Prior Events - 2004

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Thursday, December 9th Political Prisoners: From Palestine to the US, the Struggle for Freedom

7:30 p.m.
Room 122A, Busch Campus Center
604 Bartholomew Road (click for map)
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ

Come to an informative and inspiring event to learn about the struggles of political prisoners in Palestine - and those in the U.S. From the thousands of political prisoners in Palestine who have been imprisoned for their participation in the struggle of their people, to the prisoners in the US - from Mumia Abu Jamal and Leonard Peltier to Sami Al-Arian - imprisoned and persecuted for their political activity, the voices of the imprisoned must be heard and freedom demanded! Speakers:

HAZEM JAMJOUM Sumoud Political Prisoner Solidarity Group, Toronto and volunteer with Palestinian political prisoner solidarity groups

KOLE KILIBARDA Sumoud Political Prisoner Solidarity Group, Toronto - just returned from working in Palestine with political prisoner solidarity groups

SHARIN CHIORAZZO Activist, organizer and fiancee' of late US-held Palestinian political prisoner Farouk Abdel Muhti, whose struggles for freedom were finally victorious only months before his death after speaking at an anti-war forum in Philadelphia

PLUS Presentation on Mumia Abu-Jamal Recordings of commentaries by Mumia Abu-Jamal

Friday, December 3rd Women of Resistance - Palestinian Women's Struggle for Freedom

7:00 p.m.
Rutgers University Women's Center
Third Floor, Douglass College Center
100 George Street (click for map)
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Dir: Nicholas Dembowski , 2003. 75 min.

Come for an evening of information, speakers, poetry and performance celebrating Palestinian women in their long struggle for freedom from occupation and oppression.

Part of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

Monday, November 15th Justice for Latin America! Close the SOA! A Forum on US Policy and the School of Assassins

7:30 p.m.
Hardenbergh Hall
Room B-6
615 George St.
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Come to this important forum to learn more about US policy in Latin America and what you can do to work for change and close the School of Assassins!

Featuring speakers:

• BURKE STANSBURY, Program Director, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
• TERESA GUTIERREZ, International Action Center
• TOM MAHEDY, NJ social justice activist imprisoned for protesting the School of the Americas
• GEORGE BEIRN, Rutgers student and New Jersey Solidarity activist

Monday, November 8th "LORD'S SONG IN A STRANGE LAND" Film Screening, Presentations and Discussion

9:00 p.m.
Hardenbergh Hall
Room B-6
615 George St.
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Dir: Nicholas Dembowski , 2003. 75 min.

Lord's Song in a Strange Land is a unique documentary that reflects on the meaning of images and rhetoric in the construction of public opinion. Lord's Song in a Strange Land is a compilation of found footage created and broadcast by American and British media corporations addressing both political and cultural interpretations of today's Middle East and its inhabitants. Come to view this film, listen to insightful presentations highlighting the issues raised by the film, and participate in a discussion about the film, its lessons, and what we can do to work for justice in Palestine, Iraq and the U.S.

Tuesday, October 26th Palestine, the Elections and U.S. Politics: A Forum and Discussion

7:00 p.m.
Rutgers University Women's Center
Third Floor, Douglass College Center
100 George Street (click for map)
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

All welcome!

While Palestinians are murdered in Gaza, while US-made weapons rain death and destruction upon Palestinian refugee camps, while five million Palestinian refugees are prohibited from returning home, what spectrum of debate on Palestine is presented in the US elections?

"When I am President of the United States, my promise to the people of Israel will be this: We will never pressure you to compromise your security. We will never expect you to negotiate for peace without a credible partner. And we will always work to provide the political and military and economic help for your fight against terror." - John Kerry

"Israel has faced a different situation as a small country in a tough neighborhood. The Israeli people have always had enemies at their borders and terrorists close at hand. Again and again, Israel has defended itself with skill and heroism....The United States is strongly committed, and I am strongly committed, to the security of Israel as a vibrant Jewish state." - George W. Bush

Join New Jersey Solidarity-Activists for the Liberation of Palestine for a discussion and forum on the 2004 elections, US politics, and the Palestinian struggle for national liberation. Join us to find out what the candidates have to say about Palestine - and how that fits into the history of US imperialism and support for Zionist colonialism in Palestine. Discuss what's happening today - and how we can work, no matter what the result of the elections, for justice in Palestine. Bring your thoughts and questions about the two-party system, the 2004 elections, Palestine, and what we in the US can do to challenge colonialism in Palestine and the suppression of Palestinian voices.

Sponsored by New Jersey Solidarity and the Rutgers University Women's Center

Sunday, October 17th Palestine Contingent at the Million Worker March!

Noon
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D.C.

On Sunday, October 17, 2004, a historic march will take place, bringing together the labor movement and the antiwar movement to call for justice at home and around the world! This march, the Million Worker March, is a massively important undertaking, mobilizing workers from across the US to stand in solidarity with one another and workers around the world, and needs the broadest support and solidarity possible!

In Palestine, Palestinian workers are struggling for justice in their homeland. Throughout the history of the Palestinian national liberation movement, Palestinian workers have been at the forefront of that struggle, organizing unions and strikes and giving their lives in the fight for dignity and justice in Palestine. Palestinian workers around the world have struggled against oppression and exploitation and for their right -and the right of all refugees - to return to Palestine!

Workers in the US and workers in Palestine are natural allies, yet for far too long, the labor movement in the US has stood aside in the face of apartheid and oppression and while trade union movements around the world have supported the cause of Palestine, the full potential of an alliance between US workers and Palestinians fighting the same enemies and oppressors has not been realized. The historic Million Worker March is time to change all that!

Join the Palestine Contingent at the Million Worker March to join a labor fightback from Palestine to the US and raise our voices in unity for justice for workers everywhere in the world, liberation for Palestine, and return for Palestinians! We call on all Palestine community and Palestine solidarity groups to join the Million Worker March on Sunday, October 17 carrying the banner of labor and the flag of Palestine high, united and proud!

GET ON THE BUS!!

From New York City, bus tickets are available from Al-Awda and the New York Committee to Defend Palestine! The buses leave from 39 W. 14th Street at the IAC center (between 5th and 6th Avenues in Manhattan). Departure time is about 7:00 a.m. and tickets cost $35. The expected return time to NYC is 9:30 p.m., to the same location To reserve your bus tickets today, email

From New Jersey, bus information is available from New Jersey Solidarity-Activists for the Liberation of Palestine. To reserve your bus tickets today, email

For more information on the Million Worker March, see:
http://www.millionworkermarch.org

Monday, October 11th The Children of Palestine Film Screenings: THE CAGE and SAWREENA

9:00 p.m.
Hardenbergh Hall
Room A-5
615 George St.
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Hear the voices of sorrow and hope and view the lives of oppression and resilience of Palestinian children today in these two films.

The Cage- 52 minutes - Director Fathi A. Ali, 2003. A documentary about children in Al Ama'ari refugee camp (near Ramallah), this film shows Fathi A. Ali, director of this film, producer and playwright, working with the children on a theatre play. His plan is to do a play about the five senses, but the children suggest to do a play about their own lives, about the lives of children in Palestine under the occupation. This is a film of the truth of children, their experiences and their desire for a world and a nation free of its cage.

Sawreena - 20 minutes - Cairo to Camps, 2003. A view of Palestinian children’s creativity and resilience in the Shatila and Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camps as filmed by an Arab students’ delegation that worked with young people there.

Friday, October 8th EMERGENCY DEMO: STOP THE MASSACRES IN GAZA!

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Outside the Israeli Consulate
42nd St. and 2nd Ave.
New York City, NY

STOP THE MASSACRES IN GAZA!
END COLONIAL OCCUPATION IN IRAQ, PALESTINE AND EVERYWHERE!
RIGHT OF RETURN FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES!

In the past week of brutal Zionist military assaults upon the Gaza Strip in Palestine, over 80 Palestinians, including more than 20 children, have been murdered by the invading army. Hundreds of Palestinians have been injured, and many children have been left permanently disabled.

These massacres have been committed with the full support and approval of the US government, as it carries out its own brutal colonial occupation of Iraq. The US has continued to provide the arms and aid to the Zionist regime that have gone to slaughter the children of Jabaliya, while vetoing UN resolutions that attempt to speak out against the massacres in Gaza.

Jabaliya refugee camp, the center of this attack, is home to over 120,000 Palestinian refugees, forced from their homes and lands in 1948 by invading Zionist armies and prohibited from returning home ever since. Jabaliya camp and the surrounding towns, Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya and Jabaliya town, are in Northern Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, and now subject to all-out military assault upon their civilian population. Dozens of homes have been bulldozed, and three schools, including a society for disabled children. The electrical, agricultural, transportation and sewage infrastructure has been torn apart and the entire area subject to random shelling.

The Zionist colonial quest for the land and resources of Palestine has been continuing for over 56 years in this brutal manner. These massacres must stop! The US government must stop supporting colonial occupation in Palestine, and end its own colonial occupation of Iraq, and its massacres against the people of Iraq!

JOIN US on Friday, October 8 from 4-6 PM outside the Israeli Consulate at 42nd St. and 2nd Avenue in NYC to demand an end to massacre and occupation, and the right of Palestinian refugees to return home!

Endorsed by:
Al-Awda New York, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition
International Action Center
New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine
New York Committee to Defend Palestine

Tuesday, October 5th Film Showing: "Rana's Wedding"

7:00 p.m.
Rutgers University Women's Center
Third Floor, Douglass College Center
100 George Street (click for map)
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Director Hany Abu Assad, 2002

Shooting on location in East Jerusalem, Ramallah and at checkpoints in-between, Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad sees Palestine through the eyes of a young woman who, with only ten hours to marry, must negotiate her way around roadblocks, soldiers, stone-throwers, overworked officials ... and into the heart of an elusive lover.

This timely feature that explores love among the ruins of an occupied territory was presented with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival's 2003 Nestor Almendros Prize for courage in filmmaking.

According to Abu-Assad, "When the abnormalities of barriers and occupation become an everyday reality, normal things like love and marriage turn into fiction. This is life in Palestine right now. I wanted to challenge it through cinema."

Winner of the Best Actress award at the 2002 Marrakesh International Film Festival (for Clara Khoury's affecting performance), Rana's Wedding premiered during the 2002 International Critic's Week at Cannes and has been a festival favorite in Palm Springs, Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, Cairo and London.

Wednesday, September 29th Protest War Criminal Shimon Peres!

3:00 p.m.
University Green / Walsh Gym
Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Ave.
South Orange, NJ

Directions to campus: http://www.shu.edu/admit/direct/southorange.htm

We will gather on the University Green at the center of campus and ultimately make our way to the Walsh Gym.

On Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - on the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the second Intifada - Seton Hall University will be honoring war criminal and former Zionist Prime Minister Shimon Peres. JOIN US to declare that Zionist apartheid and war crimes and their architects are NOI WELCOME and should NOT be honored!

Shimon Peres, former Zionist Prime Minister, poses as a man of peace, when in reality he is a war criminal, occupier and oppressor! One of the leading architects of the Zionist nuclear program, the butcher of the Qana massacre, and a lifelong supporter and perpetrator of war crimes against the Palestinian people, Shimon Peres is a criminal who has engaged in, directed and fully supported the most brutal of assaults against the very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine. He is a former Prime Minister of a state whose very existence is built on the dispossession of Palestinians and the occupation of Palestinian land, and a lifelong opponent of Palestinian refugees' right to return home. JOIN US on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 to say NO to Peres and demand Justice in Palestine! Bring your family and friends, and bring your Palestinian flags, signs and keffiyehs!

SHIMON PERES' HISTORY OF WAR CRIMES:

• Shimon Peres has been part of the Zionist military machine since 1947; as a member of the Haganah, he took part in the war against the Palestinian people (the Nakba) of 1947-48..
• Shimon Peres headed the Zionist navy and then served as a major official in the Defense Ministry, where he increased weapons production and began the official Israeli nuclear program, leaving today's Zionist state a massive military power with nuclear weapons to threaten its neighbors.
• Shimon Peres was one of the architects of the apartheid Oslo Accords, attempting to create a Bantustanized Palestinian population.
• Shimon Peres supports, and has always supported, the illegal and brutal Zionist occupation of Palestine! As Prime Minister and Defense Minister in fellow war criminal Ariel Sharon's government, Shimon Peres has supported illegal settlements and waged a constant war upon the people of Palestine. He supported the most brutal assaults of the Sharon government upon Palestinians in addition to his own.
• Shimon Peres is the butcher of Qana! In 1996, Peres masterminded a massive Israeli bombing campaign in Lebanon, including the bombing of a UN peacekeeping base in the village of Qana where several hundred Lebanese refugees took shelter. The Israeli bombs massacred 102 civilians and injured more than 120 others.
• Shimon Peres is a lifelong opponent of Palestinian refugees' right to return to their homes and lands.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SAY SHIMON PERES SHOULD NOT BE HONORED AND THAT WAR CRIMINALS ARE NOT WELCOME?

1. PROTEST on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, at 3:00 PM, at the Walsh Gymnasium at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. Bring your Palestinian flags, your voices and your dedication to justice!
2. ENDORSE and HELP MOBILIZE for the PROTEST! Join in the call to protest, mobilize your members and fellow activists to say NO to war criminal Shimon Peres at Seton Hall University! Email info@newjerseysolidarity.org or call 973-954-2521 to endorse and get involved!!
3. CALL Seton Hall University and demand that they cancel their awarding of an honorary degree to Shimon Peres! Call the office of the President, Monsignor Robert Sheeran, at (973) 761-9620 or email sheeraro@shu.edu !
4. CALL the Whitehead School of Diplomacy, sponsor of Peres' visit at (973) 275-2515 and demand they stop holding up war criminals as examples of "diplomacy" and instead honor those who struggle for justice and freedom in Palestine and around the world!
5. JOIN US on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. The Palestinian community, Palestine solidarity activists and ALL people concerned with justice, equality and freedom in Palestine and around the world must make their voices heard loud and clear: NO TO WAR CRIMINALS! FREEDOM FOR PALESTINE! RIGHT OF RETURN! NO TO SHIMON PERES!

Monday, September 20th Remember the Sabra and Shatila Massacres!

7:00 p.m.
Vigil in Memory of Massacre Victims
Brower Commons
145 College Ave.
College Avenue Campus
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

8:00 p.m.
Slideshow and Presentation by Photographer and Activist Andrew Courtney on the Palestinian refugees of Lebanon
Hardenbergh Hall, Room B-6
615 George St.
College Avenue Campus
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ followed by

9:00 p.m.
Film Showing: "Children of Shatila"
Hardenbergh Hall, Room B-6
615 George St.
College Avenue Campus
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

On the twenty-second anniversary of the massacres of Sabra and Shatila, join New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine to mourn the victims of the massacre, honor their memory, and continue the struggle for justice and return for Palestinian refugees and all of Palestine.

From September 16-18, 1982, the Sabra and Shatila Refugee Camp Massacres, considered the bloodiest single atrocity committed against the Palestinian people in living history, took place. Nearly 3,000 Palestinian men, women and children were massacred in the Sabra and Shatila camps in Beirut while the city was occupied by the invading Zionist army. The principal war criminal bearing responsibility for the massacres is Ariel Sharon - in 1982, Israeli Minister of Defense, and today, the Prime Minister of the Zionist state, and continuing his war crimes and massacres against the people of Palestine on a daily basis.

Join us for a vigil in memory of the fallen of 1982, and of the victims of over 56 years of oppression, and to reaffirm that these massacres will never stop or defeat the struggle of the Palestinian people; then join us for a special presentation by artist and activist Andrew Courtney, documentary photographer, who will take viewers on a graphic journey into the lives of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, formally known worldwide as the "Forgotten Ones". We will conclude the evening with a showing of "Children of Shatila," director Mai Masri's look at the lives of the children of Shatila camp. Fifty years after the exile of their grandparents from Palestine, the children of Shatila attempt to come to terms with the reality of being refugees in a camp that has survived massacre, siege and starvation.

Join us on September 20, to honor those who were massacred and continue the struggle for justice, liberation and return for all Palestinian refugees.

Monday, September 13th New Jersey Solidarity General Interest Meeting with short film showing of "Palestine is Waiting"

7:30 p.m.

Hardenbergh Hall
Room A-5
615 George St.
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Get involved! Find out what you can do to work for justice in Palestine!

We will also feature a film showing of "Palestine is Waiting," a 10-minute short film about Palestinian refugees.

Refreshments provided!

Saturday, September 11th Visions and Voices of Palestine An Evening of Art, Music and Poetry to support "Made in Palestine" Art Exhibition

7:30 p.m.
Alwan
16 Beaver Street
4th Floor
New York, NY

NYC Subway Directions: Take the N or R to Whitehall St./South Ferry, or the 4 train to Bowling Green.

SUGGESTED Donation $20. All proceeds go to support "Made in Palestine".

This evening is part of an effort to bring the "Made in Palestine" art exhibition, a stunning traveling show of contemporary art of Palestinians, to New York City. While many museums in the greater New York area have refused to host this show of 22 leading Palestinian artists, Al Jisser Group, in cooperation with A Gathering of The Tribes Gallery, with the help of Arab Americans and supporters of Palestinian rights, is dedicated to bringing this show, curated by museum director James Harithas, to New York City.

This evening of visions and voices of Palestine, featuring music and poetry, and presenting several of the Palestinian artists featured in the Made in Palestine art exhibition, includes:

• Poetry by NATHALIE HANDAL
• Music by TAOUFIQ BEN-AMOR and his ensemble
• Presenting artists RANA BISHARA, RAJIE COOK and SAMIA HALABY discussing their work and the "Made in Palestine" exhibition

Featuring:

• Art exhibition by Palestinian artists
• Art auction to support the "Made in Palestine" project
• Dabke dancing and music!

Refreshments available!

You can see images of the show at www.artcarmuseum.com/palestine.html.

If you can't come but wish to support us, Please send your tax-deductible donation to:
Al Jisser Group
P. O. Box 255
Canal St. Station
New York, NY 10013

Make checks payable to: Al Jisser Group
Make a note on the check: for "Made in Palestine"

For more information call: 212-966-3517

Saturday, August 28th Al Awda - Folkloric band from Occupied 1948 Palestine

Doors open at 7:00 p.m., Show at 7:30 p.m.

Al-Solimanya
2877 John F Kennedy Blvd (click for map)
2nd Floor
Jersey City, NJ

Take the NJ Path to Journal Square. Al-Solimanya is right across the street.

ADMISSION: $20

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Da howa el Saar
Kano el Kheyaleh
Tel3at Ya Mahla Nourha

Join us for one of the rare times in recent years that a group of Palestinian musicians from 1948 Palestine and the Golan Heights will be presenting a show of rich traditional Palestinian music. The group will be in Montreal as part of a North American tour with stops in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, New Jersey, New York and DC.

The Al-Awda group is part of the Zaitoun Association which was formed in Palestine by artists and musicians from the Galilee in 2000. The Zaitoun Association's goal is to preserve Palestinian culture and work on deepening ties between Palestinians and their culture. The name "Zaitoun" in Arabic means olives. It was chosen to demonstrate Palestinians strong attachment to their land, particularly to the olive tree with all the symbolism of resistance, history and culture it carries.

Through their music Al-Awda aims to express the feeling of Palestinian suffering and resistance through music written in complex Arabic notes. The group specializes in singing and playing traditional cultural songs, in addition to modern music. Al-Awda's music is also viewed as a cultural representation of the central issue to the ongoing Palestinian liberation struggle, the right of return for refugees to 1948 Palestine.

Friday, August 27th Rally in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners' Hunger Strike

2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Park at Gould St. and Main St.
Paterson, NJ

In solidarity with and the Palestinian political prisoners currently in their second week of hunger strike in Zionist jails, a rally will be held to draw attention to and support their historic and valiant struggle. Please attend and bring family and friends!

For more information, contact the Arab American Civic Organization at 973-742-7100.

Thursday, August 26th "Creation" Featuring Palestinian artist Rana Bishara & Amer Maleh

Opening reception:
7:00 p.m.
Xanadu*
217 Thompson St
New York, NY

Directions: A,B,C,D,E,F,V trains to W 4th btw. Bleecker & W 3rd St.

Rana Bishara is a Palestinian artist well known for her works in the Made in Palestine exhibit. Bishara's art is often three-dimensional although it also includes watercolors. Many represent Palestinian villages, like "My village" (1996) which symbolizes the Palestinian village surrounded from all sides by new settlements.

Amer Maleh is known for his work as an industrial light designer throughout Europe and America. He has created a running theory based on light as an atmosphere enhancer and a cure to melancholy.

The opening reception will also feature a play written by Noura Erakat, and performed by Maysoon Zayid.

Samia Halaby will speak about the ongoing project to bring the Made in Palestine exhibit to a gallery in New York.

Join us for an evening of art and entertainment!

For more information, contact info@xanaduart.com.

Thursday, August 12th Film Showing: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

7:00 p.m.
New Brunswick Public Library
Community Room
60 Livingston Avenue (click for map)
New Brunswick, NJ

While the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela faces renewed attack, view this film for an incisive, behind-the-scenes look at the Venezuelan coup of 2002 - and the massive response of the people! Essential viewing to understand Venezuela, its revolution, and the "referendum" today!

