برنامج النشاطات الخاصة بحملة فلسطين حرّة:

• الاثنين ٨ شباط ٢٠١٠، الساعة ٦ مساءً (مخيم صبرا وشاتيلا - بيروت): ندوة حول الحقوق المدنية للشعب الفلسطيني في لبنان، مع الاستاذ جابر سليمان، قاعة الشعب، مخيم صبرا وشاتيلا
  
  
• الاثنين ٨ شباط ٢٠١٠، الساعة ٥ مساءً (طرابلس): عرض فيلم "ان تطلق النار على فيل"، فيلم وثائقي عن حصار غزة
  المكان: قاعة القصر البلدي الثقافي (نوفل)، طرابلس
  
  
• الثلثاء ٩ شباط ٢٠١٠، الساعة ٥ مساءً (مخيم البداوي - شمال لبنان): عرض فيلم "ان تطلق النار على فيل"، فيلم وثائقي عن حصار غزة
  المكان: قاعة القدس، مخيم البدواي
  
  
• الاربعاء ١٠ شباط ٢٠١٠، الساعة ٥:٣٠ مساءً (الحمرا - بيروت): اعتصام لشباب ضد التطبيع امام مقهى ستاربكس - الحمرا (ضمن سلسلة نشاطات الداعية الى مقاطعة البضائع الاسرائيلية)
  
  
• السبت ١٣ شباط ٢٠١٠، الساعة ١١ صباحاً (بيروت): الانطلاق في مظاهرة من امام مقبرة الشهداء في شاتيلا وصولاً الى السفارة المصرية في بئر حسن (رفضاً للجدار ورفضاً لعمالة الانظمة العربية ومن اجل فكّ الحصار عن غزّة)

ندعوكم الى ايصال هذه الدعوة الى الجميع، وندعوكم الى المشاركة في النشاطات وخاصة المظاهرة التي سوف تتم يوم السبت ١٣ شباط ٢٠١٠

شاركوا معنا! | لا للحصار | لفلسطين الحرية

تدعوكم حملة فلسطين حرة الى التظاهر يوم السبت ١٣ شباط ٢٠١٠ احتجاجاً على قرار السلطة المصرية في بناء الجدار الفولاذي على الحدود مع غزة.
الزمان: السبت ١٣ شباط ٢٠١٠، الساعة: ١١.٠٠ صباحاً
التجمع: امام مقبرة الشهداء في مخيم شاتيلا
والانطلاق بعدها كمسيرة الى السفارة المصرية

ندعو الجميع الى الحضور والى ابقاء الصوت عالياً لسحب الشرعية من النظام المصري في قراره في بناء الجدار
تضامناً مع فلسطين
من اجل كسر الحصار عن غزة

بيان الحملة:

أكثر من عام مرّ على الحرب الإسرائيلية على قطاع غزّة، وعدة سنوات مرّت على بداية "الحرب على الارهاب"، وأكثر من ستين عاماً مرّت على الاحتلال الصهيوني لفلسطين.أجيال نشأت، وأخرى اندثرت وفلسطين لا زالت تقاوم، لا زالت أبية أمام الاحتلال، لا زالت هنا، لا زالت في كل قلب وقلم أينما وجدا.

اليوم نقف بجانب إخوتنا وأخواتنا، رفاقنا ورفيقاتنا، في فلسطين وفي العالم أجمع، نقف لنعلن انتسابنا إلى ثورة علّمتنا جميعاً كيف نقرأ وكيف نتكاتف، علمتنا كيف نضحك ونحزن، ولكن قبل كل شيء، علّمتنا أن التاريخ تصنعه أيدينا، تصنعه إرادتنا في الحياة، وأن التاريخ هو ملك لمن يقاوم ويثور، ملك لمن امتلك الإرادة ليصنعه.

