Nov 6th & Nov 11th

BREAKING THE SIEGE OF GAZA with CYNTHIA MCKINNEY 

Friday, Nov 6 @ 7:00pm @ Walker Methodist Church, 3104 16th Ave.S, Minneapolis

Hear former Congresswoman and presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney tell the story of her three valiant attempts and final success at entering Gaza to show solidarity and provide humanitarian aid to its besieged people.  While attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, Cynthia McKinney was a passenger in the relief vessel Dignity when it was rammed by the Israeli army in international waters, December 30. The heavily damaged ship was forced to limp into a Lebanese port. In late June, McKinney and twenty other human rights activists were arrested when their boat, Spirit of Humanity, was boarded by the Israeli Navy. McKinney spent days in an Israeli prison before being released, but within days was on her way to join the Viva Palestina U.S. caravan, organized by British Member of Parliament George Galloway.

While in Gaza, Cynthia McKinney witnessed the devastation and destruction caused by “Operation Cast Lead,” a military offensive against the people of the Gaza Strip launched by Israel (with U.S-supplied weapons). After 22 days of unrelenting aerial attacks coupled with an intensive ground invasion that began on 3 January 2009, the death toll exceeded 1,400 Palestinians, the majority of them civilians including women and children. Over 5,000 more were wounded. Excessive civilian casualties were compounded by the unprecedented destruction of civilian infrastructure across the Gaza Strip including hospitals, schools, mosques, civilian homes, police stations and United Nations compounds.

Today, the siege of Gaza continues as Israel pursues an illegal policy of extreme collective punishment against the 1.5 million residents of Gaza—more than half of whom are children. Former US president Jimmy Carter called the blockade of humanitarian goods to Gaza “one of the greatest human rights crimes on Earth.”

Free and open to the public. Donations accepted.
Sponsored by the Middle East Committee of WAMM
612.827.5364 
http://www.worldwidewamm.org

 

Israel’s Palestinian Prisoners – America’s Other Guantanamo:  A Report on the Conditions of Palestinian Political Prisoners featuring human rights activist Ala Jaradat from Addameer – Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association

Wednesday, November 11th @ 7PM @ Blegen Hall 150, West Bank, U of M, Minneapolis

The $3 billion dollars of annual U.S. aid to Israel helps fund Israeli prisons and detention centers where 8,100 Palestinian prisoners — including 60 women, 390 children, and 550 administrative detainees held without charge — are imprisoned in substandard conditions and subject to torture.  Human rights activist Ala Jaradat, the program manager of Addameer, the Palestinian prisoners rights organization in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, and a former Palestinian political prisoner, will be sharing his experiences campaigning against political prosecution, for the rights of political detainees, actively working against the use of torture, arbitrary detention, the use of isolation, and other forms of political repression.  Co-Sponsored by the Anti-War Committee and WAMM

JEWISH ANTI-ZIONIST PERSPECTIVES ON PALESTINE/ISRAEL

MIDDLE  EAST  PEACE NOW

Presents

JEWISH ANTI-ZIONIST PERSPECTIVES ON PALESTINE/ISRAEL

 

Speakers are anti-Zionist Jews and pro-Palestinian rights activists who will bring a new perspective to our understanding of Middle East politics.  Professor Lisa Albrecht, U of MN, has worked for Palestinian self-determination since the first Intifada in 1987.  As a Jew, she refuses to be labeled “self-hating.”  Lisa initiated the Social Justice Minor in Social Work at the U of MN where she is Morse-Minn Alumni Assoc. Distinguished Professor of Teaching.  Karen Redleaf, a graduate economist, was active for many years in the MN-Metro Branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.  She has been active in the National WILPF Corporations v. Democracy issue.  Karen is a founding member of the Coalition for Palestinian Rights and has been devoted to helping people understand that criticism of Israel is not “anti-Semitic.”

 

SATURDAY, April 18, 2009
9:30 a.m. Refreshments, 10:00 a.m. Presentation and Discussion

Lutheran Church of Christ the Redeemer

5440 Penn Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419

For information call Florence Steichen, 651-696-1642

American Indians and Palestinians – Parallel Injustice

For the first time in Minnesota, Native Americans and Palestinians unite to address shared experiences of dispossession and genocide of their people.

WHAT: American Indians and Palestinians – Parallel Injustice

WHEN: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 11 a.m.

WHERE: Hoversten Chapel, Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Avenue S., Minneapolis, Minn.  

 

SPEAKERS: CAIR National Director Nihad Awad, American Indian Movement leader Clyde Bellecourt, Nick Boswell of Red Indian Dawa, and Marvin Manypenny of The People’s Land.

