CKUT: Lebanon a war of destruction: Dispatches from Beirut

An interview with Sawsan Kalache, and Stefan Christoff members of the Montreal-based Tadamon! collective who are currently in Beirut. The three-person delegation from the Montreal group has been working out of Beirut, reporting about the events that have taken place over the past 48 hours which has Lebanon in the fiercest Israeli bombardment since the liberation of south Lebanon in 2000.

Delegation members have been reporting that the mood in Lebanon is extremely tense. Israel has systematically targeted civilian infrastructure in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut since yesterday. Ten bridges and the Beirut international airport have been attacked, and the main road from Beirut to the south has been cut, isolating the south, causing benzene shortages in the capital, clogging roads and cutting off escape as people flee the bombing zones and foreigners rush to leave the country. Over forty civilian deaths have been reported.

Tadamon!, which means "solidarity" in Arabic, is a grassroots collective aimed at creating ties between social justice initiatives in Montreal and Beirut. Tadamon! organised a popular event series in April and May in Montreal, creating a space for discussion among Montreal's large Lebanese diaspora population and others interested in Lebanon's important role in Middle East affairs.

For more information and dispatches from Beirut:
http://tadamon.resist.ca
or tadamon@resist.ca

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