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22 February, Ankara: No to the “Deal of the Century”!

Saturday, 22 February
2:00 pm
Ulus/Heykel
Ankara, Turkey
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/181942799777745/

The BDS campaign calls for a response to the Trump-Netanyahu attempt to annex Israeli settlements in the West Bank in violation with international law, to make Jerusalem the “undivided capital of Israel,” and to liquidate Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homes and lands from which they were displaced. We call on Palestinians and friends of Palestine to join our press conference against this “deal.” Gather to join in solidarity with the Palestinian people!

BDS Hareketi adina, Bati Seria’da uluslararasi hukuka aykiri sekilde insa edilmis Israil yerlesim birimlerinin kalici hale gelmesini ve Israil tarafindan ilhak edilmesini, Kudüs’ün “Israil’in bölünmez baskenti” haline getirilmesini, Filistinli mültecilerin geri dönüs hakkinin tümüyle rafa kaldirilmasini ve karsiliginda Filistinlilere bir miktar paranin ve daginik toprak parçalari üzerinde ordusuz ve egemenlik haklarindan yoksun bir devletçigin “bahsedilmesine” karsi Filistinlileri ve Filistin dostlarini basin açiklamamiza çagiriyoruz.

Filistin halkiyla dayanismamizi haykirmak için, 22 Subat Cumartesi günü saat 14:00’de Ulus Heykel’de bulusalim.

22 February, Nottingham: Defend Solidarity with Palestine! Zionism is Racism!

Saturday, 22 February
11:00 am
HSBC
Clumber Street, Nottingham
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/334910584076098/

On Saturday 8 February, Daniel Green, a black pro-Palestine activist was singled out for arrest on an anti-Zionist demonstration organised by the Revolutionary Communist Group. This wrongful and racist arrest must be put into the context of the ongoing campaign to criminalise opposition to Zionism (a form of racism) – both in Palestine itself, and in Britain especially following the adoption of the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition of antisemitism.

The Zionism Is Racism Defence Campaign is returning to the spot where the arrest took place to show that we will not be intimidated by attempts to criminalise solidarity with Palestine. Stand with us and defend the democratic right to stand in solidarity with Palestine and to denounce Zionism for what it is – a form of racism.

29 February, NYC: Memorial for Robert Seth Hayes

Saturday, 29 February
2:00 pm
Countee Cullen Branch Library
104 W. 136th St
NYCN
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/666878854060315/
Join us to commemorate this former Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army veteran, long term political prisoner and freedom fighter. Share thoughts and memories of our fallen friend. Master of ceremonies: Sekou Odinga

27 February, NYC: An Anti-Imperialist Study – What Are Sanctions?

Thursday, 27 February
6:30 pm
Project Reach NYC
39 Eldridge St Fl 4
NYC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/193630741830336/

As a convener of the Sanctions Kill campaign, the International League of Peoples’ NStruggle invites you to a study on sanctions as a build up to the International Days of Action Against Sanctions and Economic War on March 13 – 15, 2020

DATE – Thursday, February 27
TIME – 6:30 PM
LOCATION – 39 Eldridge Street 4th Floor, New York NY

As an anti-imperialist alliance, the ILPS recognizes imperialism as a global economic system. Within this framework, we must study and understand sanctions as a weapon of US imperialism to assert its global hegemony in the interest of monopoly capital.

29 February, Gothenburg: Demonstration for Palestinian refugees

Saturday, 29 February
2:00 pm
Brunnsparken
Gothenburg, Sweden
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1069593836709971/

On Saturday, 29 February, we will bring together as many people as possible to support the Palestinian refugees who are protesting against the Migration Board’s decision this autumn!

The Facebook event will be updated with additional information.

In short, the Migration Board’s decision means that hundreds of Palestinian refugees in Sweden, adults and children, will lose jobs, schools and housing through denied residence permits.

For more information, begin by checking out this petition: https://www.mittskifte.org/petitions/lat-palestinierna-stanna-1

Lördagen 29:e februari samlas vi så många som möjligt för att uppmärksamma och stötta de palestinska flyktingarna som protesterar mot Migrationsverkets beslut från i höstas!

Eventet uppdateras löpande med mer information.

Missat bakgrunden? Kortfattat innebär Migrationsverkets beslut att hundratals palestinska flyktingar i Sverige, vuxna som barn, förlorar jobb, skola och bostad genom nekade uppehållstillstånd.

