Montreal, Quebec, July 2012 letter from Tadamon! collective

art work by Palestinian artist Nidal Elkhairy. Dear Cirque du Soleil,

We are a Montreal-based collective working in solidarity with the Palestinian people and are writing to you concerning your upcoming performances of Alegría in Tel Aviv, Israel in August 2012.

It is not uncommon for internationally renowned artists such as Cirque du Soleil to be invited to Israel. You may not be aware, however, that by performing in Israel, well-known artists provide credibility to, and indirectly endorse, the actions and policies of the Israeli government. In fact, the Israeli government is actively and openly pursuing a policy to attract artists to Israel in an attempt to whitewash its own violations of international law and the apartheid laws it imposes on Palestinians.

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solidarity texts from Bahrain for Montreal anti-Grand Prix solidarity rally

Photo: Protest in Bahrain against state repression toward pro-democracy movements.

Read solidarity statements from Bahrain sent to Montreal in the context of a solidarity protest organized in Montreal during the Grand Prix to highlight struggles for human rights, justice and dignity in Bahrain.

A solidarity rally in Montreal was called on 08/06/2012 to highlight ongoing state repression in Bahrain, targeting popular movements organizing against the dictatorship, repression that heighten repression against popular protests in the context of the recent F1 race in Bahrain.

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from Bahrain to Montréal – solidarity action !

Friday June 8, 2012, 6pm
Dorchester Square
Peel and Rene Levesque
métro Peel
Montreal, Quebec
facebook event

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following the call by Palestinian Civil Society

Free All Palestinian Political Prisoners !

On April 17, 2012, over 2,000 Palestinian prisoners launched an open-ended hunger strike that came to an end two days ago after some of their demands were met. Their strike was hit hard with retaliation from Israel Prison Services, including beatings, transferring from one prison to another, confiscation of salt (an act that could have severe health consequences for hunger strikers), denial of family and lawyer visits, and isolation and solitary confinement of hunger strikers. These are only some of the measures that the Israeli prison authorities use against political prisoners.

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Exhibition from May 5 to June 3, 2012

Vernissage with live music and snacks
Thursday, May 10, 2012
from 6pm to 10pm
Kahwa Café, 263 Mont-Royal Ave. E., (at Laval)
Mont-Royal metro station
Facebook event

Tadamon invites you to an exhibition of drawings made by children from Gaza following Israel’s attack on Gaza in 2008-2009. This exhibition previously survived an attempt to ban it when it was first shown in Oakland, California. (more…)

Sumoud : an evening in solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners

Thursday April 19, 2012
6:30pm at Concordia University
Hall Building, room H-110
1455 de Maisonneuve West
metro Guy-Concordia
facebook event
Montreal, Quebec

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join the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Global day of action on March 30th, 2012

Friday March 30th
12pm-2pm
Westmount square, corner of Saint Catherine and Greene.
(metro Atwater)
Montreal, Quebec

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Palestine solidarity contingent at 22/03 Montreal protest against tuition hikes.

Thursday, March 22, 13h
South/east corner St. Catherine/Peel
Montreal, Québec
photo Palestinian students in Gaza Strip.

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Montreal, March 2012 | Statement supporting the Syrian movement for dignity and self-determination and opposing militarization of the struggle and foreign military intervention.

Photo: Syrian refugees protest during a demonstration against Bashar el-Assad at Reyhanli refugee camp in Antakya, on March 15, 2012.

The Syrian people continue to demand their rights and liberties and the end of the al-Assad regime. The Syrian state has responded with brutal repression.

Since the uprising began, the Syrian regime’s propaganda machine has labelled those calling for freedom and justice “criminals”, “terrorists” and religious fanatics. It has also claimed that they are foreign agents with a mission to install a puppet regime that would abandon regional resistance movements and sign a peace agreement with Israel.

In truth, Syrians are engaged in a legitimate struggle to change an untenable local reality: a brutal authoritarian state that has governed through intimidation, fear and repression for 40 years; a security apparatus that arrests and detains citizens arbitrarily and that subjects them to torture and other abuse with impunity; increasing impoverishment, unemployment, income and wealth disparity and uncertainty about the future due to neo-liberal economic policies in recent decades.

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photo essay via Heri Rakotomalala

Photo Ensemble Acalanto performs at Artists Against Apartheid.

View beautiful photographs from the eighteenth Artists Against Apartheid concert in Montreal via Heri Rakotomalala.

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