photo essay by Darren Ell on Palestine solidarity rally at Occupy Montreal/Occupons Montréal denouncing Israeli military raid on Freedom Waves flotilla to Gaza.

Photo: Darren Ell. A Palestine solidarity protest at Occupons Montréal.

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emergency Montreal protest for solidarity for struggle for democracy in Egypt.

Saturday, Nov. 19, 16h
Egyptian Consulate
1000 rue De La Gauchetiere O.
(metro Bonaventure)
Montreal, Quebec

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Emergency Palestine solidarity rally in collaboration with Occupy Montreal/Occupons Montréal to denounce Israeli military raid on Freedom Waves flotilla to Gaza.

Sunday, November 13, 13h
La Place du Peuple
Occupy Montreal/Occupons Montréal
Métro Square-Victoria
Montreal, Quebec
info via facebook event

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By: Rami El-Amine and Mostafa Henaway

No matter how it unfolds, the Egyptian revolution will go down in the history books as a defining moment in the 21st century. Millions of Egyptians brought down one of the world’s most repressive regimes, that of the U.S.-backed Hosni Mubarak, in just 18 days. Their bravery, perseverance, and tactfulness in the face of the regime’s brutal crackdown not only triggered uprisings across the Arab world but inspired and influenced protests against government austerity in the U.S., Spain, Portugal, and Greece. Despite the fact that it is only a few months old, it’s important to begin piecing together a people’s history of the revolution to convey what happened and how it happened so that the lessons from this critical struggle can be disseminated.
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Film Screening Under the Stars…

Wednesday July 20, 2011
Screening begins at 8:30pm
Bibliotheque DIRA- outdoor lot
2035 St. Laurent (Metro St. Laurent)
Free event. Donations welcome.
Facebook event

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As part of the Quebec-Canada trade union solidarity tour May/June 2011.

Wednesday June 1st, 7pm
Centre St. Pierre, room 200
1212, rue Panet (metro Beaudry)
Montreal, Quebec
Facebook event

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musical celebrations for Palestine. photo Bird flying in Palestinian sky.

Monday, May 30, 2011
doors 20h | $6
Kaza Maza
4629, avenue du Parc
Montreal, Quebec
facebook event

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International Solidarity Movement April 15, 2011

Photo: Bird flying over Palestine.

Tadamon! commemorates the beloved activist Vittorio Arrigoni who was murdered in Gaza one day ago. We affirm our solidarity with the Palestinians, and we grieve with them. Vittorio devoted many years in struggle with the Palestinians for their liberation. Arrigoni is an exemplary face of the International Solidarity Movement, the people who come from all over the world to Palestine, sometimes giving their lives such as Rachel Corrie and Vittorio Arrigoni.

In these moments let us remember and reflect on the courage and determination of the Palestinian people in their struggle against Israeli apartheid and our collective recognition of the devotion and bravery of activists who join them. Rest in peace Vittorio Arrigoni.

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A critical discussion on recent uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East

Wednesday, April 27th, 19h
Bistro Araucaria
5607 Avenue du Parc
(corner St-Viateur, bus #80)
Montreal, Quebec
facebook event

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by Hossam el-Hamalawy, Arabawy Feb. 2011.

Photo Protest at headquarters of state-backed Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions.

Since yesterday, and actually earlier, middle-class activists have been urging Egyptians to suspend the protests and return to work, in the name of patriotism, singing some of the most ridiculous lullabies about “let’s build new Egypt,” “let’s work harder than even before,” etc. In case you didn’t know, actually Egyptians are among the hardest working people in the globe already.

Those activists want us to trust Mubarak’s generals with the transition to democracy — the same junta that has provided the backbone of his dictatorship over the past 30 years. And while I believe the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, who receive $1.3 billion annually from the US, will eventually engineer the transition to a “civilian” government, I have no doubt it will be a government that will guarantee the continuation of a system that will never touch the army’s privileges, keep the armed forces as the institution that will have the final say in politics (as for example in Turkey), guarantee Egypt will continue to follow the US foreign policy, whether it’s the undesired peace with the Apartheid State of Israel, safe passage for the US Navy in the Suez Canal, the continuation of the Gaza siege, or exports of natural gas to Israel at subsidized rates. A civilian government is not about cabinet members who do not wear military uniforms. A civilian government means a government that fully represents the Egyptian people’s demands and desires without any intervention from the brass. And I see this as hard to be allowed, let alone accomplished, by the junta.

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