Solidarity and Liberation Beyond Borders: Palestine

Join York University's Centre for Feminist Research for this important roundtable at the meetings of Congress. A panel of activists and academics concerning Canada's complicity in global imperialism and genocide in Palestine. Coinciding closely with the 74th anniversary of the Nakba - understood by Palestinian's as the catastrophe - the panel will address the Israeli state's colonial apartheid regime. Significantly, panelists will be asked to comment on the role and responsibility of the Canadian state in international human rights struggles. Speakers will include Palestinians at home and in exile and Jewish solidarity activists, discussing how the Palestinian struggle has become a lightning rod for both global oppression and global solidarity. We will explore the important struggles for freedom taking place in Palestine, as well as how activists and academics here in Toronto are supporting those struggles. This event is co-sponsored by Independent Jewish Voices-Toronto, Independent Jewish Voices-York, Palestinian Solidarity Collective, Palestinian Youth Movement, and Showing Up for Racial Justice.

Panelists: Sheryl Nestel-IJV Toronto, Alejandro I. Paz-Jewish Faculty Network, Shatha-Palestinian Youth Movement, Sarah Abu-Sharrar-Palestinian activist and artist