The Revolutionary Struggles Film Festival will feature a series of documentaries that showcase some of the most significant revolutionary struggles that were waged against colonialism, racism, capitalist imperialism and military occupation in the 20th century across continents.
Following the film screening of Naila and the Uprising, Naila’s son – Majd – who in 1988 was an infant and kept in prison with his mother – will be joining us in discussion.
This festival is organized as part of a course on Revolution in the Transnational Context being taught in Equity Studies at New College, University of Toronto. All film screenings are free and will be followed by an analysis and discussion.
As part of the Israeli Apartheid Week 2019, we call for a rally and march under the motto “Stop Arming Colonialism.“ It will begin at the US embassy and take us to the embassy of the Israeli apartheid state. Regardless of which administration is charge, the USA has long been and continues to be the power that arms Israel politically and ideologically, which in practical terms means giving US aid and protection as Israel carries out its expansion and annexation policies. Moreover, the EU and its member states by-and-large tolerate Israel’s violations of international law. On Saturday March 23rd, we want to express our solidarity with the people of Gaza, al-Khalil, al-Quds, Nablus, Jenin, Haifa and Akko loudly and clearly. Free Palestine! Boycott Israel!
Im Rahmen der Israeli Apartheid Week 2019 rufen wir unter dem Motto „Stop Arming Colonialism“ zur Demonstration auf, die uns von der Botschaft der USA zur Botschaft des israelischen Apartheidstaates führt. Die USA waren und sind – unabhängig der jeweiligen Administration – diejenige Macht, die Israel ideologisch und politisch „bewaffnet“, was konkret den Schutz Israels bei seiner Expansions- und Annektierungspolitik bedeutet. Jedoch wird das völkerrechtswidrige Agieren Israels von der EU und den Mitgliedsstatten weitgehend geduldet. An diesem Tag wollen wir auf der Straße unsere Solidarität mit den Menschen in Gaza, al-Khalil, al-Quds, Nablus, Jenin, Haifa und Akko laut und deutlich zum Ausdruck bringen. Free Palestine! Boycott Israel!
4:00 pm — Rally Honoring the Martyrs of the Great Return March with the NY4Palestine Coalition Location: Times Square
6:30 pm — Within Our lifetime event: Great Return March teach-in followed by a discussion with Raja Abdulhaq and Palestinians from the front lines in Gaza. Location: The People’s Forum (320 w. 37th St.)
Join us in commemorating 52 Fridays of resistance and marching with the people of Gaza on the 53rd consecutive Friday of protests.
On 30 March 2019, we commemorate a dual anniversary. It is the 43rd anniversary of Land Day (Yom al-Ard in Arabic), a day when the Israeli occupation forces used deadly repression against Palestiniaan protests against land theft. This is also the first anniversary of the Great Return March, a popular mobilization that has since continued every Friday since 30 March 2018. It has inolved hundreds and thousands of Palestinians in Gaza for the right of return of all Palestinian refugees. Leading activists of the Great Return March are calling on the world to stand with people in Gaza and the entire Palestinian people’s liberation struggle on 30 March!
Slogans of the demonstration: Honor the memory of Land Day! Support the struggle of the Great Return March! Boycott Israel!
**
Den 30:e mars i år, 2019, är en dubbel årsdag. Den är den 43:e årsdagen för Jorddagen (“Yom al-Ard” på arabiska), en dag då den israeliska ockupationsmakten svarade med dödlig repression på palestinska protester mot markstölder. Dagen är även den första årsdagen för Stora återvändarmarschen, en folklig massmobilisering som varje fredag sedan den 30:e mars 2018 har involverat hundratals och tusentals palestinier i Gaza som har protesterat för ett sluta på Israels belägring av Gaza och för rätten till alla palestinska flyktingars återvändo. Ledande aktivister och organisatörer i Stora återvändarmarschen kallar på omvärlden för att stå med gazaborna och hela det palestinska folkets befrielsekamp den 30:e mars!
Manifestationens paroller: – Hedra Jorddagens minne! – Stöd de kämpande i Stora återvändarmarschen! – Bojkotta Israel!
Plakat, banderoller och fanor på manifestationen är välkomna, även med organisationssymboler, men endast palestinska nationsflaggor är tillåtna.
Är du med i en organisation som är intresserad av att vara med som medarrangör? Vill du att din organisation representeras av en talare? Hör av dig till oss här på Facebook eller via samidoungbg@gmail.com.
Open discussion with Palestine solidarity activists from across Europe
How is Belgium complicit in the Israeli occupation? What kind of military relations does the Belgian government have with Israeli military and weapon industry? How is our taxpayers’ money being used to support human rights violations by Israel?
