9th -
16th Of November 2006:
4th National & International Week Against The Apartheid Wall
“We Shall Stay
Generation after Generation
Defiant and Steadfast until Liberation”
As the ghetto walls close around our people, the voice of the Palestinian and Arab
resistance continues to echo within the Bantustans and beyond.
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This
year’s week against the Apartheid Wall is all dedicated to the olive
harvest. The struggle for the fruits of the olive trees – our livelihood
and our roots in the land – has become the core of resistance in the
communities isolated from their lands by the Wall and choked by Zionist
colonialism.
After years of siege and sanctions, the olive harvest is a struggle for
existence, for the livelihood of the year to come, for our land that bears
its fruits for us, for our right to exist in Freedom, Justice and
Equality.
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Palestine:
The Anti-Apartheid
Wall Campaign and the popular committees are working on a comprehensive
programme of action and coordination:
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Protests at the gates
and
confrontations with the Occupiers that bar the people from reaching their
land have already begun in Salfit and Tulkarem district
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Almost 200
student volunteers have been distributed in crucial areas across the West
Bank to support the olive harvest
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Some 250
international volunteers will be distributed throughout the olive season.
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Media alerts
calling for unity against the Apartheid Wall and to let the people know how to
join in and report attacks and resistance.
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Daily reports on the struggle against Israeli
assaults during the olive season are distributed in the media and through
the Campaign coordinators
Globally:
Mobilization gears
up again all over the world protesting the Apartheid Wall and calling for an end
to Israeli occupation and apartheid.
Let the
Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign know about your action:
contact us at
Global@StopTheWall.org!
Argentina
MOPASSOL calls for a Vigil for Peace and Against Militarization in the framework
of the Week against the Apartheid Wall. A photo exhibit against the Wall. the
vigil will further highlight other colonial and imperialistic crimes committed
in Latin America - such as the assassination of the 6 priests in El Salvador on
November 16 1989. It highlights the intrinsic link of colonial, racist and
genocidal policies in the Middle East and Latin America.
Date: November 18
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Anfiteatro del Parque Lezama, Ciudad de Buenos Aires,
Contact: MOPASSOL
Radio show: La Radio de las Madres de Plaza de Mayo, “Derribandos Muros”,
November 9, 10 – 11 PM, streaming on
www.madres.org
Protest: November 9, rally and following screenings of videos against the
Apartheid Wall, organized by a coalition of Argentinean Human Rights and Civil
Society organizations.
Australia
Activists will stage an awareness-raising event in the heart of Melbourne’s
business district. A 3m x 5m mock wall will be erected, a photo exhibit
displayed and the activists will hand out leaflets to the by-passers.
Date: 9th of November
Time: 12 am (lunch time)
Place: Melbourne
Contact:
info@australiansforpalestine.com,
www.australiansforpalestine.com
Austria
In Graz activists stage two protest in the city center. Passers-by will have to
pass through a check point in a mock wall where they will be given fake ID cards
with information about life in the ghettos surrounded by the Apartheid Wall on
the back of them.
Basque
Country
Information to come soon.
Belgium
In Brussels the 231st sit-in in front of the Israeli embassy will be held. The
silent protest has continue over the years of the second Intifada giving
continuity to the solidarity efforts.
Bilbao:
Date: November 9
Place: Plaza circular
Date: November 10
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Place: UKKEL, Observatoriumlaan 40, in front of the Israeli embassy
Contact: Association Belgo-Palestinienne
Brazil
The activists in the favelas of Acari together with the Landless Movement (MST)
are organizing awareness raising events on the question of Palestine. In the
camps of the MST on the 10th and 11th of November two
workshops will be organized.
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University students in Porto Velho will hold a one-day conference on Palestine
within the framework of the Week against the Apartheid Wall. It will highlight
the global movement to isolate apartheid Israel as well as the broader political
context in which the current ghettoization of the Palestinian people is
embedded.