اليوم نذكّر أن الأقنعة جميعها سقطت، وأن أنظمتنا لن تكون أبداً إلى جانبنا، لن تكون أبداً من يفتح الأبواب ويحطم الجدران، لن تكون أبداً من يعلن المعركة، ولن ترفع أبداً راية الانتصار.

فبينما يجاهر نظام مبارك بالحصار ويهدد بقطع أيدي وأرجل المقاومين، يدمّر نظام الطوائف في لبنان مخيم نهر البارد، ويستكمل الحصار من خلال حجب الحقوق المدنية والإنسانية عن اللاجئين الفلسطينيين في لبنان، والمجتمع الدولي يصفق! ويتلطى نظام الأسد في سوريا خلف الكلمات الفارغة ويصمت عن الحصار، وتضع أنظمة الخليج بندقيتها إلى جانب بندقية الاحتلال الأميركي في العراق، ويعلن النظام الأردني ولاءه لإسرائيل أولاً، ومحمود عباس يصفق!

لقد حان الوقت لأن يصمتوا ونبدأ نحن بالكلام؛ لقد حان الوقت لأن نفترش الشوارع والطرقات والأحياء؛ لقد حان الوقت لأن تهابنا السفارات وخلايا المخابرات؛ لقد حان الوقت لأن نبدأ بعبور الحدود وتخطي اللهجات، فما يجمعنا هو الأمل، والحرية وإرادة الانتصار، وما يفرقنا ليس سوى أختام الشرطة على جوازات السفر.

اليوم يقف نظام مبارك على رأس الحربة، ينفذ مطيعاً أوامر الإمبريالية الأميركية والاحتلال الإسرائيلي؛ فيضرب بيدٍ العمال والفقراء المصريين، ويضرب بأخرى المقاومين الفلسطينيين. سوف يصنع سقوط مبارك في مصر 80 مليون مقاوم، و80 مليون حلم بالحرية والانتصار، سوف يبثّ الرعب في نفوس الأنظمة العربية، وسوف يدفع بضباط الشرطة إلى مخابئهم خوفاً من أن توجّه بنادق عساكرهم إلى رؤوسهم.

ولكن هذا لن يتم في ساعات وأيام معدودة، بل من خلال ثورة دائمة، تدق الأجراس يومياً، على أبواب السفارات والقنصليات وأمام مراكز الشرطة والوزارات حتى يسمع النداء كل امرأة وطفل ورجل، حتى نخرج جميعاً من سجوننا اليومية من أمام شاشات التلفاز وأنين الراديو، فالأخبار تصنع في الشوارع، من خلال النضال المستمر، من خلال الأصوات التي لا تهدأ والكلمات التي تضيء شعلة لا تنطفئ.

حرية فلسطين هي حريتنا جميعاً، وتحرير فلسطين يبدأ من القاهرة وبيروت، من الدار البيضاء حتى الرباط، من بغداد إلى طهران. حرية فلسطين تبدأ عندما تتساقط أنظمة الديكتاتوريات العربية تحت أقدام المتظاهرين وعلى وقع المسيرات الجماهيرية، عندما تتنفس القدس هواء المحيط والخليج.

لذا ننادي اليوم وغداً الشعوب العربية وشعوب العالم أجمع، وننادي خاصة أخواننا ورفاقنا في مصر. فلنبدأ بالانتفاضة، من أجل كسر الحصار، من أجل أن تكون الحدود معبراً يومياً للسلاح والطعام، من أجل تحقيق الحقوق المدنية والانسانية للفلسطينيين في لبنان والعالم، من أجل قطع جميع العلاقات الاقتصادية والسياسية والدبلوماسية مع الكيان الصهيويني، من أجل أن نحاصر حصارنا، لتتحول جدران السجون، سجوناً لسجانينا.

فلتسقط هذه الأنظمة العفنة، قلتسقط الهزيمة، فليسقط العار والجدار، فلسطين حرّة، فلسطين هي نحن، ونحن لفلسطين.

الحرية لغزة، الحرية لفلسطين

For more information go to Falastine Horra

What Happened at the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut: the shame of the Lebanese Army

I am writing this post to testify on one thing, and one thing only: Lebanese Police and Army Brutality!

The leftist forces organized a sit in on saturday 23rd of January in front of the Egyptian embassy to protest against the wall being build by the Egyptian Regime on the borders of Gaza. This wall that is suffocating the people of Gaza and the resistance. Therefore Mubarak's regime shows one more time that it is the number one ally and collaborator with Israel in order to crush down the Palestinian Resistance and to kill the people of Palestine.

I went to the sit in, I and another couple of hundred of leftists refusing the collaboration of ALL Arab regimes with Israel (discreetly or indiscreetly). We were there, carrying our Palestinian flags and wearing our koufyias. Our only weapons were our chants and will to join the Palestinian people in their struggle against occupation. However we were faced with hundred of policemen, Army men and secret service agents who were enjoying taking our pictures.



It was predictable and normal, the oppressive security forces were protecting the egyptian embassy, the symbol of Mubarak's dictatorship in Lebanon. The Army was awaiting us, they were waiting for any single incidence in order to show their brutality and leash out on us with sticks, boots and machine guns.



So it happened: we tried to get through the barriers set by the army, they didn't resist, they didn't try to control the situation, they didn't spray us with water like they usually do...No, they ran on us brutally and powerlessly, thus they await for defenseless birds to hit.

They beat whoever they could reach (mostly young women), they took the defenseless protesters put them on the ground, stepping on them with their boots, hitting them with their machine guns and sticks. The army men were shouting, swearing, angry like hell (maybe they have marital problems). The Army of oppression didn't spare me: while i was backing away, i saw a couple of Army men knocking a young women on the ground, beating her brutally in any possible way they could. So i stopped and shouted at the Army cowards :"what is the wrong with you beating her like this??" so he took his rifle and hit me with it on the jaw, then with his stick, until a comrade and friend pulled me away.



What i have been through was nothing compared to what other comrades have been through: some of them saw their heads bleeding, other wounded in other parts of their body, one female comrade was hit on her spine making her unable to walk. The army brutality didn't prevent us from continuing our protest..we held our ground, we continued chanting and stayed...

Once again the Lebanese Army and political forces demonstrated their acts of shame. they showed us that they are powerless, because they show their "strengths" only by beating up defenseless protesters. They beat us because we don't a have a sectarian militia protecting us, because they know that almost all of Lebanese media are all accomplices in the sectarian and racist system guarded by the Lebanese Army and the Security Forces!

The Lebanese TV Media neglected what happened (except New Tv who told what really happened), they didn't even mention it (OTV- Aoun, Future TV Hariri), and if they did (MTV ) they portrayed the Army as the victims who were attacked and us as the victimizers.

We are not just facing Mubarak's regime and Israel, but we are facing the whole racist and sectarian system with its Army, Media and parties.. No matter what we will not withdraw, we will return to the Egyptian embassy, we will go to the parliament and target every symbol of this oppressive state.

For more information about what happened in the protest visit the blog of comrade farfahinne

photos by Jamouli

New York University occupied by students!

On the night of the 18th of February students of the "take back NYU" group occupied the  Kimmel building in the university where the student's activities are held. The demands of the students are clear: We want a socially responsible democratic university!

More specifically, the demands are mainly the following: financial trasnparancy regarding the budget of the university as well as the sources of the fundings and endowments; NYU respects the principle of collective bargaining with all its stakeholders including students and workers; the formation of a student Socially Responsible Financial Committee; tuition stabilization; and granting 13 palestinian students full scholarships. The other claims fall into linking the university to its surroundings by opening the library to the public.

It is an extraordinary movement since the occupation is still going on, and more importantly because the students' demands are not limited to their concerns but also rach the employees, the community surrounding the university and Gaza. The students tried the peaceful channels of dialogue with the university administration, that is they sent a letter last year to the administration in order to voice their demands, however they recieved no answer, hence they chose to radicalize their action in order to be heard. 