Thursday the 21st of March LOCATION: Intal – Chaussée de Haecht 53, Begins at 18h00 Languages: English and French
As a part of the Israeli Apartheid Week, Intal Globalize Solidarity invites you to an event discussing Belgian complicity in Israel’s war crimes against the Palestinian people. The Israeli Apartheid week is an international series of events that seek to raise awareness about Israel’s apartheid regime over the Palestinian people and build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
We will discuss the presence of Israel’s biggest arms company – Elbit – in Belgium and its impact on the Palestinian people.
From 2003, OIP Sensor Systems, located in Oudenaarde, is wholly owned by Elbit. As a key company in the Israeli arms industry, the presence of Elbit’s factories in Belgium should not go unchallenged, its components produced in Belgium are used in attacks on the Palestinian people.
OIP Sensor Systems is currently seeking a major contract to provide the navies of Belgium and the Netherlands with mine warfare vessels, using the slogan “buy Belgian.” The vessels which OIP is offering would include the Elbit-manufactured Seagull system.
At this event you will have an opportunity to meet, discuss with and learn from the experience of activists from across Europe who are involved in organizing campaigns and direct actions challenging their countries’ military relations with Israel.
This event will be the starting point for re-launching the Belgian campaign for a military embargo on Israel.
Speakers:
DAVID CRONIN is a journalist and an associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, a website focused on Palestine. His books include ‘Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel’ and ‘Europe’s Alliance with Israel: Aiding the Occupation’.
EWA JASIEWICZ is an activist in the Palestine solidarity movements since 2002. She was part of the International Solidarity Movement and a coordinator of the Free Gaza Movement that sent siege-breaking boats and flotillas to Gaza. She was a medical rescue volunteer with ambulances during the Israeli attack on Gaza in 2008/9. In the UK, she is part of London Palestine Action and helped organize the hugely successful roof top occupation and shutdown of Elbit’s Shenstone drone engine factory during Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza as well as other BDS actions. In Poland, she co-founded the Polish Campaign of Solidarity with Palestine and wrote ‘Raze Gaza’ which was nominated for the Beata Pawlak award for international literature.
JEAN GUY GREILSAMER is an activist and campaigner from BDS France.
in cooperation with ECCP – European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine
Open discussie met activisten solidair met Palestina uit heel Europa.
Hoe is België medeplichtig in de Israëlische bezetting? Welke relaties heeft de Belgische overheid met de Israëlische militaire industrie? Hoe wordt ons belastinggeld gebruikt om de schending van mensenrechten door Israël te steunen?
Donderdag 21 maart LOCATIE: Intal – Haechtsesteenweg 53, Sint-Joost Begint om 18h00 Talen: Engels en Frans
In het kader van de Israeli Apartheid Week, nodigt Intal Globalize Solidarity je uit op een discussie-avond over de Belgische medeplichtigheid in Israel’s oorlogsmisdaden tegen de Palestijnse mensen. De Israeli Apartheid Week is een reeks internationale evenementen met het doel om aandacht te geven aan Israël’s politiek van apartheid ten opzichte van het Palestijnse volk en om de Boycott, Desinvestering en Sancties (BDS) beweging te helpen groeien.
We zullen de aanwezigheid van Israël’s grootste wapenbedrijf – Elbit – in België bespreken en diens impact op de Palestijnse mensen.
Sinds 2003, is OIP Sensor Systems, gesitueerd in Oudenaarde, volledig in de handen van Elbit. Als een hoofdrolspeler in de Israëlische wapenindustrie, mag de aanwezigheid van Elbit’s fabriek in België niet zomaar onbetwist blijven. De onderdelen die in die Belgische fabriek geproduceerd worden, worden gebruikt in de aanvallen op Palestijnse mensen.
OIP Sensor Systems is momenteel in onderhandelingen om een contract binnen te halen om België en Nederland van mijnenjagers te voorzien. Ze gebruiken hierbij de slogan “Koop Belgisch”. De mijnenjagers die OIP aanbiedt, zouden het door Elbit-geproduceerde Seagull systeem bevatten.
Op onze discussie-avond krijg je de kans om Europese activisten te ontmoeten, aan te spreken en van hun ervaring te leren. Onze sprekers zijn activisten met ervaring in het organiseren van verschillende campagnes en directe acties om de militaire relaties tussen hun landen en Israël aan te klagen.
Dit evenement betekent ook het startpunt voor het herlanceren van de Belgische campagne voor een militair embargo tegen Israël.
Sprekers:
DAVID CRONIN is een journalist en editor van The Electronic Intifada, een website die zich focust op Palestina. Hij heeft ook meerdere boeken geschreven, onder andere ‘Balfour’s Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel’ en ‘Europe’s Alliance with Israel: Aiding the Occupation’.