For more information, call 612-327-6700 or email parallelinjustice@gmail.com

The forum is co-sponsored by: Al-Aqsa Institute, the American Indian Movement, the Anti-War Committee, Augsburg American Indian Studies Program, Augsburg Coalition for Student Activism, Coalition for Palestinian Rights, CAIR-MN, Minnesota Gaza Coalition, Minnesota Peace Now, Palestinian Institute, Red Indian Dawa, Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Minnesota, the University of Minnesota American Indian Student Cultural Center, and Women Against Military Madness.

My Name is Rachel Corrie

Augsburg College Theater Arts Dept. presents

My Name is Rachel Corrie
Taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie
Edited by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner, Royal Court
Guest Directed by Maren Ward
March 10, 11, 12, 13 at 7 p.m
Foss Studio Theater
$5 general public; $4 ACTC faculty, staff, and students; $1 Augsburg students and children under age 12.
limited seating available PLEASE RESERVE!!

Ticket reservations can be made beginning two weeks prior to opening night. For reservations or other information, call 612 330-1257. All events take place in the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater in Foss Center (unless otherwise indicated), at Augsburg College, 22nd and Riverside Avenues, Minneapolis.

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a twenty-three- year-old American, was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she was trying to prevent the demolition of the Palestinian homes. My Name is Rachel Corrie is composed from Rachel’s own journals, letters, and e-mails-creating a portrait of a messy, skinny, articulate, Salvador Dalí-loving chain-smoker (with a passion for the music of Pat Benatar), who left home and school in Olympia, Washington, to support Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israel’s military occupation.

Adapted by Maren Ward with the ensemble: Molly Budke, Abby Ehling, Scott Hemann, Brittany Juntunen, Taylor Kaiser-Gajeski, Elle Kokkinos, Ellie Thoni
Stage Manager/Lighting Designer: Karla Malpica, Assistant Stage Manager: Hannah Soule, Set Design by Matt Larson, Sound

Design by Maggie Pint, Costume Design by Sarah Hadlich, Dramaturg: Tim Mauritz, Technical Director: Michael Burden

DISCUSSIONS FOLLOWING EVERY PERFORMANCE:
Tuesday, March 10 and Wednesday, March 11: Flo Razowsky, International Jewish anti-Zionist Network (IJAN), Author and Director of Café Intifada

Thursday March 12: Ayah Helmy, University of Minnesota Political Science senior, Vice President of the U of M Muslim Student Association, founding member of the ONE campaign on the Twin Cities UMN campus, Palestine Solidarity Activist

Friday March 13: Lisa Albrecht, Associate Professor and Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Distinguished Professor of Teaching in the School of Social Work of the University of Minnesota, where she founded and directs an undergraduate program in Social Justice.

Gaza: The Real Story

  GAZA 101 Teach In

 

 

Tuesday February 24         7pm

 

Humphrey Institute at the U of M   Room #50

 

 

Speakers: Ayah Helmy, Al-Madinah U of M:  Josina Manu Maltzman,Int. Jewish Anti-Zionist Network-TC:  Omar Tesdell, Teachers Against Occupation-Mn. Chapter

 

 

Gaza lies in ruins with 1500 people dead and 4000 injured after the brutal Israeli bombing campaign.  Even with a truce the 3 year blockade continues with inadequate amts. of food, fuel, medicines, etc. just now being allowed in.  How could this happen?   What will it take to end the persecution of Gazans? What does the truce mean?  What is the role of the international community?  What does the rightward shift in the Israeli govt mean?  What forces are involved in  the growing U.S. movement for justice for Palestine?  Come to learn, discuss and take action.

 

 

sponsored by; Coalition for Palestinian Pights, MN Chapter SDS; Al-Madinah U of MN

The Road Less Traveled: Twin Cities Jews Discuss Their Journeys to anti-Zionism

International Jewish anti-Zionist Network – Twin Cities Presents:
 
The Road Less Traveled:
Twin Cities Jews Discuss Their Journeys to anti-Zionism
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 3-5 pm
Bedlam Theatre, 1501 South 6th Street, Mpls
 
Featuring: Anya Achtenberg, Ricardo Levins Morales (invited), Josina
Manu Maltzman, Karen Redleaf and Raphi Rechitsky.
 
Our speakers will tell their personal stories. What does anti-Zionism
mean to them and how did they come to identify as anti-Zionist Jews?
Lots of time allotted for dialogue with the audience. There will be
great snacks and drinks and plenty of lively conversation! FREE.
FFI: Karen Redleaf, ijan.tc@gmail.com or 651-283-3495.
 