See the award-winning film that takes you inside the attempted Venezuelan coup of 2002 - and the people's response! Hugo Chavez, elected President of Venezuela in 1998, is a colorful folk hero, beloved by his nation's working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that would see him deposed. Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed from office. They were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'tat. It's a unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington's biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba."

DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIM BARTLEY AND DONNACHA O'BRIAIN
IRELAND, 2003
74 MINUTES
IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Sunday, August 8th NJS General Organizing Meeting

7:30 p.m.
West End Cafe
152 Easton Ave (click for map)
New Brunswick, NJ

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

Come to discuss:

• Showing of "The Revolution Will Not be Televised"
• Visit and Performance of Band from Palestine
• The RNC
• Return to the School Year and more!

Come to share your ideas, find out more, and sign up for committees! Get involved in the struggle for justice in Palestine!

Thursday, August 5th Workers Unions and Women's Committees of the First Intifadah Educational Presentation and Discussion

7:30 p.m.
Alwan
16 Beaver Street
4th Floor
New York, NY

NYC Subway Directions: Take the N or R to Whitehall St./South Ferry, or the 4 train to Bowling Green.

Members of the New York Committe to Defend Palestine will report based on their experience and on the book "Behind the Intifadah" by Joost A. Hiltermann.

This will be followed by a group discussion.

Admission Free -- donations for Union of Palestinian Women's Committees are welcome as are donations for to help Alwan with rent.

Sponsored by the New York Committee to Defend Palestine

Monday, August 2nd "until when..." Film Screening + Discussion

6:00 p.m.
Paterson Public Library
250 Broadway
Paterson, NJ

"until when..." is about four Palestinian families who live in Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem. We follow them in their daily activities as they tell us about their lives and their hopes for a better tomorrow. "until when..." offers an intimate portrait of a resilient people whose basic living needs, freedom of movement and equality embody not only the struggles which come with living under occupation but also their dreams. 74 minutes; 2004, falafel daddy productions, Dir. Dahna Abourahme

Directions:

BY CAR:

From Garden State Parkway

• From northbound Garden State Parkway, take Exit #155 (to Route 80 and Route 19). Exit onto Route 19 North. Follow Route 19 about 3 miles. As the road ends stay in the left lane going towards "Downtown Paterson". Route 19 becomes Ward Street. Proceed through 4 lights; at the fifth light (Memorial Street) turn left. Continue through three lights; turn right at the fourth light onto Broadway (also known as Martin Luther King Boulevard). Proceed approximately 1/2 mile. The library will be on your right. Go past the library; turn right onto Summer Street; right onto Van Houten; right into the parking lot.
• From southbound Garden State Parkway, take the exit onto Route 80 West which is just after the Bergen Toll. Take Route 80 West to Exit 58B (Madison Ave., Paterson). Continue on Madison Avenue to Broadway, approximately 7 traffic lights. Turn left onto Broadway, (westbound) and continue for three traffic lights. Make a left onto Summer Street (directly after the 3rd traffic light), and then immediately right onto Van Houten Street, from which you will be able to enter the parking lot in the rear of the library.

From Route #46 East

• From eastbound Route 46 - about one mile past the Route 46/Route 3 split - take the exit marked Broad Street (this is immediately before the ramp to the Garden State Parkway North). At the end of the exit ramp turn left onto Route 19/Broad Street. Follow Route 19 about 3 miles. As the road ends stay in the left lane going towards "Downtown Paterson". Route 19 becomes Ward Street. Proceed through 4 lights; at the fifth light (Memorial Street) turn left. Continue through three lights; turn right at the fourth light onto Broadway (also known as Martin Luther King Boulevard). Proceed approximately 1/2 mile. The library will be on your right. Go past the library; turn right onto Summer Street; right onto Van Houten; right into the parking lot.

From Route #46 West

• From westbound Route 46 - proceed through Clifton Center - take the exit marked Garden State Parkway South/Route 19. This is an odd ramp because it immediately forks, the right fork leads onto the Parkway South; the left fork leads to Route 19. TAKE THE LEFT FORK! DO NOT GET ON THE PARKWAY! Follow Route 19 about 3 miles. As the road ends stay in the left lane going towards "Downtown Paterson". Route 19 becomes Ward Street. Proceed through 4 lights; at the fifth light (Memorial Street) turn left. Continue through three lights; turn right at the fourth light onto Broadway (also known as Martin Luther King Boulevard). Proceed approximately 1/2 mile. The library will be on your right. Go past the library; turn right onto Summer Street; right onto Van Houten; right into the parking lot.

BY NJ TRANSIT BUS:

• #171: The route follows Broadway, and there are stops close to the library.
• #161: Get off at the Municipal Complex at Washington St. and Broadway. The library is about 5 blocks east along Broadway.
• #746, #748: These routes pass the library on Broadway.
• #74, #190: These routes end at the Paterson Bus Terminal. The library is about 7 blocks east along Broadway.

For information about schedules and routes, contact New Jersey Transit or call 1-800-772-2222 (in NJ) or 1-973-762-5100 (out of state). In addition the M1 of the Minority Buslines runs along Broadway from the Port Authority Terminal in NYC. For more information call 1-212-594-1130 or 1-973-345-1400.

BY TRAIN:

The Main Line of the NJT stops at the Paterson Station on Market and Ward Streets. (One block west of Straight St.) Walk north on Straight to Broadway (about 5 blocks). Make a right, the library is located on Broadway on the next block.

Saturday, July 31st March and Rally Against the Wall--in Palestine and in New York

12:00 noon
7th Avenue at 39th Street
March to 5th Avenue at 59th Street
New York City

CALL TO ACTION ISSUED BY THE ENDORSERS OF THE NYC FREEDOM MARCH

Sat. 7/31 12:00 noon.

On July 30, Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists will begin a 3-week Freedom March along the route of the Apartheid Wall from Jenin to Jerusalem. The resistance in Palestine has asked supporters of a free Palestine all over the world to plan actions in support of the Freedom March.

On Saturday, July 31, Palestine solidarity activists in New York will march in Manhattan from 7th Ave. at 39th Street (where the needle and button statue is) to 5th Avenue at 59th Street in opposition to the Israeli army´s illegal Apartheid Wall and in support of the courageous Palestinian resistance to the ghettoization of the West Bank. Our action begins at 12:00 noon. Our rally at 5th Avenue will include speakers calling in from the march in Palestine.

We are demanding that the Israeli government dismantle the Apartheid Wall immediately, and compensate Palestinians whose property was destroyed by the Wall. We demand an end to Israeli Army attacks on non-violent demonstrators. We demand an end to the Occupation, and full implementation of the Palestinian Right to Return.

Join us! The NYC Freedom March is endorsed by Jews Against the Occupation/NYC, Al-Awda/NY-NJ, SUSTAIN/NYC, the NY Committee to Defend Palestine, and New York City Labor Against the War. For more information, or to join the construction party to make signs for the march and rally, contact Marjorie at reactivate9@yahoo.com.

Thursday, July 29th Fundraiser for the art exhibition, MADE IN PALESTINE

7:30 p.m.
Alwan
16 Beaver Street
4th Floor
New York, NY

NYC Subway Directions: Take the N or R to Whitehall St./South Ferry, or the 4 train to Bowling Green.

Party for The Show: MADE IN PALESTINE

Museums in the greater New York area have refused to host a show of 22 leading Palestinian artists.

Now it is our turn, not only as Arab-Americans, but more importantly as supporters of Palestinian rights, to bring the show, MADE IN PALESTINE, to the heart of New York. Support the rights of these artists, and all Palestinians, to be seen as multi-faceted humans--artists and creators as well as Palestinians.

Aljisser Group, in collaboration with Tribes Gallery, calls on the Arab-American community, on art lovers, and on supporters of freedom of expression to rise to the challenge and help bring this show, curated by the distinguished museum director James Harithas, to Manhattan.

Please join us at Alwan for the first fund-raiser to make this show possible. The event will feature music, dancing, and poetry reading as well as food and light drinks. It will also give you a chance to see pictures from the show, which was a major success during its six month stay in Houston last year. The show catalogue will be also available for sale.

Please join and help make the first comprehensive Palestinian art show in New York possible.

SUGGESTED DONATION 20 DOLLARS

Sunday, July 25th National March on the DNC

12:00 noon
Boston Common Parade Grounds
Charles & Beacon St
Boston, MA
& March to The Fleet Center

• Bring the Troops Home Now!
• End the Colonial Occupation of Iraq, Palestine & Haiti!
• Money for AIDS, Jobs, Housing, Education & Healthcare, Not the Pentagon War Machine!

Get Your Bus Tickets Today!
$35 Round Trip
Buses leave at 6 am
from 39 W. 14th St.
NYC

Buy Your Tickets Today at
39 W. 14th St. #206, NY
(212) 633-6646

Thursday, July 22nd FILM SHOWING: "JENIN JENIN"

7:00 p.m.
Jose Marti Lounge
Carl A. Fields Center
Princeton University
86 Olden St. at Prospect Ave (click for map)
Princeton, NJ

Sponsored by:

Princeton Peace Network
http://www.princeton.edu/~ppn

and

New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine

Monday, July 19th EXPOSE THE ILLEGAL APARTHEID WALL IN PALESTINE!

7:00 p.m.
Wayne Public Library
461 Valley Rd
Wayne, NJ

On Friday, July 9, the International Court of Justice at the Hague ruled that the massive wall being built in Palestine violates international law, and that it must come down, echoing the demands of Palestinians and people of conscience around the world. Learn about this illegitimate wall (being funded by US tax dollars and supported by the US government and *both* the Bush and Kerry campaigns), its effects on Palestinian life, and Palestinian and solidarity efforts to TEAR DOWN THE APARTHEID WALL!

Featuring "Qalqilya", a film about the Apartheid Wall containing exclusive interview footage with Palestinians actively organizing against the wall and a presentation developed by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Committee.

Sunday, July 18th March in Freehold!

2:00 p.m.
County Hall of Records
1 E. Main St.
Freehold, NJ

MARCH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL!
STOP THE ATTACKS ON IMMIGRANTS!
END DETENTION AND TORTURE!
FREE ALL THE DETAINEES NOW!

Within the United States, thousands of immigrants, both undocumented and permanent residents, are now being illegally detained without charge, subjected to attacks by dogs, to beatings and to humiliations, torn from their homes. In Freehold, immigrants have begun to fight back, resisting efforts to drive them out of town and organizing for their right to work and to raise working and living standards. But immigrants can only win through unity with all who live here.

Abuse and torture are inevitable in any system of arbitrary detention. Only the protections of the Bill of Rights – no detention without charge, no forced questionings, no double jeopardy, no secret proceedings or "military tribunals"– stand in the way of police-state tactics. When these protections are flouted, torture results.

