[news] [Montreal] TADAMON! Photos & Audio Online! - Voice for Justice from BEIRUT to MONTREAL....

[Stefan Christoff]

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Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:13:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Tadamon! <tadamon at resist.ca>


TADAMON! Launch: Photos & Audio Online!
Voice for Justice from BEIRUT to MONTREAL.

Tadamon! Montreal launch event, featuring music, visuals, presentations & 
films, brought together upwards of 250 people on January 22nd, 2006. Movements 
for social and economic justice in Lebanon were highlighted during the event, 
which created an important space for political discussion & debate on the 
historic political changes that Lebanon has witnessed throughout the last year.

Tadamon! [Solidarity in Arabic], is an social justice initiative based in 
Montreal, aimed at supporting movements for social & economic justice in 
Lebanon, while also working within the Lebanese Diaspora in Montreal, to 
address struggles facing the Lebanese community, such as immigration, racism, 
poverty and labour rights.

The Tadamon! launch in Montreal featured a performance from the Hassan el-Hadi 
band, featuring Oud, Arabic Flute, Banjo & Arabic Percussion. Also the Tadamon! 
launch featured the screening of 'War Generation', a documentary film by Jean 
Chamoun & Mai Masri filmed on the streets of Beirut during the country's 15 
year civil-war. Finally the launching event featured a presentation from 
independent journalist & member of Tadamon!, Stefan Christoff, who spent the 
summer of 2005 in Lebanon, reporting on movements for social and economic 
justice.

----> To view photos of the Tadamon! launch in Mnontreal visit the Independent 
Media Center of Quebec at: http://gallery.cmaq.net/tadamon

----> To listen / download selected songs from a live performance of the Hassan 
el-Hadi band at the Tadamon! launch visit: 
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/8405.php

----> To listen to the presentation given by Stefan Christoff, independent 
journalist & member of Tadamon! in Montreal visit: 
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/8409.php

For more information or to get involved with Tadamon! in Montreal contact: 
tadamon[at]resist.ca / 514 690 8499


TADAMON!: Basis of Unity....

Tadamon! [solidarity in Arabic], is a Montreal based collective of social 
justice activists, working to lend support and solidarity to grassroots 
political movements for social and economic justice in Lebanon.

In the context of historic political changes taking place in Lebanon, Tadamon! 
through it's political work, aims to support struggles for social justice and 
human rights of ALL people living in Lebanon, through direct coordination and 
organization between activists in Beirut & Montreal.

In Montreal, Tadamon! aims to organize within the Lebanese Diaspora, through 
popular education, cultural work and political action, which address struggles 
facing the Lebanese community, such as immigration, racism, poverty and labour 
rights.

Through organizing work both locally and internationally, Tadamon! aligns 
itself with social justice movements in Lebanon, Canada and internationally 
which are anti-capitalist & anti-authoritarian in nature.

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