EWA JASIEWICZ is activiste binnen de solidariteitsbewegingen met Palestina sinds 2002. Ze was een deel van de International Solidarity Movement en een coordinator van de Free Gaza Movement die boten en flotillas naar Gaza stuurden in een poging om de blokkade te doorbreken. Ze was een medische vrijwilligster tijdens de Israëlische aanval op Gaza in 2008/9. In het VK, is ze lid van de London Palestine Action groep en ze hielp mee de succesvolle dakbezetting en shutdown van Elbit’s Shenstone dronefabriek organiseren tijdens Israël’s oorlog op Gaza in 2014. In Polen, richtte ze mee de Polish Campaign of Solidarity with Palestine op en ze scheef ‘Raze Gaza’ dat voor de Beata Pawlak award voor internationale literatuur genomineerd werd.
JEAN GUY GREILSAMER is een activist en campagnevoerder van BDS Frankrijk.
in coöperatie met ECCP – European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine met steun van de VGC
2 pm: Reception 3 pm: Theater “Made in Palestine” by the Croquemitaine Theater 4:30 pm: Dances by Raj’een Dabkeh Group, Mustapha’s troupe 6 pm: Lecture by Léa Tsemel, his Israeli lawyer 8 pm : Meals (by reservation before March 18th at wapi@abp-wb.be) and Palestinian music by Alaa Shublaq, a refugee from Gaza in Belgium Organized by: ABP Wallonie picarde
Programme : -14 h : Accueil -15 h : Théâtre “Made in Palestine” par le théâtre Croquemitaine 16 h 30 : Danses par Raj’een Dabkeh Group, la troupe de Mustapha 18 h : Conférence de Léa Tsemel, son avocate israélienne 20 h : Repas (sur réservation avant le 18 mars à l’adresse wapi@abp-wb.be) et musique palestinienne par d’Alaa Shublaq, réfugié de Gaza en Belgique Organisation : ABP Wallonie picarde
PALESTINE IN OUR HEARTS, PALESTINE A THORN IN THE FLESH OF IMPERIALISM featuring Dr. Nahla Abdo
We are currently living in an unprecedented stage of capitalist imperialism. This is despite, or in fact, because of the decline of the unipolar world power (the US) and the rise of a multipolar one. The monstrosity of this imperialist stage has crossed all human, ethical and international legal conventions. In addition to targeting Venezuela, Palestine is at the core of imperialist intervention in the Middle East, as Dr. Nahla Abdo’s keynote address will explore.
Dr. Nahla Abdo is an Arab Canadian feminist, political activist and Professor of Sociology at Carleton University. She has extensive publications on anti-colonial, anti-imperialist feminism, racism, nationalism and the Settler Colonial State, with specialization in the Middle East. Among her recent publications: An Oral History of the Palestinians during the Nakba. (2018- with Nur Masalha); Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle (2014) –this book received the Times Higher Education Book of 2014; Women in Israel: Race, Gender, and Citizenship (2011); Violence in the Name of Honour: Theoretical and Political Challenges, (2004 – with Shahrzad Mojab) and, Women and the Politics of Military Confrontation: Palestinian and Israeli Gendered Narratives of Dislocation,(with Ronit Lentin 2002).
—————————————————– Israeli Apartheid Week 2019: Stop Arming Colonialism University of Toronto, March 19th – March 27th #IsraeliApartheidWeek #StopArmingColonialism
Tues 19 Mar @ 6:30pm – Dr. Ruba Salih: De-colonial and intersectional alliances in the Palestinian struggle for justice with No One Is Illegal @ University College Rm 144 https://www.facebook.com/events/840425602964421/
Tues 26 Mar @ 7pm – Film Screening: A Stone’s Throw from Prison @ Lash Miller Rm 158
Wed 27 Mar @ 6:30pm – Wala3at Indigenous Interactive Musical Dance Performance opened by Sto: Loh Elder Lee Maracle @ Multi-Faith Centre, Main Activity Hall
First launched in Toronto in 2005, Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) has grown to become one of the most important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. This year, IAW will take place in more than 150 cities across the globe. This year’s IAW is an international series of events that aims to raise awareness of Israel’s apartheid regime over the Palestinian people and build support for the growing global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. IAW 2019 at UofT is a collaborative effort of the UofT Graduate Student Union BDS Committee, the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3902 BDS Committee, No One Is Illegal, UofT’s Ontario Public Interest Research Group, UofT’s Students Against Israeli Apartheid, UofT’s Independent Jewish Voices, Faculty for Palestine and the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. JOIN US on March 19 to 27th, as we continue to build momentum on campus for the main BDS campaign at UofT that calls on the University of Toronto administration to divest from companies which are directly complicit in the violation of Palestinian human rights, and that profit from the illegal occupation of Palestinian land and the construction of the Apartheid Wall. These companies include Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Hewlett Packard — all of which help maintain the Israeli apartheid military infrastructure.