Date: November, 10
Place: Auditorium "Paulo Freire" in UNIR Campus, (Federal University of Rondônia,
in Porto Velho City, RO)
Program: Conference "The Palestine Question"
A. World Campaign against Israeli apartheid
B. Act against the aggression Israeli and the occupation
-For the people's self-determination
-In defence of human rights
-Stop the Wall
Exhibition of slides and movies
C. Conference activities:
14:00 - The Constitution of Israel State
Professor Aleksander Allen Nina Palitot (History)
15:00 - The Middle East and the Hegemony of USA
Professor João Paulo Saraiva Leão Viana (Political Science)
Conducting the discussion: Professor Marcio Secco (Philosophy)
16:00 - The Conflict Israel-Palestine: Territorial discussion
Professor Thalles Gomes da Fonseca (Geography)
17:00 - War of Sticks and Stones: The Intifada
Professor José Felinto (History)
Conducting the discussion: Professor Nilson Santos (Philosophy)
Contact: Centrr of Education, Centre of Present's Hermeneutics, for information:
Vinícius Miguel
Canada
Israel's ongoing assault on the people of Palestine in Gaza and all over
Palestine coincides with the 4th International Week of Action against Israeli
apartheid. From 9th - 16th November, demonstrations, teach-ins and other events
will be held across Ontario to protest Israeli apartheid and show support to the
global campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions.
Contact: CAIA (Coalition against Israeli Apartheid),
endapartheid@riseup.net
NOVEMBER 9th:
To make the links with Israel's policies of house demolition and deliberate
destruction of Palestinian
livelihood, CAIA will be supporting the demonstration called by the Ontario
Coalition Against Poverty
(OCAP) to retake social housing for people living at and below the poverty line
(see
http://ocap.ca/
for
more information). 6pm PARC-1499 Queen Street West (corner of Dowling) Dinner
will be served.
NOVEMBER 11th:
Palestine House Presents: "Solidarity with the Women of Beit Hanoun”
Speakers will discuss the current situation and what we can do to support the
people of Gaza. Photographs from the renowned photo-journalist Jon Elmer will be
on display (and for sale). The event is a fundraiser for women in Beit Hanoun
and part of the International Week of Action Against Israeli Apartheid. 4pm-7pm,
Palestine House, 3195 Erindale station Rd Mississauga
For more information:
info@palestinehouse.com
or phone (905)-270-3622
NOVEMBER 12th:
The neighborhood group, Parkdale for Palestine, presents a short film on
Palestine and the opening of
a photographic exhibition by Jon Elmer which will run to the 19th of November at
Tinto Coffee House, 89
Roncesvalles St, Toronto. Event starts at 6pm. For more information, email
parkdaleforpalestine@gmail.com
NOVEMBER 15th:
York University - The Palestine Solidarity Committee presents a film screening
of the "Iron Wall". 4:30 pm @ York Student Centre, Graduate Student Lounge (GSA)
Room 430.
NOVEMBER 16TH: STUDENT DAY OF ACTION
York University - The Palestine Solidarity Committee will be holding a
demonstration as part of the student day of action against the wall. 1pm @ Vari
Hall.
University of Toronto - Students Against Israeli Apartheid will be gathering at
Sidney Smith Hall, 100
St. George at 1pm, and conducting a snake march to target three sites on campus
with direct links to
Israeli Apartheid.
Ryerson University, will be showing a film screening of "In the Spider's Web"
with guest speakers. Students Against Israeli Apartheid - University of Toronto
(Mississauga) will also be holding a film screening. Full details for these
events are still to be confirmed for both campuses, contact
campus@caiaweb.org
for updated info **
NOVEMBER 19th:
Information Picket - "No Charitable Status for Racist Apartheid Education!"
Protest the $500-$25,000/head tax-deductible fundraising dinner for Haifa
University which will be
attended by the most prominent Canadian supporters of Israel. Organized by Not
In Our Name and endorsed by the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. 4:30 PM,
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front Street West.
Canary
Islands
Activists are organizing a whole week of actions around an art exhibition.
Conferences, video screenings and performances round up the initiative.
Date: November 9 - 17
Place: Radio ECCA in Escaleritas, Planta baja del Edificio del Pino,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Program:
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Arts Exposition: November 9 - 17
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Artists from the Canary Islands condemn the injustice with their paintings and
sculptures
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Homage to the Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali: “Handala: the imposible
indifference”
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Jueves 9.
