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2 GAZA FLOTILLA PROTESTS TODAY! Friday July 1, 3:30pm (GREEK CONSULATE) AND 5:00PM (PARK ST STATION)

Posted by admin in Events on July 1st, 2011

PLEASE BRING SIGNS

SPREAD THE WORD

JOIN THE PROTESTS IN BOSTON

TODAY
– JULY 1 –

3:30 to 4:30      Greek Consulate 86 Beacon St.

— just across from the Boston Public Gardens (between Arlington and Charles Street).


5:00-7:00           Park Street Station

PLEASE ALSO IMMEDIATELY CALL AND EMAIL THE GREEK EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON AND SAY THE BOATS SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO SAIL TO GAZA!!!

Phone:  202 939 1306

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Fundraiser for the US Boat to Gaza with Noam Chomsky – Saturday Oct. 16, 4:00 pm

Posted by admin in Events on October 13th, 2010

Boston Fundraiser For The U.S. Boat To Gaza: Featuring Noam Chomsky!

When

Saturday, October 16 · 4:00pm – 9:00pm

Where

Palestinian Cultural Center For Peace
41 Quint Ave. Allston (Harvard Ave. Green Line stop).
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The Boston area Students For Justice in Palestine groups will be holding a fundraiser for the U.S. ship that will be leaving from New York this fall to take part in an international effort to break the siege on Gaza. Despite fund raising efforts from across the nation, funding for the U.S. ship has still fallen short, making this fundraiser all the more urgent.

The fundraiser will be Saturday, October 16 at the Palestinian Cultural Center For Peace.

Agenda

4:00 : Appetizers / social w/ live music

6:00 : Dinner

7:00 : Guest speakers featuring Noam Chomsky, Diane Buttu, and Nancy Murray

MCed by Eva from Northeastern U SJP

Co-Sponsors: Code Pink, ItIsApartheid.org, United for Justice with Peace, Boston Coalition For Palestinian Rights, Dorchester People For Peace, Greater Boston Stop The Wars Coalition, Veterans for Peace (Chapter 9, Smedly Butler Brigade), ANSWER (Boston), American Jews For a Just Peace (Boston), Solidarity

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The Truth About the Attack at Sea:Gaza Freedom Flotilla with Ann Wright

Posted by admin in Events on June 15th, 2010

Details of the three events scheduled for an eye witness account on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

June 18th Friday 7 PM: Essex, MA

First Universalist Church of Essex — 57 Main Street, Essex,MA

June 19th Saturday 6 PM: Allston, MA

Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace – 41 Quint Avenue, Allston,MA

$10 Suggested donation; Community dinner included

June 20th Sunday 6:30 pm: Worcester, MA

Blessed Sacrament Church, Phelan Center — 551 Pleasant Street, Worcester MA

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Ann Wright, a retired US Army colonel, spent twenty-nine years in the military and later served as a high-ranking diplomat in the US State Department. In 2001, she helped oversee the opening of the US mission in Afghanistan. In 2003, she resigned her post at the State Department to protest the war in Iraq. Ms. Wright was a passenger on the Challenger 1, one of the six boats in the Gaza flotilla that was raided by Israeli commandos on May 31.   She was deported to Turkey.

Source: www.bdsmovement.net

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Die-in at Israeli Consulate-Boston

Posted by admin in News on June 3rd, 2010

June 1, 12:30PM - there was a demonstration outside the Israeli consulate to protest Israel’s attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Some demonstrators staged a die-in in the street, and the police, unusually, let the event continue without interference.

Die-in at Israeli consulate, Boston

Check out full story and photos here: http://blog.dennisfox.net/index.php/archives/2010/06/01/die-in-at-israeli-consulate-boston-2/

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