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Activism
Palestinian Solidarity
Activism
The Palestine
Truth Tour 2003
International Solidarity Movement
January 4,
2003
The Palestine Truth Tour 2003 begins this
Saturday, January 4! The goal of the tour is to counter media
distortion with first-hand reports, and to connect activists
and other concerned or interested people around the country with
ways to get active and involved.
In addition to first-hand
reports from George Qassis of Bethlehem, one of the founders of the
International Solidarity Movement, the tour features info and
speakers from Sustain (Stop US Tax Aid to Israel Now), Jews Against
the Occupation, and the student divestment movement. We will also
have new video from Palestine by Big Noise Films, children's
drawings from Jenin, t- shirts and info from Al-Awda, the
Palestinian right of return coalition, and much more.
The
tour will begin in Virginia, and travel through North
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New
Mexico, and Arizona. See below for a complete schedule, along with
contact info. If you know of anyone in any of the states listed
below who might be interested in helping to put together a stop on
the tour (or helping to spread the word), please contact
us.
A more detailed description of the tour is
below.
To contact the tour, call 917.302.4530, or click
here
anticapitalist@hotmail.com.
In
solidarity,
-jordan
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PALESTINE
TRUTH TOUR 2003 - SCHEDULE AND CONTACT INFO
Jan 4: Richmond,
VA
For contacts click
here
A16rva@hotmail.com
Jan
5: Asheville, NC
Contact: Ashevillefreeschool@hotmail
Jan
6: Athens, GA
(Contact Tour for more info:
917.302.4530)
Jan 7: Atlanta, GA
For contacts click
here
Iles022002@yahoo.com
Jan
8: Orlando, FL
For contacts click
here
bennyrizzo@revolution.gq.nu
Jan
9: Tampa, FL
For contacts click
here
Murraymargaret@hotmail.com
Jan
10: Gainesville, FL
For contacts click
here
eascrivener@gru.net
Jan
11: Northern Florida
(Contact Tour for more info:
917.302.4530)
Jan 12: Jackson, MS
For contacts
click
here
silwan@aol.com
Jan 13:
New Orleans, LA
For contacts click
here
tensioncollective@yahoo.com
Also
click
here
Blazcona@uno.edu
Jan
14: Houston, TX
For contacts click
here
adchouston@yahoo.com
Also click
here
Abdelbens@yahoo.fr
Jan
15: Austin TX (two events - UTexas and monkeywrench
books)
Contact: Bob: 512-731-3723
Jan 16: Dallas,
TX
For contacts click
here
maleh@hotmail.com
Jan
18: Alburquerque, NM
(Contact Tour for more info:
917.302.4530)
Jan 19: Phoenix, AZ
For contacts
click
here
ndaro@yahoo.com
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TRUTH
TOUR DESCRIPTION:
Stop the lies, fight the hate, end the
occupation
PALESTINE TRUTH TOUR 2003
First hand
reports from Palestine.
With speakers, video, photos, and
more.
Featuring:
-Amandla Intifada, a new video from
Palestine by Big Noise Tactical, the documentary
filmmaking collective that made This is What Democracy
Looks Like and Zapatista. The video features Palestinian leaders
including Dr. Mustafa Barghouti and Hanan Ashrawi, and concludes
with previously unseen footage of the Israeli invasion of Jenin from
the summer of 2002.
-First-hand reports from Palestine, and
from Palestine-solidarity organizers in the US.
Speakers
Include:
(NOTE: speaker line-up varies in different
cities)
George Qassis - Qassis is a resident of Bethlehem, a
coordinator with The Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between
People, and one of the Founders of the International Solidarity
Movement (ISM). He is here in the US to Talk about his work
organizing for peace and justice, through international And
Palestinian nonviolent resistance to the Israeli
occupation.
Liv Dillon - Dillon has for years been an
activist on local issues of economic and social justice, including
union rights, police brutality, and workfare. She spent 3
weeks this April in a Palestinian Refugee camp in Bethlehem during
the Israeli invasion. During this time, she lived with a
refugee family under curfew for almost the entire time, and
did volunteer work in Bethlehem during the siege of Manger
Square, delivering food to besieged areas, riding with ambulances
and walking people to the hospital during curfew.
Ora Wise -
The daughter of a rabbi, Wise was born in Jerusalem. Here in
the US, she has worked tirelessly for justice for the people of
Palestine. She was one of the organizers of this year's National
Student Conference in Solidarity with Palestine, and helped start
the Committee for Justice in Palestine while a student at the
University of Ohio in Columbus.
Also part of the tour:
Drawings by the children of the Jenin Refugee Camp,and
educational info from activist groups including Jews Against the
Occupation; the International Solidarity Movement; Al-Awda,
the Palestinian right of return coalition; SUSTAIN; and Voices
in the Wilderness.
*The International Solidarity Movement is
a Palestinian-led international coalition of concerned
citizens participating in nonviolent resistance to the Israeli
occupation. For More info, click here
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