From seth.porcello at mail.mcgill.ca Sat Jul 22 19:29:23 2006 From: seth.porcello at mail.mcgill.ca (Seth Porcello) Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:29:23 -0500 Subject: [Sethreports] Palestine Reports: Occupation and Annexation in the Golan Heights Message-ID: Palestine Reports: Occupation and Annexation in the Golan Heights ------------------------------------------ To Listen or Download: http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/10653.php OR http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=19055 ----------------------------------- Hello Everyone - here's a radio documentary from the Golan Heights recorded in July 2006 (just prior to the war on Lebanon). This documentary features audio of the people in the village of Majdal Shams shouting across the minefield (1967 cease fire line) that separates them from their relatives in Syria. This very tangible sound of a border, and occupation, serves as a point from which to tell this story. As you hear the Safhia family, who very graciously allowed me to record their conversation, you hear without interpretation what it is to go on living and coping with the reality of never being able to reunite with your family. Through their bullhorns they give voice to the border through the silence of the minefeild. Through a documentation of this border, the reality of life in the Golan comes into focus as the boundaries of land and water resources reinforce this basic structure of the occupation that begins at the shouting mountain. Listen in Stereo. ALSO: Be sure to check out the IMEMC.org to find out more about the current crisis in this region. I've since heard from people in Majdal Shams, who are stuck very close to the center of this conflict. The nearest town to Majdal Shams is Kiryat Shimona where Israel is firing many of the shells that are currently tearing Lebanon apart. Since the making of this documentary the situation has deteriorated tremendously. Historically Israel has used the Syrian town of Majdal Shams as a human shield from which to attack Syria (Syria being reluctant to return fire into this very densely populated Syrian town). If Syria somehow becomes active in this conflict it will go badly for the people in this documentary. Something to consider, when reading the news. Solidarity - seth -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From seth.porcello at mail.mcgill.ca Wed Jul 26 15:17:43 2006 From: seth.porcello at mail.mcgill.ca (Seth Porcello) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:17:43 -0500 Subject: [Sethreports] A Reading of From Beirut by Mahmoud Darwish Message-ID: <96D6BF34-2B99-4DEF-B9A9-479068C3B4F2@mail.mcgill.ca> Hello All - From a little bookstore, and a hand stapled copy of 'From Beirut' by Mahmoud Darwish, comes this reading of his poem. His voice comes to us out of history, out of 1982 which was the last time that Israel was in Lebanon. It was doing much the same thing as it is doing today. And "just when Beirut was starting to look modern again..." in the words of our friend mr. fisk, came down the bombs. His voice is as fresh now as it ever was. From Beirut, an apple for the sea. From Beirut, beacon of rubble. To Listen or Download: http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/10695.php Also to listen to: An excellent interview from which I took the above Robert Fisk Quote: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/19/1345257 AND Audio straight from Beirut by the Tadamon! collective. To download or listen to the program, visit: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=19105 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: On this program, we take a deep look into the current crisis evolving in Lebanon, as Israeli war planes continue to attack villages and cities on an hourly basis, and ground troops have begun to invade the south of the country. This one hour program features the voices of: -Bassem Chit, Sanayeh Relief Center, Beirut -Hicham Safieddine, a Lebanese independent journalist currently based in Montreal -Wissam Moussa, Association of Lebanese Muslim Youth, Montreal -plus reports from Beirut by Pacifca's Democracy Now For more information on Radio Tadamon!, please visit: http://tadamon.resist.ca Radio Tadamon! is produced by Tadamon! ('solidarity' in Arabic), a Montreal-based collective of social-justice organizers & media activists, working to build relationships of solidarity with grassroots political movements for social and economic justice. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: