a seven day solidarity fast, with a different comrade taking part each day, to demand freedom for Sa’adat and his fellow political prisoners. Declaring, “From Ireland to Palestine- One Struggle Against Imperialism!” AIA also posted solidarity posters around Dublin, Ireland.

Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) at Queen’s University in Canada launched a week of action and publicity, highlighting the cases of Palestinian political prisoners, including Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, Tareq Mattar, Khalida Jarrar, Khitam Saafin and Mays Abu Ghosh.

Ahmad Sa’adat is the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Palestinian national liberation movement leader and a symbol of the international left and revolutionary movements. He was sentenced to 30 years in Israeli prison on 25 December 2008 after being violently abducted from the Palestinian Authority’s Jericho prison in 2006, where he had been held under U.S. and British guard.

Sa’adat is a leader in the Palestinian prisoners’ movement and the Palestinian national liberation movement and a Palestinian, Arab and international symbol of resistance to capitalism, racism, apartheid and colonization. Targeted for his political role and clarity of vision, he remains unable to be silenced despite the oppression imposed upon him and 4,500 fellow Palestinian political prisoners.

On 15-23 January 2021, join Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in a collective call for the freedom of Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners, with action and global solidarity to escalate the boycott of Israel, end aid and support to Israel, organize for justice in Palestine and resist imperialism and colonialism.

Upcoming Events

Join these events and actions for the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and send your events to us at samidoun@samidoun.net!

Saturday, 16 January – Toulouse, France – Stand Palestine: Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat! De 11H à 13H,  Métro Capitole – Toulouse,
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/2912430855703129/

Saturday, 16 January – Online Event – Steadfastness and Resistance – The Palestinian Prisoners’ Movement and the Case of Ahmad Sa’adat with Lena Meari. 10 am Pacific – 1 pm Eastern – 6 pm UTC – 7 pm central Europe – 8 pm Palestine,  Register online: https://bit.ly/freesaadat

Sunday, 17 January – Manchester, Britain: Street Stall – Free all Palestinian prisoners! Free Issam Hijjawi! 12 Noon,  Outside Morrisons, Wilbraham Road,  Chorlton, Manchester M21 0UA. More info: https://samidoun.net/event/manchester-street-stall-free-all-palestinian-prisoners-free-issam-hijjawi/

Saturday, 23 January – Online Event – Liberation vs Dependency: Strategies to Defeat Neoliberalism and Colonialism in Algeria, South Africa, and Palestine. 11 am Pacific – 2 pm Eastern – 9 pm Palestine. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/722789698392609/

Sunday, 24 January – Paris, France – Protest to free Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Abdallah, and all Palestinian prisoners! 3:00 pm, Place Jean Ferrat – Metro L2 Menilmontant, Paris, France
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1135211573605908

Samidoun posted the following series of images to our Instagram as part of the campaign launch. We invite you to share this introduction to Ahmad Sa’adat:

16 January, Toulouse: Palestine Stand – Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat!

Saturday, 16 January
11 am to 1 pm 
Métro Capitole
Toulouse, France
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2912430855703129/

During the Week of Actions to Free Ahmad Sa’adat, Collectif Palestine Vaincra will organize a Palestine Stand on Saturday, 16 January from 11 am to 1 pm at Metro Capitole in Toulouse.

This Palestine Stand is an occasion for us to come together, participate and display information about Palestinian prisoners while discussing with passers-by. The stand will also include solidarity photos, stickers and materials, calendar sales and more.

Ahmad Sa’adat is the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. On 25 December 2008, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison by the Israeli occupation, accused of leading a “terrorist” organization, an allegation that Israel directs at most Palestinian organizations. We call for the liberation of all Palestinian prisoners!

This event is registered with the prefecture and will respect all health measures and guidelines (masks, sanitizer, etc.)

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