Wednesday, December 7th
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He's seen occupation and resistance....and he's bringing the stories and the struggles to Rutgers!
Joe Carr, with his upbeat and creative performance style, will share pictures, stories, music, poetry, and analysis from his time in Iraq, Palestine, and US direct action movements. He will discuss the nuances of each conflict and draw parallels between the stories of oppression and resistance. He will tell you about the struggle of At-Tuwani, an ancient Palestinian village struggling to survive Zionist violence and settlement expansion, and discuss his experiences in Gaza before and after Israel's "disengagement". Hear about his work in Iraq, documenting ongoing human rights violations and organizing with Iraqi anti-occupation activists in Baghdad, Karballa, and Fallujah. Learn more about what you can do to oppose US foreign policy and resist the oppression done in our name.
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As the war and occupation of Iraq continue, threats of war against Iran escalate, and the occupation of Palestine and the denial of the right to return of Palestinian refugees continues, all funded by U.S. dollars or enforced by U.S. troops and U.S. weapons, it is vital that the voices of the targets of empire today are heard.
Come to a very special forum featuring...
KADDOURI AL-KYSI
Kaddouri al-Kysi is an Iraqi American activist who has long been engaged in anti-war and anti-imperialist activity. Founder of the Committee to Support the Iraqi People, al-Kysi was deeply involved in the anti-sanctions movement and helped lead delegations to Iraq that worked against the sanctions on Iraq and to raise awareness of the U.S. use of depleted uranium weapons in Iraq. He has been deeply involved in building the movement against the occupation of Iraq.
ARDESHIR OMMANI
Ardeshir Ommani, an activist in the anti-war and anti-imperialist struggle for over 40 years, and is a co-founder of the American-Iranian Friendship Committee (AIFC). He has written much on U.S. - Iran relation, and has translated many articles into Farsi, which have been published inside Iran in the progressive press. In the 1960's, he was a co-founder of the Iranian Students Association (ISA), which contributed to the struggle against the Shah of Iran, a U.S. puppet. Mr. Ommani returned to Iran in 1979, at the dawn of the revolution and participated in the revolutionary surge of that period and returned to the U.S. in 1980.
Attend this important event and hear these speakers - and take a stand alongside the targets of empire!
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FRONTIERS OF DREAMS AND FEARS explores the lives of a group of Palestinian children growing up in refugee camps. The film focuses on two teenage girls, Mona and Manar. Although living in refugee camps miles apart, the girls manage to communicate and become friends with each other despite the overwhelming barriers separating them. The film reveals their lives and dreams and their growing relationship, at first through email, then culminating in their dramatic meeting at the fence that separates them at the Lebanese border.
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Despite the transfer of illegal settlers from Gaza to the West Bank, the reign of terror upon the Palestinians of Gaza continues. Join New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine for a screening of James Longley's 2002 film "Gaza Strip," followed by an open discussion of the false "disengagement" and the true situation in Gaza.
On September 24, in Washington DC, join the mass march rally to:
Stop the War on Iraq!
End Colonial Occupation from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti!
Support the Palestinian People's Right to Return!
Bring the Troops Home Now!
Stop the Threats Against Venezuela, Cuba, Iran & North Korea!
U.S. out of the Philippines!
U.S. out of Puerto Rico!
Stop the Racist, anti-Immigrant and anti-Labor Offensive at Home, Defend Civil Rights!
New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine endorses the demonstration is called for by the September 24 National Coalition, initiated by the ANSWER Coalition and including in its leadership such organizations as the National Council of Arab Americans (NCA), Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation, Haiti Support Network, Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines, the National Lawyers Guild, and the Troops Out Now Coalition.
It is imperative that the voice, leadership and strength of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian and Arab movement is heard and felt in the antiwar movement. By including, rather than excluding, these communities and voices, the movement is strengthened and empowered. It is critically important that this demonstration is ALSO a demonstration for the Right to Return for all Palestinian refugees, standing fully for liberation from all colonial occupation, from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti and everywhere.
Buses, car caravans and other transportation will be organized locally - if you need information on attending September 24 or want to help mobilize in this area for September 24, please email us at info@newjerseysolidarity.org
ALL OUT FOR SEPTEMBER 24!
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Want to get involved with New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine?
Want to help raise public awareness about Palestine? Want to help organize for antiwar mobilizations, actions, and events to build solidarity with the Palestinian movement?
Come out! Find out more about: NJS's work...Hear a report from Palestine..Find out more about the Palestinian cause...and what you can do! See the short film "Palestine is Waiting," and discuss with NJS members and others...
Tuesday, August 30th
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"Disengagement" has been a prominent buzzword in recent discussion of Gaza, even as Gaza remains an open-air prison and the over 80% of Gaza residents who are refugees continue to be prohibited from returning to their original homes and properties in Palestine 48.
