We salute and mourn lost comrades. We mourn the loss of our young friend Mahmoud
Al-Teety shot dead by Israeli apartheid forces who invaded his village.* We mourn President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela
who lifted millions out of poverty and showed that governments can serve people
needs rather than corporate greed. We
mourn Stephen Hessel, survivor of the genocides committed by the Nazis and a
human rights defender who supported Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) on
Israel and also helped spread ideas of universal human rights and rejected
racist ideas of uniqueness and chosenness. We also commemorate ten years since
the murder of our friend Rachel Corrie (US citizen, 23 year old) by Israeli
soldiers in Rafah. May we always
remember those who worked for human rights and against tyranny and oppression.
Mahmoud
I just returned from my whirlwind tour of South Africa
exhausted but energized. I met with
hundreds of people including leadership of the trade union COSATU. The BDS movement is picking up steam in South
Africa thanks to the effort of hundreds of local activists (facing a few rich racist
Zionists). I need to digest some information before I write more about this experience
(and already it will be useful for a chapter I am working on that talks about
Palestinian future options/strategies).
But in the meantime, actions speak louder than words so here are 6
actions YOU can take (at least select three for this week).
Action 1: During Israel Apartheid week kicks off in 250
cities wortldwide. One of the 95 events in South Africa was hosted
by COSATU, and I spoke to labor leaders about the situation on the ground in
Palestine. For more events and information and how you can help, see http://apartheidweek.org/
For South Africa http://www.bdssouthafrica.com/2011/02/israeli-apartheid-week.html
Action 2: (from Barbara W) It is clear from the number of
elected officials who DECLINED to speak this year at the AIPAC convention (including
Obama), that the power of their lobby is eroding. Code Pink built
miniature settlements and a replica of the Israeli Apartheid Wall in front of
AIPAC's convention center. See just a few of the colorful props,
street theater, music and humor. http://www.ifpb.org/education/grassroots/2013/mobilizationphotos.html
Jewish Voices for Peace posted billboards all over the D.C.
metro system saying, "We are proud to be Jewish and AIPAC does not speak
for us". Obama is coming to the Middle
East and he met with Arab Americans in the US ahead of his visit (we would like
him to meet with Palestinian Americans living here and see life of dispossessed
Palestinians instead of Presidential Compounds in Ramallah). There is a lot of work to do in the US as
Congress is still Israeli occupied territory and even at state level Zionists
infiltrated; Ohio (USA) state treasury used taxpayer money to support Apartheid
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/03/07/3121421/state-of-ohio-purchase-42-million-in-israel-bonds
So US citizens should write and pressure their government officials to respect
human righst and not support apartheid. The
Council for National Interest provides resources http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/
Action 3: Palestinian Agricultural Organizations and Civil
Society Networks Call for Ending International Trade with Israeli Agricultural
Companies
Action 4: Marathon in Bethlehem April 21st
Action 5: Please Mark your calendar for Sabeel's Global
Young Adult Festival July 1-6, 2013 http://www.sabeel.org/events.php?eventid=262
and Sabeel's 9th International Conference 19 - 25, November
2013
Action 6: Actipedia is an open-access, user-generated
database of creative activism. It’s a place to read about, comment upon, and
share experiences and examples of how activists and artists are using creative
tactics and strategies to challenge power and offer visions of a better
society. Actipedia draws case studies from everywhere: original submissions,
reprinted news articles, snippets of action reports. We think that by learning
from each other we can learn how to better change the world. Join us! Actipedia
is a joint project of the Center for Artistic Activism and the Yes Lab. You can add your events http://actipedia.org
*Photos of the week: Israel killed a friend/peace activist
near Hebron http://on.fb.me/ZK5gI8
La Luta continua
Stay human
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
The Obama "no-show" at the AIPAC didn't get my attention. Thanks. Let's call this the Hollywood syndrome. (I heard Rob Reiner on the radio, yesterday, he's as Ariel Sharon-ish as you can be and still cute as a bedbug, praising Obama for "killing bin Laden" and then you could barely hear the tension in his voice as if he realized he'd lost his audience but he figured as long as he showed no fear, they'd follow him anywhere. It's partly a Mafia mystique, as he seemed to say. For sure, he warned off the interviewer from asking his views on Israel.) My point is that, as I understand it, you can tell when you're finished in Hollywood: nobody comes to your parties.
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