This year’s theme, Stop Arming Colonialism, highlights that ending the arms trade, military aid and cooperation with Israel will undercut financial and military support for its regime of apartheid. It is also an important platform for building the campaign for a military embargo on Israel. The demand for a military embargo on Israel has been reinforced by Israel’s recent violent repression of the Great March of Return in Gaza. Israel is able to maintain its illegal occupation and apartheid regime over Palestinians partly due to its arms sales and the military support it receives from governments across the world. The United States alone is the single largest supplier of arms and military aid to Israel, followed by several European states. These directly sustain Israel’s oppression and human rights violations. In the Global South, Israel has been known to supply weapons to genocidal regimes in Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and elsewhere.
We thank our generous sponsors and endorsers. IAW 2019 would not be possible without the support of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1281 and the Association of Part-time Students Association (APUS), CUPE 3903 (UofT), We Are UofT 89.5 FM, Salaam Canada, No More Silence, The Socialist Project, OPIRG UofT, Upping the Anti, Jamhoor, Canadian Friends of Sabeel and Actions4Palestine (A4P).
Please check our Facebook for an updated list of our endorsers.
At an event in June 2017, Jewish-Israeli and Palestinian activists Stavit, Majed and Ronnie interrupted Israeli parliamentarian Aliza Lavie’s speech at Berlin’s Humboldt University and confronted her with her responsibility for war crimes in Gaza and for the apartheid regime of Israel. These non-violent protesters have been taken to court in March 2019. The three activists will talk about the consequences of their case and the attempts to criminalize their commitment to Palestinian rights.
Info- und Diskussionsveranstaltung
Die jüdisch-israelischen und palästinensischen Aktivist*innen Stavit, Majed und Ronnie unterbrachen im Juni 2017 die Rede der israelischen liberalen Parlamentarierin Aliza Lavie an der Berliner Humboldt-Universität und konfrontierten sie mit ihrer Mitverantwortung für die Kriegsverbrechen in Gaza und für das Apartheidregime Israels. Die gewaltfreie Protestaktion wird im März 2019 vor Gericht verhandelt. Die drei Aktivist*innen sprechen über die Folgen ihres Falles und über die Versuche, den Einsatz für die palästinensischen Rechte zu kriminalisieren.
Veranstaltet von bacaia & Diskussionsgruppe Palästina
The Israeli occupation forces have installed electronic “jammers” in section 4 of the Negev prison and section 1 of Ramon prison, in order to constrict and further abuse the rights of the prisoners.
Samidoun Network and the Families of Prisoners in the Naqab, together with the prisoners’ institutions and associations, the student movements at Bir Zeit University (Progressive Democratic Student Pole, Wafaa Islamic Bloc, Student Unity Bloc) and the Union of Secondary Students’ Committees for a protest that rejects all forms of detention and stands together with those who have sacrificed all for Palestine.بعد وضع أجهزة التشويش في كل من القسم (4) في سجن النقب، وقسم (1) في سجن ريمون؛ وذلكللتضيق والتنكيل بحق أسرانا البواسل. تدعوكم شبكة صامدون للدفاع عن الأسرى وأهالي أسرى النقب بالتتشارك مع مؤسسات رعاية الأسرى (مؤسسة الضمير، هيئة شؤون الأسرى) والحركات الطلابية في جامعة بيرزيت (القطب الطلابي الديمقراطي التقدمي، كتلة الوفاء الإسلامية، كتلة الوحدة الطلابية،بالإضافة إلى مجموعة نبض الشبابية ومجموعة شهدا ع الحيطان) واتحاد لجان الطلبة الثانويين، وذلك لوقفة جماهيرية رافضة الاعتقال على كل أشكاله ومتضامنة مع أسرانا الذين قدموا حياتهم فداءاً للوطن. ستكون الوقفة يوم الأربعاء الموافق، بتاريخ 20/3/2019 . في تمام الساعة 4:30 في مدينة رام الله/ دوار المنارة.
“إن كان الموت هو النتيجة الحتمية لنا، فإننا نعلم الجميع أننا سنختار ميتة تليق بنا نحن الأحرار وسنصنع عزنا بأيدينا” – من بيان الحركة الأسيرة.
We invite you to attend a discussion, hosted in collaboration with Aboriginal Students’ Association at York, in recognition of Israeli Apartheid Week on the topic of solidarity from Turtle Island to Palestine.
Location: room 313 of the First Student Centre Time: 6pm to 9pm