The detentions here are part of a War OF Terror on immigrants, depriving them of their ability to protest their living and working conditions. To end terror, to end torture, ALL the detainees, here and abroad, must be freed.

First they came for the immigrants, but ALL OF OUR RIGHTS ARE ON THE LINE!

Monmouth County Residents for Immigrants’ Rights, New Jersey Civil Rights Defense Committee, Workers Committee for Progress and Social Welfare Endorsed by: Central Jersey Coalition to Stop Endless War, Central Jersey Coalition for Peace and Justice, Ever Reviled Records Workers Collective, Families for Freedom, Middlesex Students for Social Justice , NJ Solidarity Activists for the Liberation of Palestine, NJ Workers Democracy, Union County Peace and Social Action Committee

More information: 732-492-1852, 609-406-7857, elerner@igc.org or http://www.nj-civilrights.org

Wednesday, July 14th "LORD'S SONG IN A STRANGE LAND" Film Screening, Presentations and Discussion

7:00 p.m.
New Brunswick Public Library
Community Room
60 Livingston Ave
New Brunswick, NJ

Dir: Nicholas Dembowski , 2003. 75 min.

Lord's Song in a Strange Land is a unique documentary that reflects on the meaning of images and rhetoric in the construction of public opinion. Lord's Song in a Strange Land is a compilation of found footage created and broadcast by American and British media corporations addressing both political and cultural interpretations of today's Middle East and its inhabitants. Come to view this film, listen to insightful presentations highlighting the issues raised by the film, and participate in a discussion about the film, its lessons, and what we can do to work for justice in Palestine, Iraq and the U.S.

DIRECTIONS:

From Rutgers University Campus or New Brunswick Train Station: Take the F bus to the Livingston Avenue bus stop. Library is two blocks down Livingston Avenue on the left.

From NJ Turnpike Exit 9, Route 1 or Route 18 North: Take Route 18 North to New Brunswick. Exit at New Street. Follow New Street to 3rd traffic light (Elks Club on corner). Turn left onto Livingston Avenue. Library is on your left.

Traveling South on Route 18: Exit at George Street/Rutgers University. Follow George Street to Livingston Avenue. Turn right onto Livingston Avenue. Library is two blocks past the stop light on your right

Friday, July 9th TEAR DOWN THE APARTHEID WALL!! EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND ACTION AGAINST THE APARTHEID WALL!

5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Palmer Square (click for map)
Princeton, NJ

On Friday, July 9, 2004, the International Court of Justice at the Hague will release its opinion on the Apartheid Wall currently being constructed in Palestine. The Apartheid Wall is confiscating Palestinian land, separating Palestinians from one another, and imprisoning the population of the West Bank into giant walled prison ghettos - and it is being paid for by US tax dollars. Every day, the US government provides the equivalent of $15 million in tax aid to the state of Israel. Also, many major Palestinian national figures are currently engaging in a hunger strike initiated by 1948 Palestine parliamentarian Azmi Bishara at Ar-Ram, a village outside Jerusalem, demanding an end to the construction of the Apartheid Wall.

The Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Committee has called for international solidarity and action on July 9 and 10 to highlight the crimes of the Apartheid Wall.

JOIN US on FRIDAY JULY 9 to say:
Tear down the Apartheid Wall!
Stop the Occupation!
Sanctions and Boycott on Apartheid Israel!
Justice for Palestine!

Whatever the content of the decision of the ICJ, we must publicize and expose the crimes of apartheid committed in Palestine and bring the voice of Palestine to the attention of the world.

Wednesday, June 30th FILM SHOWING: "JENIN JENIN" and Teach-In/Discussion on Palestine

7:00 p.m.
East Rutherford Public Library
143 Boiling Springs Avenue (click for map)
East Rutherford, NJ

WHAT is happening in Palestine?
WHY does the US government spend $15 million of your money daily to stop refugees from coming home and perpetrate a brutal occupation?
HOW can we take action to stand for a free Palestine and an end to Zionist apartheid?

FIND OUT!

Film Showing and Teach-In
VIEW: "JENIN JENIN" (54 minutes, 2002) - This film, a searing expose of Zionist war crimes committed against the Palestinian people in Jenin refugee camp in April 2002, presents both the devastation and destruction wrought upon the camp, and the resilience and resistance of the people there to continue to live and continue to struggle. Directed by Palestinian director Mohammed Bakri, the film is banned by the israeli government.

DISCUSS: Teach-in and discussion on Palestine - Find out about the history of colonialism and resistance in Palestine, the current threats to Palestine - including attacks on refugees' right to return and the so-called "Sharon plan," and what YOU can do to stand for justice in Palestine.

CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION: info@newjerseysolidarity.org (973)954-2521

View directions

Sunday, June 20th - World Refugee Day Fundraiser to Support the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees

5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
WISOMMM Mansion
53 Lincoln Park (click for map)
Newark, NJ

SUPPORT PALESTINIAN REFUGEES' RIGHTS - IN MONTREAL AND EVERYWHERE!

A Fundraiser to Support the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees
Featuring:

• Art Auction - Click on link to preview art and read artist bios!
• Speakers (Artists and Activists from Montreal)
• Film short "Mythos Canadensis" (15 Minutes, 2003)
• Cultural entertainment (Palestinian music by Ramzi El-Edlibi and more!)
• Raffle Items (Embroidery, Magazine subscriptions, and more!)

Dozens of Palestinian refugees in Montreal, Canada, currently face deportation - back to Lebanon or Occupied Palestine, despite severe risks to them and the utter deprivation of civil rights that awaits them. These stateless refugees are under attack in Montreal, as Palestinian refugee rights have come under attack internationally, most recently as President George Bush attempted to sign away Palestinian refugees' fundamental right to return home. The refugees of Montreal have organized themselves into the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees, raising money to support refugees' legal battle for dignity and justice.

Join us on World Refugee Day 2004 and help to support their campaign! Distinguished artists from New York, Montreal, Palestine and elsewhere have donated their work to support the refugees; a recent art auction held to support the Coalition raised thousands of dollars. Support the refugees and go home with amazing art in our art auction! Hear speakers from Montreal and contributing artists discuss Palestinian refugee rights! Celebrate Palestinian culture with exciting cultural entertainment!

ART AUCTION featuring such Palestinian, Arab and solidarity artists and Palestinian children's art.

SPEAKERS including Montreal-based representatives of the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees, artists such as Samia Halaby and local Arab community leaders.

CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT including Arab music and dance by Ramzi El-Edlibi, Zafer Tawil, and George Ziade, internationally renowned performers! Also featuring singing by Ahmad Elatab and Uneti.

Palestinian refugees' rights - to dignity, to justice, to return - must be upheld - join us to support the refugees of Montreal!

Directions via Public Transit:

From NYC, take NJ Transit Northeast Corridor line, NJ Transit North Jersey Coast line, or the Path to Newark Penn Station. At Newark Penn station, you may take a cab to 53 Lincoln Park. Alternatively from Newark Penn Station, take the 70 Livingston Mall bus. Get out at Clinton & Halsey and walk to 53 Lincoln Park.

If you are coming to Broad Street Station from New Jersey, take the 39 Irvington bus. Get out at Clinton & Halsey and walk to 53 Lincoln Park.

CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION: info@newjerseysolidarity.org (973)954-2521

Saturday, June 5th March on DC!

Gather 12 noon at the White House
March to Donald Rumsfeld's house

Bring the Troops Home Now!
All foreign troops OUT of Iraq!

End the Colonial Occupation of Palestine!
Support the Right of Return!

U.S. OUT of
Haiti, Korea, Afghanistan,
Philippines, Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela!

Money for Jobs, Education, Housing & Healthcare - Not for War!
Defend Civil Liberties & Civil Rights!

***NEW JERSEY BUS INFORMATION ON JUNE 5***

FROM Hackensack, Newark, New Brunswick:
Bus Sponsored by: New Jersey Independents
Meeting Points: Hackensack - Essex St Train station;
Newark - West side of Penn station
New Brunswick - Rutgers University Student Center on College Ave.
Bus Departure Time: 4:45 AM in Hackensack, Approx 5 AM in Newark, Approx 5:30 AM in New Brunswick

Contact and Details: Steve at 201-487-3748 or hackensackbus@internationalanswer.org

FROM Central NJ:
Bus Sponsored by Central NJ Coalition for Peace and Justice
Meeting Point: rest area on the Garden State Parkway between exits 98 and 100 in the commuter parking area in the southern portion of the rest area
Bus Departure time: 6:30 AM, June 5
Cost: $30 per seat.
Contact: Dave Schraeger - dbossmovil@msn.com
(732) 814-3039 (Cell), (732) 408-9271 (Home), (609) 292-2306 (Work).

FROM Jersey City and Manhattan:
Bus Sponsored by International Action Center
Meeting Point: Manhattan: 14th St. between 5th and 6th Aves.; 96th and Broadway
Jersey City: Journal Square, near Fountain
Bus Departure Times: Manhattan - 6 AM; Jersey City - 6:30 AM
Cost: $35 Roundtrip ($30 for students, seniors, low-income)
Contact: IAC, 212-633-6646

Tuesday, May 25th "until when..." - film screening New Jersey Premiere Featuring Discussion with director Dahna Abourahme

7:00 p.m.
Maplewood Public Library
Memorial Hall
51 Baker St
Maplewood NJ

"until when..." is about four Palestinian families who live in Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem. We follow them in their daily activities as they tell us about their lives and their hopes for a better tomorrow. "until when..." offers an intimate portrait of a resilient people whose basic living needs, freedom of movement and equality embody not only the struggles which come with living under occupation but also their dreams. 74 minutes; 2004, falafel daddy productions, Dir. Dahna Abourahme

Directions:

Via Public Transit:
Take the NJ Transit Morris and Essex Line to the Maplewood Train Station. From the train station, walk 2 approx. blocks on BAKER ST, turn right on MAPLEWOOD Ave.and walk 1 approx. block on MAPLEWOOD AVE.

From Route 78 West
Take exit 50B, and bear right at the light onto Vauxhall Road. At the third traffic light, make a right onto Valley Street. Continue through two traffic lights. At the third light, make a left onto Baker Street. The library is up the street on your right. Parking lot is past the building.

From Route 78 East
Take exit 49B. Bear right onto Springfield Avenue. As you approach the first stoplight, watch for a sign on the right for Valley Street. Bear right onto the jughandle turn to get onto Valley Street. Proceed on Valley through three lights. At the fourth light, make a left onto Baker Street. Maplewood Library is up the street on your right. Parking lot is past the building.

From Garden State Parkway North
Exit at the Union tolls, the first exit after exit 140. Stay to the right. Immediately after paying toll, take the first right which puts you onto Route 78 east. Take an immediate exit off 78 east at exit 54. Follow signs to Route 78 west by taking 2 more rights. From 78 west, get off at exit 50 B, and follow instructions above from Vauxhall Road.

