Palestine Remembered

Our guests today.Shayne Kummerfeld - Assistant National Sectary of the Rail, Tram and Bus UnionAndrew Irvine - Media and Research Officer Electrical Trades Union Check out Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA here https://www.apheda.org.au/

You can follow the Dare to Struggle Film Festival Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=dare%20to%20struggle%20film%20festival And to read Peter's brilliant piece please visit https://johnmenadue.com/justice-delayed-is-justice-denied-the-case-for-a-palestinian-state/  

To buy Sara's book please visithttps://www.readings.com.au/product/9781922848536/songs-for-the-dead-and-the-living--sara-m-saleh--2023--9781922848536 Details on the event can be found athttps://www.freepalestinevic.org/events/(link is external)Human Rights and the Palestine Laboratory in the Age of SurveillanceTuesday, 5 September 2023 6:30 pmWhere: RMIT Building 80,Level 2, Room 7, 445 Swanston St (next to the Oxford Scholar pub)   

Details on the event can be found athttps://www.freepalestinevic.org/events/Human Rights and the Palestine Laboratory in the Age of SurveillanceTuesday, 5 September 2023 6:30 pmWhere: RMIT Building 80, Level 2, Room 7, 445 Swanston St (next to the Oxford Scholar pub) Please also visit Antony’s websitehttps://antonyloewenstein.com/ 

Mick's walk to Palestine Facebook page...https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091833271956Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/mickswalktopalestine/and a great article to readhttps://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230528-irish-activist-reaches-france-on-his-walk-from-uk-to-palestine/ 

Check out Yousef's facebook page and post here...https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009350342059 

Read Prof Mark Muhannad Ayyash piece on Jenin here https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/7/11/lets-talk-about-jenin Also a piece I wrotehttps://johnmenadue.com/jenin-its-time-we-stopped-being-bystanders/ 

Every year on 26 May, National Sorry Day remembers and acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Sorry_Day  

You can buy tickets to see Yara at the Gasometer Hotel here https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/2a67da46-575d-4dbc-87d8-db8f40b8e416 Follow Yara on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/yara.music_/ and download the EP here https://orcd.co/lonelyloveaffair   

Mistahi - Music for change"Long live the Palestinian resistance, one day you will be free!"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8slMSckstUCheck out more on Mistahi here...https://www.mistahi.com/details about actions in your city...https://apan.org.au/events/ 

To find out more about Samidoun visit their website. https://samidoun.net/ Be sure to sign up for their mailing list. Some further readings on Sheik Khader Adnan https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/khader-adnan-who-yearned-live-free-dies-israeli-prison and his final will, written a few weeks before he died https://samidoun.net/2023/05/the-will-of-the-martyred-palestinian-hunger-striker-sheikh-khader-adnan/  

Some further reading on Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology Lara Sheehi, also Jeanine’s article first up  https://www.newarab.com/opinion/lara-sheehi-stop-silencing-palestine-solidarity-academia https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/03/on-targeting-an-arab-woman/ https://adc.org/breaking-gwu-clears-dr-lara-sheehi-of-anti-semitism/ The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network invites you to Palestinian Collective Memory:75 Years of Nakba and Resistance https://www.pgmhn.org/calendar-1/the-palestine-global-mental-health-network 

Melbourne - Clocktower theatre in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne on the 30th of April purchase your tickets here https://clocktowercentre.com.au/tales-of-a-homeland/ Sydney Bryan Brown Theatre in Bankstown, Sydney on the 7th of May purchase your tickets here. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/.../tales-of-a-homeland... Prepare to experience a captivating display of Palestinian culture and heritage.  Tales of a homeland will take you on an enchanting journey into the heart of history and tradition, to a trip that ignites souls near and far, following two Palestinian love stories that are distanced by time and space yet connected in the most extraordinary of ways.Filled with song and dance, heartache and adversity, Tales of a Homeland will tell stories of Palestinian love and resilience and how one small occurrence can influence a larger complex system and have the effect of a lifetime.Palestinian folklore brought to you, live on stage.

For more information on the Good Shepherd Collective visit their website https://goodshepherdcollective.org/  sign the petition. https://defundracism.org/ and most importantly please join me and support their efforts… https://goodshepherdcollective.org/give/  you can find out more about the Southern Poverty Law Centre visit  https://www.splcenter.org/

To check out Fathi and Rawan’s work please visit the website. https://decolonizepalestine.com/ Please tell your friends and family about this valuable resource, including details writing on Palestine 101, Myths and FAQ’s… In particular please consider joining me and donating on a monthly basis via Patreon, details can be found at this link. https://decolonizepalestine.com/support-us/

Susan statement in advance of the Adelaide Writers' Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV2OfjNnwro Susan responding to the campaign to ban her from Adelaide Writers Week https://johnmenadue.com/responding-to-the-campaign-to-ban-me-from-adelaide-writers-week/ A link to Susan’s books https://www.readings.com.au/search/results?query=Susan+Abulhawa to listen to David Bevan’s “interview” with Susan… Susan comes on at the 2 min mark.  https://www.abc.net.au/adelaide/programs/mornings/adelaide-mornings/102042594

Check out Amer's websitehttps://www.amerzahr.com/and Amer's Ted talk... "We're not white..."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMy53GTpJ3k 

A link to the text of speech...https://mondoweiss.net/2022/11/a-palestinian-address-to-balfour-in-honor-of-truth-memory-and-justice/?fbclid=IwAR0BtE9EtdyBG0OZrcJMtON1sCmo78-BO6vZP5kiQBRlD-a3Xoi4YlVyMDUAnd to watch this brilliant speech as well as opening remarks visit this linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRVMHNTeb58To mark the centenary of the British Mandate in Palestine, CBRL, in partnership with RACE.ED (University of Edinburgh), and in co-sponsorship with Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), Centre for Research Collection (CRC), History, Sociology, Politics and International Relations Middle East Research Group (PIR-MERG) and Islamic and Middle East Studies (IMES), are delighted to announce “Dr Salman Abu Sitta’s address to Balfour at the University of Edinburgh.” A renowned historian and cartographer, Dr Salman Abu Sitta will address Balfour, who was Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh at the time of signing the declaration. Th