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Please join the Los Angeles Chapter of Movement for a Democratic Society
(MDS) in launching a local boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign in
support of the Palestinian people.
WHEN ? Saturday, October 14 , 2006 1 PM to 3 PM
WHERE ? United Teachers of Los Angeles Headquarters
3303 Wilshire Blvd ( 2 blocks west
of Vermont )
Los Angeles, CA 90010
WHY ?
To support the Palestinian people in their decades long struggle
against Israeli aggression, dispossession and oppression . The Israeli
government has systematically and continuously violated UN resolutions
and international law in its treatment of the Palestinian people. When
Israel was created in 1948, 75% of the Palestinians were forcibly
dispossessed of their lands and forced into exile. Then in 1967, Israel
illegally occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank, Jordan
Valley and Gaza. Palestinians within Israel are forced to live as third
class citizens without civil rights and face legal, economic and social
discrimination. Palestinians in the Occupied Territories fare even worse
since Israel illegally subjects them to demolitions, closures,
curfews and checkpoints ; extra-judicial detentions, kidnappings and
assassinations ; military attacks against towns and camps ; racist ,
apartheid policies and programs. In addition, Israel continues to
illegally seize Palestinian land and annex it to Israel and currently
is constructing an immense concrete wall to protect illegal Israeli
settlements and to isolate and divide Palestinian towns.
Israel's apartheid and racist system of oppression closely
resembles that which South Africa once had but which was eventually
abolished in large part due to an international grassroots, activist
movement to stop financial support of the regime.
HOW ?
A similar campaign to support the Palestinian people has been endorsed
by over 150 organizations world-wide. We in Los Angeles can join
this world-wide effort to bring justice to the Palestinian people through :
Boycott ( not buying Israeli products/services and boycotting companies
that are invested in Israel or Israeli owned companies with a presence
in Los Angeles )
Divestment ( stopping capital investment by companies doing business in
Israel and by stopping trade unions , local / state governments
,churches and universities from investing their pension / endowment
funds in Israeli companies , US companies invested in Israel
or companies supplying Israel with military weapons )
Sanctions ( working to end US government foreign and military aid to
Israel and impose a trade embargo )
Meeting Sponsored by : Los Angeles Chapter of MDS
Meeting Endorsed by : Los Angeles Palestine Labor Solidarity Committee
Cafe
Intifada
Meeting Hosted by : UTLA Human Rights Committee
For More Info : Call Larry Lambert , MDS member , at 818-761-3320
--
"I must fight with all my strength so that the little positive things that my
health allows me to do might be pointed toward helping the revolution. The only
real reason for living."
-Frida Kahlo
emma rosenthal is a disabled artist, writer, educator, reiki practitioner,
activist and consultant, living in southern california.
emma rosenthal
po box 1664
baldwin park, ca 91706
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emma's web page:
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http://home.earthlink.net/~theweproject
emma.s blogs:
In Bed With Frida Kahlo:
Daily indignities, small insurrections and honest musings from a life of
infirmity and rebellion
http://inbedwithfridakahlo.blogsource.com/
Emma Rosenthal: A blog of political essays, letters and news.
http://emmarosenthal.blogsource.com/
http://cafeintifada.blogsource.com/
Uniting Art with Critical Consciousness
http://cafeintifadafilms.blogsource.com/
Film reviews: A resource for activists and educators
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