Omar Barghouti, the Electronic Intifada, June 9th 2008.

Photo: Maan Images. Palestinians in Gaza take cover during clashes with Israeli troops during demonstrations marking 60 years of Palestinian dispossession from their homeland. May 15th 2008.
“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet but not to make them die of hunger,” said Dov Weissglas, Sharon’s [...]

Statement: Trade Union Friends of Palestine (ICTU). June 5th 2008

Photo: Maan Images. Palestinians in Gaza take cover during clashes with Israeli troops during demonstrations marking 60 years of Palestinian dispossession from their homeland. May 15th 2008.
At its Biennial Delegate Conference in May 2008 the public sector union IMPACT passed two motions criticizing Israeli suppression [...]

Broadcasts from Beirut VII: Rami Zuraky professor, activist in Beirut: Land and People.

Photo: Shattered glass in south Lebanon.

A Tadamon! interview project aiming to highlight progressive voices from the ground in Lebanon on the ongoing conflict, voices independent from major political parties…
May 2008 saw political turmoil in Lebanon reach its most violent peak since the [...]

Call to support the first major student union in Quebec or Canada to back
the international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel…

Montreal May 2008: Across the world grassroots movements struggling in opposition to Israeli apartheid are marking the 60th year of the Palestinian Nakba (”catastrophe”) – 60 years of dispossession, ethnic cleansing and [...]

Photo Essay from Farah Kobaissy in Beirut.

Graffiti for Future Movement, founded by the assassinated Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
In May 2008 the streets in Beirut and throughout Lebanon witnessed military clashes between armed forces backing the Lebanese opposition lead by Hezbollah and the former Lebanese government supported by Saudi Arabia and the U.S. In May the [...]

A critique of West Bank development approaches and projects…

Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, May 20th, 2008.

Adam Hanieh. Socialist Project: the Bullet.

Photo: Active Stills. Demonstration against Apartheid wall, Bil’in, Palestine.

In July 2005, over 170 Palestinian organizations urged the world to adopt a campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel in the manner of South Africa Apartheid. This call was signed by all the main Palestinian trade union federations, as [...]

rabble.ca by Raja G. Khouri. May 19th, 2008.

Photo: Lebanese woman admits Israeli military destruction in south Lebanon 2006.
A cluster bomb dropped on Centre Block on Parliament Hill could also reach in its spread the East Block, Senate, Supreme Court, Sparks Street pedestrian mall, Ottawa Visitors Center, and parts of the Wellington and Metcalfe thoroughfares. Such [...]

Common Cause is an Ontario anarchist organization that wants to see anarchists active in every town, neighborhood and workplace across Ontario.

Photo from Artists Against Apartheid III in Montreal from photojournalist Ion Etxebarria.

Vocalist Joel “Jahnice” Janis a Haïtian performer from the Kalmunity Vibe Collective raises a sign of solidarity at Artists Against Apartheid III at La Sala Rossa in Montreal.

for immediate release…

eighteen-hour international radio broadcast on 60-years of Palestinian dispossession.

Photo: Apartheid in Palestine, an Israeli check-point.

Dear Prime Minister Harper.

We read with dismay and sadness the report of your remarks in the Montreal Gazette with regard to those who criticize the State of Israel. As Jews, and as Canadians, we are deeply offended by your allegations that objections to Israeli policies that include the occupation, [...]

to student unions and social movements across Quebec and Canada.

Declaration from L’Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante.

May 15th 2008. Cinéma du Parc, 3575 Avenue du Parc.

An evening of Palestinian films to commemorate 60 years since Al-Nakba - the catastrophe of dispossession brought about by the establishment of the State of Israel - and to celebrate the Palestinian voice.
1947-1948: Zionist forces provoke the exodus of 750,000 refugees, forcibly evicted from their homes [...]

An open letter to Nadine Gordimer from Tadamon!

Dear Nadine Gordimer.

It is with great shock and dismay that we have learned of your intention to participate in the Israeli Writers’ Festival this May, in conjunction with the “Israel at 60″ festivities (largely supported by the Israeli Foreign Ministry). The function of cultural events such as this [...]