An Open Letter to the Toronto International Film Festival:
September 2, 2009
As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival’s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine.
In 2008, the Israeli government and ...
Setting the record straight: a JVP response to fabricated and misleading history being used to attack the Toronto Declaration, the letter signed by over 1,000 artists and filmmakers protesting the Toronto International Film Festival’s choice of Tel Aviv for a celebratory spotlight.
CLAIMS v FACTS
Stand With Us, a US-based right wing Israel advocacy organization, says, “The Toronto Declaration is filled with misinformation, distortions, ...
Israel has been dumping toxic waste into the West Bank for years, from PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) # 447 September 4, 2009
Shuqbah, a village of 5,000, lies near the border of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, not far from Ramallah. Israeli companies have been using land owned by a Palestinian middleman in the village to dump tons of garbage. "The subsequent burning of toxic waste, including items such as x-ray films, releases carcinogens ...
Women in Black (Vienna), 10. September 2009, 8-9:30a.m, VIC
Thursday, 10 September 2009 8 - 9.30 a.m.
Exit of the subway station, Vienna International Centre, Kaisermühlendamm (use first car)
(Dark or black clothing appreciated. No banners, please. Punctuality greatly appreciated. )
Flyer:
STOLEN BEAUTY
Don’t buy goods from stolen lands!
Boycott Ahava Dead Sea Cosmetics sold ...
Stopthewall.org special call- September 3, 2009 Unite Against Apartheid
CALL FOR THE SEVENTH WEEK AGAINST THE APARTHEID WALL,
NOVEMBER 9 – 16 2009.
The Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, its popular committees and member organizations call on activists to launch a week of global mobilization against the walls of apartheid in the West Bank and Gaza from November 9 to 16 2009.
See call online in French and ...
This New Year's, activists will be leading a delegation to END the siege on Gaza. Sign up to endorse the call on the website, or sign up to JOIN the delegation in Egypt. www.gazafreedommarch.org
International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza:
Statement of Purpose and Principles
Amnesty International has called the blockade of Gaza a "form of collective punishment of the entire population of Gaza, a flagrant violation of Israel's ...