Join New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine for a showing of the film "GAZA STRIP", exposing the ongoing oppression in Gaza and the continuing resistance of the Palestinian people, and a discussion of recent news - and the reality - for Gaza and all of Palestine.
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Wednesday, August 10th
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Join New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine for a meeting and discussion with SHEREN ALARAJ, Program Director of Ansar Center in Al-Walajah village in Palestine, currently engaged in organizing youth in Al-Walajah and building resistance to the Apartheid Wall! The Apartheid Wall is encircling Al-Walajah and its residents in their entirety, and villagers are organizing to resist. Join us to learn about and discuss her work, the situation on the ground in Palestine, and what we here, solidarity activists and members of the Palestinian and Arab community, can do to support organizing in Palestine!
Wednesday, July 20th
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Balata Refugee Camp is one of the most hard-hit communities in Palestine?s West Bank. The over 30,000 residents, refugees of the 1948 Nakba, live in a heavily militarized zone where tear gas, gunshots, and military searches are a part of everyday life. Join us on Wednesday, July 20 to see these remarkable films - made in Balata Camp by young Palestinians, members of the Balata Film Collective!
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Wednesday, June 29th
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"'Until when?' is about our deep commitment to returning to our land. Because the Palestinian narrative is about return; the Palestinian narrative is about being a refugee, having the right to return, and keeping that consciousness in our minds; and then making sure that we speak to each of our successive generations about returning, about being connected to our land, our history, our culture..." Jess Ghannam, producer, "until when.."
Set during the current Intifada, this documentary follows four Palestinian families living in Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem. Fadi is thirteen and cares for his four younger brothers, the Hammash family pass on the lessons of life with humor and passion, Sana is a single woman who endures long commutes to do community work, and Emad and Hanan are a young couple trying to shield their daughter from the harsh realities of the occupation. They talk about their past and discuss the future with humor, sorrow, frustration and hope. "until when..." paints an intimate in-depth portrait of Palestinian lives today.
(Documentary, 76 min., Palestine/USA 2004, Directed by Dahna Abourahme)
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TICKETS: $15/adults $5/children and youth
Contact for tickets: 973-954-2521 or email info@newjerseysolidarity.org
Buy Tickets Online Here!
See video of Al-Rowwad Children's Theater!
(Requires Windows Media Player or compatible.)
Excerpts from the Play, "The Children of the Camps"
Join us to welcome Al-Rowwad Palestinian Children's Theater to New Jersey! Headquartered in Aida Refugee Camp, Al-Rowwad Children's Theater is a unique project that supports and emphasizes the creativity of Palestinian refugee youth. Al-Rowwad Center is a home for the cultural, artistic and theatrical training of children and youth, housing a computer center, a debke program, a children's theater program, an art program, and much more. Lauded in "American Theater" magazine, and visited by some of the U.S.'s leading playwrights, Al-Rowwad is an inspiring home of children's creativity and expression amid war and occupation, and an illustration of the resourcefulness of the refugee youth who continue to struggle for return and liberation, across generations.
See Al-Rowwad website for details: http://alrowwad.virtualactivism.net/
See Al-Awda Newspaper article about tour: Palestinian Children's Theatre Troupe to Visit NJ
In June 2005, Al-Rowwad Children's Theater will be touring the U.S., beginning their tour in the New York City area, and then traveling to Connecticut, Vermont, and Kentucky.
Diverse organizers and activists from New York and New Jersey's theater community and Palestine activist community have joined together to raise funds to bring Al-Rowwad on this U.S. tour, and to our community. They will be performing in the New York area from June 18-22.
Join us in welcoming them on June 18!
New Jersey event sponsored by: New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine and Palestinian American Congress - New Jersey Chapter
Please join New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine members in a study group discussion of Ghassan Kanafani's historical work on the 1936-39 Palestinian revolt. Kanafani's famous work analyzes the class nature of the revolt, as well as the contradictions which lead to its ultimate defeat.
The study group will feature a presentation on the writing, followed by open discussion as we draw parallels between the struggle then and the struggle today.
The reading for this study group is available online at:
http://www.newjerseysolidarity.org/resources/kanafani
Ali Qased, long-time activist and organizer for Palestinian national rights and a true revolutionary, died at the age of 62 in the early hours of Sunday, April 3rd, 2005, after a long struggle with a debilitating illness. He succumbed to complications from heart failure at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson, New Jersey.
On Tuesday, May 17th, 2005, a little over 40 days after his death, the Palestine activists of New York and New Jersey will host a memorial in his honor. Friends, family, and colleagues from across the country will descend on a popular Arab community in Brooklyn, site of much of his organizing, to renew their solidarity and their determination to continue fighting for liberation, and to honor his life's work.
