Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall
North American Speaking-Tour Stops in Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday, February 28 at 7:00pm
David Lawrence Hall 121 (Universtiy of Pittsburgh, Oakland)
Anarchists Against the Wall is a direct action group that fights against Israeli apartheid and oppression in all its forms, most recently also the atrocities in Gaza. For five years the group has waged a constant struggle against Israel's Wall. The work on the ground in the West Bank, alongside the Palestinian popular movement is breaking new ground in the joint struggle for Palestinian liberation. In December 2008, Anarchists Against the Wall and the Bil'in Village Committee were jointly awarded the prestigious Carl von Ossietzky Medal---an award given annually by the Berlin-based International League of Human Rights, named after German Nobel Peace Prize winner Carl von Ossietzky who died in a Nazi concentration camp.
Now more than ever, it is critical to support the Israeli resistance movement against the state's attempted repression of our work. Members of Anarchists Against the Wall continually pay the price for our 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.
Schachaf Polakow, a member of Anarchists Against the Wall, will be touring the U.S. and Canada from February 1st to March 9th. His presentation will include film and photos, and will focus both on AATW's recent work in solidarity with Gaza and our ongoing work in the West Bank.
Sponsored by Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine, Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, Pittsburgh Organizing Group, Muslim Student Association, International Solidarity Movement, Tel Rumeida Circus for Detained Palestinians, OPTICS-Organizing Pittsburgh to Increase Community Solidarity
For more info:
Pittsburgh Organizing Group
pog@mutualaid.org [1]
www.organizepittsburgh.org [2]