From Garden State Parkway South
Exit at 142 and take 78 west to Exit 50B. Follow instructions from above Vauxhall Road.

From 280 West
Take Exit 10 and turn left on Northfield Avenue. At third light, turn left onto Gregory Ave. Continue for 2.2 miles (Gregory becomes Wyoming Ave.) to second light. Turn left onto South Orange Ave. At the fourth light, turn right onto Valley Street. Follow Valley Street through three traffic lights. At the fourth light, turn right onto Baker Street. Maplewood Library is up the street on your right. Parking lot is past the building.

Friday, May 21st EMERGENCY PROTEST AND VIGIL FOR RAFAH 8:00 p.m. At the Fountain George St. and Livingston Ave. New Brunswick, NJ

There is a crisis in Rafah, a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip of Palestine. In the past week, dozens of Palestinians, including today, ten schoolchildren marching in a protest against occupation, have been massacred by Zionist military forces. Hundreds of homes have been demolished, and thousands of Palestinians have been left homeless. This relentless, criminal assault on the Palestinian people is being funded by our tax dollars! Israel receives the largest foreign aid allotment of any nation - over $15 million daily, and uses US weapons to slaughter Palestinians and destroy their homes.

These refugees have called for an INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION to support refugee rights on May 20, a call that was joined by Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition at its recent International Convention in NYC!

WE MUST NOT BE SILENT NOW!! VIGIL AND PROTEST FRIDAY EVENING, 8 PM, NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ! This is an emergency - bring all of your friends and family and inform all of your contacts!

Thursday, May 20th PALESTINIAN REFUGEES HAVE RIGHTS - IN CANADA, the US and EVERYWHERE! Demonstrate at the Canadian Consulate

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Canadian Consulate
1251 Ave of the Americas (6th Ave, between 49th and 50th)
New York City

Over 100 Palestinian refugees in Montreal, Canada, currently face deportation - back to Lebanon or Occupied Palestine, despite severe risks to them and the utter deprivation of civil rights that awaits them. These stateless refugees are under attack in Montreal, as Palestinian refugee rights have come under attack internationally, most recently as President George Bush attempted to sign away Palestinian refugees' fundamental right to return home. The refugees of Montreal have organized themselves into the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees, demonstrating, mobilizing, organizing legal support, and coordinating community action to support refugees' legal battle for dignity and justice.

These refugees have called for an INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION to support refugee rights on May 20, a call that was joined by Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition at its recent International Convention in NYC!

PROTEST in support of Palestinian Refugees' Rights, and all Refugees' Rights! End the Deportations! No One Is Illegal!

Endorsed by: Al-Awda-NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees - Montreal; Committee for the Release of Farouk Abdel-Muhti; International Action Center; International Socialist Organization; New Jersey Solidarity-Activists for the Liberation of Palestine; New York Committee to Defend Palestine; NYCLAW; SNAFU; Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights - McGill

Wednesday, May 19th PALESTINE AND IRELAND: Struggle, Occupation and Solidarity with CONOR MCGRADY

7:00 PM
New Brunswick Public Library
Henry Guest House
60 Livingston Ave
New Brunswick, NJ

What do Palestine and Ireland share? A common history of military occupation and brutal repression - and a common commitment to struggle against colonialism, self-determination and the preservation of cultures and legacies their colonizers have attempted to destroy. Conor McGrady, an artist and activist from the North of Ireland, currently based in New York City, and an organizer with Al-Awda New York, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, will speak about the struggles in Palestine and Ireland, their connections to one another, and mutual solidarity between the Palestinian and Irish people.

DIRECTIONS:

From Rutgers University Campus or New Brunswick Train Station: Take the F bus to the Livingston Avenue bus stop. Library is two blocks down Livingston Avenue on the left.

From NJ Turnpike Exit 9, Route 1 or Route 18 North: Take Route 18 North to New Brunswick. Exit at New Street. Follow New Street to 3rd traffic light (Elks Club on corner). Turn left onto Livingston Avenue. Library is on your left.

Traveling South on Route 18: Exit at George Street/Rutgers University. Follow George Street to Livingston Avenue. Turn right onto Livingston Avenue. Library is two blocks past the stop light on your right

Friday, May 14th STOP US/ISRAELI TERROR! END OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE AND IRAQ! Juma'ah Prayer Followed by March and Rally

Gather at 12:30 PM
Prayer at 1:30 PM
Rally at 2:30 PM
Times Square - 42nd and Broadway
New York City

On the 56th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba...

• End Assassinations of Palestinians and their Leaders!
• Palestinians have the Right to Return Home - George Bush Can't Take it Away!
• Stop all US arms and aid to Israel!
• Stop killing Iraqis - Bring the Troops Home Now!

JUMA'AH PRAYER followed by
RALLY and MARCH

followed by March to the United Nations to present a statement to Kofi Annan defending Palestinian rights against Bush's attacks signed by hundreds of organizations and individuals

Endorsed by: Al-Awda-NY-NJ, Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle, Arab Muslim American Federation, Arab American Civic Organization, Campus Anti-War Network, Coalition to Resist the February 29 Coup d'Etat in Haiti, Cuba Solidarity NY, Green Party USA, International Action Center, International ANSWER Coalition, International Socialist Organization, Korea Truth Commission, National Council of Arab Americans, New Jersey Solidarity-Activists for the Liberation of Palestine, New York City Labor Against the War, New York Committee to Defend Palestine, Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico, Palestinian American Congress - USA, Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico, SALAAAM Theatre, Students for Justice In Palestine - UCLA, Vieques Support Campaign

Saturday, May 8th Demonstration for Haiti and Venezuela

12:00 Noon
Times Square/42nd St.
New York, NY

Say NO to Occupation by the US Government/France in Haiti!
Haitians and Venezuelans in solidarity will follow the wishes of the people in Venezuela and Haiti by marching in NYC against US occupation and intervention!
Organized by Bolivarian Circle and Coalition to Resist Feb 29th Coup D'etat.
New Jersey Solidarity is an endorser of this event.

Friday, April 30th - Saturday, May 1st May Day Celebration: Immigrant/Worker - Culture and Struggle in the Milltowns of the Passaic River

Register online for May Day events!
Read below for details:

Friday evening event:
Labor Historian/Immigrant Roundtable Discussion
6pm-10pm
NJCDC Transportation Opportunity Center, 32 Spruce Street, Paterson, NJ
a newly renovated Rogers Locomotive mill building in Paterson's National Landmark Historic District.

Participate in a dialogue with labor historians and immigrant workers on how the past and present affect each other. Speakers include:

• Steve Brier, CUNY Graduate Center
• Steve Golin, Bloomfield College
• Jennifer Guglielmo, Smith
• Priscilla Murolo, Sarah Lawrence
• NJ Immigration Policy Network
• Wind of the Spirit
• Workers Committee for Progress and Social Welfare

Accomplished folk worker-artist Mike Conner will give a presentation of his powerful social justice and historical paintings.

Saturday events:

"More than the Silk Strike" Bus Tour
An Expert-guided Labor-centered Tour of the Mill-towns of the Passaic Valley
11:00am-5pm
2 Market Street, Paterson, NJ

This bus tour will include sites of labor actions before, during, and after 1913, an Underground Railroad site, the neighborhood of Paterson anarchists, sites that recall the role of women workers, the Doherty Mill in Clifton (where the Great Paterson Silk Strike actually began) and much more, including a box lunch!

Tour bus leaves from the Paterson Museum (in the Historic District), heads to the nearby Botto House/American Labor Museum for festive kickoff, travels back through the Paterson downtown, South Paterson, and nearby Clifton and Passaic, and returns to Paterson's Federici Park at Cianci and Prospect Streets, within two blocks of where it started. Here you can enjoy a relaxed espresso in this city's version of Little Italy, on the very site of the Turn Verein where Elizabeth Gurley Flynn mesmerized worker crowds in 1913!

Workers Cultural Night
6 - 11 pm
American Federation of Musicians Local 248 Union Hall
77 Prospect Street, Paterson, NJ

Join as many cultural workers--poets, singers, musicians and the rest of us amateurs--as we can fit into the Musicians Local 248 Hall. Here accomplished performers from the "Drums Not Drugs" program of the Spirit of the Arts Foundation will demonstrate their craft along with many other immigrant musicians and performers as we eat, sing, play and celebrate the collective spirit into the night!

Fees:
$35 for ALL May Day events
$15 for Friday evening dinner and roundtable only
$20 for Saturday bus trip only
$10 for Saturday cultural night only
$25 for all Saturday events
Register online!

Organizational endorsements include American Labor Museum/Botto House, Monmouth County Residents for Immigrant Rights, NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee, NJ Immigration Policy Network, NJ Solidarity, Wind of the Spirit, Workers Committee for Progress and Social Welfare - Freehold

Tuesday, April 27th Discussion on Iraq and Palestine

7:00 p.m.
WISOMMM Mansion
53 Lincoln Park
Newark, NJ

Panelists include:

• Charlotte Kates, New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine
• Ron Washington, President of Black Telephone Workers for Justice;
• Ibn Morris, Newark anti-imperialist activist and member of POP;
• Henry Rose, head of Blacks for Social Justice;
• Earl Williams, father of police brutality victim Earl Faison and an essential moving force in this historic case;
• Arthur Henson of For a Better World.

This event hosted by For a Better World.

