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29 February, Vancouver: Boycott Israeli Wine, Stand Up for Palestine!

Saturday, 29 February
2:00 pm
BC Liquor Store
8th and Cambie
Vancouver, BC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/604986557008335/

For many years, there has been an ongoing local campaign to call for a boycott of Israeli wines, many of them produced in the Occupied Territories, which are being sold in our publicly owned BC Liquor Stores. We asked David Eby, BC Attorney General, to respond to this issue but to date have received exactly the same response we got from previous BC governments, which was to stonewall and ignore our concerns.

The wines in question are either from the Golan Heights Winery (Mount Hermon brand), the Galil Winery (which is a joint venture with the Golan Heights Winery), or from the occupied West Bank, including the illegal Gush Etzion settlement bloc around Jerusalem. Two wines of particular note are the Efrat Judean Hills Kosher and Vision Malbec, both produced by the Israeli Teperberg Winery. This winery openly states that some of its vineyards are in occupied Palestinian territories and even provides a map on its website showing vineyards in the occupied West Bank.

All of this is in direct contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention and “stated” Canadian policy. Detailed information on Israeli wineries can be found in the exhaustive study done by “Who Profits” entitled Forbidden Fruit: Israeli Wine Industry and Occupation.

25 February, Nottingham: Zionism is Racism Defence Campaign Meeting

Tuesday, 25 February
6:00 pm
YMCA international community centre
61B Mansfield Rd
Nottingham, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/614531419401397/

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. The picket was of HSBC, targeted for its funding of arms companies supplying the racist Israeli state. Daniel was the only black person on the protest, and the only one to be targeted. 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. An example of ‘anti-semitism’ under the IHRA is the statement that ‘Israel is a racist endeavour’. The arrest of this activist shows that the criminalisation of support for Palestine is well underway.

Come along to this planning meeting to get involved in our campaign to demand that Nottinghamshire Police :
• Take no further action against Daniel Green
• Press no charges against anyone else present on the 8 February demonstration

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.