För mer information, börja med att kolla in (och sprid!) den här namninsamlingen: https://www.mittskifte.org/petitions/lat-palestinierna-stanna-1

28 February, Paris: Solidarity meal for the release of Georges Abdallah

Friday, 28 February
7:00 pm
Impasse Crozatier
Paris, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/186242839248256/

Collective project bringing together all the supporters of Georges Abdallah, around a participatory solidarity meal, to reflect all together on actions making it possible to change the balance of power to win his release and to write to our comrade to express our unconditional support and solidarity.

Please confirm your presence (number of participants – dish and drink brought) by writing to the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah at the following address: campagne.unitaire.gabdallah@gmail.com

Projet collectif réunissant tous les soutiens à Georges Abdallah, autour d’un repas solidaire participatif, pour réfléchir tous ensembles à des actions permettant d’établir le rapport de force favorable à sa libération et pour écrire à notre camarade notre soutien et notre solidarité inconditionnelle.

Merci de confirmer votre présence (nombre de participants – plat et boisson apportés) en écrivant à la Campagne unitaire pour la libération de Georges Abdallah à l’adresse suivante : campagne.unitaire.gabdallah@gmail.com

28 February, Toulouse: Screening of “Contre-Feux: Union and Social Resistance in Palestine”

Friday, 28 February
7:00 pm
Salle Maude Sykes Andral
1, allée Chaban-Delmas
31500 Toulouse, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/188387035904105/

Union Syndicale Solidaires 31, Collectif Palestine Vaincra Collective and the Toulouse BDS Campaign invite you to the screening debate of “Contre-feux, union and social resistance in Palestine”.

In Spring 2019, four trade unionists from the International Commission of the Union Syndical Solidaires traveled to Palestine to meet with representatives of independent unions, collectives, associations and Palestinian workers.

L’Union Syndicale Solidaires 31, le Collectif Palestine Vaincra et la Campagne BDS Toulouse vous invitent à la projection-débat de « Contre-feux, résistance syndicale et sociale en Palestine ».

« Printemps 2019, quatre syndicalistes de la Commission Internationale de l’Union Syndicale Solidaires se rendent en Territoires palestiniens occupés et en Israël pour rencontrer des représentant·e·s de syndicats indépendants, des collectifs, des associations et des travailleurs et travailleuses Palestinien·ne·s. »

23 February, Copenhagen: Solidarity Cafe – Free Ahmad Sa’adat and Georges Abdallah

Sunday, 23 February
3:00 pm
Internationalt Forum
Griffenfeldsgade 41
Copenhagen, Denmark
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/720565685142301/

On Sunday, 23 February, the Internationalt Forum will host a solidarity cafe focusing on political prisoners, especially Lebanese revolutionary Georges Abdallah and PFLP General Secretary Ahmad Sa’adat. Coffee, beer, tea and cakes available at solidarity prices!

Program:

Introduction to the stories of Georges Abdallah and Ahmad Sa’adat
Short videos about the two prisoners
Discussion on the role of political prisoners in the liberation struggle

Organizer: Internationalt Forum Middle East Group

About Ahmad Sa’adat: Ahmad Sa’adat is the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. In 2002, Sa’adat was imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority and later kidnapped by the Israeli military from the PA prison and held in Israeli prison. Sa’adat is a leading figure in the prisoners’ movement and hunger strikes in Zionist jails.

“Wherever I am, I will continue to fight.” – Ahmad Sa’adat

About Georges Abdallah: Georges Abdallah is a Lebanese revolutionary communist involved in the Palestinian liberation struggle who has been jailed since 1984 in France. Eligible for release since 1999, the French judiciary accepted his release on several occasions, but each time it was prevented by the United States and Israel. When Palestinian prisoners go on hunger strike, Abdallah refuses meals in prison in France.

Søndag den 23. Februar inviterer Internationalt Forum til cafe og oplæg om politiske fanger. Særlig fokus vil være på den libanesiske revolutionær George Abdallah og PFLP’s generalsekretær Ahmad Sa’adat.
Der vil være kaffe, øl og vand til en billig mønt

Program:

Introduktion til George Abdallahs og Ahmad Sa’adats historie

Der vises korte videofilm om de to fanger

Debat om de politiske fangers rolle i befrielseskampen

Der kan købes kaffe/the og kager til solidaritetspriser

Arrangør: Internationalt Forums Mellemøstgruppe

Info:

Om Ahmad Sa’adat: Er generalsekretær for PFLP – Folkefronten til Palæstinas Befrielse. Sa’adat blev i 2002 fængslet af det palæstinensiske selvstyre og senere kidnappet fra selvstyrefængslet af israelsk militær og sat i israelsk fængsel, anklaget for terrorisme. Sa’adat er en ledende skikkelse i de mange fangeoprør og sultestrejker i zionismens fængsler.

