INTERNATIONAL
RESISTANCE TO ZIONISM
A panel discussion between anti-Zionist Jewish and Arab American activists on strategies for resistance to Zionism as part of broader movements for liberation.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008 :: 7-9PM
522 Valencia Auditorium
donations requested, no one turned away
Unfortunately, the auditorium is on the 3rd floor and not wheelchair accessible – content will be posted online shortly after.
Invited speakers include:
Reuven Abarjel, Arab Jewish founder of Israel's Black Panther party and activist from Israel
Gabriel Ash, anti-capitalist writer and activist living in Geneva
Marcella Edery, Arab Jewish feminist activist, organized the Single Mother's Tent to secure rights for single Jewish & Palestinian women in Israel
Selma James, long-time organizer, beginning with women, against colonialism & racism, and coordinator of the Global Women's Strike
Liliane Kaczerginski, long-time Argentinean activist from Paris and member of Matzpen, a Jewish-Palestinian anti-Zionist organization founded in 1962 and active through the 1980s
Ricardo Levins Morales, Puerto Rican, Jewish activist and artist from Minneapolis
Feroze Mithiborwala, National President of Awami Bharat (Peoples India) and active in Palestine solidarity, anti-racist, anti-Islamophobia and anti-caste organizing nationally
Michel Shehadeh, a long-time Arab American activist, currently executive director of the SF Arab Film Festival and a member of the landmark LA 8 Case
Zeina Zaatari, Arab American activist, founding member of the Radical Arab Women's Activist Network and the National Council of Arab Americans
Max Elbaum, author of Revolution in the Air and editor of War Times, will moderate the panelGabriel Ash, anti-capitalist writer and activist living in Geneva
Marcella Edery, Arab Jewish feminist activist, organized the Single Mother's Tent to secure rights for single Jewish & Palestinian women in Israel
Selma James, long-time organizer, beginning with women, against colonialism & racism, and coordinator of the Global Women's Strike
Liliane Kaczerginski, long-time Argentinean activist from Paris and member of Matzpen, a Jewish-Palestinian anti-Zionist organization founded in 1962 and active through the 1980s
Ricardo Levins Morales, Puerto Rican, Jewish activist and artist from Minneapolis
Feroze Mithiborwala, National President of Awami Bharat (Peoples India) and active in Palestine solidarity, anti-racist, anti-Islamophobia and anti-caste organizing nationally
Michel Shehadeh, a long-time Arab American activist, currently executive director of the SF Arab Film Festival and a member of the landmark LA 8 Case
Zeina Zaatari, Arab American activist, founding member of the Radical Arab Women's Activist Network and the National Council of Arab Americans
Co-sponsored by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, Break the Siege, Global Women's Strike, and Middle East Children's Alliance.
The International Jewish Solidarity Network (IJSN) is an emerging international network of Jews who are committed to struggling in solidarity with Palestinian resistance against Zionism and its manifestation in the State of Israel. www.ijsn.net
