On the occasion of 70th Republic day of India, join us outside the Consulate General of India in Vancouver BC to celebrate the Sovereign, Socialist, Secular and Democratic spirit of India as we have known it. Let us remind ourselves and the Indian Government that the idea of India remains to be that of “we the people”.
As we mark the date to honor our constitution, let us stand in cohesion with our brethren back home who are standing up against this hyper-nationalist/fascist Indian Government to save our constitution from the bigoted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the anti-people National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Let us join in the movement of Renaissance of India led by Universities across the country and collectively condemn the state sponsored violence against the students at JMI, AMU and JNU.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ? Nelson Mandela
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Hosted by the following organizations:
– Global Peace Society (GPS)
– International League of People Struggle (ILPS Canada)
– Socialist Fightback Vancouver (Marxist.ca)
– Coalition Against Bigotry – Pacific
– Communities United Against Narendra Modi
– Indians Abroad For Pluralist India
Former Palestinian political prisoner Allam Kaabi, a Central Committee member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and in-charge of the prisoners’ issue, delivered a video message to all international supporters of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat, urging participation in the global weeks of action between 15 and 29 January 2020.
“We are saluting all those who are participating in these events and actions, as we see in it a true uplifting of the struggle of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement in the Zionist jails,” Kaabi says. He also expresses his salutes of solidarity to Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the Arab communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned for 35 years. 19 January marked a day of action for freedom for both Abdallah and Sa’adat.
“We are counting on the support of all the people of free will of the world and the solidarity with the Palestinian people. and those in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails. We are looking to demonstrate in front of Israeli embassies and send a clear message that its crimes and aggressions against Palestinian prisoners will reach all international arenas,” Kaabi concludes.
Events are continuing to take place around the world. See the list below and join in your area.
Actions for the 15-22 January Call to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners
Please let us know about your events! Use this form or email samidoun@samidoun.net. Let us know – whether you’re including this campaign in a larger action or organizing your own action, we want to make sure to spread the word!
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Saturday and Sunday, 25 and 26 January. Youth for Palestine ConferenceThis conference is organized by Midwest SJP and the Palestinian Youth Movement. Samidoun members will be attending and presenting here and we encourage all to join. University of Michigan -Ann Arbor More info: https://www.youth4palestine.com/
We urge all supporters of Palestine and defenders of freedom for the Palestinian people to join us between 15 and 29 January 2020 in weeks of action to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Photo: Samidoun Europe coordinator Mohammed Khatib with Wilhen Nehomar Diaz Lara, Charge d’affaires at the embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Netherlands. Photo: Samidoun Netherlands
Samidoun Netherlands visited the Venezuelan embassy in the Netherlands on Tuesday, 14 January, with Mohammed Khatib, European coordinator of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. The activists met with Wilhen Nehomar Diaz Lara, Charge d’affaires at the embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, where they shared information about the current situation in Palestine as well as the imperialist attacks confronting Venezuela.
The Samidoun organizers spoke about the cases of Palestinian political prisoners, including the weeks of action to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners. They also discussed the escalating use of torture in Israeli interrogation centers, including the prominent cases of prisoners such as Samer Arbeed, Mays Abu Ghosh and Walid Hanatsheh, who were subjected to severe physical torture in an attempt to force coerced confessions.
Khatib focused on the situation of Palestinians and solidarity organizers in Europe, including the difficult circumstances of Palestinian refugees who increasingly face threats of deportation and other repressive mechanisms, as well as the attempts by European governments to criminalize or suppress the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign and growing solidarity with Palestinians. He also spoke about the failure of the Palestinian Authority and its embassies to truly represent the interests of the Palestinian people, especially Palestinian refugees both in Europe and in the camps in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.
The Samidoun organizers noted their strong solidarity with the Venezuelan people in their struggle confronting imperialism, denouncing the role of the United States and the European Union in attempting to impose a right-wing coup, confiscate Venezuelan resources and undermine the Venezuelan people’s right to self-determination. They emphasized the strong support for Venezuela in the Palestinian community, especially as the Bolivarian Republic has consistently taken a strong stand internationally in defense of the rights of the Palestinian people.
Diaz Lara spoke about the current situation in Venezuela, particularly the devastating sanctions (unlawful unilateral coercive measures) directed against the Bolivarian Republic as well as the attempt to foment a right-wing coup. He spoke about the involvement of European banks in confiscating the resources of the Venezuelan people in service of the coup, and the effects on Venezuelans’ access to medicine and other basic needs. He also spoke about the coup in Bolivia and the troubling human rights crisis in Colombia, especially the escalating number of assassinations targeting social movement leaders.
He emphasized that despite the attacks against the Venezuelan people and the Bolivarian Revolution, Venezuela remains committed to its internationalist vision.
