statement via Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Regina

Photo: Palestinian refugee youth in Aida refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestine.

Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Regina (SAIA) is pleased to announce that a motion was passed at the University of Regina Student Union AGM to support the Palestinian call for boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) as a means of pressuring Israel to comply with international and human rights law. This resolution is a huge first step towards the full divestment of the University of Regina from companies complicit with the human rights violations currently taking place in Palestine.

Plans are already in motion for SAIA, together with the University of Regina Student Union (URSU) and other members of the community, to begin investigating URSU’s portfolio for companies that support or profit from Israeli war crimes, as well as collectively launching an education campaign on campus about the issue.

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Israeli Apartheid Week Montreal. March 5-13th 2012

8th annual Israeli Apartheid Week featuring inspiring conferences, workshops, film screenings, demonstrations, and cultural events to raise awareness around the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israeli apartheid.

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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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