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Vermont Palestine Conference: The Struggle for Land and Liberation - Palestine Today: Genocide, Resistance, & Solidarity 10/19/2024

From the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation:

The Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation is excited to host the first ever Vermont Palestine Conference: The Struggle for Land and Liberation. It is for our state-wide educational and activist conference about the struggle to free Palestine.

Who is it for: Any and all who are interested in learning more about Palestinian liberation and intersecting struggles/causes, as well as what the struggle for liberation looks like in Vermont. This is a space for seasoned organizers and those new to the cause, for strategizing, learning from each other, and deepening our collective work.

For more information visit: www.vermontcpl.org/events/vermont-palestine-conference

Emergency Protest in Burlington Against US/Israeli War on Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran 10/02/2024

From the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation:

Israel is expanding its genocidal war in Gaza to the West Bank and now into Lebanon. The US, despite its calls for ceasefire, has provided Israel funding, arms, and military support every step of the way. They are partners in this expanding war and its atrocities.

Now, with US backing, Israel is threatening war with Iran. We demand that Israel stop its genocidal war in Palestine and throughout the region. Hands off Lebanon! No War on Iran! We demand that the US impose an immediate embargo on all US aid and arms to Israel! Money for jobs and education, not for war and occupation!

All out to this emergency rally in Burlington! If you cannot come to this action, join one of the vigils listed below and turn out to the protests on October 5th also listed below. And finally come to the Vermont Conference for Palestine: The Struggle for Land and Liberation on October 19 in Burlington. For details and registration go to our website.  

Sponsored by the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation  

UVM Solidarity with the West Bank of Palestine Demonstration 08/28/2024

From the organizer:

Explosions are being reported across the West Bank as the IOF continues to escalate in its genocidal death spiral. The Jenin hospital is surrounded by tanks, occupation forces have begun destroying roads and civil infrastructure, and the risk of forced displacement is imminent.

All of this occurs while the UVM Board of Trustees continues to profit off of the Zionist entity’s war crimes and genocide through their endowment investments in weapons manufacturers and surveillance companies that equip the IOF. We are mobilizing today at 2 PM in the Davis Green to continue our demand that UVM divest from any and all holdings that enable this ongoing 76-year nightmare.

Will The Lesser Evil Stop The Greater Evil?: The 2024 Elections and Social Movements 08/27/2024

From the organizers:

Yet again, the left faces an electoral choice between two evils, one greater and one lesser, but both evil. Can we stop Israel's genocide at the ballot box? Will voting for the lesser evil defend abortion rights? Do the various third parties offer an alternative? Are there other strategies that will benefit workers and the oppressed? This panel of organizers will debate and discuss the elections and the way forward for our social movements.

Guests include:

  • Tristin Adie, Health Care Workers for Palestine
  • Michele Eddleman McCormick, Cooperation Vermont
  • Wafic Faour, Vermonters for Justice in Palestine
  • Paul Fleckenstein, Tempest Collective Vermont

Sponsored by The Tempest Collective 

What's Going On?: Pro-Palestine Demonstration in Washington D.C. 06/11/2024

Host Sandy Baird is joined by Wafic Faour to discuss the recent Pro-Palestine demonstration in Washington D.C. in front of the White House.

Vermont Healthcare Workers Rally for Palestine 06/02/2024

From the organizers:

As of April 2nd, Israel has conducted 435 attacks in Gaza, targeting hospitals and health care workers. Only 28 hosptials and 30 primary care facilities remain even marginally functional, while an estimated 8,000 patients need medical evacuation (Abboud 2024). UNICEF estimates 1,000 children in Gaza have become amputees since October, the biggest cohort of pediatric amputees in history (Griswald 2024). And as Israel continues to block UN aid, including food and medical supplies, The World Peace Foundation says "We are about to witness in Gaza the most intense famine since the second World War" (Abboud 2024). The current miltary incursion into Rafah will only worsen the medical apartheid (WHO 2024).

Nurses, doctors, physical therapists, mental health conselors, medical students, and other health care workers come together to declare our solidarity with the people of Palestine. As people dedicated to the health and well-being of humanity, we abhor the genocide our government funds and enables in Gaza.

Organized by the Vermont Health Care Workers for Palestine. 

VICII: Justice on the Global Stage - Analyzing the ICJ Genocide Case, Israel v. South Africa 05/22/2024

From VICII:

Join us for an enlightening panel discussion on the pivotal International Court of Justice (ICJ) case, Israel v. South Africa, a significant milestone in international law. This case, with its allegations of genocide, has garnered global attention, sparking intense debates on state responsibilities and human rights.

Discussion Points:

  • Overview of the ICJ genocide allegations between Israel and South Africa
  • Legal frameworks and historical precedents relevant to the case
  • The role of literature and cultural narratives in understanding state conduct
  • Implications of the case for international law and global justice

We are privileged to have Helen C. Scott, a Professor of English at the University of Vermont, as our guest speaker. Professor Scott's profound knowledge of contemporary global anglophone literature and her insightful analysis of post-colonial narratives will enhance our understanding of the cultural and historical contexts influencing this case.

Burlington Nakba Day Picket 05/15/2024

From Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation:

Nakba Day commemorates the Zionist forces’ ethnic cleansing of over 700,000 Palestinians from their land in 1948 to establish the apartheid state of Israel. Join us this Nakba Day in Burlington to call for an immediate end to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.

Co-sponsored by: The Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation, Migrant Justice, and Free Her VT. 

From Student Revolt to Workers’ Power: Strategies to Defeat US Imperialism and Free Palestine 05/09/2024

From the organizers:

Students have re-galvanized the movement against Israel’s genocidal war on Palestine. But their encampments are up against the intransigent opposition of university administrations, their corporate funders, and both capitalist parties, which have backed brutal repression on campus activists across the country.

The question posed to our movement is who has the social power to force universities--and behind them the US capitalist class--to concede to our demands? Join the Tempest Collective for a presentation by UVM professor Helen Scott on why the Palestine solidarity struggle must merge with the labor movement to defeat US imperialism.

Sponsored by The Tempest Collective 

Hands off Rafah! Emergency Rally and March 05/07/2024

From the organizers:

Israel stands poised to invade Rafah and complete the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. The apartheid regime has ordered the evacuation of over 100,000 people and is bombing whole sections of the city. It has refused a ceasefire and seems on the edge of committing the worst atrocity yet in its genocidal war.

Join us for an emergency rally at Burlington’s City Hall on Tuesday at 5:30pm. People who cannot make the rally and march in Burlington should call an action in their city or town.

In Burlington, we will have a few speakers and then march up to UVM’s encampment to support the students’ struggle. They have already won partial disclosure of UVM’s investments and the cancellation of the war criminal Linda Thomas-Greenfield from speaking at commencement.

They are still fighting for UVM to divest from Israel, implement an academic boycott of Israeli universities, and grant full amnesty to student protestors who have been unjustly targeted with disciplinary charges.

Join the rally in Burlington, bring signs and banners, and most importantly bring all your friends and co-workers. People who can’t make the march, join us at the encampment at 6:15. Free, free Palestine!

Sponsored by the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation  

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