Feb. 6th Event - Occupation 101 Film Screening

Film Screening of Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority

7pm

Sadlier House, 751 George St. N.

This is a wheelchair accessible event.

Free popcorn, but donations are happily accepted!

'Occupation 101' (2006) is an award-winning introductory documentary on the nature of Israeli rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Co-hosted by the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) - Peterborough and the Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity (PCPS)

For more information about the film screening, contact OPIRG at (705) 741-1208 or opirg@trentu.ca

Feb. 3rd Event - International Solidarity: Labour and Social Justice in Palestine

International Solidarity: Labour and Social Justice in Palestine

Sunday, February 3rd

11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Traill College Lecture Hall

310 London Street

Peterborough, ON

This event is free and all are encouraged to attend.

The space is wheelchair accessible.

The afternoon will include presentations by:

Herman Rosenfeld

Retired Staff Person Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and member of Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA)

Katherine Nastovski

Former Chair of CUPE Ontario International Solidarity Committee and member of CAIA

AND

Zatoun Fair Trade Products from Palestine

This educational workshop will include information on the basics of Israeli Apartheid and why there has been a call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) from over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations, including the Palestinian trade union movement.

Issued in JUly 2005, this call to action is modeled on the movement to end South African Apartheid. Labour-focused, the event will also cover the role of trade unions in a growing global movement in solidarity with Palestine, and against racism, occupation, and discrimination.

Sponsored by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3908, representing contract faculty and student academic workers at Trent University, the event is organized by the Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity (PCPS).