The movement is gaining scale and echo, solidarity statements are flowing especially from unversities and labour unions, and activist intellectuals like Noam Chomsly. The occupiers have supported the UK university occupations in solidarity with Gaza. However, the NYU occupation has not yet triggered similar actions in other U.S. universities, nevertheless they are not isolated and they are getting a big support from students. This movement is not to be undermined because it represents legitimate and just demands that ought to be applied in every university elsewhere: transparancy, participative democracy, and social responsbility are prinicples that every university should endorse.

The NYU occupation and the UK occupations ought to give us a lesson: the protestation against the Israeli crimes in Gaza should not have ended when the assault ended in January. When all the demonstrations ended with the end of the aggressions, students in the UK and NYU didn't not end their movement. The Israeli crimes in Palestine are ongoing, why did the voice of protest shut up?

The take back NYU movement, the UK occupations, the greek youth uprisal, the protestation movments in Italy, Spain and France against the Bologna process ( EU decicion to reform the university making them financially autonomous and thus pave the way to privatization) show once again the student activism and militantism is not history. Take Back NYU is a striking evidence that the Amercan Left is not merely a moderate right, but a radical left in its demand and will not accept less than the democratization of university education, making it accessible to everyone.

Those movements ought to be generalized everywhere, the university is not a profit seeking instituiton, it is not a firm and knowledge is not a marchandise!

For more informations go to http://takebacknyu.com/.

Gaza: press release from the Edinburgh occupiers

Press Release – Edinburgh University Student Occupation for Gaza

At 8:45 on the morning of Monday 16/02/2009 the student occupation of George Square Lecture Theatre will come to an end.

We, the occupying students have secured the following…
• A complete end to Eden Springs bottled water on campus by the start of the next academic year (2009/10).
• An opportunity to bring our case regarding the university’s unethical investments directly to the University Court.
• Scholarships for 5 Palestinian students in Gaza to study at Edinburgh University, with consideration for fee waivers, reduced accommodation fees, travel allowances and visa support.
• A collaboration between the university management, student body and an NGO to collect various materials for shipping to Gaza and to fundraise for the implementation of this.
• A lecture and debate series, involving university staff and guest speakers, on various subjects relating to the Palestine/Israel conflict. There has already been interest in this from prominent scholars Ilan Pappe and Noam Chomsky.

We feel that this is only the beginning of the movement to end the university’s role in the occupation and oppression of Palestine by the Israeli government and military. There remain serious issues to which the university’s response was completely inadequate, including the active role of arms and defence companies in university research and on-campus recruitment.

The occupation also provided a place to stage educational events, encouraging active engagement and participation about the issues in question. Highlights included a discussion on the ongoing occupation of Palestine, with the participation of the President of Scottish Jews for a Just Peace and a workshop on ‘direct action’ with ways of defusing confrontational situations. As the week progressed, we at times numbered over 60 students, with a total of several hundred passing through the theatre doors.

We feel it’s important to emphasize that the student occupation should be understood not simply as a tactic or a bargaining chip in getting our demands. Within the space that we took control of, we used consensus decision making to initiate a radically non-hierarchical way of making collective decisions. At it’s best, the occupation provided a space for a process far more democratic than what conventional university structures are able to achieve. The changes we want to see will be attained through our direct action but also by creating such spaces, and expanding them indefinitely.

Two key outcomes of the occupation…
• A planned open forum for reflection and discussion on the student occupation and the university’s reaction in the context of the Gaza conflict.
• An online network to consolidate the occupation group, welcome all who wish to be involved in future action and to take the movement forward immediately and effectively.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to the countless groups and individuals who provided us with material and moral support.

Lastly, we wish to assure Palestinians of Gaza and the West Bank that we will struggle alongside them in solidarity until such time as they are a free and sovereign people.

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