Solidarity with Palestine Week, 5th-11th November
Last year our students’ union voted to support the right to education for Palestinians and to twin with An-Najah University in the West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinian education has been severely hindered by blanket curfews, roadblocks, the Apartheid Wall and frequent assassinations and arrests of students and teachers. The cumulative effects of these measures have put the future of many Palestinian universities at grave risk.
The twinning has been vibrant, with debates held over web link, articles from An-Najah students published in student direct here and a few Manchester students making the journey to Palestine it really has felt like the two students’ unions are twinned.
The 9th-16th Nov is the 5th International Week of Action against the Apartheid Wall called for by the Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and since then endorsed by various movements, groups, networks, and international civil society conferences.
Our union has decided to run this “Solidarity with Palestine Week” to coincide with the International Week of Action against the Apartheid Wall; to join in this struggle in order to put to words into action, to make rhetoric into reality for the Palestinian people in their struggle for Freedom and Justice amidst the Israeli plans of bantustanization and expulsion.
A week of events to raise awareness of the plight of the Palestinians and to encourage solidarity with students living under Occupation.
Program:
Mon 5th Nov:
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“Occupation 101″ Documentary
Hosted by OpenMedia
7:30pm, Main Debating Hall, UMSU.
Tue 6th Nov:
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Banner Painting
Meet at Student Union (Oxford Road) Foyer at 1:00pm
Wed 7th Nov:
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“Chest Doctor in Palestine”
Hosted by Medsin
6:00pm, Theatre B, Roscoe Building, Number 53 in Campus Map
Thu 8th Nov:
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“Democracy in the Middle East”
Debate with An-Najah University Student via Web Link
1:30pm, G95, Kilburn Building, Number 39 in Campus Map
And:
“Can Palestine Ever Be Free?”
Hosted by Socialist Worker Student Society
5:30pm, MR4 (Next to Biko’s Cafe), UMSU
Fri 9th Nov:
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Art exhibition
4.30pm, MR1, UMSU
And:
“Paradise Now” Film Showing
5:30pm, MR1, UMSU
Sat 10th Nov:
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Meal with Local Palestinian Community,
with Guest Speaker “Ismael Patel”, from Friends of Al-Aqsa
6:00pm, Council chambers, UMSU
Posted: October 30th, 2007 under Activist Diary.
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