BOYCOTT & PROTEST THE BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY

Join Us at 6:15 to greet the attendees

Performance: 7:30 PM Wednesday February 18, 2009
Northrop Auditorium, 84 Church St. SE, University of Minnesota

 

The University of Minnesota is bringing the Batsheva Dance Company of Tel Aviv to Minneapolis for one performance. This is a violation of the 2004 Palestinian call to “comprehensively and consistently boycott all Israeli academic and cultural institutions”and the 2005 call of 171 Palestinian civil society organizations for broad boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. This Dance Company is funded by the Israeli government and is considered a “leading ambassador” of the Israeli government. Particularly in the aftermath of the recent invasion of the Gaza Strip, and the ongoing occupation of Palestinian land, it is time to honor the call for a boycott of Israel called for by Palestinian civil society and solidarity groups around the world, including South Africa. The challenge posed to us today in ending the apartheid like policies of the State of Israel is no different than the challenge that people of good faith faced in the 1980s in responding to calls to boycott the white supremacist government in South Africa. We urge you to join us as we nonviolently oppose this performance as part of building a sustained BDS campaign.

“The latest Palestinian Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) – supported by a large majority of Palestinian civil society – does not target Jews or Israelis qua Jews; on the contrary, it actually addresses conscientious Israeli Jews, urging them to support efforts to bring about Israel’s compliance with international law and fundamental human rights, both necessary elements in reaching true peace based on justice. Many around the world recognize the extent of Israel’s breach of international law. The real challenge now is to do something about it. Only by applying effective international pressure against Israel similar in scope and comprehensiveness to that successfully used to end apartheid in South Africa will intellectuals and academics be fulfilling their moral obligation to stand up for right, for justice, for equality and for a chance to validate the prevalence of universal ethical principles. By doing so, they will also serve in the most effective manner the cause of coexistence and real peace.” by Omar Barghouti (a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel)

 

What you can do:
1. Call, write, or send an e-letter to Ben Johnson, Director of Concerts and Lectures, asking him to cancel the show and honor the boycott against Israel: phone 612-624-4473, fax 612-626-1750, email benjohn@umn.edu,
Department of Concerts and Lectures, 109 Northrop, 84 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
2. Write letters to the editor of the Minnesota Daily and local media
3. Don’t buy tickets to the Batsheva performance. If you already have tickets then exchange them for another show
4. Please join us in nonviolently protesting the Batsheva perform

 

The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee’s call to boycott is supported by The Middle East Committee of WAMM, Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Middle East Peace Now, Jewish anti-Zionist Network-Twin Cities (IJAN-TC), the Palestinian Institute of Minnesota, the Anti-War Committee and other people of conscience who are taking a moral stand against Israel’s oppressive policies
More info: http://www.pacbi.org/ http://www.bdsmovement.net/

 

Palestine Week

Monday 2/16: Silent Demonstration For the People of Palestine, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on Coffman Memorial Union Plaza.

Tuesday 2/17: Understanding Palestine, a panel with Hillel, 7:00 pm, Coffman Theater.

A Candle Light Vigil for those lost in the Gaza War, 9:00pm, Coffman Plaza.

Wednesday 2/18: A showing of Occupation 101 at 3:30 pm, Coffman Room 217.

Thursday 2/19: “Beats for Peace” benefit concert for Gaza, The Whole (In the basement of Coffman), Doors 6:30, Show 7:00pm.

THE MIZRAHI POPULATION OF ISRAEL AND THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE

MIDDLE  EAST  PEACE  NOW

Presents

 

THE MIZRAHI POPULATION OF ISRAEL AND THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE

 

SAMADAR LAVIE will speak about the intra-dynamics of Israel which has a direct relationship with the Gaza carnage.  As a cultural anthropologist, she will discuss the Arab origins of the Mizrahim and how their politics affects Israel’s left and right political parties. Come to hear and meet a dynamic Israeli feminist.  Dr. Lavie earned her doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley.  She is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Studies at Macalester College.

 

SATURDAY, February 14, 2009

9:30 a.m. Refreshments, 10:00 a.m. Presentation and Discussion

 

NOTE NEW LOCATION

Lutheran Church of Christ the Redeemer

55th St. and Penn Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN

For information call Florence Steichen, 651-696-1642

DEMAND THE END TO ALL TRADE WITH ISRAEL

MINNESOTA OUT OF PALESTINE!

DEMAND THE END TO ALL TRADE WITH ISRAEL

***Protest outside of the Minnesota Trade Office***

THIS Friday, February 6th, 3pm

332 Minnesota Street, Saint Paul

bring signs, banners, bullhorns

Outside of the Minnesota Trade Office

Demand the Immediate End to All Trade with Israel