Wednesday, 15 May
6:30 pm
Metro Panormou
Athens, Greece

On the 71st anniversary of the catastrophe of the Palestinian people and the day of the Palestinian struggle, we call on you, on behalf of the Palestinian refugees in Greece to join the left forces, trade union movements and Greek student organizations to participate in the march of return that will head from downtown in the Greek capital, Athens, to the embassy of the Zionist state.

Wednesday, 15 May
5:30 pm
Drottningtorget
Gothenburg, Sweden
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/392188841372835/

The Nakba Committee calls for a demonstration on 15 May to commemorate Al-Nakba, the Catastrophe.

This year marks 71 years since around 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes. Over 400 Palestinian villages were destroyed and the state of Israel proclaimed. Al-Nakba, the great catastrophe, was not a single event but an ever-present reality that includes the ongoing ethnic cleansing and daily oppression of the Palestinian people. Today, millions of Palestinians live as refugees around the world. We gather to remember al-Nakba and above all to show solidarity and support the Palestinian struggle against occupation and for a fair peace.

Important notes for the demonstration:
* we have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism
* posters, banners and flags are welcome, including those with organizational symbols, but only Palestinian national flags are allowed.

Co-organizers:
Proletären FF, Kommunistiska Partiet Göteborg, BDS Göteborg, Palestinska Huset i Göteborg, Palestinagrupperna Göteborg, Ship to Gaza Göteborg, Aktionsgruppen Flytta Finalen, Samidoun Göteborg, SPFH Handala, Falestin Beytona/Palestinska Riksförbundet, Al Salamföreningen, Alshatat Al Falastini, Vänsterpartiet Göteborg, RKU Göteborg.

Nakba-kommittén kallar till en manifestation den 15 maj till minnet av Al Nakba, den stora katastrofen.

I år är det 71 år sedan cirka 750 000 palestinier fördrevs från sina hem, över 400 palestinska byar jämnades med marken och staten Israel utropades. Al Nakba, den stora Katastrofen, var inte en enskild händelse, utan är en ständigt pågående verklighet som inkluderar etnisk rensning och dagligt förtryck av det palestinska folket. Ännu idag lever miljoner palestinier som flyktingar runt om i världen. Vi samlas för att minnas al Nakba, men framför allt för att visa solidaritet och stödja den palestinska kampen mot ockupationen och för en rättvis fred.

PLATS OCH TID:
Drottningtorget, Göteborg
15 maj 2019, kl. 17.30-19.00

TALARE:
Talarlista kommer inom kort.

VIKTIG INFORMATION INFÖR MANIFESTATIONEN:
– Vi har nolltolerans mot antisemitism.
– Plakat, banderoller och fanor är välkomna, även med organisationssymboler men endast palestinska nationsflaggor är tillåtna.

MEDARRANGÖRER:
Proletären FF, Kommunistiska Partiet Göteborg, BDS Göteborg, Palestinska Huset i Göteborg, Palestinagrupperna Göteborg, Ship to Gaza Göteborg, Aktionsgruppen Flytta Finalen, Samidoun Göteborg, SPFH Handala, Falestin Beytona/Palestinska Riksförbundet, Al Salamföreningen, Alshatat Al Falastini, Vänsterpartiet Göteborg, RKU Göteborg.

ARABISK ÖVERSÄTTNING:

يصادف يوم النكبة الخامس عشر من أيار من كل سنة.

حدث في مثل هذا اليوم منذ واحد سبعين عاما ان هجر 700 الف فلسطنيا قسرا من بلدهم العزيز فلسطين وأكثر من 500 قرية دمرت وكان كل ذلك تمهيدا لتشكيل حكومة إسرائيلية.

من خلال 71 سنة من الاحتلال استعمرت الأجزاء الكبرى من فلسطين وطبقت سياسة التمييز العنصري.

ومدينة غزة تكون محاصرة منذ أثني عشر عاما مما جعل الحياة شاقة في ظل غياب ابسط سبل العيش هناك.