Opening of the Arts-Exposition
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Viernes 10.
Screening of the documentary “Chekpoint” and discussion.
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Lunes 13.
Conference with Alá Jaradat, ADDAMEER (Palestinian association for support to
Palestinian political prisoners).
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Martes 14.
screening of the documentary “Promises” and debate.
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Miércoles 15.
Conference: “The Palestinian refugees”, organizad by CEAR (Comisión Española de
Ayuda al Refugiado).
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Jueves 16.
Screening of the documentary “Palestine-Israel: two people condemned to
understand each other”, with the participation of the author, Alberto Rojas.
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Viernes 17.
Palestinian poetry and music with life performance by D. Ibrahim Khair playing
the oud.
Contact: Mujeres por la Paz y Acción Solidaria con Palestina.
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Chile
Activists together with the Palestinian delegation in Chile are organizing a
whole month of activities joining in the Week against the Apartheid Wall.
Place: Santiago de Chile and Quilpué
Program:
Sunday, November 12:
commemoration of the death of Yasser Arafat. Club Palestino, 12am.
Wednesday, November 15:
Celebration of the Declaration of Independence, Club Palestino, 7pm
Wednesday, November 15:
Public event for Palestine, Collegio arabe
Saturday, November 18:
Cultural evening in Quilpé
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Denmark
Activists in Denmark have invited the Youth coordinator of the Anti-Apartheid
Wall Campaign, Muhammad Othman for a speaking tour around the country to raise
awareness and mobilize support for the Palestinian BDS call.
Programme:
Monday, November 6:
Public presentation, organized by the local Palestine Initiative, 7 pm, Harders
Spillested.
Tuesday, November 7:
Meeting with the Palestinian community in Gallerup
Friday, November 10:
Presentation for teachers’ college students, 8 – 10 am, Silkeborg
Public meeting, 9 pm
Saturday, November 11:
speech at an evening event organised by the Danish Communist Party,
Copenhagen,7 pm
Tuesday, November 14:
Speech at the street activities of the Palestine Initiatives, Copenhagen, 3-6 pm
Wednesday, November 15:
Presentation at the public meet, House of Democracy, Vesterbro, 7:30 pm
Thursday, November 16:
public meeting at Helsingør High Schoool with MP Rune Lund
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France
All over France, rallies, sit-ins and demonstrations are organized to protest
the Apartheid Wall, the Occupation and its brutal massacres in Gaza.
Saturday 11 November
PARIS
Time: 3pm
Place: Place de la Bastille
ANGERS
Time: 3pm
Place: Place du ralliement
BORDEAUX
Time: 5pm
Place: Place de la Victoire
LE MANS
Time: 3pm
Place: Place de la Sirène
ORLEANS
Time: 3pm
Place: Place du Martroi
STRASBOURG
Time: 2 pm – 6 pm
Place: Place de la République
Tuesday14 November 2006
NIMES
Time: 5pm
Place: devant Carré D'Art à 17 h
Saturday 18 November
CAEN
Time: 12 noon
Place: Centre ville
THIONVILLE
Time: 3pm - 6 pm
Place: Place du marché
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Under the title « Jerusalem – a city for all » the French Platform of NGOs for
Palestine organizes a public conference centred on the reality and future of the
Palestinian capital. The conference stands within the ongoing campaign against
the French participation in the construction of the settlement lightrail in
Jerusalem.
Date : November 9
Time : 7 pm
Place : Paris, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris Entrée du public : 27, rue
Saint Guillaume - Paris 7ème - Amphithéâtre Chapsal - Métro : St Germain des
Prés, Sèvres-Babylone, Rue du Bac.
Contact: Plateforme des ONG françaises pour la Palestine, du Secours
Catholique-Caritas France, Pax Christi France (supported by Adala)
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Germany
The German coordination against the Wall in Palestine has organized the second
national conference against the Wall followed by speaking tours. A Campaign
delegate, Fathy Khdirat has been invited to address the conference and to
participate in a speaking tour.