Friday, April 23rd PALESTINE 101 1:00 p.m. Voorhees Mall Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Come learn about Palestine at Tent State University! Find out what is happening now and how you can get involved! Tuesday, April 20th Balata Exhibit 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Paul Robeson Campus Center 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd (click for map) Rutgers University Newark, NJ See photographs, drawings, videos, art pieces and information collected by residents of the Balata Refugee Camp in Palestine and brought to the United States by international activists! The tour is travelling throughout the UK, Europe and the US and will stop at Rutgers University in Newark for one day only! Don't miss this exciting opportunity to connect with the refugees of Palestine in their struggle for justice, return and liberation and in their expression, art, creativity and experiences! Friday, April 16th - Sunday, April 18th AL-AWDA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Sustainable Struggle: The Road to Palestine The Second International Convention of Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition Friday evening: Registration opens at 5:00 PM. Program begins at 7:00 PM. Saturday morning: Program begins at 9:00 AM. Hunter College, Brookdale Campus 425 E. 25th St. New York, NY NJ Solidarity is proud to be an endorser and active participant in the Al-Awda Second International Convention! On April 16-18, 2004, activists and organizers will come together at the Brookdale Campus of Hunter College New York, NY for the Second International Convention of Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition. This convention will encompass workshops, keynote presentations and strategy sessions geared toward enhancing knowledge, organizing and developing the North American and international movement for the Right of Return of Palestinian refugees. The convention will be a groundbreaking assembly, bringing together active voices from North America and abroad for a weekend of education, training, empowerment, and continued building of the movement for Palestinian self determination and return. Al-Awda's convention has been endorsed by numerous organizations. Speakers include: Salman Abu Sitta - General Coordinator of the Palestinian Right to Return Congress Karma Nabulsi - PLO representative from 1977 to 1990; Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College; teacher at Oxford University and many more! For more information on the Al-Awda convention, or to register, please visit http://www.alawdaconvention.org/! Thursday, April 15th AL-AWDA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Al-Awda Falasteen Event in Arabic and English 7:00 p.m. Widdi Catering Hall 6th Avenue and 56th St. Brooklyn, NY Join with the Arab community in the New York/New Jersey area to welcome the Al-Awda Second International Convention to New York City, build the struggle for the right of return for all Palestinian refugees, and celebrate the right of return movement! Featuring live Arabic music, debka, food, speakers and more! Speakers include: Ali Kased - longtime activist and community leader Waleed Badr - Arab American Muslim Federation and many more! For more information on the Al-Awda convention, or to register, please visit http://www.alawdaconvention.org/! Wednesday, April 14th Film Showing: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" 9:00 PM Campbell Hall, Room A-5 617 George St. New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University - College Avenue Campus See the award-winning film that takes you inside the attempted Venezuelan coup of 2002 - and the people's response! Hugo Chavez, elected President of Venezuela in 1998, is a colorful folk hero, beloved by his nation's working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that would see him deposed. Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed from office. They were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'état. It's a unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington's biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba." DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIM BARTLEY AND DONNACHA O'BRIAIN IRELAND, 2003 74 MINUTES IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES DIRECTIONS: Campus Bus: Take EE, F, A, H, L, LX to the Student Activities Center and walk to Campbell Hall (across George St. from Alexander Library and SCILS). From New Brunswick Train Station: Walk to corner of Somerset and George Sts. Cross the street and take the EE or L bus to the Student Activities Center. Walk left toward Campbell Hall. From New Jersey Turnpike: Take exit 9 for New Brunswick – Rutgers University. Bear right after the tollbooths towards Route 18 North – Route 1. After the merger, keep to the left and get into the two left-most lanes that follow, Route 18 North, NOT Route 1. Continue on Route 18 North, past the exit for Route 27 – Princeton. Take the next exit, marked George Street – Rutgers University (approximately 2.6 miles from the Turnpike). At the top of the exit ramp, turn right onto George Street. Campbell Hall is the last building on your right before the jughandle at Huntington St. PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2004 AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-New Brunswick, NJ MARCH 29-APRIL 2 Commemorating Land Day, Fighting for the Future Monday, March 29th "The Persistence of the Palestinian Question" A lecture by Dr. Joseph A. Massad 7:00 PM New Brunswick Public Library Community Room 60 Livingston Avenue (click for map) New Brunswick, NJ Dr. Joseph Massad is a professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures of Columbia University and author of "Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan," as well as many published articles and chapters in books and scholarly journals. He is one of today's foremost scholars on Palestine and Arab society. DIRECTIONS: From Campus or New Brunswick Train Station: Take the F bus to the Livingston Avenue bus stop. Library is two blocks down Livingston Avenue on the left. From NJ Turnpike Exit 9, Route 1 or Route 18 North: Take Route 18 North to New Brunswick. Exit at New Street. Follow New Street to 3rd traffic light (Elks Club on corner). Turn left onto Livingston Avenue. Library is on your left. Traveling South on Route 18: Exit at George Street/Rutgers University. Follow George Street to Livingston Avenue. Turn right onto Livingston Avenue. Library is two blocks past the stop light on your right. Wednesday, March 31st Killer Coke: Coca-Cola from Colombia to Palestine to Rutgers with Colombian Labor Leader Luis Adolfo Cardona 7:00 PM Rutgers Labor Education Center 50 Labor Center Way (click for map) New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University - Cook/Douglass Campus (corner of Ryders Lane and Labor Center Way) Hear the man Coca-Cola tried to kill! Find out the TRUTH about the corporation that holds Rutgers' EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT! Hear Luis Adolfo Cardona, a Colombian trade unionist and former Coca-Cola bottling plant worker who saw the lead union negotiator at his plant assassinated on December 5, 1996. Later that day, he was kidnapped, headed for the same fate - until he escaped to Bogota, Colombia's capital, with his family. He continued to receive threats in Bogota, where he worked for SINALTRAINAL, the Colombian labor federation, and has come to the US under the protection of the AFL-CIO. Find out firsthand: What life is like for Colombian Coca-Cola workers What union activists undergo in Colombian Coke plants What crimes Coca-Cola has committed around the world WHY RUTGERS UNIVERSITY MUST END THE EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT WITH COCA- COLA! DIRECTIONS: Campus Bus: Take EE, G, or GG to Henderson Bus Stop. Labor Education Center is across the street. From New Brunswick Train Station: Take F bus to Cook/Douglass Campus. Exit bus at Cooper Dining Hall stop and switch to EE, G or GG bus. Take bus to Henderson Bus stop. Labor Education Center is across the street. From NJ Turnpike: Take Leave NJ Turnpike at Exit 9 and bear right to Route #18 North. Follow signs to Route #1 South Trenton . Follow Route #1 South to FIRST Ryders Lane exit. There are two Ryders Lane exits so be sure to take the first exit which states New Brunswick; this exit immediately follows the Sears Department Store and the Rutgers University Administrative Services Building. Proceed to the first traffic light on Ryders Lane (approx. 1/2 mile) and turn right onto Labor Center Way. The Labor Education Center will be visible on the right-hand side. Turn right into the Center parking lot and park in the center rows. Do not park in the first row identified as LEC F/S. Additional parking is available in the rear of the lot. Friday, April 2 Reportbacks from Occupied Palestine with Samia Halaby, Polly Sylvia, Ursula Hawlitschka and Marie Fares 7:30 p.m. Room 409 Rutgers Student Center 126 College Ave (click for map) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Solidarity delegations that have recently returned from the West Bank & Gaza Strip in December 2003 will report on the situation throughout Occupied Palestine. Reports include information on the wall in Qalqilya and reports from Nablus and Gaza, which have been consistently under siege in the past few months, along with many areas throughout occupied Palestine. DIRECTIONS: From New Brunswick Train Station: Walk to corner of Somerset and George Sts. Cross the street and take the EE or L bus to the Rutgers Student Center. New Jersey Turnpike: Take exit 9 for New Brunswick – Rutgers University. Bear right after the tollbooths towards Route 18 North – Route 1. After the merger, keep to the left and get into the two left-most lanes that follow, Route 18 North, NOT Route 1. Continue on Route 18 North, past the exit for Route 27 – Princeton. Take the next exit, marked George Street – Rutgers University (approximately 2.6 miles from the Turnpike). At the top of the exit ramp, turn right onto George Street. Continue along George Street and bear left at the jug handle onto Huntington Street. Continue along Huntington Street for one block. Turn left at the first traffic light onto College Avenue. Rutgers Student Center will be 2 blocks along College Avenue on the right hand side. Tuesday, March 23rd Demonstrate in Solidarity with the Palestinian People! Speak out against the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yasin! Demo in NYC 5:00 PM 42nd and 2nd Ave Memorial 7:30 p.m. Widdi Catering Hall 5606 6th Avenue Brooklyn, NY New Jersey Solidarity, AL-AWDA NY-NJ and many others adamantly condemn the cold blooded and cowardly murder of thePalestinian Hero and Martyr, Sheikh Ahmed Yasin. The savage execution of Sheikh Yasin is yet more evidence of the genocidal objective of the Zionist Entity known as Israel. This act clearly demonstrates the Zionist Entity's intent to remain in occupation, to continue building the Apartheid Wall, and to maintain permanent military and physical control of Palestine. Nonetheless, the murder of Sheikh Yasin will not stop the resistance of the Palestinian People and their supporters in the fight for survival, independence and return. In fact, this will only serve to strengthen the resolve of Palestinians. This provocative act of war must not go unaddressed by any government or organization claiming to stand for justice. As millions in Palestine and across the world stand together in mourning and solidarity, we in NY will stand with them. Tuesday March 23rd at 5pm we will hold a demonstration in front of the Zionist Apartheid Israeli Mission which will be followed by a Memorial for the Martyred Sheikh in Bay Ridge, Widdi Catering Hall at 5606 6th avenue Brooklyn at 7:30PM...R train to 59th or 53rd street stop. The call to action is called in conjunction with the following organizations: The Arab Muslim Federation The National Council of Arab Americans ANSWER New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine Palestine Solidarity Group Malcolm X Grassroots Movement ISO Committee to Defend Palestine - NY Saturday, March 20th GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. BOMBING AND INVASION OF IRAQ - END COLONIAL OCCUPATION from IRAQ to PALESTINE to HAITI and EVERYWHERE! BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW! NO TO INTERNATIONALIZING COLONIAL OCCUPATIONS! STOP THE ATTACKS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES! MONEY FOR JOBS, EDUCATION, AND HEALTHCARE NOT FOR WAR! Noon Madison Square Park Madison Ave. and 23rd St. New York, NY Thousands will rally at Times Square in New York City to demand an end to the aggression against the people of Iraq, and an end to the U.S. colonial occupations around the world! New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine joins hundreds of organizations in supporting the Arab-American and Muslim community open letter to the anti-war movement. This letter reminds all who support struggles for justice and liberation that Palestine and the Right of Return must be placed at the forefront of our movement. Join the people's movement against war and occupation! Bring the troops home now! FREE PALESTINE!! Thursday, March 11th "The Truth" A HIP HOP SHOW UNLIKE ANY OTHER! 