closing event for the “Uprising and Uprooted” photo exhibition

Tadamon! and Cinema Politica present “Return to Homs”

November 7, 2014 – 7pm
Café Aquin Room A-2030 (Pavillon Hubert-Aquin)
Université du Québec à Montréal
405 Rue Sainte-Catherine East (Berri-UQAM metro)
free entrance- suggested contribution 2-3$

Please join us to mark the end of the exhibition

“Uprising and Uprooted: refugees in the Syrian struggle in photos and images”, which is running from October 3 – November 7 at Café Aquin. Tadamon! and Cinema Politica present the film “Return to Homs” by the filmmaker Talla Derki. The projection will take place at Café Aquin, and will be followed by a discussion period.

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Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle Within the Israeli Prison System

photo ActiveStills : Palestinian women lead protest against the Prawer Plan

Friday November 7th, 4-6pm
McGill’s Institute of Islamic Studies
3485 McTavish Street, 017 Morrice Hall (the “TNC”)
venue is wheelchair accessible
free admission and open to the public
(facebook event)

The Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling presents the launch of Nahla Abdo’s latest book Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle Within the Israeli Prison System.

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Tadamon! Montréal statement – octobre 2014 (photo Noah Addis)

We reject the Canadian government’s decision to join a US-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq. There is little doubt that these acts of violence will have devastating consequences for people living in the region, and will only serve to further conflict and suffering.

In early October, the Conservative government passed a motion in Parliament to go to war without even the pretense of democratic process. This decision authorizes the Canadian military to conduct air strikes for up to six months and includes the deployment of six CF-18 fighter jets, a refuelling tanker aircraft, two surveillance planes, one airlift plane, and about 600 air crew members. Canada joins the US, Great Britain, France, Australia and about a dozen other states, (including authoritarian regimes in Saudi Arabia and others parts of the Arabian/Persian Gulf) in what US President Barack Obama has declared to be “a long-term project.”

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Photo ©UNRWA

exhibit : October 3 to November 7
vernissage : Friday October 17, 5 à 7

film screening and closing night : November 7

location : Café Aquin, local A-2030 (pavillon Hubert-Aquin)
Université du Québec à Montréal
405 Sainte-Catherine East, Berri-UQÀM metro
facebook event

The popular uprising in Syria for liberation and dignity that broke out in March 2011, has, since the beginning, been met with a brutal regime response that has known no limits. The consequences of the Syrian regime’s response have been devastating: destruction of homes, urban neighbourhoods and infrastructure; deepening social divisions that have taken the form of sometimes violent, armed confrontation; deaths of civilians reaching over 150,000 persons; widening fear and distrust; countless injured; the uprooting of millions. In the face and in the aftermath of regime bombardment, siege, atrocity and aggression millions have taken flight and sought refuge within Syria, in neighbouring states and in states beyond the region.

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