Palestine Solidarity Committee | جمعية التضامن الفلسطيني

PSC’s first event of the year!

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Wednesday, October 28th, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Texas Union Theater
The University of Texas at Austin
“American Radical” is the probing documentary portrait of American academic and activist Norman Finkelstein. A devoted son of holocaust survivors, ardent critic of Israeli and US Mid-East policies and author of six provocative books—including The Holocaust Industry and Beyond Chutzpah—Finkelstein has been at the center of many intractable controversies. Called a lunatic and a self-hating Jew by some and an inspirational, street-fighting revolutionary by others, Finkelstein is a deeply polarizing figure whose struggles arise from core questions about freedom, identity and nationhood. The film provides an intimate portrait of the man behind the controversy, giving voice to both his many critics and his supporters, while following him around the globe as he labors to
change peoples’ minds.

**MEETING TIME CHANGED TO 7PM***

The first meeting of the semester will be Thursday, September 3rd at 7pm in PARLIN 1.

Hope to see you there!

There is no future without memory. Without a memory of how the land used to be without the wall, there is no imagination that can inspire us to eventually get rid of this wall again. What about the young generation of Palestinians (and Israeli’s), who grow up having never known another reality than the one with the wall?

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
9PM at RED7 (611 E. 7th Street, Austin, TX 78701)

“One of the most talented emcees I’ve ever heard black or white, male or female…”
- Talib Kweli

“One of the best-written Hip Hop – scratch that – best-written albums to come about in some time”
- Okayplayer.com

“Invincible is one part emcee, three parts revolutionary, but the recipe is all Hip Hop.”
- Shook Magazine

It is truly rare to find an artist like Invincible. Her spitfire wordplay has gotten her acclaim from Hip Hop fans all across the world, while her active involvement in progressive social change has taken her music beyond entertainment, and towards actualizing the change she wishes to see. Repping Detroit, MI, many are already familiar with her work with Waajeed and the Platinum Pied Pipers, Finale, the all-female ANOMOLIES crew, Black Star, and many others. Dubbed by XXL Magazine as “every A&Rs worst nightmare” for rejecting major label deals and general industry politrix, Invincible started her own record label, EMERGENCE, self-releasing her long-awaited full length LP, ShapeShifters, June, 2008.

WATCH INVINCIBLE’S MUSIC VIDEOS ABOUT PALESTINE

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Norman Finkelstein’s lecture has been posted online thanks to the work of Nader Carun and Allan Campbell (of KOOP Radio).

ATTENTION: THE ROOM HAS BEEN CHANGED TO WCH 1.120

On Tuesday, April 28th, Norman Finkelstein will present his lecture titled:

“ROOTS OF THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT, THE GAZA MASSACRE, AND PROSPECTS FOR PEACE”

The Palestine Solidarity Committee was originally planning for this event to include an opposing perspective represented by another speaker. However, the pro-Israel supporters on campus were not interested in participating. We still hope to have a diverse audience at the event, and look forward to organizing a debate for the university community in the future.

Norman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics at Princeton University. For many years he taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is currently an independent scholar.

Finkelstein is the author of five books which have been translated into more than 40 foreign editions including: “Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History,” and “Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict.” He has just completed a new book entitled “A Farewell to Israel: The Coming Break-up of American Zionism,” to be published in 2009.

Norman Finkelstein’s website

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
7pm, WCH 1.120
Inner Campus Drive, UT Campus
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Sponsored by: Palestine Solidarity Committee

Co-sponsored by: Amnesty International, International Socialist Organization, Campus Progress, Iranians for Peace and Justice, Austin Coalition for Palestine, and Campus Antiwar Movement to End Occupations

Please join us this year to show your support for the human and civil rights of the Palestinian people and remember the 4.6 million UN-registered Palestinian refugees, 780,000 of whom were forcibly removed from their homes during the creation of the state of Israel.

On Monday, March 30, from 12-2pm, we will gather on campus (meet outside the Texas Union) to remember the Nakba, the expulsion of the indigenous Palestinian people from their homes. Participants will dress as Palestinian refugees from 1948. If you have props and clothing, please wear it/bring them.

Palestinian refugees of al-Nakba wore a combination of both 40’s era Western and traditional dress.

Men:
-White button-up shirts, slacks, loose suit jackets
-Traditional galibiyas with suit jackets over them
-Fedoras or keffiyehs wrapped around the head
-Briefcases

Women:
-Long Western dresses or skirts
-Traditional dress, wrapped with cloth belt
-Loose black or white (plain colored) scarves for weather protection

Additional props:
-baby dolls (representing child refugees)
-old suitcases
-bundles of clothing tied with rope
-wicker baskets
-clay and metal pots

For a better idea of how to dress, see these photos:
http://www.hanini.org/Al-Nakbagallery.html
http://www.badil.org/Photos/history/Archive1/Photogallery/photo9757/real.htm

If you do not have suitable clothing for this, please wear all black. We will provide signs and some props.

The Palestine Solidarity Committee and Monkey Wrench Books present:

Shachaf Polakow, member of Anarchists Against the Wall, on his U.S. Tour!

Sunday, March 8th
5:00PM
Monkey Wrench Books
(110 E. North Loop)

Anarchists Against the Wall is an Israeli direct action group that fights
against Israeli apartheid and oppression in all its forms, including
the recent atrocities in Gaza. For five years the group has waged a
constant struggle against the “separation wall” that Israel is
building. In the West Bank, AATW works alongside the Palestinian
popular movement to break new ground in the struggle for Palestinian
liberation.

Shachaf Polakow, a member of Anarchists Against the Wall, is
touring the U.S. and Canada. His presentation includes video and
photos, and will focus both on AATW’s recent work in solidarity with
Gaza and their ongoing resistance in the West Bank.

It is critical to support the Israeli resistance movement against
the state’s repression of their work. Members of Anarchists Against
the Wall continually pay the price for their activism—including
being shot, beaten, arrested and indicted. We desperately
need funding for legal support for both Palestinian and Israeli
activists who are arrested and charged in the course of the struggle.

Anarchists Against the Wall: http://www.awalls.org/
Palestine Solidarity Committee: http://utpalestine.org/
Monkey Wrench Books: http://www.monkeywrenchbooks.org/