حسب البيان رقم 194 الموافق عليه من قبل مجلس الأمن سنة 1948 يمتلك الفلسطينيون المهجرون حق العودة لبلادهم والآن ومنذ 71 عاما يعيش هؤلاء في مخيمات اللجوء في دول الجوار لبنان وسوريا والاردن وفي غزة والقطاع الغربي.

خرجت مسيرات في غزة سنة 2018 تطالب بحق العودة فاستشهدا على اثرها 251 وأصيب 2800 برصاص القناصة الإسرائلييين.

فلسطين ليس لديها جيش فهم يناظلون ضد الاحتلال من خلال المظاهرات وقذف الجحارة
فمايقارب الف طفل يتعرض للسجن سنويأ وأغلبهم بسبب قذف الحجارة وحاليأ يوجد نحو 5273 فلسطنيا في السجون الإسرائيلية من بينهم 207 طفلأ.

نحن نطالب مايلي:
-إنهاء الاحتلال الإسرائيلي لفلسطين

-فك الحصار عن غزة

– الاعتراف بحق العودة للاجئين الفلسطينيين

– إطلاق صراح المعتقلين السياسييين

– التضامن مع فلسطين ومقاطعة إسرائيل حتى يسترجع الشعب الفلسطيني حقوقه المسلوبة.

اظهر تظامنك واكسر حاجز الصمت من خلال مشاركتك بالتظاهر معنا بتاريخ 15 أيار الساعة الخامسة ونصف في Drottningtorget

Tuesday, 14 May
6:00 pm
Square Charles-de-Gaulle
Toulouse, France
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/287595302166359/

Boycott Eurovision in Tel Aviv!
Don’t be complicit in Israeli apartheid!

On Saturday, May 18, 2019, the final of the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Tel Aviv, Israel.

This country which just enacted last July a “law of the Nation-State of the Jewish people”. This constitutionally binding law institutionalizes racism and discriminates between Jewish and non-Jewish Israeli citizens.

To colonization, occupation of Palestinian land and ongoing massacres in Gaza, Israel also adds the formalization of apartheid. While Gérard Araud, former French ambassador to Israel, admitted that “there will be an officially apartheid state, in fact it is already the case”.

Eurovision is followed by millions of viewers in Europe. The far-right government of Netanyahu uses, as part of its official “Brand Israel” strategy, a propaganda campaign showing “the prettiest face of Israel” in order to whitewash and divert attention from its war crimes against the Palestinians.
Many artists, including Madonna and Bilal Hassani, who represents France, will sing on this occasion. Israel will try to give itself a falsely progressive image by posing as a defender of the LGBT cause (so-called pinkwashing).

That is why :
– We call for a boycott of the final of Eurovision in Israel on May 18
– We call on selected and invited artists to refuse to go to Tel Aviv and sing for Israeli apartheid.
– We call France Télévisions, broadcaster of the program in France, not to be the transmitter of this promotion of racism and colonialism

Boycott de l’Eurovision à Tel-Aviv !
Ne soyons pas complices de l’apartheid israélien !

Samedi 18 mai 2019, la finale du concours de l’Eurovision se déroulera à Tel-Aviv en Israël.

Ce pays qui vient de voter en juillet dernier une « loi de l’État-Nation du peuple juif ». Cette loi, à valeur de constitution, n’accorde pas les mêmes droits aux Israéliens selon qu’ils soient Juifs ou non-Juifs.En fait elle institutionnalise le racisme.

A la colonisation, l’occupation des terres palestiniennes et les massacres à Gaza, Israël ajoute désormais l’officialisation de l’apartheid. Alors que de l’aveu même de Gérard Araud, ancien ambassadeur français en Israël, « il y aura officiellement un État d’apartheid, en réalité c’est déjà le cas ».