8:00 - 11:00 p.m. Livingston Student Center College Hall 84 Joyce Kilmer Ave (click for map) Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ HIP HOP ARTISTS AND POETS HITTING YOU WITH EMOTION AND THOUGHTS ON THE STRUGGLE IN PALESTINE AND AROUND THE WORLD! COME GAIN SOME KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE ART, CREATIVITY AND EXPRESSION FOR JUSTICE AND LIBERATION! Free for EVERYONE!!! Featuring performances by: Ali, Napoleon, Kontrast, Catherine Moon, Soul Purpose, Lord Sin, Salat, Jihad, Dj Infamous, Reef Ali, Don Revo, DraciN, Abdul Rahman, Malik Ali, Proteus, Trisecta, Nina Velez, plus many more!!! Monday, March 8th Por Nuestras Hijas/For Our Daughters International Women's Day 2004 7:30 p.m. Rutgers University Women's Center Third Floor, Douglass College Center 100 George Street (click for map) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ In Memory and Resistance... March 8, 2004, marks International Women's Day, a day of solidarity and struggle against the oppression and exploitation of women around the world. On IWD 2004, we are honored to bring to Rutgers University: from Ciudad Juarez, where women are brutalized and women fight back.. MARISELA ORTIZ RIVERA Co-founder, Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa (Return our Daughters Home), the organization of families and friends of the over 200 murdered and raped women of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - victims of a serial killer, patriarchy, and economic exploitation and injustice joined by representatives from GABRIELA NETWORK - a Philippine/US women's solidarity Network AL-AWDA- the Palestine Right to Return Coalition From Juarez to Palestine to the Philippines to New Brunswick - one struggle for justice and freedom for women! Friday, March 5th EMERGENCY MEETING on the CASE of the CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS and U.S./CUBA RELATIONS 6:30 p.m. MARTIN LUTHER KING AUDITORIUM At the Union Hall of Local 1199 310 West 43rd St. b/t 8th and 9th Ave. NYC Suggested Donation: $5.00 Bring your checkbooks. Special fund appeal for the NYTimes Ad and on-going work of the Five. For more information or to endorse the event, call 212.633.6646 x26 or email: freethefiveny@organizerweb.com http://www.freethefive.org DEMAND NO U.S.WAR ON CUBA The Case of the Five Cubans held unjustly in U.S. federal prisons has reached a critical stage. On March 10th in Miami, lawyers for the Five will present oral arguments for the appeal before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. This is an urgent moment for the innocent five compañeros. Their sole crime was to defend their beloved country from U.S. orchestrated terrorist attacks on the Cuban people carried out by right-wing fanatics in Florida. The trial and other aspects of the case are all indications that this just struggle must be fought politically and with the support of millions. Your help is decisive! Meanwhile, the Bush Administration continues to escalate aggression towards Cuba. Ominous reports emanating from the White House and the State Department all spell dangerous times for this Nation. In October, President George Bush announced the formation of a Presidential Commission for Assistance for a Free Cuba. Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega, menacingly warned Cuba in January that it must "stop destabilizing democratic Latin American Nations." This is a total fabrication as well as a veiled threat to the emerging Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Your support is needed more than ever. Lawyers for the Five have stressed that this is a decisive moment. Come hear details on the case and find out how you can help. Invited speakers include: Special Guest: His Excellency Orlando Requeijo Gual, Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations Keynote Address: Michael Steven Smith, Exec Committee NYC National Lawyers Guild attorney working with Cuban 5 legal team Rev. Lucius Walker, IFCO/Pastors for Peace Ramsey Clark, former Attorney General Luis Miranda, Casa Teresa Gutierrez, Free the Five Committee Rosemari Mealy, author, community activist Special video interview with René's daughter, Irma Gonzalez Messages of solidarity, Cultural performance Sponsors include: NY Committee to Free the Five; IFCO/Pastors for Peace; National Lawyers Guild; Venceremos Brigade; Cuba Solidarity New York; ProLibertad; Casa de las Americas Initial endorsements: Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle; Fr. Luis Barrios, Iglesia San Romero de las Americas (United Church of Christ; Comtes of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism; Comte. to Defend Palestine; Communist Party, NYS; Dominican Friends of Cuba; Freedom Socialist Party; Jane Franklin; Haiti Progrés; Haiti Support Network; Harlem Fight Back; Harlem Tenants Council; Int'l Action Center; Movimiento La Peña del Bronx; Nat'l Network on Cuba; NJ Solidarity; No War on Cuba Movement, Washington DC; Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico, Junta de Nueva York; Radical Women Red Indigena y Popular de Chile; Socialist Workers Party; Send a Piana to Havana; Unidad del Pueblo Dominicano; U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange; U.S.-Cuba Youth Exchange; Venezuela Support Comte.; Wis.Comte. for Peace & Justice; WorkersWorld Party; Young Communist League; Young Socialists Thursday, March 4th The Truth About Occupation from Palestine to Iraq 7:00 p.m. Rutgers University Women's Center Third Floor, Douglass College Center 100 George Street (click for map) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Representatives from the Committee to End the Occupation of Iraq and the March 20 National Coalition will discuss the joint occupations of Iraq and Palestine and reveal the truth - hidden in the US media - of the brutality and injustice of occupation. Find out what YOU can do - and how you can join hundreds of thousands to march in New York City on March 20, the one-year anniversary of the war on Iraq, against occupation from Iraq to Palestine to everywhere and bring the troops home now! Friday, February 27th Jenin Jenin - Film Screening 7:30 p.m. Rutgers University Women's Center Third Floor, Douglass College Center 100 George Street (click for map) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ "Jenin Jenin" (54 minutes) shows the extent to which the prolonged oppression and terror has affected the state of mind of the Palestinian inhabitants of the Jenin refugee camp. Listen to the old men, the children, the doctors and the grieving mothers of Jenin, after the Israeli army's April 2002 attack flattened homes and buried an unknown number of civilians. Bitterness and grief are the prevailing feelings among the majority of the population. Many have lost loved ones or are still searching for victims and belongings among the debris. 'Where is God,' an elderly man desperately wonders when surveying the debris in the Jenin refugee camp. A little girl, who does not seem to be much older than twelve, tells her story but knows no fear. The ongoing violence in her day-to-day life only nourishes her feelings of hatred and the urge to take revenge. She shouts that the Palestinians will never give up the struggle, that they will keep on producing children who can continue the fight against injustice. The sad question forces itself on the spectator. What will become of a country, a people when its children are confronted with war and violence from a very early age? Banned in Israel, "Jenin Jenin" is dedicated to Iyad Samudi, the producer of the film, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on June 23rd, 2002, as he returned home after completing the film. Monday, February 23rd Tear Down the Apartheid Wall! Mock Apartheid Wall and Presentation Mock Wall - 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Brower Commons, College Avenue Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Presentation - 8:00 p.m. Rutgers University Women's Center Third Floor, Douglass College Center 100 George Street (click for map) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Please join us! We need you to show your solidarity with the call to TEAR DOWN THE WALL as the International Court of Justice in the Hague holds hearings on the illegal apartheid wall being constructed in the West Bank. This wall of apartheid continues to enact Zionist genocidal plans for the transfer and expulsion of Palestinians from all of their historic homeland and intensifies further the conditions of occupation, apartheid and oppression under which Palestinians live. In response, the Palestinian people have organized, demonstrated, conducted strikes and continued to resist this wall - 25 feet high, concrete and steel - as it further ravages their land and their communities. On Monday, February 23, the International Court of Justice will hold hearings on this illegal wall. However, whatever decision emerges will be one the court is powerless to enforce. Meanwhile, the United States continues to provide the Zionist state with $15 million dollars in tax aid daily to further occupy, oppress and devastate Palestinian land, families and communities. On this occasion, the people of Palestine will hold strikes, vigils, education sessions, forums and marches to mobilize against the wall. It is incumbent upon us to show our international solidarity with this resistance to the wall and to all occupation, apartheid and oppression in Palestine and join in the call: "We will resist the wall until it falls!" JOIN US at 3 PM for the Mock Apartheid Wall - come, help construct the wall, leave messages of solidarity, inform passersby, give out literature and answer questions! JOIN US AGAIN at 8 PM to learn more about the wall with a presentation developed by the Palestinian Environmental NGO Network (PENGON) and a new film with exclusive footage from Palestine! Friday, February 20th Third National Day of Action in Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants Featuring "We've Come Undone" performance by Kayhan Irani and Community Forum 7:30 p.m. MPR Rutgers Student Center 126 College Ave (click for map) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Overview We've Come Undone is a series of six monologues detailing women's experiences since 9/11 and especially dealing with the INS Special Registrations and subsequent detentions and deportations. Since December 2001, male immigrants over the age of 16 from 24 selected countries (mostly in the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa) have been forced to register themselves with the newly formed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which includes getting photographed, fingerprinted and documented. In the meantime many have been held without any charges lodged against them, without access to legal advice, and even without contact from any of their relatives. Their detention is indefinite and many have been deported as well. None of the men detained or deported through the registration process have had terrorist charges brought against them. Behind this tragedy, however, lies another: the women and children. The families that are left behind to gather the pieces of their broken lives are living in silence, many suffering financially and emotionally as this issue is shrouded in secrecy. We've Come Undone puts a face to the silent suffering, the insecurity and the injustice. It is however, not just a show about the Arab or Muslim population but one that speaks to the simple humanity in each of us. We as individuals are still rummaging through the heaps of our notions tentatively, carefully, as we understand where the events of 9-11, the recent war, and the rapidly changing domestic and international policies of the United States have landed us. We've Come Undone explores how we relate, and struggle to relate to one another now. What happens when lies and suspicion are allowed to permeate the fabric of our society and embed into the weave? How does that affect our behavior and who we become, individually and as a society? We've Come Undone seeks to gather those loose ends, allowed to dangle for so long, and re-introduce them into the cultural dialogue through theater. Biography Kayhan Irani's recent work is part of her ongoing devotion to ignite the world with beauty and truth unleashed from unconventional and irregular platforms. After graduating from the High-School of Performing Arts in N.Y.C., Kayhan took time- off performing to travel and chronicled part of her journeys for the Indian Express North American Edition. She has performed pieces of We've Come Undone in many venues including Theater for the New City, SALAAM Theater, Hunter College and Medgar Evers' College. She recently performed the role of Claire in Jean Genet's "The Maids", and played in "7-11", a Despina Production. She is an enthusiastic practitioner of Theater of the Oppressed and seeks to use theater to activate and educate audiences. Sponsored by New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine, NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee, Rutgers University Women's Center Defense Coalition, Progressive Graduate Student Association (Rutgers), SALAAM Theater (South Asian League of Artists in America). Tuesday, February 17th Visions of Occupation and Resistance: Film Showings of "Gaza Strip" and "Palestine is Waiting" 7:30 p.m. Rutgers University Women's Center Third Floor, Douglass College Center 100 George Street (click for map) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ GAZA STRIP pushes the viewer headlong into the tumult of the Israeli-occupied Gaza, examining the lives and views of ordinary Palestinians. The documentary often sees the world through the eyes of young people. The central character is Mohammed Hejazi, a 13-year-old