[antiwar-van] VANCOUVER MARKS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

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NEWS RELEASE
November 17, 2003

When: November 29, 2003 7:00pm
What: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Where: Maritime Labour Centre, 111 Victoria Drive
Special Guests: Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of slain 23 year-old 
American peace activist Rachel Corrie 

VANCOUVER MARKS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN 
PEOPLE

On Saturday, November 29 at 7pm, hundreds of Vancouverites will gather at 
the Maritime Labour Centre to participate in the International Day of 
Solidarity with the Palestinian People at a free event organised by ISM 
Vancouver and the Canada Palestine Association. 

Guest speakers include Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of slain 23 
year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie, and Laurie King-Irani, 
co-founder of electronicintifada.net. The evening will feature a LIVE 
phone report from Rafah in the Gaza Strip by an ISM Vancouver volunteer, 
as well as video taken by frontline ISM Vancouver and other activists in 
Rafah last spring.

This is Cindy and Craig Corrie's first and only scheduled speaking 
engagement in Canada. They have previously spoken at the United Nations, 
have appeared on CNN, the BBC, ABC's Nightline and in the NY Times 
Magazine. 

In Vancouver, the Corries will be speaking about Rachel, lobbying for an 
independent investigation into her death, their recent trip to Israel and 
the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the grief they shared with many 
people they met there, as well as the Israeli army's recent severe 
damaging of the house Rachel Corrie died trying to protect. They will be 
available for interviews on Friday, November 28 1pm-6pm (and other times 
by arrangement). 

Laurie King-Irani will discuss the founding of electronicintifada.net 
(EI)-- the premier website for information about the Occupied Palestinian 
Territories which receives millions of hits a month-- as well as EI's 
continuing role in the struggle for Palestinian self-determination.

Cindy and Craig Corrie, who live in Olympia Washington, have started The 
Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice and they continue to lobby 
for US Congressional Resolution 111 which calls on the US government to 
ensure a "full, fair, and expeditious investigation into the death of 
Rachel Corrie."

On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, an Evergreen College student, was 
crushed and killed by an Israeli Army bulldozer while trying to prevent 
it from demolishing a Palestinian home in Rafah, Gaza Strip. She was 
wearing a high visibility jacket and, according to six international 
eyewitnesses, was in full view of the bulldozer crew of two prior to 
being run over. 

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a Palestinian-led movement 
of Palestinian and International activists who utilize nonviolent direct 
action to support Palestinian human rights and to oppose the illegal 
Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The ISM-- and Rachel 
Corrie specifically-- were nominated for the 2003 Nobel Peace prize by 
Canadian MP Svend Robinson. 

ISM Vancouver is an independent local affiliate that assists Western 
Canadian volunteers who want to join the ISM in Occupied Palestine.

For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact Gordon of 
ISM Vancouver by phone at 604-722-4517 or email gordon at ism-vancouver.org.
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