Date:
18th of November
Time: 9 am – 6:30 pm
Place: Genezareth-Kirche, Herrfurthplatz 14, 12049 Berlin (Neukölln)
Program: “Stop the Wall in Palestine”
9.00 am: Introduction by a speaker of the organizers
9.30 am: The situation in Palestine, Lebanon, and Israel today & The German and
European
involvement in the region
Speakers: Janet Michael, Fathi Khdirat, Jeff Halper, Gilbert Achcar, Jamalat
Abou Youssef
1.30 pm: Lunch Break
2.30 pm: Campaigning and Activities against war, occupation and the wall
Short introduction of campaigns/activities like
German-Israeli-military cooperation and the
BDS-campaign (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions)
Speakers: Ottfried Nassauer, Raif Hussein, Fanny-Michaela Reisin
Activists of social and solidarity movements will discuss with
our guests about actions to be
taken now in order to support the Palestinian and Lebanese
peoples’ struggle for their
rights and to stop war and occupation and tear down the wall.
6.30 pm: conclusion
Organizers:
http://www.konferenz.stopptdiemauer.de
Pax Christi, deutsche Sektion,
www.paxchristi.de; Internationale Ärzte für
die Verhütung des Atomkrieges/Ärzte in sozialer Verantwortung e.V. ,IPPNW,
deutsche Sektion,
www.ippnw.de;
Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft, DPG,
www.dpg-netz.de; Jüdische Stimme für
gerechten Frieden in Nahost,
www.juedische-stimme.de; Palästinensische
Gemeinde Deutschland e.V.; Vereinigung für internationale Solidarität e.V., VIS;
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Ireland
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign has organised a mass picket of the
European Union Offices in central Belfast. The protest will call for the
suspension of the EU-Israel
Association Agreement through which Israel enjoys privileged trading relations
with the countries of the EU. This Agreement must not continue while Israel
continues its policy of ethnic cleansing; continues its illegal occupation;
continues to build illegal settlements; lays siege to Gaza; massacres
Palestinians and refuses to dismantle its illegal Apartheid Wall.
Date: November 11
Time: 1:30 pm
Place: EU offices, Belfast
Contact : belfastipsc@yahoo.ie
www.ipsc.
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Italy
In Venice, activists are mobilizing against the
exhibit of Apartheid Israel within the famous arts exhibit held in the city.
Under the slogan “against the architecture of apartheid� the activists will
line up on both sides of the road that leads from the boat station to the
entrance of the architecture exhibit. The artist Piero Gilardi has prepared
white dresses to represent the cloth the dead are wrapped in. Leaflets will be
distributed.
Date: November 12
Time: 2:30 pm – 4 pm
Place: lungo lo stradone che porta dall'imbarcadero Giardini all'ingresso della
Biennale Architettura
Contact: ISM - Italy
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Sit-in in protest of the massacres in Beit Hanoun (Gaza strip) and Al Yamoun
(Jenin)
Date: November 10
Time: 18:30
Place: Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome
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Korea
The Korean Palestine Peace Solidarity group has organized a demonstration
against the Apartheid Wall and a public event.
Demonstration against the Apartheid Wall
Date: November 9
Place: In front of the Israel Embassy
Campaign against the Apartheid Wall
Date: November 12
Place: Seoul. Korea
Contact: Palestine Peace Solidarity,
nablus3@gmail.com
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Mexico
In Mexico, the declaration of the social movements gathered in the Border Social
Forum held on October 13 – 15 has resolved: “We will organize an International
Week of Action from the 9th to the 12th of November, including solidarity
actions with the Mexican and Palestinian people and educational activities
regarding the common struggles.”
Solidarity groups and organizations in defence of Human Rights and Immigrants
are organizing a rally against the Apartheid Wall in Palestine and the Wall of
Death along the Mexican- US border. Further protests and awareness raising
events are planned in the main cities of the country.
Rally:
Date: November 9
Place: In front of the Israeli embassy, Mexico City
Contact: Coordinadora de solidaridad con Palestina en México
(Corsopal),
palestinaymexico@yahoo.com
Protests:
Date: November 11
Mexico City: Parque Mexico
Events in other cities will be communicated later.
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Norway
The Norwegian solidarity organizes a concert with Palestinian singer Rim Banna.
The singer will perform a concert dedicated to the struggle against the
Apartheid Wall and the walls around the world that oppress, kill and dispossess
the people. The performance itself is based on a true story about the struggle
of a couple living on either side of the apartheid wall in the West Bank.
A speaking event, film screening, creative signature collection directed to the
Norwegian government and an exhibit will complete the campaigning in Oslo.This
initiative forms part of the wider solidarity activism that has brought Norway
to inspire many around the world with its Boycott initiatives.
Date: November 16
Place: Oslo
Programme: Screening of the documentary “The Iron Wall", followed by a
discussion with Rim Banna about her experiences with the Wall. Interventions of
solidarity activists and possibly one of the couple that has inspired the Rim
Banna’s concert will close off the afternoon.
Concert in the evening.
Contact:
post@rivmuren.no
· Portugal
Portuguese youth activists are preparing a photo exhibit against the Apartheid
Wall featuring the paintings drawn by Palestinian children and photographs.
Video screenings will accompany the exhibit.
Date: November 10 - 30
Place: Cubo das Artes, Fontainhas - 4795-021 Vila das Aves, Portugal
Contact: AA78-Associação Avense
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Quebec
Tadamon! is holding an evening of presentations, inspiring poetry & beautiful
music to advance the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions [BDS] campaign against
Israeli apartheid in Montreal. This event is being held in coordination with
groups internationally who are organizing events to mark the 4th international
week of action against the Israeli apartheid wall.
Date: 9th of November
Time: 7 pm
Place: Maison de l'Amitie, 120 Duluth East, East of St. Laurent, [Sherbrooke
metro]
Programme: Boycotting APARTHEID: Besieging OCCUPATION
Speakers:
* Tadamon! Montreal representatives: report back from the landmark Toronto
conference of Israeli apartheid, outlining the growing call for a campaign of
BDS and present an analysis of the ways Israeli apartheid directly affects the
entire Middle East region.
* JOONEED KHAN: Renowned international affairs reporter for La Presse who has
reported on Apartheid from South Africa & Palestine
* MOSTAFA HENAWAY: Independent journalist & social activist with the
International Solidarity Movement - Montreal, who will speak on Israeli &
Canadian apartheid, drawing links between the struggle in Six Nations & in
Palestine.
Performances:
* KAIE KELLOUGH: Celebrated Montreal writer & poet who is a key member of the
Kalmunity Vibe Collective.
* STEFAN CHRISTOFF on Piano & YASSER SHOUKRY on Percussion
* HOSSEIN SHARANG, an Iranian poet born in Jiroft, Iran, who will recite poetry
in Persian & French with CLAUDE MAHEU's 'musique actuelle' sounds on a variety
of instruments.
* GHADA CHEHADE: will be reading two poems that deal with her experience as a
Palestinian in Diaspora and her identity as an Arab Woman.
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Senegal
Senegalese progressive forces join the international campaign against the
Apartheid Wall with a series of activities launching the Senegal Palestine
Solidarity group. In particular the activists have planned:
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Publication
of articles of support in leading newspapers
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Launch of a
petition against the Apartheid Wall
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Launch of a
campaign for the closure of the Israeli Embassy
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Spain
In
Spain activists in Barcellona and in Valencia are organizing rallies against the
Apartheid Wall. Mock walls are used to raise awareness about the reality
Palestinians are strugglnig against since over 50 years and to denounce the
complicity of the international comunity with the Zionist politics of Israel.
Valencia
Date: November 9
Time: 7 pm
Place: Calle del Hospital en Valencia.
Contact: Palestina Lliure
Madrid
Date: November 12
Time: 12 am – 2 pm (including the symbolic destruction of the mock wall)
Place: Plaza Mayor
Further Info:
http://www.jerusalemites.org/spanish/Copy%20of%20spanish/noticias/2006/noviembre2006/102.htm
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Sweden
A coalition of solidarity groups and progressive organizations have joined to
organize a protest in the Swedish capital to call for an end to the Apartheid
Wall.
