[2586] in peace2
Reminder: Protest, b/c No One Should Celebrate Genocide!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Sat Jun 14 20:43:35 2003
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 20:43:01 -0400
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
Dear people of conscience,
We will not be silenced, we must not be silent. Whether people try and
apologize for the genocide against Palestinians with deflection, lies, or
the racist belief in collective punishment, we can not stand by and be silent.
Reject all forms of anti-Semitism by standing up for the human rights of
Jewish
people *and* Palestinians, both of which are Semitic peoples. Stand with us
as
we call for human rights for *all* people in the region, including the right
to
return for refugees as proscribed in the UN declaration of human rights. Stand
with us as we call for a single democratic and secular state for all people in
the region. One free Palestine! See you there!
In hope,
Aimee
"If you want peace, work for justice."
**** please forward widely ****
DEFEND PALESTINE!
Protest the "Boston Celebrates Israel" Festival
Sunday, June 15
Gather at 11 AM - Old Northern Ave. Bridge, Boston
(Atlantic Ave. between Rowe's Wharf and South Station, by the James Hook
Lobster Co.)for a March to the World Trade Center
www.onepalestine.org
BE WITH US THIS JUNE 15th,2003
Sunday, June 15th, 2003, at 11:00 AM:, Old Northern Ave. Bridge: Protest
the "Boston Celebrates Israel" Festival
(Atlantic Ave. between Rowe's Wharf and South Station, by the James Hook
Lobster Co.).
The protest of "Boston Celebrates Israel" on June 15 represents the
third straight year that activists will confront the Zionists on their
day of celebration. We demonstrated against Israel Day in 2001 in
Brookline. We marched and rallied right next to the Zionists on the
Boston Common last year. This year, these celebrants of racism, murder,
colonialism, oppression, and genocide have been driven inside, and we
will take our protest to their venue at the World Trade Center on the
South Boston waterfront.
We protest because Israel has maintained its murderous occupation of
Palestine for more than half a century, devastating the Palestinian
people. Israeli "independence" has meant misery and deprivation for the
indigenous Palestinians whose land was stolen to create the Israeli
state.
We are outraged that this public celebration should take place in
Boston. We protest the Israeli state, the U.S. government that backs,
arms, and controls it to safeguard the profits of the U.S. oil
companies, and the violent military occupation of Palestine.
New England Committee to Defend Palestine
www.onepalestine.org
This email was bcc'd to announce lists for the following groups:
Anti-Hate, AI, Anti-war, The Thistle, Palestine Awareness Comm., Social
Justice Cooperative, Affirmative Action March, Arab Student Org, United
Trauma Relief, MIT Greens, Western Hemisphere Project, Muslim Students,
and the ACLU.