L’Eurovision est suivie par des millions de téléspectateurs en Europe. Le gouvernement d’extrême droite de Netanyahu utilise, dans le cadre de sa stratégie officielle « Marque Israël» , une campagne de propagande montrant « le plus joli visage d’Israël» afin de blanchir et de détourner l’attention de ses crimes de guerre contre les Palestiniens.
De nombreux artistes, notamment Madonna et Bilal Hassani, qui représente la France, chanteront à cette occasion. Israël tentera de se donner une image faussement progressiste en se faisant passer pour défenseur de la cause LGBT (ce que l’on appelle le pinkwashing).

C’est pourquoi :
– Nous appelons à boycotter la finale de l’Eurovision en Israël le 18 mai prochain
– Nous appelons les artistes sélectionné·e·s et invité·e·s à refuser d’aller à Tel-Aviv et de chanter pour l’apartheid israélien.
– Nous appelons France Télévisions, diffuseur du programme en France, à ne pas se faire le relais de cette opération de promotion du racisme et du colonialisme

Rassemblement mardi 14 mai
de 18H à 20H
Métro Jean Jaurès – Toulouse

Tuesday, 14 May
8:30 pm
ERT – Greek Radio and Television
432 Messogion Avenue
Athens, Greece
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/437507527007595/

Following the recent killings of dozens of Palestinians by the state of Israel and the bombings in the Gaza Strip, came an untrustworthy decision for a ceasefire that will supposedly bring an end to the Palestinian death toll.

Meanwhile, Israel is about to host this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which coincides with the celebration for the recognition of Jerusalem (al Quds under occupation) as the capital of the apartheid Zionist state.

The Greek Front for Resistance and Solidarity for Palestine, “Ghassan Kanafani,” calls for the cancellation of the Greek participation in the contest. On top of that, we call for a demonstration outside the headquarters of the Greek public television, ERT, that is responsible for organizing the Greek mission and broadcasting the event. The protest will take place on Tuesday, 14 May at 20:30 local time, just before the contest is aired. We ask of every supporter of the Palestinian struggle to join us and aid this cause, in order for our message to reach an audience as broad as possible!

Μετά από τις πρόσφατες δολοφονίες δεκάδων Παλαιστινίων από το κράτος του Ισραήλ και τους αεροπορικούς βομβαρδισμούς στην Λωρίδα της Γάζας, είχαμε τις επακόλουθες προφάσεις για κατάπαυση του πυρός που υποτίθεται θα σταματήσει την εγκληματική δράση του σιωνιστικού κράτους απέναντι στους Άραβες Παλαιστινίους.

Σε αυτή την συγκυρία στο κράτος απαρτχάιντ του Ισραήλ διεξάγεται ο διαγωνισμός της Γιουροβίζιον, ο οποίος συμπίπτει με τους εορτασμούς για την αναγνώριση από τις ΗΠΑ και την μεταφορά της πρωτεύουσας του Ισραήλ στην κατεχόμενη Ιερουσαλήμ(Αλ Κουντς).

Θα περιμέναμε από τον πρόεδρο της ΕΡΤ, γνωστό μουσικοσυνθέτη Χρήστο Λεοντή, ο οποίος με το μουσικό του έργο έχει αναδείξει τον εθνικοαπελευθερωτικό αγώνα του λαού μας, να σταθεί αλληλέγγυος με τον αγώνα των Παλαιστινίων. Αντ’αυτού βλέπουμε ότι συνδράμει στο θλιβερό πανηγύρι και ξεχνά τις αγωνιστικές δάφνες του παρελθόντος.

Το Μέτωπο Αντίστασης και Αλληλεγγύης για την Παλαιστίνη «Γασσάν Καναφάνι» καλεί στην ακύρωση της συμμετοχής της χώρας μας, στην ματαίωση της προβολής του διαγωνισμού που ξεπλένει τα εγκλήματα του Ισραήλ από την ΕΡΤ και στην θέση του να προβληθούν εκπομπές για την ανάδειξη της εγκληματική πολιτικής του σιωνιστικού κράτους.

