Feb. 13, Imad Moughniyeh, a senior commander of Hezbollah, was assassinated in Damascus. “The world is a better place without this man in it,” State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said: “one way or the other he was brought to justice.” Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell added that Moughniyeh has been “responsible for more deaths of Americans and Israelis than any other terrorist with the exception of Osama bin Laden.”

Joy was unconstrained in Israel too, as “one of the U.S. and Israel’s most wanted men” was brought to justice, the London Financial Times reported. Under the heading, “A militant wanted the world over,” an accompanying story reported that he was “superseded on the most-wanted list by Osama bin Laden” after 9/11 and so ranked only second among “the most wanted militants in the world.”

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Montreal premiere of Mai Masri’s latest documentary film
on Israel’s 2006 attack on Lebanon as part of Cinema Politica…

MONDAY, MARCH 10th, 2008, 7pm
Concordia University, Hall Building, H-110
metro Guy-Concordia
Lebanon / 2007 / 70min

Including the first Montreal screening of Sari’s Mother, latest film by
celebrated filmmaker James Longley, director of Iraq in Fragments…

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Seven people have been killed in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, after a demonstration against power cuts descended into violence.

Shots were fired as the army intervened when protesters tried to block a road.

An activist from the opposition Shia Amal movement was killed, triggering violent protests in which six more people were killed, reports say.

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Lebanon ended the year much as it had begun, in political limbo. In November 2006, six ministers’ resignations paralysed the government and crystallised the two-year-old split between government loyalists and the opposition. A year later, president Emile Lahoud’s term ended without a successor, leaving a dangerous vacuum at the top. As the year drew to a close, it looked as though Lebanon would drift rudderless until either fractious politicians resolved their power struggle, or frustrations spread to the streets.

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In the European Union, Canada and the United States, numerous organizations – including many national liberation movements and organizations – are listed as “designated terrorist organizations.” This status is used in an attempt to criminalize popular resistance and national liberation movements, equate those movements with “terrorism,” frighten and silence communities’ support of their national movements, and potentially penalize supporters of the Palestinian cause, as well as other national liberation movements.

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A presentation given by Brian Aboud in Montreal on Wednesday, October 17th, hosted by Tadamon! Montreal & the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at McGill University within the context of the campaign to challenging Hezbollah’s listing as a ’Terrorist’ Group in Canada.

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Listen to a presentation from Bilal Elamine, the former editor of Left Turn magazine concerning the role of Hezbollah as a political force in Lebanon, touching on the 2006 Israeli attack on Lebanon, the recent political crisis / turmoil in Lebanon, including the general strike of 2006 and opposition demonstrations.

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Montréal 2008: Depuis quelques années Tadamon!, un collectif de volontaires épris de justice sociale basés à Montréal, maintient une présence unique et importante sur le front de l’activisme politique en Amérique du Nord, en solidarité avec les luttes pour la justice sociale et économique au Liban et au Moyen-Orient.

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Mercredi le 14 novembre, à 10 heures, à l’UQÀM
Dans le cadre des activités de l’Université populaire à Montréal (UPAM)
et de la grève étudiante. Au local J-1120 (pavillon Judith-Jasmin).

Mardi le 20 novembre, à 12h30, au Collège Marianopolis
Une présentation du Département “Third World Studies” du Collège Marianopolis.

Mardi le 27 novembre, à 11 heures, au Cégep de Saint-Laurent
Une présentation du Comité de mobilisation de
l’Association étudiante du Cégep de Saint-Laurent (AÉCSL).

Mercredi le 28 novembre, à midi, au Collège Marie-Victorin.
Une présentation du Comité de mobilisation du
Syndicat étudiant du Collège de Marie-Victorin (SECMV).

Mardi le 11 décembre à 12h30, à midi, au Collège de Maisonneuve.
Une présentation du Comité de mobilisation de la Société
générale des étudiants et des étudiantes du Collège de Maisonneuve (SOGÉÉCOM).

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BEIRUT: Emile Lahoud left Lebanon’s presidency at midnight on Friday, just hours after announcing the transfer of security responsibilities to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) because Parliament had failed to elect his successor. Prime Minister Fouad Siniora issued a statement shortly thereafter declaring Lahoud’s move unconstitutional.

Lahoud’s announcement explained his gambit by asserting that existing conditions in the country “could lead to a state of emergency,” but Siniora’s statement affirmed that only the Cabinet has the executive authority to declare such a state.

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