We solicit written messages of solidarity to be collected in a memorial scrapbook, and we invite sympathizing local, national and international organizations to send representatives to this important event where we will celebrate the life of one of our own ? a rich life that contributed to the culture of liberation worldwide.
Sponsors: Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition; New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine; the New York Committee to Defend Palestine; Palestine Solidarity Group - Chicago; Arab Community Center - Chicago
The rally is part of a campaign across the country to revive May Day in the U.S.
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All Welcome! Free Admission! Teach-in will be followed by Tent State bands and Entertainment!
11:00 AM - Teach-In on the Empire Around the World
Featuring panelists on: Iraq - Palestine - Cuba - Colombia - Venezuela - Puerto Rico - the Philippines
1:00 PM - Teach-In on the Empire at Home
Featuring panelists on: the Draft - Youth and Students - Racism - Our Cities - Immigrant Rights
AND MORE!
Don't miss this informative, educational and fascinating teach-in, linking the assaults by U.S. imperialism on the peoples of the world - and popular resistance, internationally and here at home! Find out what you can do, and how you can become involved with working to SAY NO TO EMPIRE!
This teach-in is part of Tent State University, the third annual protest at Rutgers University for higher education funding, and for "Education, Not War!"
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Join us for an evening of discussion with Palestinian ex-political prisoners and activists from Occupied Palestine! The tour participants are from Addameer, a Palestinian organization in Ramallah that campaigns around Palestinian political prisoners.
The evening will feature presentations by:
Sahar Francis, a Palestinian lawyer with Addameer who has worked for many years with Palestinian prisoners,
Akram Al Ayasa an ex-political prisoner and former President of Bethlehem University Student Council. Arrested seven times from 1976-1990 by the Israeli occupation forces.
Presented in cooperation with Sumoud: A Political Prisoner Soldarity Group:
http://sumoud.tao.ca
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What's happening in Iraq? What's happening in Palestine? What about the DANGER of THE DRAFT? What about military recruitment? What does it mean for youth and students?
The evening will feature presentations by:
Dustin Langley, a U.S. Navy Veteran, from No Draft No Way and the Support Network for an Armed Forces Union (SNAFU).
Nadia Taha, a Palestinian activist with New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine.
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The documentary film "Women in Struggle" is about Palestinian women whom are ex-political detainees demonstrating their struggle during their years of imprisonment in Israeli jails exploring the affects and influence on their present life and their future outlook.
The focus will be on the lives of four women who came out of their regular roles as sisters, mothers, wives, and took on a different role being involved in the Palestinian national struggle for independence. Without narration, these women give their testimony in their own words about their past difficult experiences, of their suffering while living their daily difficult life in the current Palestinian Intifada which was not an element present during the initial research of this documentary nor was the so called "war on terror" and the apartheid wall.
These additional three elements have made this film critical in exploring, identifying, and understanding how these women detainees made the effort to preserve their dignity and integrate in the social and political aspects of the Palestinian life. Although these four women are out of the actual Israeli prison they actually find themselves in a bigger prison carrying "prison" within them in every aspect of their life.
For more information about the film please see http://www.womeninstruggle.com.
March to Central Park on Saturday, March 19, 2005, the second anniversary of the launching of war on Iraq - the whole world will be watching - and marching! Rally against occupation from Iraq to Palestine to everywhere!
Please join the Troops Out Now Coalition, including New Jersey Solidarity-Activists for the Liberation of Palestine and many labor, community, antiwar and progressive organizations as we rally and march against war and occupation and for justice! People will be meeting throughout NJ for "Peace Trains" to the rally - make your plans now to join!
Endorse the rally today: http://www.troopsoutnow.org
Also visit the Troops Out Now website for updates on logistics, to sign up for email updates, to download flyers and literature and to find out the latest on this important mobilization.
All out for March 19!!
Tuesday, March 8th
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WINNER: Best Documentary Feature (Tribeca Film Festival)
WINNER: FIPRESCI Best First Documentary (Hot Docs Canadian Int'l Film Festival)
About "Arna's Children":
Arna Mer Khamis was a legendary activist against the Israeli Occupation. Born into a Jewish family she married a Palestinian Arab and spent her life campaigning for justice and human rights in her homeland. Arna founded an alternative education system for Palestinian children whose lives had been disrupted by Israeli occupation. In the Jenin refugee camp, Arna opened a theatre group where she taught the children to express anger, bitterness and fear through acting and art. The children slowly grew to trust and to love Arna: "She's like my mother," says one child. "She helps us. She saved us from the streets." Arna's son, Juliano Mer Khamis, was a director at the theater group and filmed his mother and the children rehearsing and performing over a six year period. When Arna died of cancer in 1995, the theater group struggled to continue for another two years but ultimately did not survive.
