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Tadamon! Montreal
Strategies for Solidarity with Lebanon in Montreal.
WEDNESDAY, September 27th, 8pm
Frank Dawson Adams Auditorium
2nd Floor, 3450 University St.
[Corner: Milton & University]
Presentations * Community Iftar Dinner * Poetry * Films * Free Child-care
----> A Panel Discussion Including Presentations from:
* HASSAN EL AKHRAS: Surviving member of the El Akhras family, 11 of whom were killed on July 16th, 2006 in an Israeli air strike in Aitaroun in southern Lebanon. Addressing Israeli war crimes & strategies to challenge international impunity.
* RAFEEF ZIADAH: Political activist from Toronto involved with the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid & Sumoud. 'Making the Cut: Mobilizing an effective boycott of Israel' in North America.
* SAWSAN KALACHE: Member of Tadamon! Montreal & participant in the 2006 delegation to Lebanon who witnessed the first weeks of the Israeli military assault on the country & will address Israeli war crimes committed during the 2006 war.
* STEFAN CHRISTOFF: Member of Tadamon! Montreal's 2006 delegation to Lebanon who witnessed & reported on the Israeli military attack on Lebanon for the Daily Star, the Middle East's largest English daily, & the Electronic Intifada.
Whisper translation into English, French & Arabic provided.
----> Including Film Screenings:
* Solidarity with Lebanon: 5 short films by independent film-maker, SANTIAGO BERTOLINO who produced short films in Montreal on 2006 Lebanon solidarity actions for the Citizenshift Project of the National Film Board of Canada....
http://citoyen.onf.ca/blogs/view/post-1158094803043
* Video Report from Southern Lebanon: Produced by ANA NOGUERIA for Democracy Now!, which examines the realities of thousands of cluster bombs rained down on at least 170 villages in southern Lebanon during Israel's month-long war against Hezbollah. The bomblets that failed to explode are now a deadly trap for civilians.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/23/1413209
----> Community Iftar Dinner:
A community Iftar just prior to the event will be hosted with Association des jeunes libanais musulmans at McGill campus. Details on Iftar will provided by Tadamon! soon....
----> Background Information on Event:
On July 12th, 2006, already in the midst of a major military offensive against Gaza, Israel launched a massive attack on Lebanon. Montreal responded with spontaneous mobilizations and emergency actions ranging from petitions, letter-writing campaigns, lobbying and public education to street protests, popular delegations & other actions.
With a U.N. brokered "ceasefire" in place, Israeli military & political leaders are not being brought to justice for their war crimes, nor are they paying reparations for their massive destruction of Lebanon. Israeli military bases once again dot southern Lebanon, while Israeli forces have conducted frequent breaches of the ceasefire. The siege of the Gaza Strip continues. Today it is clear that the U.N. "ceasefire" has not halted the war on the people of Palestine & Lebanon.
How to transform the emergency mobilizations in Montreal into strategic resistance to further aggression and destabilization of Lebanon and the region, through addressing some of the core issues: the occupation of Palestine, the Palestinians' right of return, the use of Israel as a vehicle for North American economic interests in the region?
How to effectively challenge the Canadian government's open alliance with Israeli terrorism?
This panel is being organised to discuss concrete strategies and to launch Tadamon's four-point strategy for the coming months.
Organized by:
Tadamon! Montreal & Association des jeunes libanais musulmans
http://tadamon.resist.ca / tadamon[at]resist.ca / 514 690 8499
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