paperboy in Gaza City, one of the young "stone-throwers" who risk their lives throwing rocks at Israeli tanks across the barbwire fences. As the newspapers arrive announcing Ariel Sharon's victory in the Israeli elections, Mohammed offers up tirades against Arafat and Sharon alike. We also catch glimpses of his inner world: his sense of hopelessness, his sorrow at the IDF killing of his best friend, his conception of death. We will also show PALESTINE IS WAITING, a short film about Palestinian refugees and their struggle to return to their homes and lands, featuring refugees living in the US, Europe and the camps of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza. Friday, February 13th PALESTINE: Bringing News Back 7:30 p.m. Alwan 16 Beaver Street 4th Floor New York, NY NYC Subway Directions: Take the N or R to Whitehall St./South Ferry, or the 4 train to Bowling Green. An event in support of Palestine! Solidarity delegations that have recently returned from the West Bank & Gaza Strip in December 2003 and in the Summer of 2003 will report on the situation throughout the occupied territories. Reports include information on the wall in Qalqilya and reports from Nablus and Gaza, which have been consistently under siege in the past few months, along with many areas throughout occupied Palestine. Program includes poetry by Nathalie Handal and a performance from hip-hop artist Hasan Salaam! Food and Drink available Donations at the door -- no one turned away! Sponsored by NY Committee to Defend Palestine. Supported by Al-Awda & New Jersey Solidarity. Monday, February 9th Unheard Voices: The Occupation of Iraq 7:00 p.m. Graduate Student Lounge Rutgers Student Center 126 College Ave (click for map) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Come to see Michael McPhearson of Veterans for Peace and Larry Hamm of the People's Organization for Progress discussing the true costs of war and occupation at home and abroad. Sponsored by: Progressive Graduate Students Association, Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War, Graduate Students Association, New Jersey Solidarity and International Socialist Organization. Friday, February 6 Film Showing - "Divine Intervention" Grand Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival 2002 7:30 p.m. Rutgers University Women's Center Third Floor, Douglass College Center 100 George St. Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ Palestinian director and performer Elia Suleiman delivers a darkly comic masterpiece. Suleiman utilizes irreverence, wit, mysticism and insight to craft an intense, hallucinogenic and extremely adept exploration of the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis living in uncertain times. Subtitled, "A Chronicle of Love and Pain," Divine Intervention follows ES, is a character played by and clearly based upon the filmmaker himself. ES is burdened with a sick father, a stalled screenplay and an unrequited love affair with a beautiful Palestinian woman (Manal Khader) living in Ramallah. An Israeli checkpoint on the Nazareth-Ramallah road forces the couple to rendezvous in an adjacent parking lot. Their relationship and the absurd situations around them serve as metaphors for the lunacy of larger cultural problems, and the result is palpable, bottled personal and political rage. Saturday, January 31st Teach-in on The War Abroad & The War at Home: Which Way Forward? 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. NJCDC Trans Ctr 32 Spruce Street - near the Great Falls (click for map) Paterson, NJ $5 donation ** Supper included For directions and more, contact or 646-247-3238. Teach-in on The War Abroad & The War at Home: Which Way Forward? What are the real connections between the war abroad and the attack of civil rights? Where do we DO about it? Panel Discussions & Plenary Forum to Plan Future Events Together Sponsored by the NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee Endorsed by: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee-NJ, Coalition for Peace and Justice, Coalition to Stop Endless War, Committee to End the Occupation of Iraq, Families for Freedom, NJ Independence Alliance, NJ Labor Against the War, NJ Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine, NJ Workers Democracy Network, Union County Peace & Justice PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK, NJ JANUARY 26 - JANUARY 30 Monday, January 26th THE APARTHEID WALL: DESTROYING LAND, DESTROYING LIVES 11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Room 255 Paul Robeson Campus Center 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd (click for map) Rutgers University Newark, NJ As the Apartheid Wall tears through Palestinian land, uprooting agriculture, separating families and villages and destroying homes, people around the world are committed to action for justice! Learn more and join the movement against the Apartheid Wall! Featuring a new film about the Apartheid Wall showcasing interviews with Palestinians and exclusive footage from Palestine, and a presentation developed by the Palestinian Environmental NGO Network (PENGON) Monday, January 26th Film Showing - "Divine Intervention" Grand Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival 2002 7:00 p.m. Room 255 Paul Robeson Campus Center 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd (click for map) Rutgers University Newark, NJ Palestinian director and performer Elia Suleiman delivers a darkly comic masterpiece. Suleiman utilizes irreverence, wit, mysticism and insight to craft an intense, hallucinogenic and extremely adept exploration of the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis living in uncertain times. Subtitled, "A Chronicle of Love and Pain," Divine Intervention follows ES, is a character played by and clearly based upon the filmmaker himself. ES is burdened with a sick father, a stalled screenplay and an unrequited love affair with a beautiful Palestinian woman (Manal Khader) living in Ramallah. An Israeli checkpoint on the Nazareth-Ramallah road forces the couple to rendezvous in an adjacent parking lot. Their relationship and the absurd situations around them serve as metaphors for the lunacy of larger cultural problems, and the result is palpable, bottled personal and political rage. Tuesday, January 27th Reportbacks from Occupied Palestine 7:00 p.m. Room 255 Paul Robeson Campus Center 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd (click for map) Rutgers University Newark, NJ Polly Sylvia, a New York-based activist, and other recent returnees from a solidarity delegation that returned from Palestine earlier this month, will speak about their experiences, observations and the lives of Palestinians currently on the ground in Palestine. Delegates will speak about what they have seen in Qalqilya - now surrounded by the Apartheid Wall - Nablus - recently brutally attacked by occupation forces - and throughout occupied Palestine. Wednesday, January 28th Palestine 101: A Teach-In on Occupation, Colonialism and Resistance 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Room 102 Hill Hall 360 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd (click for map) Rutgers University Newark, NJ This interactive teach-in will present informative perspectives on a number of issues critical to the Palestinian struggle for justice and liberation, including: the Palestinian refugees' right to return to their homes and lands, the recent "peace proposals" such as the Geneva Accord and their attacks on Palestinian rights, the effects of the occupation on Palestinian life, the role of US aid, direct and indirect, in sustaining the occupation of Palestine, the history of the occupation and colonization of Palestine, and the ongoing story of the Palestinian people's resistance and struggle for liberation and return. Hear activists, academics and others speak - and join in the discussion! Thursday, January 29th Film Showing and Discussion: "Jenin Jenin" and the Recent Atrocities in Nablus 7:00 p.m. Room 255 Paul Robeson Campus Center 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd (click for map) Rutgers University Newark, NJ "Jenin Jenin" (54 minutes) shows the extent to which the prolonged oppression and terror has affected the state of mind of the Palestinian inhabitants of the Jenin refugee camp. Listen to the old men, the children, the doctors and the grieving mothers of Jenin, after the Israeli army's April 2002 attack flattened homes and buried an unknown number of civilians. Bitterness and grief are the prevailing feelings among the majority of the population. Many have lost loved ones or are still searching for victims and belongings among the debris. 'Where is God,' an elderly man desperately wonders when surveying the debris in the Jenin refugee camp. A little girl, who does not seem to be much older than twelve, tells her story but knows no fear. The ongoing violence in her day-to-day life only nourishes her feelings of hatred and the urge to take revenge. She shouts that the Palestinians will never give up the struggle, that they will keep on producing children who can continue the fight against injustice. The sad question forces itself on the spectator. What will become of a country, a people when its children are confronted with war and violence from a very early age? Banned in Israel, "Jenin Jenin" is dedicated to Iyad Samudi, the producer of the film, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on June 23rd, 2002, as he returned home after completing the film. The atrocities in Palestine did not end in Jenin. They continue today. Find out about the recent atrocities in Nablus and other Palestinian cities and how you can get involved to help! Friday, January 30th Cafe Intifada: A Night of Resistance and Solidarity 8:00 p.m. MPR Paul Robeson Campus Center 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd (click for map) Rutgers University Newark, NJ Performers, poets and solidarity activists will speak and sing for Palestine and global justice at Cafe' Intifada! Featuring a diverse lineup of performers, including spoken-word artists, hip-hop performers, folk artists and many more, including Movement in Motion, a sharp political hip-hop collective currently attending the World Social Forum in India, and Kontrast, a New York City-based Filipino hip-hop group. An exciting evening of cultural resistance, global solidarity and powerful music and performance! Not to be missed!! (If you are interested in performing, please email for more information) Palestine Awareness Week at Rutgers University is brought to you by: Rutgers Acts for Peace and Justice (RAP*J), New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine, Al-Awda-NY-NJ and the Rutgers Muslim Students Association Wednesday, January 21st NJS New Brunswick Organizing Meeting 8:00 p.m. S-Lounge, Fourth Floor, Rutgers Student Center 126 College Ave (click for map) New Brunswick, NJ ALL ARE WELCOME!!! Come to discuss: Plans for the Spring Semester! Palestine Awareness Week! Palestinian Concert! Coalitions - Tent State University, Responsible Investment Coalition Coke Boycott! Divestment Campaign! International Women's Day Event! March 20 Antiwar Actions and Al-Awda Conference and more!!! Come to share your ideas, find out more, and sign up for committees! Get involved in the struggle for justice in Palestine! Thursday, January 15th Rally at Madison Square Garden, NYC 4:30 p.m. - Rally at Madison Sq. Garden (32nd St. and 7th Ave) 5:45 p.m. - March from MSG to Community Church 6:00 p.m. - Indoor Rally at Community Church (35th St. btw. Park & Madison) In the Spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his 75th Birthday, We will take no more of Bush's war! Stop the War on Iraq, on workers and unions, on civil rights and civil liberties, on the poor, on immigrants, on people of color, on students and youth, on tenants, on women, on seniors, on LGBT people, and on the world! Bring the Troops Home Now! Money for jobs, healthcare, housing and education, NOT occupation and world domination. When Republicans and Democrats in congress vote to wage war on the people, only the people can stop the war! We say NO to the Republican National Convention! For more information, call: 212-633-6646 Partial List of Endorsers: MLK Peace Now Committee; NY ANSWER; NY Aids Housing Network; Working People's Voices Collective; SNAFU; San Romero De Las Americas Church; Rev. Herbert Daughtry, House of the Lord Church; Dr. Luis Barrios, John Jay College; Nellie Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council; NY City Council member Charles Barron; NY City Council member Bill Perkins; NY City Council member Larry Seabrook; Queers for Peace and Justice; Movement in Motion Arts Collective; New York City Labor Against the War; The Center for Constitutional Rights; The International Action Center; The Arab Muslim American Foundation; The 1199 Bread & Roses Cultural Project; New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine; Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines; Al-Awda NY/NJ; Trabajadoras Por La Paz; Vinciente "Panama" Alba; Latino Committee WBAI; Workers World Party; ISO - the International Socialist Organization; UFPJ/NYC; 1199'ers for Peace & Justice; FIERCE; CAAAV - Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence; Racial Justice 9-11; Brecht Forum; Deir Yassin Society of New York; Nodutdol for Korean Community Development; Harlem Fight Back; DC1707; PVN - People's Video Network; NION; New Jersey Labor Against the War; New Jersey Industrial Union Council; BMWE Local 3068