Authority and Expectations: a doc about Iraq war vet Wray Harris
A powerful clip:
The film is here:
Film by Ken Lori
Posted: May 5th, 2013 under Iraq, US.
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Cinema Politica Fredericton presents Budrus on Thurs, May 2nd
The 2010 documentary film, Budrus, will screen Thursday, May 2nd, at 7 p.m. at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre’s Multi-Purpose Room (732 Charlotte St) in Fredericton.
Budrus is an inspirational story of one Palestinian community which finds unlikely allies in their peaceful resistance against the destructive force of the occupation. The documentary follows a Palestinian leader who unites Fatah, Hamas and Israelis in an unarmed movement to save his village from destruction. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter jumps into the fray. Hosted by: Cinema Politica Fredericton, Fredericton Palestine Solidarity, Jews for a Just Peace Fredericton and CUPW Fredericton/Oromocto.
Trailer: http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/fredericton/budrus
This film is shown in conjunction with the expo A Child’s View from Gaza (ACVG) at the Charlotte Street Art Centre’s Penny Gallery from April 26-May 26, 2013.This expo is a set of 26 works of children’s art from Gaza. Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) added another 10 related photographs from a separate exhibition to complement and contextualize the children’s art. Free to the public! For more information:
http://charlottestreetarts.ca/index.php/site/full-event-details/363
Join Cinema Politica Fredericton for its regular screenings in the fall. Films are shown with support from UNB’s Dept. of Culture & Language Studies and the Conservation Council of NB. Like us on Facebook: Cinema Politica Fredericton.
Posted: April 28th, 2013 under Events, Occupation, Palestine, Women.
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Launch of A Child’s View from Gaza in Fredericton – Friday, April 26
The Fredericton launch of the exhibition, A Child’s View from Gaza, will occur on Friday, April 26th at 5:00-6:30pm at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre’s Penny Gallery. The exhibit will be on display for a month, until May 26th.
A Child’s View from Gaza is a collection of 75 paintings created in 2009 by the children of Gaza who witnessed the destruction of Operation Cast Lead and who participated in after-school children’s therapy programs. “Cast Lead,” Israel’s December 2008/January 2009 attack on a virtually unarmed Gaza, killed 1400 Palestinians, including 320 children.
Susan Johnson, the exhibit coordinator, who worked with the children in an art therapy program, says that “Children are unusually honest. They depict what happened during Operation Cast Lead – the horrors of it. The children’s feelings [and]emotions jump off the page”.
A Child’s View from Gaza has been shown all over North America, with venues in art galleries, museums and libraries, including most recently at the Aberdeen Cultural Centre in Moncton and the United Church in Riverview. The Fredericton exhibit is being organized by Fredericton Palestine Solidarity, Jews for a Just Peace Fredericton, Fredericton Peace Coalition and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The national tour is being organized by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East.
Cinema Politica Fredericton will screen Budrus at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre’s Multi-Purpose Room on May 2nd at 7:00pm. The short films, Samouni Street and Gaza Did You Know, will be screened before the feature film. Struggling side by side, father and daughter unleash an inspiring, yet little-known movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories that is still gaining ground today.
Check out the coverage in the student newspaper,The Aquinian.
For more information about A Child’s View from Gaza: http://www.childsviewfromgaza.org/about-the-exhibition/
For more information about Budrus: http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/fredericton/budrus
Contact: info@frederictonpeace.org
Posted: March 8th, 2013 under Events, Israel, Occupation, Palestine.
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Israeli Apartheid Week in Fredericton – March 11-15, 2013
Learn about the illegal occupation of Palestine, how Israel is an Apartheid state and how to get involved in Palestine solidarity work.
Lessons from Palestine: Right to education, academic freedom & the BDS movement on campus
Dr. Samia al-Botmeh, director of Birzeit University’s Center for Development Studies in Ramallah will deliver a public lecture, Mon, Mar. 11, 7pm at McCain Hall, Kinsella Auditorium, STU.
Resisting Occupation, Constructing Peace
Ruth Breen, postal worker/activist, on her trip to the West Bank with Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. Wed., Mar. 13, 1:30pm, Carleton 106, UNB.
5 Broken Cameras
The Oscar-nominated film is home movie, resistance journal, memorial of non-violent resistance in Bil’in. Fri., Mar. 15, 7 pm, Conserver House, 180 St. John St.
