[van-announce] March 5: Canada and Israel: Allies in apartheid, allies in colonialism - VancouverMarch 5: Canada and Israel: Allies in apartheid, allies in colonialism

[Charlotte Kates]

 March 5: Canada and Israel: Allies in apartheid, allies in
colonialism<http://www.boycottisraeliapartheid.org/2012/march-5-canada-and-israel-allies-in-apartheid-allies-in-colonialism/>

*Canada and Israel:<http://www.boycottisraeliapartheid.org/biac/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/indigenous-solidarity.jpg>
 **Allies in apartheid, allies in colonialism*

*A free public forum featuring:*

*Glen Coulthard*
*Dana Mohammed Olwan*
*Mike Krebs*

*Monday March 5th*
*7 pm @ SFU Harbour Centre*
*515 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver*

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/368923696468778/

<http://www.boycottisraeliapartheid.org/biac/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/iaw-canada-israel-web.jpg>On
a recent trip to Israel, Canadian foreign minister John Baird stated that
‘Israel has no greater friend in the world than Canada.’ This is only the
latest statement of strong support by the Conservative government for
Israel, at a time when around the world Israel is coming under growing
criticism for its ongoing policies of apartheid towards Palestinian people,
the continued occupation of their lands, and the denial of their right to
return to the lands from which they have been displaced in repeated wars of
colonization since 1948.

This increased awareness about Israel’s policies of apartheid is reflected
in the growing world-wide campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
(BDS) targeting Israel until it complies with international law, and is a
response to the 2005 call from Palestinian civil society for BDS as one of
the most effective ways for people to support the Palestinian struggle
against Israeli apartheid and occupation.

Meanwhile, the resistance of indigenous people continues all across Canada,
including struggles against the continued theft of indigenous lands and
resources, surviving the countless abuses of the residential school system,
and demanding an end to the gendered colonial violence that continues
against indigenous women.

How does the Canadian government’s support for Israel relate to Canada’s
own historical and ongoing colonization of indigenous people here? What are
the implications for supporters of the Palestinian struggle in carrying out
solidarity work from within a ‘fellow’ settler society?

This event is part of Vancouver’s program for Israeli Apartheid
Week<http://apartheidweek.org/>,
an international series of events held each March in cities and campuses
across the globe. This year, Vancouver will be joining more than 70 cities
around the world in raising awareness about the system of apartheid in
Israel and building the growing international movement of Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns. For the full Vancouver IAW
schedule, please see http://boycottisraeliapartheid.org/iawvancouver

About the speakers:

Glen Coulthard is a member of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation and an
assistant professor in the First Nations Studies Program and the Department
of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Dana Mohammed Olwan teaches in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and
Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University. She is former national chair of
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights and a current member of Faculty for
Palestine.

Mike Krebs is a Vancouver-based indigenous activist of Blackfoot and
European descent. He is a member of the Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign
in Vancouver.

Organized by Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign (Vancouver).

 For more information on IAW globally:
http://apartheidweek.org

For more information:
http://boycottisraeliapartheid.org
boycottapartheid at gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/BIACVAN
https://twitter.com/BIACVancouver


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Charlotte L. Kates     charlotte.kates at gmail.com