Date: November 11
Time: 1 pm
Place: Medborgarplatsen, Stockholm
Organizers: Palestinska föreningen i Stockholm.
Palestinagrupperna. ISM stockholm. Nätverket bojkotta israel.
Seko klubb 119. ssu Stockholm. Vänsterpartiet stockholm. Ung vänster
storstockholm.
Kommunistiska partiet. RKU. Socialistiska partiet. Ungsocialisterna.
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Switzerland
The Collectif Urgence Palestine launches a series of activities in Geneva to
join in the Week against the Apartheid Wall.
Rally against the Wall with video screenings and performances:
LAUSANNE
Time: 11:30 pm
Place: Place Saint-François
Date: November 10
Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Place: Passage de la Monnaie
Street action with a mock wall:
Date: November 11
Time: 1pm – 4pm
Place:
Passage de la Monnaie
“The Wall and the Colonization” - Information evening with testimonies from the
18th and 19th civil mission to Palestine
Date: November 15
Time: 8pm
Place: Maison des Associations (salle Gandhi)
Contact: Collectif Urgence Palestine, info@urgencepalestine.ch
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Turkey
Turkish activists stage a demonstration with torches and a seminar to protest
against the Apartheid Wall in solidarity with the Palestinian people. To further
raise awareness, the activists will put up a stall and distribute info material
in the streets of Istanbul.
Demonstration:
Date: November 9, evening
Place: Istanbul
Seminar:
Date: November 11
Contact: MAZLUMDER (Organization of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed
People), İstanbul branch
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UK
PSC UK organizes an action in protest of the ongoing construction of the Illegal
Apartheid Wall in Palestine, with placards, a mock wall and a Palestinian Dabka
Dance group.
Date: November 11
Time: 11:0 am – 2pm
Place: by the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields, by Trafalgar Square
Contact:
info@palestinecampaign.org
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The Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be putting on a protest vigil
against the Apartheid Wall. It will include street theatre, stalls and a poster
display and an educational meeting.
Protest vigil:
Date: November 9
Time: 11.30am-1.30pm
Place: Cornmarket, Oxford
Educational meeting:
Date: November 14
Time: 7.30 pm
Place: Oxford Town Hall (with Palestinian speaker and/or film)
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Manchester ''Victory to the Intifada group'' will be holding a picket of
Marks&Spencer supermarket to call for boycott and divestment from Israel.
Date: November 11
Time: 12pm - 3pm
Place: Market Street , Manchester city centre
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In Camden a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall will march the streets of
the London suburb.
Date: November 11
Place: At Euston Station, Camden.
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USA
In the Bay Area, Break the Siege has organized a series of events to join in the
protests against the Apartheid Wall, Israeli colonization and occupation and US
support for the Zionist crimes.
Hayward Vigils:
Dates: November 9, 16
Time: 4–5 pm
Place: Five Flags Park, Foothill Blvd, Jackson, Street and Mission Blvd, Hayward
Thursday,
Public Wall Action – a day of creative action:
Date: November 11
Conference: “Popular Resistance in Palestine”
Date: November 13
Time: 7 pm
Place: 766 Valencia Street, New College, SF
Program: Mohammed Khatib and Feryal Abu Haikal will share their personal
experiences with Israeli
efforts to expel Palestinians from their own land, homes and communities, as
well as Palestinian
efforts to resist those measures.
Contact:
creativeaction@gmail.com ;
www.breakthesiege.net
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Al-Awda New York organizes a film screening and discussion in commemoration of
the Week of Resistance Against the Apartheid Wall
Date: November 15
Time: 7.30 pm
Place: Alwan For the Arts, 16 Beaver Street (b/n Broad & Broadway), 4th Floor
Programme: screening of PALESTINE BLUES (80min) followed by a question & answer
session with award winning filmmaker & renowned Palestinian artist and
sculpturist Nida Sinnokrot.
"Palestine Blues follows the repercussions of the [Zionist Apartheid Wall] and
Settlement expansion in the engulfed/annexed Palestinian farming communities of
the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Instead of focusing on the object of the Wall,
this documentary examines the grassroots resistance movement that has sprung up
against it. Palestine Blues is not a "traditional" political reportage but
rather an interminable road trip across hard and liquid borders, across a
terrain that is being erased as it is being traversed."
