Speaking Tour: House Demolitions
| June 23, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Graduate Union Lounge
17 Mill Lane
organised by CU Palestine Society
As part of a tour organised by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Mr and Mrs Shawamreh will be talking about their experience of having their house demolished 4 times, and the current work in gathering aid to rebuild homes in the West Bank. Charitable donations will be collected on the day.
Actions: The Gaza Flotilla
| June 5, 2010 | ||
| 11:30 am | to | 2:00 pm |
outside Guildhall
Market Square
organised by Cambridge PSC
Please see links below for details of the national demonstration for the Gaza Flotilla. We will also maintain our presence outside the Guildhall with our regular Saturday Stall. If anyone would like to come along and join us on this occasion they are most welcome. We have a good stock of placards, and leaflets to hand out about Gaza.
We set up at around 11.30 and will be there till 1.30- 2pm
The National Demonstration starts at 1.30 Downing Street London
see http://www.palestinecampaign.org/ and http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
Workshop: In the Wake of War
| June 1, 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 5:30 pm |
Macdonald Institute Seminar Room
Fitzwilliam College
Hosted by The Cambridge Post-Conflict and Post-Crisis Group
http://www.postconflict.group.cam.ac.uk/home.html
‘In the Wake of War’ –Workshop 3
Victims: Figures of Violence, Embodiments of Trauma
See their website for full details, note participation of Abdel Bari Atwan.
If you have any questions you can contact either of the conveners of the workshop series -
Dr Dacia Viejo-Rose (dv230@cam.ac.uk) and Dr Naoise MacSweeney (nm277@cam.ac.uk)
If you would like to join for dinner afterwards please contact by 25th May to reserve a place.
Vigil and more: Nakba 2010
| May 15, 2010 | ||
| 1:30 pm | to | 3:30 pm |
outside Guildhall
Market Square Cambridge
organised by Cambridge PSC and Cambridge Stop the War
62 years since the creation of the State of Israel, 43 years of military occupation.
As Israel plans 50,000 new housing units in East Jerusalem, please join us for some or all of the time, in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Silent Vigil: 1.30 – 2.30
Words and Music: 2.30 – 3.30
Your participation welcomed
Speakers: for Israeli Apartheid Week
| April 29, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Queens Building Lecture Theatre
Emmanuel College
Organised by CU Palestine Society
Victor Kattan on ‘Why history matters’
Dr Daud Abdullah and Dr Azzam Tamimi on
‘The present situation in Palestine and the Zionist efforts to censor the truth’
Talk: Reflections on Palestinian Literature
| April 27, 2010 | ||
| 5:30 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
| 8:00 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Keynes Hall
Kings College
Organised by CU Palestine Society
A talk by the Palestinian writer Ghada Karmi (author of ‘In Search of
Fatima’) on how Palestinian literature reflects the Middle East conflict as
lived by Palestinians, followed by a discussion and readings of key
Palestinian poems.
Then at 8pm: A Panel of speakers to include Ben White (journalist and author)
on ‘Israeli Apartheid’ and Dr Ghada Karmi on ‘Should Israel exist?’
General Election Hustings: Afghanistan, Iraq & Palestine - Where do you stand?
| April 14, 2010 | ||
| 7:45 pm | to | 9:15 pm |
Friends Meeting House
12 Jesus Lane CB5 8BA
Organised by Cambridge Stop the War and Cambridge PSC
Cambridge’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidates to answer questions over their policies at home and abroad.
Follow this link to find the candidates for Cambridge
http://iparl.com/election-psc/index.php?postcode=CB1+2DZ&submit=Find+your+candidates&submitted=TRUE&actionkey=1&username=psc
Fundraising: Meal for Gaza
| March 27, 2010 | ||
| 2:00 pm | to | 6:00 pm |
The Pavilion
Girton Recreation Ground
Cambridge Road Girton CB3 0FH
We are getting urgent communication from Gaza for financial aid to relieve hunger since our visit to Gaza in Jan 2010. We have our own video footage and pictures to show you of the violent reception given to Humanitarian Aid Convoy by the Egyptian Government.
Come and have a lovely meal while feeding someone in Gaza with the same ticket. £10 adult, £5.00 child, £25 family ticket (2 Adults+2Child)
You must reserve your ticket on warsiiqbal@hotmail.com
or by phone on 01954-782480
Fund Raiser: Palestine Un-Rapped featuring LOWKEY
| March 11, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Queen’s Lecture Theatre
Emmanuel College
St Andrew’s St Cambridge
(Event sponsored by Islamic Relief)
Speakers:
**Mr M A & Mrs I M Warsi** The Warsis were on the Viva Palestina Convoy to Gaza in 2009. They are active fundraisers for Palestine in Cambridge.
**Mr Jody Mcintyre** Jody, an activist, blogger and journalist, is most known for his blog ‘Life on Wheels’, where he writes about his experiences and and struggles in Palestine amongst other things.
After being evicted with the Hanoun family in East Jerusalem, he lived in the village of Bil’in for six months, participating in the weekly non-violent demonstrations and resisting against the military incursions that followed, before travelling to Gaza. He was the only person among the 1400 foreigners in Cairo who managed to do so.
He has lived in the Palestine for 8 months from 2009-2010.
Performer:
**LOWKEY** Lowkey is a musician, poet, activist and playwright. He first came to fame through a series of mixtapes he released before he was 18. He is featured on BBC Radio and appears at various festivals and concerts including the Electric Proms, Glastonbury, T In The Park and Oxegen in the build up to his first solo album.
In February 2009, he travelled to Palestine and Palestinian refugee camps around the West Bank area to perform fundraising shows to help rebuild the Gaza Strip but was detained by the Israel Police for nine hours at Ben Gurion International Airport and was interrogated. Later in 2009, he travelled to Gaza on a humanitarian aid mission to bring medical aid to the Palestinian people.
His singles Long Live Palestine part 1&2 reached No.1 on the itunes and amazon hip hop charts. ————————————————-
Ticket price:
3 pounds
***ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE ISLAMIC RELIEF GAZA FUND***
Book Launch: The Power of Inclusive Exclusion
| March 3, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 6:30 pm |
Keynes Hall
King’s College
Dr Sari Hanafi
The event is open to the general public
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