Posts Tagged palestine
2 GAZA FLOTILLA PROTESTS TODAY! Friday July 1, 3:30pm (GREEK CONSULATE) AND 5:00PM (PARK ST STATION)
— just across from the Boston Public Gardens (between Arlington and Charles Street).
PLEASE ALSO IMMEDIATELY CALL AND EMAIL THE GREEK EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON AND SAY THE BOATS SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO SAIL TO GAZA!!!
June 15, Breaking the Siege of Gaza and Challenging the Israeli Lobby’s Strangle
Wednesday June 15, 7-9 PM Cambridge Friends Meeting House
Breaking the Siege of Gaza and Challenging the Israeli Lobby’s Stranglehold on U.S. Policy!
Second Freedom Flotilla begins its voyage to Gaza with two Massachusetts peace activists on board!
Hear from Ridgely Fuller and Paki Wieland about their imminent voyage on the “Audacity of Hope” to break the siege of Gaza. And Daniela Loffreda from Italy, a good friend of Vic Arrigoni, the longtime Italian human rights activist recently murdered in Gaza and in whose spirit “stay human” the Flotilla sails.
In addition, we will have a report of the tumultuous events in DC during the recent Move Over AIPAC Conference: Marty Federman, Rick Colbath-Hess, Ellen Graves, Priscilla Lynch and Sarah Roche-Mahdi will share their highlights or lowlights.
There will also be short Power Points of great street theater in DC outside the AIPAC conference and of conditions in GAZA.
This eye-opening two-part evening will be moderated by Heike Schotten, Asst. Professor of Political Science at UMASS, Boston.
Wednesday, June 15, 7-9pm
Cambridge Friends Meeting Hall
5 Longfellow Park
Cambridge
Sponsors: AFSC, American Jews for A Just Peace, Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Greater Boston Codepink, Jewish Voice for Peace, United for Justice with Peace, Sabeel New England, Boston WILPF, Boston United National Antiwar Committee
Remembering the Nakba – Celebrating Palestine::May 15 at 6 pm.
The Palestinian House of New England
and
The Palestinian Cultural Center for Peace
invite you,
Remembering the Nakba – Celebrating Palestine
Reflection on the Past…Hope for the Future
with
Professor Yaser Najjar
Also featuring Dr. Kareem Azab with a fine selection of Arabic music and songs.
Dinner will be served after the presentation.
When: Sunday, May 15, 2011 (6:00 pm; Note: the program will start at 6:15 sharp – presentation first.)
Where: Palestine Cultural Center for Peace
41 Quint Ave . Allston
Free Parking is available, a parking assistant will be available on the premises.
Donations to this event are welcome at the door.
Dr. Najjar is a Professor at Framingham State University. His research focus include Geopolitical Structure of the Middle East, Transportation Planning;Urban design and Land Use Planning;Housing and Squatered Urban Settlements:Site Analysis of Tourism and Recreational Destinations.
AlNakba: An Arabic word meaning “catastrophe or disaster”.
Palestinians use this word – AlNakba, in reference to the events that took place in Palestine in 1948 and culminated on May 15 of that year in the forced creation of the state of Israel followed by the first Arab Israeli war.
63 years after the Nakba, Palestinians across the globe continue to commemorate that part of their modern history. It is a constant reminder of the 800,000 Palestinians who were forced to flee their homes, villages and towns to become refugees – the grand parents of 7 million Palestinians today. It is also a reminder of the 535 Palestinian villages destroyed by Zionist terrorist groups.
For details and more information please visit the following websites:
Tonight! Omar Barghouti at Harvard: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions & the Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
The Institute of Politics, Haymarket Books and
Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee present:
Omar Barghouti
On the Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
With moderator and discussant:
Alice Rothchild, MD
Author, “Broken Promises, Broken Dreams”
Wednesday, April 13
7:30-10:30 PM
Emerson Hall 105 (map)
After months of extended delays and an international public pressure campaign, the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem has granted Omar Barghouti a visa to visit the United States. Mr. Barghoti is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Palestinian Civil Society Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel.
Mr. Barghouti will discuss his new book, Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, which will be available for sale after the talk.
Please RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199878913378667
See the PSC website for the latest updates www.harvardpsc.com
Cosponsored by Justice for Palestine at HLS, Middle East Law Students Association and GSAS Alliance for Justice in the Middle East.
For more information, please contact Lena Awwad (lena.awwad@college.harvard.edu) or Sarah Macaraeg (sarah@haymarketbooks.org).
Reviews:
“A lucid and morally compelling book… perfecting timed to make a major contribution
to this urgently needed global campaign for justice, freedom and peace.”
–Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“No one has done more to build the intellectual, legal and moral case for BDS than Omar Barghouti. The global Palestinian solidarity movement has been transformed and is on the cusp of major new breakthroughs.”
–Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine
“There is no more comprehensive and persuasive case than his for boycott, divestment, and sanctions to end the Israeli occupation and establish the ethical claim of Palestinian rights.”
–Judith Butler, Co-director of the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California at Berkeley
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Boston Palestine Film Festival :: News and Events- Opening Party 2009
- Benefit Concert by Suheir Hammad & DAM :: April 5, 2009 @ Ryles Jazz Club
- Slingshot Hip Hop showing @ Kendall Cinema :: April 5, 2009
- Jerusalem East Side Story -- Film US Tour
- Announcing the 2nd Annual Boston Palestine Film Festival :: October 4-12, 2008
- BPFF Organizers Awarded "Dedication to Activism Through the Arts" by ADCMA
- Benefit Concert by Simon Shaheen for Mohammad Bakri :: Apr 17, 2008
- BPFF Benefit Party at Andala :: Apr 10, 2008
- Marcel Khalife in Concert :: Nov 16, 2007
- Visions of Struggle: Women's Filmmaking in the Mediterranean