The annual Week Against the Apartheid Wall from 9-16 November is starting! Palestinian and international activists will again mobilize in the streets and organize a series of events across the globe. This mobilization on the ground will be complemented by a fast paced 48 hour media marathon on 12 and 13 November. We call on media to join 48 hours non-stop coverage!
The beginning of the Week Against the Apartheid Wall on 9 November coincides with the fall of the Berlin Wall on the same day 21 years ago. Yet, today Israel creates with the ongoing construction of the Apartheid Wall and the Bantustanization of in the West Bank an over 800 km long symbol of oppression and racism that must be stopped. We therefore invite the world to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the struggle to end apartheid, colonisation and the occupation!
On the days of the Week against the Apartheid Wall there will be a calendar of international events, where participants will come together to demand an end to the Apartheid Wall and to Israeli impunity, through film screenings, demonstrations, photo exhibits, conferences and debates. For more information on events near you, visit our website at: https://stopthewall.org/latestnews/2391.shtml
Stop the Wall Campaign, in cooperation with Ciranda, ANMCLA, Altermondo, E-Joussour and Caros Amigos, has launched this media marathon to engage international media activists in raising awareness of the Wall and its effects. We call on media to join 48 hours non-stop coverage by broadcasting, airing, streaming or publishing information about the Wall, Israeli Apartheid and Palestinian resistance and global BDS movement.
Participating is easy:
1) Choose a time span during the 48 hours of the media marathon (12th of November 0:00h â 13th of November 23:59h), during which you will offer coverage about the Wall, Israeli Apartheid and Palestinian resistance and global solidarity.
2) Let Stop the Wall know that you are participating in the Media Marathon so that we can get you in contact with other participating media and can insert you in the 48 hours programming to be published a special website. Contact: gemma@stopthewall.org
3) Create your programming. Draw upon the resources in your community. There is much information and media material already out there.
4) Stop the Wall can also provide a range of resources, including video and audio interviews, factsheets and other media materials. Visit www.stopthewall.org and follow the links to the media tool kit to access material to support your media piece.
5) Upload links to your media pieces, articles, video and audio pieces to our website: https://MediaMarathon.StopTheWall.net. Video and audio can be uploaded onto You Tube, WSFTV, Foro Social de Radio and Stop the Wall Vimeo. Contact gemma@stopthewall.org
6) The media marathon includes the official launch of the online voting process of the It Is Apartheid Video contest. (See www.ItIsApartheid.tv) Encourage your audience to educate themselves by watching the videos and cast their vote on the best one. Use the videos for your own video broadcast.
This media marathon is the first of its kind. Stop the Wall Campaign calls on journalists and media stations across the world to take the opportunity to cover these major events over 12 and 13 November as they follow the route of the sun. The time is now to show that there can be no peace without an end to repression and occupation. More information on the Week Against the Apartheid Wall can be found here: https://stopthewall.org/latestnews/2361.shtml