– Καλούμε κάθε αγωνιστή, αντιμπεριαλιστή, αλληλέγγυο και φίλο της Παλαιστίνης, σε διαδήλωση διαμαρτυρίας έξω από το Ραδιομέγαρο της ΕΡΤ που βρίσκεται στην Αγία Παρασκευή, την Τρίτη 14 Μαΐου στις 20:30, πριν τη διεξαγωγή του πρώτου ημιτελικού της Γιουροβίζιον.

– Καλούμε κάθε δημοσιογράφο της ΕΡΤ να συμμετάσχει στην άνωθεν δράση, να κηρύξει στάση εργασίας μέσα από το συνδικάτο του ή και ατομικά κατά τη διάρκεια της αναμετάδοσης της διοργάνωσης, να παρεμποδίσει εμπράκτως την προβολή του πολιτικά απεχθούς προγράμματος που λαμβάνει χώρα σε κατεχόμενα εδάφη, να φροντίσει για την κατάλληλη ενημέρωση κάθε Έλληνα κι Ελληνίδας περί του όσων παράλληλα συντελούνται στον χώρο και τον χρόνο του διαγωνισμού στο Ισραήλ.

Είναι ευθύνη του κάθε δημοσιογράφου να προστατεύσει την ανθρώπινη αξιοπρέπεια απανταχού της Γης, πρωτίστως απέναντι στο κοινό του!

Σε αυτήν την προσπάθεια, η φυσική παρουσία και η φωνή του καθενός είναι πολύτιμη. Στόχος είναι η μετάδοση του μηνύματος του αγώνα των Παλαιστίνιων στον ελληνικό λαό, με απώτερο σκοπό την ευαισθητοποίηση ως προς το έγκλημα που συντελείται.

Ομάδα εργασίας BDS
Μέτωπο Αντίστασης και Αλληλεγγύης για την Παλαιστίνη
«Γασσάν Καναφάνι»

Saturday, 11 May
3:30 pm
Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
89 Erzberger Str.
Ludwigshafen, Germany
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/400349347214196/

We commemorate Communist leader Ibrahim Kaypakkaya on the 46th anniversary of his murder!

Katledilisinin 46. Yilinda Komünist Önder Ibrahim Kaypakkaya’yi Aniyoruz!

Saturday, 11 May
3:00 pm
Herz-Jesu-Kirche
Koblenz, Germany
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/326132934765666/

On 15 May, Palestinians remember the Nakba or Catastrophe, when 850,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes and lands by Zionist militias. This attack began in November 1947 and has been continued on an ongoing basis by the Israeli state through various means (Prawer plan, previously known as Blueprint-Negev; destruction of villages and homes; settlement construction, etc.)

Join us in Koblenz on Saturday, 11 May, for our demonstration around the theme of Al-Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe, at the platz outside the Herz-Jesu-Kirche.

We look forward to seeing many of you join us to make this day a memorable demonstration against colonialism, apartheid and ethnic cleansing.

Liebe Freunde und Freundinne,

am 15.Mai erinnern sich die Palästinenser/innen an ihre Nakba/Vertreibung.
Die Vertreibung von 850 Tausend Palästinenser durch zionistische Milizen, die unmittelbar nach dem Beschluss des Teilungsplans im November 1947 begann, wird heute durch den Staat Israel fortgesetzt (Prawer-Plan bzw. Blueprint-Negev, Zerstörungen von Dörfern und Häusern, Siedungsbau usw.)

Darauf möchten wir in Koblenz am Samstag, den 11.05.2019, mit unserer Kundgebung zum Thema: Al-Nakba, die Vertreibung der Palästinenser auf dem Vorplatz der Herz-Jesu-Kirche aufmerksam machen.

Von 15:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr

Wir freuen uns, wenn viele von euch dabei sind, um den Tag zu einer eindrucksvollen Demonstration gegen Kolonialismus, Apartheid und ethnische Säuberung zu machen.
Wir hängen die Einladung zur Aktion an.