Citat Ahmad Sa’adat: ”Hvor jeg end er, vil jeg fortsætte med at kæmpe”

Om George Abdallah: Er libanesisk revolutionær kommunist. Har siddet i fængsel i Frankrig siden 1984 – på grund af sin deltagelse i den palæstinensiske befrielseskamp. I 1999 og flere gange siden åbnede den franske stat op for hans løsladelse, men hver gang blev det forhindret gennem pres fra USA og Israel. Når palæstinensiske fanger går i sultestrejke, nægter Abdallah ar indtage føde i fængslet i Frankrig.

26 February, San Francisco: Black-Palestinian Solidarities & Jerusalem Afro-Palestinian

Wednesday, 26 February
12:00 pm
LIB 121
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/3055005747851592/

In March 2016, the first US Prisoner, Academic and Labor Delegation to Palestine was hosted by the Afro-Palestinian Community Center in the Old City of Jerusalem, in the African Neighborhood, a few feet from the Aqsa Mosque.

Part and parcel of Palestinian social fabric that go back to the 7th centutry, Afro-Palestinian have and continue to play a major role in the Palestinian anti-colonial resistance movement.

We will screen a video of Ali Jiddah, freed Palestinian prisoner and co-founder of the Afro-Palestinian Community Center. The screening will be followed by a roundtable table discussion with Emory Douglas, the former Minister of Information of the Black Panthers Party and Arts editor of the Black Panthers newspaper. Professors Jamal Dajani and Rabab Abdulhadi will co-moderate and bring in their intellectual expertise and lived experiences growing up under Israeli occupation.

Professor Jamal Dajani is a Jerusalemite whose family hails several generations. Professor Rabab Abdulhadi has been collaborating with members of the Afro-Palestinian community and has interviewed the late Fatima Bernawi, the first Palestinian woman to be arrested by the Israeli military after the 1967 occupation of the remaining Palestinian lands.

This AMED open classroom brings together Professor Jamal Dajani’s class, Introduction to Arab and Muslim Communities, and Professor Rabab Abdulhadi online courses, Gender and Modernity in Arab and Muslim Communities; Colonialism, Imperialism and Resistance; and Palestine: Ethnic Studies Perspective.

For more information see the statement of the 2016 US Prisoner, Academic and Labor Solidarity https://samidoun.net/2016/04/on-palestinian-prisoners-day-anti-prison-labor-academic-delegation-takes-stand-against-israeli-state-violence-affirms-solidarity-with-palestinian-people/

Samidoun participates in Anti-Imperialist Front symposium in Athens

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is proud to have participated in the Anti-Imperialist Front’s symposium from 14-16 February 2020 in Athens, Greece.

Samidoun activists from Greece and the Netherlands participated in the symposium, together with representatives from anti-imperialist organizations from more than twenty countries, including Turkey, Lebanon, Ireland and the Philippines.

The Samidoun participants spoke about the popular and massive Palestinian rejection of Trump and Netanyahu’s “Steal of the Century,” which was revealed at the end of January this year. They stressed that this “war plan” is a colonial plan to further exploit and oppress the Palestinian people and their land. Palestinians all over the world have responded by protesting for the liberation of Palestine and the right of return.

They highlighted the situation of the Palestinian people in the refugee camps in Lebanon and Greece. In both countries Palestinian refugees are discriminated against and are by law excluded from many professions. It is because of these realities that the Palestinian struggle for liberation and return is still the heart of the Palestinian liberation movement.

They also called for the widest support for the campaign to free Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the Lebanese communist struggler for Palestine who has been imprisoned by France for over 35 years. He is eligible for release since 1999 but the French state refuses to release him.

Samidoun highlighted the struggle of prisoners in Palestine, especially Ahmad Sa’adat, Khalida Jarrar and the student prisoners. Over the last months, dozens of students have been arrested by Israeli occupation forces. They have been severely tortured during their interrogation, as is shown in the cases of Mays Abu Ghosh and Tareq Matar.

They also pointed to the long tradition of international solidarity from and with the Palestinian prisoners. Especially their historic connection with the Irish republican prisoners will never be forgotten and continues to inspire political prisoners around the world.

Finally, the Samidoun delegation stressed the importance of building strong resistance against the recent gas deal between the Greek, Cypriot and Israeli governments. This deal enables for stolen Palestinian gas to be sold to Europe by constructing a pipeline through Cyprus and Greece. Approximately 10% of European gas will come from Palestine. Europe will literally warm itself with the blood of the Palestinian people.

Samidoun extends its warmest solidarity to all participants in the Anti-Imperialist Front and thanks them for organizing this important symposium