Organizers: Fredericton Palestine Solidarity, Jews for a Just Peace Fredericton, Fredericton Peace Coalition, Canadian Union of Postal Workers Fredericton & Cinema Politica Fredericton.
Contact: info@frederictonpeace.org
Posted: March 1st, 2013 under Events, Israel, Occupation, Palestine.
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Rafeef Ziadah
We Palestinians teach life, sir
Shades of Anger
Posted: February 25th, 2013 under Occupation, Palestine.
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Action Alert: Colombian union leaders at Cerrejon coal mine in danger
Please find below an action alert from SINTRACARBON – the union of mine workers at the Cerrejon coal mine – where New Brunswick sources its coal. The union is negotiating a new contract with the mine and the lives of two of union reps have been threatened.
A few years ago, when the union was negotiating a contract with the Cerrejon mine, we got David Hay at NB Power to send a letter asking that the company to negotiate in good faith with the union. A number of organizations and unions across NB and Salem, Mass. also flooded them with letters.
Fredericton has a history of solidarity work with the Cerrejon workers and mine affected communities. Many of you met Jesus Brochero from SINTRACARBON when he visited us in Moncton and Fredericton in 2009. We also organized a fundraiser for the family of Adolfo Montes Gonzales, a union leader at the mine who was murdered in front of his family in 2008.
URGENT ACTION
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Posted: January 27th, 2013 under Colombia, Colombian Blood Coal.
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Stop the War on Mali
The Government of Canada has recently announced that it is sending a CF-17 transport plane to northern Mali to add to the military buildup by the NATO powers in the area. The Canadian Peace Alliance is calling on the government to recall the plane and to cease any further contribution to the France-led mission. Read more…
Posted: January 27th, 2013 under Canada.
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Fredericton rallies for Gaza
About 80 people in Fredericton gathered in solidarity with Gaza over the noon hour on Saturday, November 24th. The rally was part of Canada-wide weekend events in solidarity with Gaza. The rallies brought together people horrified by Israel’s latest assault on Gaza that left 164 people dead, including 50 children, and over 1,200 injured. Read more here.
Posted: November 28th, 2012 under Canada, Events, Israel, Occupation, Palestine.
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Rally for Gaza this Saturday, Nov. 24th in Fredericton
Israel has launched another offensive against the people of Gaza. In 2009, during “Operation Cast Lead,” the Israeli state killed more than 1400 Palestinian civilians, a third of which were children. They appear intent on repeating that brutality again. Airstrikes have killed 118 people in Gaza since last Wednesay, Nov. 14. Israel is now threatening to launch a ground invasion.
Join people worldwide who are condemning the ongoing seige of Gaza on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 12 noon at Fredericton City Hall.
Speakers include:
* Samira Farhoud, survivor of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Beirut, St. Thomas University professor, researcher and author on the Middle East and North Africa. Samira has recently finished a book on women autobiography in North Africa. She discusses women’s revolt and links to the Arab Revolution.
* Ruth Breen, with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Fredericton Palestine Solidarity and the Fredericton Peace Coalition. Ruth returned last week from the Occupied West Bank. She was there on a study tour with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
* Samira Farhoud, survivor of the 1982 Israeli invasion on Lebanon
* Naveed Majid, spokesperson for the Fredericton Islamic Association.
* Jack Gegenberg, Jews for a Just Peace Fredericton, Fredericton Palestine Solidarity and Fredericton Peace Coalition.
* Jeff Brown, Fredericton Palestine Solidarity and UNB Professor of History.
Bring signs and banners that show your support for the people of Gaza.
The rally will be followed by a coffee break with Ruth Breen, a postal worker, who has just returned from the occupied territories on a study tour with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. All welcome!
Organized and endorsed by: Fredericton Peace Coalition, Fredericton Palestine Solidarity and Jews for a Just Peace Fredericton.
To endorse this rally, contact info@frederictonpeace.org
Contact: info@frederictonpeace.org
Posted: November 21st, 2012 under Events, Israel, Occupation, Palestine.
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Book launch of Yves Engler’s The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper’s Foreign Policy
Yves Engler is touring Canada this fall with his new book, The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper’s Foreign Policy. Engler is an emerging Canadian author who has written several books analyzing Canada’s foreign policy in the Middle East.
In Fredericton:
Sunday, November 18, 4 p.m., at St. Thomas University, Brian Mulroney Hall, Room 101.
Co-hosted by the Fredericton Peace Coalition and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Fredericton/Oromocto).
Posted: October 23rd, 2012 under Canada, Events.
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