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Thursday, March 26, 2020
A Conversation with Professor Noam Chomsky
Focusing on Palestine Solidarity – conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism, PEPs(Progressive Except on Palestine), campus activism and other related issues.
Commentators
Professor Marcia Klotz, University of Arizona English Department
Brooke Elise Hotez, University of Arizona Graduate Student
Moderator
Professor Maha Nassar, University of Arizona School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Cosponsors
Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Alliance for Global Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace Tucson (JVP), Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), Women International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Black Lives Matter, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), JVP UofA Student Chapter, No More Deaths, SplitSeed Productions, Tucson Peace Center, Nuclear Resister, Casa Maria, Veterans for Peace Chapter 13, People’s Defense Initiative, Tucson Samaritans.
Thursday March 26, 2020 at University of Arizona ENR2 #120
The event begins at 5pm with refreshments, snacks, tabling, checking-in, etc. until 6pm.
The program is from 6-8.
Free and open to the public. Donations very much appreciated.
Commentators
Professor Marcia Klotz, University of Arizona English Department
Brooke Elise Hotez, University of Arizona Graduate Student
Moderator
Professor Maha Nassar, University of Arizona School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Cosponsors
Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Alliance for Global Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace Tucson (JVP), Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), Women International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Black Lives Matter, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), JVP UofA Student Chapter, No More Deaths, SplitSeed Productions, Tucson Peace Center, Nuclear Resister, Casa Maria, Veterans for Peace Chapter 13, People’s Defense Initiative, Tucson Samaritans.
Thursday March 26, 2020 at University of Arizona ENR2 #120
The event begins at 5pm with refreshments, snacks, tabling, checking-in, etc. until 6pm.
The program is from 6-8.
Free and open to the public. Donations very much appreciated.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
The BDS Movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel)
Presented by The International Center for Peace and Justice and Most Holy Trinity Parish
In 2005, Palestinian civil society initiated a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions as a new method in the struggle against the Israeli occupation. BDS is now an international movement with support and opposition everywhere including here in Tucson and Southern Arizona. ICPJ is proud to provide this opportunity to our community to learn about BDS and hear opposing but informative views about it.
Please join us in an educational afternoon in 3 parts:
Part 1 – “Why the time has come for the BDS Movement”
Local experts from the Southern Arizona BDS Network will explain what BDS is all about and why this non-violent resistance is the best way to bring peace and justice to Palestine/Israel. Team includes Rev. John Fife (faith, moral and justice perspective), Laurie Melrood (Jewish perspective), Shachaf Polakow (Israeli BDS from Within), Nellie Jo David (Tohono O’odham), Isabel Garcia (Migrant Justice, Solidarity), Todd Miller (Border Militarization) and Mohyeddin Abdulaziz (Palestine Civil Society call for BDS, moderator)
Part 2 – “Pros &Cons of the BDS Movement and Alternative(s)”
Local experts opposed to BDS will acknowledge the pros, point out the drawbacks of BDS, and propose an alternative way to Palestine/Israel Peace. Presenter: Bob Shatz - President, Congregation Kol Simchah
Part 3 – Q & A and finding Common Ground facilitated by Whit Jones, Center for Emerging Futures
Sunday April 3, 2016 2pm-5:30pm at Most Holy Trinity Parish, 1300 N. Greasewood
Free and open to the public with * snacks and refreshments provided *
MONDOWEISS article by the Southern Arizona BDS Network:
Arizona activists protest Israeli firms militarizing the border
In 2005, Palestinian civil society initiated a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions as a new method in the struggle against the Israeli occupation. BDS is now an international movement with support and opposition everywhere including here in Tucson and Southern Arizona. ICPJ is proud to provide this opportunity to our community to learn about BDS and hear opposing but informative views about it.
Please join us in an educational afternoon in 3 parts:
Part 1 – “Why the time has come for the BDS Movement”
Local experts from the Southern Arizona BDS Network will explain what BDS is all about and why this non-violent resistance is the best way to bring peace and justice to Palestine/Israel. Team includes Rev. John Fife (faith, moral and justice perspective), Laurie Melrood (Jewish perspective), Shachaf Polakow (Israeli BDS from Within), Nellie Jo David (Tohono O’odham), Isabel Garcia (Migrant Justice, Solidarity), Todd Miller (Border Militarization) and Mohyeddin Abdulaziz (Palestine Civil Society call for BDS, moderator)
Part 2 – “Pros &Cons of the BDS Movement and Alternative(s)”
Local experts opposed to BDS will acknowledge the pros, point out the drawbacks of BDS, and propose an alternative way to Palestine/Israel Peace. Presenter: Bob Shatz - President, Congregation Kol Simchah
Part 3 – Q & A and finding Common Ground facilitated by Whit Jones, Center for Emerging Futures
Sunday April 3, 2016 2pm-5:30pm at Most Holy Trinity Parish, 1300 N. Greasewood
Free and open to the public with * snacks and refreshments provided *
MONDOWEISS article by the Southern Arizona BDS Network:
Arizona activists protest Israeli firms militarizing the border
May 2, 2015
Elbit Systems Field Trip
We visited two surveillance towers built by the Israeli company Elbit Systems, close to the Arizona / Mexico border. These are part of a 7-tower trial project. Elbit builds the towers used on the walls and all over the West Bank. The first tower we went to was a bit downhill from a mobile surveillance system mounted on a Border Patrol truck, which we have seen in use in various places. Why it was right next to a surveillance tower was not clear. A Border Patrol agent came riding up on an ATV, he was the "good cop", followed somewhat later by someone who emerged from the surveillance vehicle, and two other BP trucks. The other BP agents were not as friendly as the first one.
Notice the teddy bear on the front of the ATV, he found it in the desert. But he had no idea what had happened to the child it had belonged to.
Also note the jaguar on the big banner: two members of the Tohono Od'ham Nation are part of our coalition, and one of them contributed the jaguar.
Notice the teddy bear on the front of the ATV, he found it in the desert. But he had no idea what had happened to the child it had belonged to.
Also note the jaguar on the big banner: two members of the Tohono Od'ham Nation are part of our coalition, and one of them contributed the jaguar.
Southern Arizona BDS from Bob Torrez on Vimeo.