Sumoud : une soirée de solidarité avec les prisonniers politiques palestiniens
Photo de l’ensemble Acalanto en performance au concert Artistes Anti Apartheid
Voir les photos du concert Artistes Anti Apartheid concert avec Rebel Diaz, Vox Sambou et Ensemble Acalanto lors de la Semaine contre l’apartheid israélien. Photos par Heri Rakotomalala.
Tadamon! Collective 2012. More Dishonest Rhetoric from Honest Reporting Canada
Photo A protester flies the Palestinian flag at the start of the regular protest n the village of Nil’in to demonstrate against land confiscation and the separation wall.
In a recent piece entitled “The Apartheid Myth: HRC Responds to Tadamon!”, Honest Reporting Canada (HRC) took issue with a letter written by Jewish members of the Tadamon! collective. HRC’s principal contention is that the letter (“Don’t Conflate Judaism with Zionism,” Wednesday, January 12, 2012) in the McGill Daily “recycled the tired Israeli Apartheid canard” while putting forth compensatory rhetorical arguments that “lack[ed] in substance.”
This disingenuous tactic of dismissing factual arguments critical of Israel as “canards,” so as to avoid the responsibility of earnestly responding to their content, is both cowardly and insincere. While Tadamon! offered specific examples of several Israeli laws and policies (out of the thirty or so) that discriminate against Palestinians, HRC offered no comment on these legal instruments of apartheid. Furthermore, HRC’s response is filled with inaccuracies and dubious statistics, most of which are themselves “recycled” from questionable sources.
toward Women of diverse origins — Femmes de diverses origines 2012 actions/events
Palestinian women prisoner being released, Ramallah, Palestine 2/10/2009. ActiveStills
La 8ième edition de la Semaine contre l’Apartheid Israélien présentera une série de conférences, atellier, projection de film, manifestation et évènements culturels, dans le but de sensibiliser et conscientiser le public à la campagne de Boycott, Desinvestissment, et Sanctions (BDS) contre l’apartheid israélien.
L’automne dernier, le gouvernement conservateur a annoncé qu’il planifiait l’expansion de l’Accord de libre-échange Canada-Israël (ALÉCI), un ensemble de procédures qui servent à légitimer davantage l’occupation et l’apartheid israélien, et renforce la participation de certaines compagnies ainsi que du gouvernement canadien a la politique de racisme et de colonialisme prôné par Israël.
L’ALÉCI, qui a été mis en vigueur dés janvier 1997, inclut des régions géographiques où Israël maintient un contrôle militaire (Cisjordanie et Bande de Gaza) et ne respecte pas les frontières reconnues internationalement. De cette manière, cela légitime le contrôle territorial d’Israël sur toute la Palestine. De plus, une part des échanges inclus dans l’ALÉCI (particulièrement dans le secteur agricole) résulte des activités de colonies illégales et des productions provenant des zones industrielles dans des colonies en Cisjordanie. Cet échec à faire la différence avec les denrées palestiniennes produites dans des territoires occupés renforce la logique coloniale que ces produits font partie de l’activité économique israélienne, ceci encourageant de façon certaine l’expansion de ses colonies.
Photo: Hossam el-Hamalawy Thousands chant against SCAF and the army on Friday night in Tahrir Square.
Interview series from independent journalist Lillian Boctor examining the situation facing post-Mubarak Egypt produced for broadcast on CKUT community radio in Montreal.
As the first anniversary of the January 25 uprisings approaches, the Voices from Egypt interview series aims to highlight grassroots voices that provide perspective, ideas and context to post-Mubarak Egypt and in the ongoing transition and revolutionary period. Examining the current political winds and push from grassroots movements on the left to implement the revolution’s call for social and economic justice, challenge the repression by the ruling military council and create a new, democratic and equitable Egyptian society.
Tadamon! collective presents the following interviews for download from various independent media websites in an attempt to share information, news and analysis on the contemporary struggles in Egypt today that have dropped from the international media headlines.
download Tadamon! popular education document at political prisoners pamphlet
Drawing by Molly Fair via Just Seeds for Certain Days: Political Prisoners Calendar
Popular education pamphlet created for recent Montreal event, on 10/12/2011, entitled “Political Imprisonment and State Impunity”, drawing attention to political prisoners all around the world from the Philippines, to Colombia, to Egypt, to Palestine and in both Canada and the US. Please download, print, distribute this PDF document that details specific campaigns and struggles involving political prisoners fighting for freedom on different corners all around the world.
