I will be speaking via phone/computer uplink to a meeting in Sydney Australia, 2 PM (Sydney time) Saturday January 24, at the Resistance Center, 23 Abercorombie St Chippendale Ph 9690 1977 or 0439 694 505. The meeting has other speakers and multimedia presentation about the latest events in Gaza and the Zionist project in Palestine. I will also then travel to attend and speak at a conference for European Youth held in Baku, Azerbijan (Monday-Wednesday). Let me know if you know anyone in Baku to network with.
My analysis of President Obama’s language and attitude about the Middle East is posted here: Did Obama set-up Mitchell to fail in the Middle East? http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php? id=14730
That was a message addressed to readers in the US. Ofcourse I have much more to say including about the mistakes and snafus of leaders in Hamas, Fatah, and leftist factions and more to say about positive actions people are taking. But we are all inundated with emails so I will say a few words only. Boycotts, divestments, and sanctions (BDS) movement is picking up (we had renewed activities about that here in the Bethlehem area). There are also now moves to try Israeli leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity and Israel took the unusual step of censoring names of key figures but those names of criminal suspects are showing up and even on Israeli websites (see http://www.wanted.org.il/รพ ). There are also more media campaigns, more pressure on the politicians (all of them) and more building and taking care of each other. I continue to be inspired by the tremendous work happening on the ground. Ofcourse we could always use help in material and nonmaterial ways right here in Palestine and mostly help by using your time effectively to work for justice wherever you are (and justice is the only route to peace).
A video message to Obama from an Israeli Jewish woman is relevant:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcGm-gxmxHw
Global Movement for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions for Palestine
http://www.bdsmovement.net
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
http://www.pacbi.org
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, FABMG http://qumsiyeh.org
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding" Kahlil Gibran
SIRATYST (Stuff I Read and Thought You Should Too) “Either the triumph of imperialism and the destruction of all culture, and, as in ancient Rome, depopulation, desolation, degeneration, a vast cemetery; OR, the VICTORY OF SOCIALISM, that is, the conscious struggle of the international proletariat against imperialism.” Rosa Luxemburg
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Mazin Qumsiyeh -- Boycott, Etc. for Palestine
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