Mit solidarischen Grüßen

Friday, 10 May
6:30 pm
Acrobax
via della Vasca Navale 6
Rome, Italy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/318419155519655/

6:30 pm – All Reds Basket Roma – presentation of the “Basket Beat Borders” project

7:00 pm – Presentation of the book, “PFLP – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: between ideology and pragmatism”

We talk about it with:
* Stefano Mauro (author)
* UDAP (Arab Palestinian Democratic Union)
* The secretary of the PFLP in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem (over video connection)

Followed by a dinner by La Lunfarda dei Saperi & Sapori- vineria, brewery at Acrobax ex-cinodromo

As Fronts of Resistance we return to talk about Palestine. We do this by talking about a part of the political organization of the struggle by the Palestinian comrades and companions.

2017 was not only the 50th anniversary of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In 1967, precidely in response to the occupation, the most important organization of the Palestinian left was founded, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (FPLP).

In over 50 years of history, the Popular Front has found itself among the brutal Zionist repression and reactionary Arab regimes, succeeding in carrying out its political struggle, its social projects and its rooted organizing both in the Occupied Territories and in the countries of the Palestinian diaspora. Its progressive vision of society has characterized the Palestinian struggle for decades. With the rise of political Islamism and the implementation of the Oslo Accords, the Popular Front had to confront the internal political dimensions in the Palestinian camp. On the one hand there are in fact the political formations willing to collaborate with the Israeli occupying army, on the other there are forces dedicated to resistance but which advocate a theocratic-reactionary vision of Palestinian society. The crisis of the Palestinian left has often been declared, as if, squeezed between the hammer and the anvil of the two dominant positions, it is unable to find its space for action. However, this analysis is simplistic, schematic and, at times, simply misleading. Especially because this reading is often based on electoral results of a formation that, like the PFLP, has chosen in most cases to boycott the elections. The Popular Front continues to be a living and important reality, rooted in the cities and refugee camps of the Occupied Territories, as well as in the diaspora.

To deepen these aspects we have therefore chosen to present the book by Stefano Mauro “PFLP – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: between ideology and pragmatism” (clandestine editions, 2018). In the book Stefano, in addition to retracing all the fundamental stages of the history of the Front, he carefully traces the current Palestinian internal political situation and the relations between the various forces that must be confronted in a difficult triangulation: between collaboration and resistance; between progressives and reactionaries; between secularism and Islamists. The comparison on three so different thematic bases can bring the same political formations to collaborate in one area, but at the same time to fight fiercely in another. A complexity that therefore requires knowledge and reflection and certainly not the “illuminating” schematizations so popular in the Western world.

As always, we want to hold together moments of debate and practices of active solidarity. In this initiative we will support the project of the All Reds Basket team in the “Basket Beat Borders” campaign. Along with other popular Italian sports organizations, the All Reds are supporting the construction of a sports center in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Lebanon to give a seat to the Shatila women’s basketball team.

Fronte Popolare di Liberazione della Palestina: oltre 50 anni di storia, lotte e R/esistenza

Come Fronti di Resistenza torniamo a parlare di Palestina. Lo facciamo parlando di una parte delll’organizzazione politica della lotta da parte dei compagni e delle compagne palestinesi.

Il 2017 non è stato solamente l’anniversario dei 50 di occupazione della Cisgiordania e della Striscia di Gaza da parte di Israele. Nel 1967, proprio in risposta all’occupazione, venne fondata la più importante organizzazione della sinistra palestinese, il Fronte Popolare per la Liberazione della Palestina (FPLP).

