Israeli Apartheid Week 2011 Sudbury

 

Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is a global week of education and action in support of the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation and the apartheid (or segregation and separation) policies imposed on the Palestinian people. The aim of IAW is to contribute to building support for the Boycott,  Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israeli occupation and apartheid policies in support of: full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, an end to the occupation and colonization of Palestinian land including dismantling of the Apartheid Wall, and the protection of Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in U.N. resolution 194. As Nelson Mandela has said: "Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinian people."

 

Organized by the Palestine Solidarity Working Group with the support of Sudbury Against War and Occupation, CUPE Local 5011, and the Centre for Research in Social Justice and Policy.
        
***MONDAY, MARCH 14TH***
              
Two talks and video screenings with video/film artist John Greyson

 

1) Pop Goes the Boycott: the use of rewritten pop music in the Boycott,
Divestment, Sanctions campaign against Israeli occupation and apartheid.

 

                     1pm - Room FA-055 (Upper Fraser) at Laurentian University

 

 

2) Films and Social Justice: From TIFF to BDS in the struggle against Israeli
Apartheid

 

                     5:30 - 7:30pm - C-309 (Classroom Building) at Laurentian University

 

John Greyson is a Toronto video artist/filmmaker whose features, shorts and installations include Fig Trees (Best Documentary Teddy, Berlin Film Festival, 2009), Proteus (Diversity Award, Barcelona Gay Lesbian Film Festival, 2004), Lilies (Best Film 'Genie', 1996), Zero Patience (1993 - Best Canadian Film, Sudbury Film Festival), The Making of Monsters (1991 - Best Canadian Short, Toronto Film Festival), and Urinal (1988 - Best Feature Teddy, Berlin Film Festival). An associate professor in Film at York University, he was awarded the 2007 Bell Canada Award in Video Art. A member of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, in 2009 he withdrew his film, Covered, from the Toronto International Film Festival because of their spotlight that year on Tel Aviv.

 

***TUESDAY, MARCH 15TH***

 

Showing of the Award Winning Documentary -- Occupation 101

        2:30pm, C-306 (Classroom Building, Laurentian University).

 

A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers. The film covers a wide range of topics -- which include -- the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1920 tensions, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, Settlement expansion, the role of the United States Government, the second Intifada of 2000, the separation barrier and the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as well as many heart wrenching testimonials from victims of this tragedy.

 

***THURSDAY, MARCH 17TH***

 

1). Showing of Edward Said on Orientalism

              10am  — J-234 -- close to the library at Laurentian University.

 

Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and lavishly illustrated interview he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient" as represented in the mass media.

2) Hip Hop artist Testament on his visit to Palestine — including excerpts from Sling-Shot Hip Hop.

               2:30pm, C-202 (Classroom Building at Laurentian University)

 

 

3) Test their Logik: all-ages hip hop show

 

with performances by:
Testament and Illogik, Silvertongue, The Troubleman and EZG with THe Subterraneans, StreetWise, Miss Jones, Mitchy J, Milla C., Franck Kittz and Doc Pun

 

Thursday March 17th at Myths and Mirrors (please see below for address)
Doors open @ 6pm

$2-$10

 

Myths and Mirrors
(Colourful building in the park at the corner of Frood and Shevchenko in the Donovan.

Take bus #017 to get there.)

 

***FRIDAY, MARCH 18TH***

 

1) Yoga for Resistance with Illogik

 

10am, Third Floor Student Centre

                (bring your own yoga mat)
 

 

2) Jenny Peto on The Attack on Academic Freedom and the Struggle Against
Israeli Apartheid.

 

              3pm - C-114 (the Classroom Building) at Laurentian University

 

Sponsored by the Sociology Department, the Centre for Humanities Research and Creativity, the Centre for Research in Social Justice and Policy, and CUPE Local 5011.

 

Jenny Peto is a member of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid in Toronto and has a Master's degree in Sociology and Equity Studies from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Her Master's thesis, entitled "The Victimhood of the Powerful: White Jews, Zionism and the Racism of Hegemonic Holocaust Education," has been at the centre of a recent firestorm generated by Canadian groups supporting the occupation of Palestine. She has faced personal attacks in the media and her work was
condemned by three members of the Ontario legislature. These attacks have been met with a powerful response from hundreds of outraged individuals and from a wide range of organizations including Faculty for Palestine, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA).

 

 

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