A Discussion with Egyptian journalist and activist Deena Gamil also featuring musical performances. In conjunction with Israeli Apartheid Week Montreal 2012
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.
video screening 05/03 via Cinema Politica for Israeli Apartheid Week 2012 in Montreal.
music video by Shadia Mansour filmed in occupied Palestine “Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh”
Official music video for the single “Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh” (The Kufiyeh is Arab) by celebrated Palestinian hip-hop artist Shadia Mansour, featuring M1 of Dead Prez. Video shot and edited by Nana Dankwa.
For Israeli Apartheid Week 2012 this video will show at the Cinema Politica screening of Tears of Gaza. Disturbing, powerful and emotionally devastating, Tears of Gaza is less a conventional documentary than a record – presented with minimal gloss – of the 2008 to 2009 bombing of Gaza by the Israeli military. Photographed by several Palestinian cameramen both during and after the offensive, this powerful film by director Vibeke Løkkeberg focuses on the impact of the attacks on the civilian population.
toward Women of diverse origins — Femmes de diverses origines 2012 actions/events
Palestinian women prisoner being released, Ramallah, Palestine 2/10/2009. ActiveStills
Photo: Les jeunes réfugiés palestiniens dans le camp de réfugiés d’Aida en Cisjordanie, en Palestine.
Les étudiants contre l’apartheid israélien de Régina (SAIA) sont heureux de vous annoncer qu’une motion a été adoptée à l’Université par le Syndicat étudiant de Régina AGM pour soutenir l’appel Palestinien au boycott, désinvestissement et sanctions (BDS), comme un moyen de faire pression sur Israël afin que ce dernier respecte le droit international et les droits humains.
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.
indy journalist Lillian Boctor interviews with revolutionary socialist journalist Dina Samak
The January 25, 2012 demonstrations in Egypt demanding the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) immediately hand over power to civilian rule proved to be wildly successful with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets all over Egypt.
interview with Egyptian activist Dr. Sabry Khaled on the eve of revolution anniversary
Photo: Hossam el-Hamalawy Activists in Tahrir Square on Friday night set up projector to screen videos of the army’s attacks on protesters during last week.
Listen to an interview with Dr. Sabry Khaled, via CKUT community radio in Montreal, on the eve of first year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, marked by major protests in Tahrir Square calling for an end to SCAF rule.
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.
