I know there have been several vigils and demonstrations to protest Israel's siege of Gaza, in Toronto, London and many other Canadian cities. Unfortunately for me, those demos are always on weekends, when I'm working.
But this Thursday, January 8, at 7:00, there will be a candlelight vigil at the Mississauga Civic Square at City Hall. From Palestine House:
As you know, the people of Gaza are being bombarded by a devastating onslaught from Israeli F16s, tanks and warships. Nearly 540 people have been killed and thousands injured. This massacre follows almost two years of blockade which has prevented essential supplies of food, fuel and medicines from reaching the Palestinian people in Gaza and causing untold suffering.
Palestinian civil society continues to urge solidarity in the form of a boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign until Israel complies with international law. This is the time for people of conscience to take up this call from Palestine.
On Thursday, we call on all of you to join us for a Candlelight Vigil to denounce the latest Israeli crimes and to demand that the Harper government end their unconditional support for Israel.
Next week, there'll be an excellent opportunity to learn more about this crisis: Norman Finkelstein will be speaking at the Mississauga campus of the University of Toronto.
Dr. Norman Finkelstein, author and thinker on the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Israel and Palestine: Roots of Conflict and Prospects for Peace
Mississauga, Ontario, Thursday, January 15, 2009, 06:00 PM
ADDRESS
U of T - Mississauga Campus
CCIT Building, Room 1080
3359 Mississauga Rd.
Mississauga ON L5L 1C6
TICKET INFO
Admission is free. Event is hosted by CJPME and UofT-Mississauga Student Association
DETAILS
Dr. Norman Finkelstein is an American professor of Political Science and one of the foremost thinkers and speakers on the Israel-Palestine conflict. His sincere, open and honest assessment of the conflict through a number of books including "The Holocaust Industry," "The Rise and Fall of Palestine," and "Beyond Chutzpah" has attracted attention throughout the world. He grew up in New York City and is the son of Holocaust survivors. He specializes in Zionism - his doctoral thesis focused on the theory of Zionism - and Jewish-related topics, and was most recently a professor of Political Science at DePaul University. In his talks in Canada, Dr. Finkelstein will also share some of the findings of his research for his upcoming book about the breakup of North American Zionism.
Dr. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics, Princeton University. Dr. Finkelstein has many articles and made many public appearances on topics relating to the Israel-Palestine conflict. For details and links to his work, essays and public appearances, please click here to consult Dr. Finkelstein's Website.
Dr. Finkelstein is the author of five books:
Beyond Chutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history (University of California Press, August 2005)
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering (Verso: 2000; expanded second edition, 2003); an international bestseller, it has been translated into twenty four foreign languages Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso: 1995; expanded second edition, 2003); translated into five foreign languages
A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and historical truth (with Ruth Bettina Birn) (Henry Holt: 1998); named a "notable book of 1998" by the New York Times Sunday Book Review, it has been translated into three foreign languages
The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A personal account of the intifada years (University of Minnesota: 1996); translated into two foreign languages.
This notice, plus a map of the location here.
I hope to make it to both these events, so look for a report.
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