Communiqué de presse sur la résolution de L’Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires en solidarité avec la Palestine.

Photo: Matthew Cassel Gaza après les bombardements israéliens en 2009.

L’Association Nationale des Radios Étudiantes et Communautaires du Canada (ANREC) s’est joint au mouvement mondial du Boycott, Désinvestissement, et Sanctions contre Israël.

L’Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires (ANREC), une organisation représentant 82 stations de radio de tous les coins du Canada, a adopté une motion, lors de sa réunion générale annuelle le 10 Juin 2011 à la ville de Halifax, pour soutenir l’appel au Boycott, Désinvestissement et Sanctions (ou BDS) contre l’apartheid israélien. En faisant donc, l’ANREC est fièrement la première organisation dans les médias nationaux Canadiens à se joindre au mouvement mondial pour le BDS.

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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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Projection sous les étoiles…

Mercredi 20 Juillet 2011
Projection à 20:30
Bibliothèque DIRA – séance extérieure
2035 St-Laurent (Metro Saint-Laurent)
Evènement gratuit; donation appréciée
Évènement Facebook

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Projection et discussion avec Shadia Mansour co présenté par Suoni per il Popolo

Mercredi 8 juin 2011
13h-15h à la Sala Rossa
4848 St. Laurent
métro Laurier ou Bus 55
Montreal, Quebec
événement facebook

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Dans le cadre de la tournée de solidarité des syndicats du Québec et du Canada

Mercredi 1er juin, 19h
Centre St. Pierre Salle 200
1212, rue Panet
(métro Beaudry)
Montréal, Quebec
Évènement Facebook

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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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photo via Israeli photo activist collective ActiveStills

Photo: ActiveStills Solidarity with Egypt, Bil’in, Palestine, 5/2/2011.

As hundreds-of-thousands of Egyptians took to the streets in opposition to the US-backed dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak solidarity protests were sparked across the world, including in occupied Palestine. In Bil’in village in the West Bank local residents staged a Egypt solidarity protests as part of their weekly demonstrations in opposition to the Israeli apartheid wall which cuts through the agricultural lands of the village.

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May 23, 2011, by Elliott Frayheyt.

Photo Israeli soldiers arrest crying Palestinian youth.

In the wake of successful/ongoing divestment campaigns at Hampshire College, UC Berkeley, Carleton University, and the University of Johannesburg, a group of students, faculty and community members in Montreal have started to organize a campaign to sever the links between the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and Concordia and McGill university. Several months ago, this group published a report entitled “Structures of Oppression” that outlines the ‘strong bilateral student exchange programs, joint research projects, and collaborative scholarships’ that Concordia/McGill share with Technion in Haifa.

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Al Jazeera by Neve Gordon, 23 May 2011.

Photo: Israeli flag fading into history?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address US legislators on Tuesday. He will, no doubt, tell members of Congress that he supports a two-state solution, but his support will be predicated on four negative principles: no to Israel’s full withdrawal to the 1967 borders; no to the division of Jerusalem; no to the right of return for Palestinian refugees; and no to a Palestinian military presence in the new state.

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photo essay via Ion Etxebarria

Photo: South African activist Salim Vally speaking at McGill University.

In May 2011 South African academic and activist Salim Vally gave a lecture at McGill University in Montreal entitled ‘Reading Edward Said in South Africa‘, the presentation focused on the growing Palestine solidarity movement in South Africa and specifically the recent move at the University of Johannesburg to sever links with Ben Gurion university. Salim highlighted the recent step toward the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign in South Africa within a history of struggle in South Africa for liberation and in opposition to apartheid. Photographer Ion Etxebarria captured the event in photographs at McGill University.

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