Sat 26 April 2:30 - 4:30pm @ MUCS
2000 Northcliffe (#218, north side entrance)
Tadamon! Montreal
At a time of war this workshop will attempt breakdown the political,
economic and military motivation for Canada’s participation in the “War
on Terror”, while illustrating concrete campaigns in Quebec that stand
in solidarity with anti-colonial struggles in the Middle East, which the
Canadian state plays a role in suppressing.
Canada’s political support for Israeli apartheid, silent complicity
towards the US-lead military occupation of Iraq and major military role
in southern Afghanistan, place the Canadian state on the front-lines of
an international war which attacks the self-determination of the people
of the Middle East.
Central points which will be presented within this workshop series are
the following…
1: Introduction from a member of L’Association pour une Solidarité
Syndicale Étudiante (ASSÉ) illustrating the importance / role of
Quebec’s student movement within the context of international solidarity
struggles, specifically the struggle for Palestinian self-determination
& against Israeli apartheid.
2: Outline on Canada’s role in the Middle East historically & currently,
from Canada’s support for the creation of the state of Israel in 1948,
to the 2006 attack on Lebanon. Drawing connections between the
historical / present realities of Canada as a nation founded on a
colonialism.
3: Outline on the realities of Israeli apartheid, it’s impacts on the
people of Lebanon and Palestine within the framework of historical &
current event. Drawing links between the historical reality of apartheid
in South Africa & the dominant international neo-liberal economic system
which maintains the seperation of the majority of the world’s wealth
from the majority of the world’s people through a system of global
economic apartheid…
4: Outline on the political framework of Tadamon! Montreal’s two major
political campaigns aimed at building solidarity with anti-colonial
struggles in the Middle East within Quebec’s student movement, full
title / links to campaigns linked below…
* Tadamon!: De-listing Hezbollah
http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/campaigns/de-listing-hezbollah
* Tadamon!: Boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid
http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/campaigns/boycott-divestment-and-sanctions-against-israeli-apartheid
for more information: Tadamon! Montreal:
514 664 1036 / tadamon[at]resist.ca