Israeli Apartheid Week 2008: http://www.apartheidweek.org/
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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY: LABOUR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
Sunday, February 3rd
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Traill College Lecture Hall (next to Crawford House) - 310 London Street
This event is free and all are encouraged to attend. The space is wheelchair accessible.
The event will include:
-A presentation on CUPE Resolution 50 by Katherine Nastovski, former Chair of CUPE Ontario International Solidarity Committee, and member of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA). Delegates to the 2006 CUPE Ontario annual convention voted almost unanimously in favour of Resolution 50, which supports the international campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until that state recognizes the Palestinian right to self-determination, including the right of return of Palestinian refugees.
-A presentation by Herman Rosenfeld, retired staff person Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), and member of CAIA, on why Canadian workers and unions should support the rights of Palestinians.
-Zatoun Fair Trade Products from Palestine will be available for sale. www.zatoun.com
This educational workshop will include information on the basics of Israeli Apartheid and why there has been a call for boycott, divestment and sanctions from over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations, including the Palestine trade union movement. Issued in July 2005, this call to action is modeled on the movement to end South African Apartheid. Labour-focused, the event will also cover the role of trade unions in a growing global movement in solidarity with Palestine, and against racism, occupation, and discrimination. Social justice is a basic principle of the labour movement and support for the Palestinian struggle is a matter of justice.
Sponsored by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3908, representing contract faculty and student academic workers at Trent University, the event is organized by the Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity (PCPS).
PCPS is a coalition of individuals who share an ethos of social justice, dignity and self-determination for all, and who came together out of a shared interest in building a broad-based collective voice in support of the growing Palestinian solidarity movement. The aim of PCPS is to encourage awareness and informed debate, to create spaces for engagement and dialogue, and to organize collectively against Israeli apartheid. PCPS opposes racism, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism and hopes to make links with decolonization and Indigenous resistance movements. PCPS also seeks to make links with ongoing International struggles to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, such as the Wall Must Fall and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaigns. Through organizing regular public events and actions PCPS aims to connect these struggles to broader social justice movements in Peterborough and in Canada.
For more information please contact Sarah at skardash@trentu.ca
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Film Screening of Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority
Wednesday February 6th at 7:00 p.m.
Sadlier House, 751 George St. N.
This is a wheelchair accessible event. Even the popcorn is free, but donations are happily accepted!
'Occupation 101' (2006) is an award-winning introductory documentary on the nature of Israeli rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. http://www.occupation101.com/
Co-hosted by the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) - Peterborough and the Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity (PCPS)
For more information contact OPIRG at (705) 741-1208 or opirg@trentu.ca
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Youtube Video of Palestinian workers held up at a Bethlehem ‘checkpoint’: http://youtube.com/watch?v=d1FaWE1SIZk
CUPE ON Resolution 50: http://cupe.on.ca/doc.php?lang=en&subject_id=51
CUPE BC Publication ‘The Wall Must Fall’: http://www.cupe.bc.ca/1592
U.S. Unions and Boycotting Israel, a reply to US labor leaders, from Canada: http://www.pacbi.org/boycott_news_more.php?id=591_0_1_0_C
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid: www.caiaweb.org
Palestine BDS Campaign: http://www.bds-palestine.net/
The Wall Must Fall Campaign: http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/896.shtml
Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition: http://www.al-awda.org/index.html
About Us
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- PCAP is a direct action anti-poverty group made up of poor people and their allies. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves. PCAP mounts social justice campaigns against regressive government policies that affect poor, homeless and working communities. We also provide free advocacy for individuals and families. Please note there is a change of office hours and location. We are hosting outreach meetings within Peterborough County. FIGHT to Win! Email: pcap@riseup.net;