Diaz Lara expressed his solidarity and that of the Bolivarian Republic and the Venezuelan people with Palestine, saying that “Palestinians are always welcome and Palestine is always our priority.” Samidoun Netherlands planned to join in the meetings of the solidarity campaign for Venezuela and expressed its commitment to work together in the future to build joint struggle against imperialism and for liberation, from Venezuela to Palestine.
Cities and groups around the world have joined in the global weeks of action to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian political prisoners, with more to come in Tunis, Paris, Vancouver, Ann Arbor and more in the next days. Sa’adat is the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a major Palestinian national political leader.
The weeks of action from 15 to 29 January were called by the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. They mark the 18th anniversary of Sa’adat’s arrest by the Palestinian Authority; he was held in Jericho prison under U.S. and British guard for four years until a brutal Israeli assault kidnapped him and his comrades in 2006. He remains in Israeli jail today, a leader in the Palestinian prisoners’ movement and the liberation movement as a whole.
Photo: Secours Rouge
In Brussels, Secours Rouge organized a protest on 19 January outside the Lebanese Embassy to Belgium, highlighting the call for a day of action to free Sa’adat and Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler imprisoned for 35 years in French prisons. Dozens of people joined in the protest, which also expressed solidarity with the popular protest movement in Lebanon.
In Charleroi, Belgium, members and supporters of the Plate-Forme Charleroi-Palestine took time during their educational meeting about the popular movement in Lebanon to show their solidarity with Georges Abdallah, Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners.
Photo: Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine
Meanwhile, in Manchester, members of Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!, the Revolutionary Communist Group and others held a protest and public education table in the center of the city, focusing on solidarity with Cuba and Palestine. Speakers highlighted the case of Ahmad Sa’adat, noting that British and U.S. guards oversaw the imprisonment of Sa’adat and his comrades in PA prisons and withdrew in advance of the Israeli assault. “Sa’adat’s imprisonment was part of the collaboration between the Zionist state, its agents in the Palestinian Authority and U.S. and British imperialism,” the speaker said.
Another Manchester protest will take place on 25 January as part of the international day of action against U.S. imperialist war threats and sanctions on Iran, and this protest will also include solidarity with Palestine and the Palestinian prisoners specifically.
In Ireland, several organizations showed their solidarity with Sa’adat and the Palestnian struggle. Saoradh sent a solidarity message to the PFLP on the anniversary of Sa’adat’s imprisonment, saying: ““We salute the resilient Palestinian people in their struggle for true freedom. Your struggle is our struggle and our struggle is yours. It’s at times like this that international solidarity is vital.”
Éirígí For A New Republic joined the weeks of action, unfurling a banner in solidarity with Palestine and holding posters for the week of action at the Garden of Remembrance as part of the global call to action. “We encourage all civil society groups, organisations and individuals to add their voices to the call for release Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian political prisoners,” they urged.
Photo: Eirigi
In Vancouver, the Revolutionary Student Movement displayed a large graffiti mural, “Free Sa’adat!” The movement expressed its support for “the international campaign to free him and the complete liberation of Palestine!” On Tuesday, 28 January, Khaled Barakat, the international coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat will speak about the Palestinian political prisoners and the liberation movement.
Photo: Revolutionary Student Movement
Events are continuing to take place around the world. See the list below and join in your area.
Actions for the 15-22 January Call to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners
Please let us know about your events! Use this form or email samidoun@samidoun.net. Let us know – whether you’re including this campaign in a larger action or organizing your own action, we want to make sure to spread the word!
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Saturday and Sunday, 25 and 26 January. Youth for Palestine ConferenceThis conference is organized by Midwest SJP and the Palestinian Youth Movement. Samidoun members will be attending and presenting here and we encourage all to join. University of Michigan -Ann Arbor More info: https://www.youth4palestine.com/
We urge all supporters of Palestine and defenders of freedom for the Palestinian people to join us between 15 and 29 January 2020 in weeks of action to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Join Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) Canada and the Canada Palestine Association for an important discussion on the case of Ahmad Sa’adat, Palestinian political prisoners and the struggle for the liberation of Palestine today at the Centre for Socialist Education:
Speaker:
KHALED BARAKAT, Palestinian writer and international coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat, will present an analysis of the Palestinian situation and the liberation movement today. He will discuss the case of Ahmad Sa’adat and fellow Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, the use of “anti-terror” designation and repressive legislation to suppress Palestinian organizing inside and outside occupied Palestine.
We acknowledge that this action is being organized upon the unceded and stolen Indigenous lands of the Coast Salish peoples, inclusive of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl’ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) territories.
If your organization would like to get involved with this event, please contact us at samidoun@samidoun.net.
Freedom for the kidnapped students Samah Jaradat and Mays Abu Ghosh from the occupation prisons! Protest the extension of the administrative detention of Shorouq Al-Baden for another six months!
יום שבת ה- 25.1.20 בשעות 3-4 אחה”צ
משמרת מחאה
الحرية للمختطفات سماح جرادات وميس أبو غوش
تمديد الاعتقال الإداري للأسيرة في سجون الاحتلال شروق البدن لستة أشهر إضافية
كفى لسلطة المخابرات !!
