From Sharpeville to Gaza: 5 years since the Palestinian call for BDS
- BDS conference Montreal 2010
- Friday October 22nd 7pm
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Salle Marie-Gérin-Lajoie
405 st Catherine east
pavillion Judith-Jasmin
(metro Berri-UQAM)
featuring
Omar Barghouti
founder Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel – PACBI
Areej Ja’afari
Palestine Freedom Project
representative Congress of South African Trade Unions – COSATU
Since 2005’s historic Palestinian call for a comprehensive, international movement for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid, we have seen many important victories for this movement in both Québec and Canada. Now is the time to reflect on the successes of the BDS movement in Quebec and Canada to date and to consolidate and intensify our efforts in solidarity with the people of Palestine, who continue to suffer under the brutal system of Israeli apartheid.