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Activists in New York organize a slideshow and report-back by members of DRUM (Desis
Rising Up & Moving) who will share their first-hand accounts of the wall in
Palestine and Arizona from a recent visit. The event aims to show how the fight
against racist travel bans, the fight for dignity, and the fight against
militarized borders link the struggle for immigrant rights in the U.S. to the
struggle for freedom in Palestine.
After the event, a march is planned to bring the Wall to the streets of New
York.
Date: November 11
Time:
1:30 PM: Workshop ; 3:00 PM : March
Place:
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, New York
Contact: Ad Hoc Coalition for Justice in the Middle East,
www.mideastjustice.org,
justiceME@gmail.com
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In Boston, activists have organized a conference to examine why Israel’s
policies towards Palestinians are apartheid policies. It will explore the role
activists can play to respond to the Palestinian Call for BDS, and to help
create the kind of pressure that will be needed to move the region “beyond
apartheid.”
Date: November 19
Time: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Place: Northeastern University Law School, Room 97, 400-416 Huntington
Avenue
Programme:
Omar Barghouti, Palestinian analyst, activist and writer;
Felicia Eaves, Co-chair, Black Voices for Peace;
Leila Farsakh, assistant professor of Political Science, University of
Massachusetts at Boston;
Ilan Pappe, senior Lecturer of Political Science, Haifa University;
Chuck Turner, Boston City Councilor;
David Wildman, United Methodist Church General Board of Global Ministries;
Will Youmans, Attorney and
divestment activist; etc.
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The American University Students for Justice in Palestine are hosting a weeklong
awareness campaign the week of the 9th in Washington D.C.
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Activists in San Jose are organizing actions in San Jose against the Apartheid
Wall in Palestine and the Wall the U.S. government is planning to build along
the "border" with Mexico. The protest will link the dramatic repression in
Oaxaca and Palestine.
Date: November 11
Time: 11 am – 12 noon
Place: Stevens Creek Boulevard where the cars get off the 17 freeway heading
towards Valley Fair Mall and Santana Row Mall
Date: November 15
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Place: south end of Cesar Chavez Plaza at the corner of Market and San Carlos
Streets
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Venezuela
The National Association of Free and Alternative Media (ANMCLA) has programmed 3
activities, and is preparing for the open air screenings of wall related media..
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The Foro Itinerante de Participacion Popular and the National Radio of Venezuela
organize a video screening under the title “Lebanon – Scars of the Empire!” as
part of the Week against the Apartheid Wall. The film maker Angel Palacios will
moderate the evening and the contribution of the singer Amaranta Carpio.
Date: Novembre 9
Time: 3pm
Place: Auditorio Ali Primera, Unefa (chuao)
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The Revista MATEA organizes two video screenings in Caracas.
November 9: "Private"
November 16: "Los Hijos de Arnes" (Arna’s children)
Contact:
ateneopopularcaracas@yahoo.com or
revistamatea@gmail.com
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9 Nov.
Caracas. Auditorio Alí Primera. UNEFA. Chuao 3 pm
Video forum: Líbano. Huellas del Imperio and The Wall. In the school
Caracas. Ateneo Popular. Calle Vargas. Los Chaguaramos 5 pm
Video forum: Private (italian movie on Palestina)
10 Nov.
Guanare, Estado Portuguesa. Auditorio Vicerectorado Unellez 7 pm
Video forum: Líbano. Huellas del Imperio and The Wall. In the school
13 Nov.
Caracas, Public demonstration and cultural act
Pza. Venezuela 4 pm
Music, poetry, creative rage of the people, words of compromise, screening of
short movies related with Palestine and the Wall
Most of the country: Solidarity radio chain against the Wall
Communitarian and Free Radios (ANMCLA)
14 Nov.
Caracas: Street agitation, protest, grafiti
16 nov.
Caracas. Ateneo Popular. Calle Vargas. Los Chaguaramos 6 pm
Video forum: Sons of Arnes (Palestina)