ישוחררו החטופות סמאח ג’רדאת ומייס אבו גוש!
צו המעצר המנהלי הוארך ל 6 חודשים נוספים לאסירת הכיבוש שורוק אלבדאן!
Stop the Zionist colonization of Palestine and stop the support of Europe and the US!
As of March 2019, there were 5,450 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, including 48 women, seven members of the Palestinian legislative council, 340 prisoners from East Jerusalem, 294 from Gaza and 70 Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Open mic protest to stand against imperialist aggression and Zionist colonisation in the Middle East. Break Britain’s links with Israel, end the drive to war on Iran and demand freedom for Palestinian political prisoners. Called as part of the international actions called by the US Answer coalition and Samidoun’s campaign to free Ahmed Saadat.
The Tunisian Solidarity Campaign for Georges Ibrahim Abdallah will organize a solidarity stand with Ahmad Sa’adat, Georges Abdallah and all the prisoners of freedom as part of the international weeks of solidarity with Ahmad Sa’adat. Please join us – your attendance is a message of loyalty to the road of freedom and the path of dignity and steadfastness. Victory to Palestine – glory to the martyrs – freedom for Georges Abdallah, Ahmad Sa’adat and all of the prisoners of freedom in Zionist jails.
تنظم لجنة التضامن التونسية من اجل اطلاق سراح جورج ابراهيم عبد الله وقفة تضامنية مع القائد احمد سعدات و جورج عبد الله و كل اسرى الحرية بمناسبة اسبوعي التضامن مع القائد احمد سعدات وذلك يوم السبت 25 جانفي على الساعة الرابعة امام المسرح البلدي
كونوا في الموعد ، حضوركم رسالة وفاء لدرب الاحرار و لخيار الكرامة و الصمود
النصر لفلسطين
المجد الشهداء
الحرية لاحمد سعدات و لجورج ابراهيم عبد الله ولكل اسرى الحرية في السجون الصهيونية
Poster campaign: Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners!
From 15 to 29 January we participate in the international action weeks for Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners. To reach as many people as possible, we will spread posters in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague!
To join, please send us a message on Facebook or email us at samidoun@protonmail.com or receive posters to spread in your own city! Please send us pictures of your actions!
Who is Ahmad Sa’adat?
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, accused of leading a prohibited organization and “incitement.” The PFLP, like all Palestinian political parties and resistance organizations, is labeled a “prohibited organization” by the Israeli occupation authorities.
We will also distribute posters about imprisoned Palestinian students, including Mays Abu Ghosh and Tareq Matar. Mays and Tareq are currently imprisoned under administrative detention, without charge or trial. They have been brutally tortured. Mays was unrecognizable for het mother and Tareq was pushed in the courtroom in a wheelchair. We stand in solidarity with these student leaders and demand their immediate release!
Van 15 tot 29 januari zijn de internationale actieweken voor Ahmad Sa’adat en alle Palestijnse gevangenen. Om zoveel mogelijk mensen te bereiken gaan we posters verspreiden in Amsterdam, Rotterdam en Den Haag!
Stuur ons een bericht op Facebook of email ons op samidoun@protonmail.com om mee te doen of posters te ontvangen voor je eigen actie. Stuur ons alsjeblieft foto’s van je posteractie!
Wie is Ahmad Sa’adat?
Ahmad Sa’adat is de opgesloten Generaal Secretaris van het Volksfront voor de Bevrijding van Palestina (PFLP), een leider van de Palestijnse nationale bevrijdingsbeweging en een symbool van internationaal links en revolutionaire bewegingen. Hij werd op 25 december 2008 veroordeeld tot dertig jaar gevangenschap op basis van de beschuldiging een verboden organisatie te leiden en “opruiing.” De PFLP is door de Israëlische bezetting bestempeld als een “verboden organisatie,” net zoals alle andere Palestijnse politieke partij en verzetsorganisaties.
We zullen ook posters verspreiden voor gevangen Palestijnse studenten, waaronder Mays Abu Ghosh en Tareq Matar. Mays en Tareq zitten gevangen onder administratieve detentie, zonder aanklacht of proces. Ook zijn zij bruut gemarteld. Mays was onherkenbaar voor haar moeder en Tareq werd de rechtszaal ingereden in een rolstoel. Wij zijn solidair met deze studentenleiders en eisen hun onmiddellijke vrijlating!
On the occasion of 70th Republic day of India, join us outside the Consulate General of India in Vancouver BC to celebrate the Sovereign, Socialist, Secular and Democratic spirit of India as we have known it. Let us remind ourselves and the Indian Government that the idea of India remains to be that of “we the people”.
Freedom for the kidnapped students Samah Jaradat and Mays Abu Ghosh from the occupation prisons! Protest the extension of the administrative detention of Shorouq Al-Baden for another six months!
Stop the Zionist colonization of Palestine and stop the support of Europe and the US!