In oltre 50 anni di storia il Fronte Popolare si è districato tra la brutale repressione sionista e dei regimi arabi reazionari, riuscendo a portare avanti la sua lotta politica, i suoi progetti sociali e il suo radicamento sia nei Territori Occupati che nei paesi della diaspora palestinese. La sua visione progressista della società ha per decenni caratterizzato la lotta palestinese. Con l’ascesa dell’islamismo politico e con l’implementazione degli Accordi di Oslo, il Fronte Popolare ha dovuto necessariamente confrontarsi con opzioni politicheinterne al campo palestinese, attestate su posizioni molto distanti. Da un lato vi sono infatti le formazioni politiche disposte alla collaborazione con l’esercito occupante israeliano, dall’altro vi sono forze dedite alla resistenza ma che propugnano una visione teocratico-reazionaria della società palestinese. Spesso è stata dichiarata la crisi della sinistra palestinese, come se, schiacciata fra il martello e l’incudine delle due posizioni dominanti, non riesca a trovare il suo spazio di azione. Questa analisi è però semplicistica, schematica e, a tratti, semplicemente fuorviante. Soprattutto perché questa lettura spesso si basa su risultati elettorali di una formazione che, come il FPLP, ha scelto nella maggior parte dei casi di boicottare le elezioni. Il Fronte Popolare continua a essere una realtà viva e importante, radicata nelle città e nei campi profughi dei Territori Occupati, come anche nella diaspora.

Per approfondire questi aspetti abbiamo quindi scelto di presentare il libro di Stefano Mauro “FPLP – Fronte Popolare per la Liberazione della Palestina: tra ideologia e pragmatismo” (edizioni clandestine, 2018). Nel libro Stefano, oltre a ripercorrere tutte le tappe fondamentali della storia del Fronte, traccia con cura l’attuale situazione politica interna palestinese e le relazioni tra le varie forze che si devono confrontare in una difficile triangolazione: tra collaborazione e resistenza; tra progressisti e reazionari; tra laici e islamisti. Il confronto su tre basi tematiche così diverse può portare le stesse formazioni politiche a collaborare in un ambito, ma allo stesso tempo a combattersi accanitamente in un altro. Una complessità dunque che necessita conoscenza e riflessione e non certo le “illuminanti” schematizzazioni tanto di voga nel mondo occidentale.

Come sempre, vogliamo tenere insieme momenti di dibattito e pratiche di solidarietà attiva. In questa iniziativa sosterremo il progetto della squadra All Reds Basket all’interno della campagna “Basket Beat Borders”. Insieme ad altre realtà sportive popolari italiane, gli All Reds stanno sostenendo la costruzione di un centro sportivo nel campo profughi palestinese di Shatila in Libano per dare una sede alla squadra femminile di basket di Shatila.

Saturday, 11 May
12:00 pm
Portland Place
London, UK
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/260404684903442/

*JOIN THE NATIONAL DEMO FOR PALESTINE*
Saturday 11 May, London
Assemble 12 noon Portland Place, march to Whitehall
#ExistResistReturn

SUPPORTED BY: Momentum, Unite the Union, PCS, UNISON, GMB, RMT, ASLEF, UCU, NEU, TSSA, CWU, Amos Trust, CND, ICAHDUK, Olive, APCUK.
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The Palestinian people need our solidarity more than ever, and are calling for global protests to protect their collective rights. As Israel continues to flout international law and violate human rights, there is a responsibility on the global community to hold it to account and push for an end to the oppression of the Palestinian people.
No new Nakba! – End the Siege! – Defend the Right of Return!

Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al- Aqsa, Muslim Association of Britain

Saturday, 11 May
1:00 pm
Queen Victoria Building
455 George St
Sydney, Australia
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2029276104033609/

May 15th 1948 marks the day that over 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes and made refugees.

In 1948, the establishment of the Israeli state in Palestine through violent ethnic cleansing not only forced Palestinians from their homes, but also led to massacres of indigenous populations and the destruction of villages.

After 71 years this bloodshed has not been forgotten, nor the right of Palestinians to return to their homeland.

Join us to commemorate 71 years since the Nakba (catastrophe) and to protest against the ongoing occupation of Palestine.