Palestine Solidarity Under Attack: From the Holy Land 5 to the Anti War 23
Sunday, April 14 @ 3pm @ Mayday Bookstore @ 301 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis
The Holy Land Foundation was once the largest Muslim charity in the United States. That’s until the Bush administration shut it down three months after 9/11 because of school and medical supplies sent to Gaza. Following a decade of raids, arrests and trials, the Holy Land five received sentences ranging from 15 to 65 years.
Noor Elashi, daughter of Ghassan Elashi, and John Cline, Elashi’s attorney, will speak about the outrageous case made against the five men. Speakers will also talk about current attacks on Palestine solidarity.
Endorsed by: American Muslims for Palestine, Students for a Democratic Society U of MN, Students for Justice in Palestine
You can also see Elashi and Cline speak Mon April 15: https://www.facebook.com/events/439835436102894/
Published on Mar 31, 2013
After presentation of the wonderful play, Another Life, which is still playing at Theater For the New City, (212) 868-4444, Noor Elashi tells of the imprisonment of her father Ghassan Elashi, of the Holy Land Five, serving 65 year sentence for merely running an international charity that helped the people of Palestine. She is joined by Pardiss Kebriaei, senior staff attorney of the Center For Constitutional Rights who has represented Guantanamo detainees. visit Freedomtogive.com
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Guantanamo Hunger Stike & Victoria Brittain: “Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror”
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2013/4/12/victoria_brittain_shadow_lives_the_forgotten_women_of_the_war_on_terror
Festival of Conscience discussions which are free to all, follow presentations of Karen Malpede’s play, Another Life. Here are those coming up soon:
April 4: David Swanson, War is a Lie
April 7: Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, “Cheating Justice,” and Karen J. Greenberg, Center on National Security
April 8: James Hanson, NASA Climate Scientist
April 12: Victoria Brittain, Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror; and Michael Ratner, Emeritus Director, CCR
April 13: Jesselyn Radack, National Security and Human Rights, Gov’t Accountability Project; Thomas Drake, NSA whistleblower; and Ramzi Kassem, Prof. of Law, CUNY, attorney for Guantanamo and other “War on Terror” prisoners
April 14: Christian Parenti, Tropic of Chaos
Tickets: (212) 868-4444, www.theaterforthenewcity.net/anotherlife.htm
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, 155 First Ave (9 & 10th Sts) New York, NY 10003