Five years after Arna's death, Juliano, now one of the region's leading actors, returns to the camp to discover what happened to "Arna's Children." Shifting back and forth in time, Mer Khamis's film juxtaposes the sweet-faced young boys with the militants and martyrs they become. "Arna's Children" reveals the tragedy and horror of young lives trapped by the circumstances of occupation.
For more information on the film, please visit http://www.arnaschildren.com.
Sponsored by Princeton Committee on Palestine and New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine.
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Ellen O'Grady is the author and creator of a new book, "OUTSIDE THE ARK: An Artist's Journey in Occupied Palestine," a provocative collection of paintings and stories, a window into the realities of life under occupation and a witness to the enduring human spirit.
Ellen O'Grady is an artist and social justice activist in Durham, North Carolina. She spent six years living in Palestine and has returned several times since to work with a variety of grassroots activist groups. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums around the country. Copies of "OUTSIDE THE ARK" will be available for sale.
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Featuring "Women in Struggle," a new film direct from Palestine about Palestinian women political prisoners.
Join us for an important evening of political prisoner solidarity, as activists from communities around the world and across NYC join together to support our prisoners and their struggles for freedom! From Palestine to NYC, political prisoners must be free!
Featuring speakers:
Buthina Canaan Khoury, Palestinian filmmaker and director of "Women in Struggle"
Lynne Stewart, people's lawyer facing jail for her work
Benjamin Ramos, ProLibertad
Representative of NYC Free Mumia Coalition
Representative of the Jericho Movement
Representative of NY Committee to Free the Cuban Five and more!
Sponsored by: Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Asian Pacific Action, Iglesia de San Romero de las Americas, Jericho Movement, New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine, NYC Free Mumia Coalition, New York Committee to Free the Cuban Five, ProLibertad, Queers for Peace and Justice and more!
**Endorsers/sponsors in formation, email info@newjerseysolidarity.org to endorse or sponsor the event**
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Please join us for this opportunity to view this important new film about a critical issue and to welcome Buthina Canaan Khoury to New Jersey!
The documentary film "Women in Struggle" is about Palestinian women whom are ex-political detainees demonstrating their struggle during their years of imprisonment in Israeli jails exploring the affects and influence on their present life and their future outlook.
The focus will be on the lives of four women who came out of their regular roles as sisters, mothers, wives, and took on a different role being involved in the Palestinian national struggle for independence. Without narration, these women give their testimony in their own words about their past difficult experiences, of their suffering while living their daily difficult life in the current Palestinian Intifada which was not an element present during the initial research of this documentary nor was the so called "war on terror" and the apartheid wall.
These additional three elements have made this film critical in exploring, identifying, and understanding how these women detainees made the effort to preserve their dignity and integrate in the social and political aspects of the Palestinian life. Although these four women are out of the actual Israeli prison they actually find themselves in a bigger prison carrying "prison" within them in every aspect of their life.
For more information about the film please see http://www.womeninstruggle.com.
About Buthina Canaan Khoury
Buthina Canaan Khoury has been an independent filmmaker for the past few years. She has established Majd Production Company in Palestine in (2000). The company's main objective is to produce documentaries about different and vital Palestinian issues . Ms. Khoury has over fourteen years of experience in the media field and a bachelor degree in filmmaking and photography from Boston, MA.
She worked as the first Palestinian camera woman, producer and coordinator covering special events in the Middle East area for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and other well known European TV stations in Palestine. Women in Struggle is her first one hour documentary.
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Directions: http://www.lmxac.org/nbfpl/libinfodir.htm
"500 DUNAM ON THE MOON" (2002, 48 min) presents a critical look at the art of dispossession and the creativity of the dispossessed, examining Ayn Hawd, a Palestinian village captured and depopulated by Zionist armies in 1948, and "Ein Hod", the Zionist "artists' colony" established over Ayn Hawd, while Ayn Hawd's original and rightful Palestinian residents, deemed "present absentees", settled only 1.5 kilometers away on the outlying hills, prevented from returning home, and their village unrecognized, denied water, electricity, or an access road. This film presents the story and the resilience of the people of Ayn Hawd in their struggle for land and freedom.
Plus, a presentation by and discussion with SAID SHEHADEH, 1948 Palestinian and graduate student at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.
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Come to this General Interest Meeting to find out more about New Jersey Solidarity-Activists for the Liberation of Palestine and find out what you can do to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for justice, liberation and return! Learn our exciting plans for upcoming events, actions and demonstrations and bring your own ideas, initiatives and projects. Help build the Palestinian and Palestine solidarity struggle for justice.
Monday, January 24th
8:00 p.m.
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Thursday, January 20th
9:00 AM
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