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CPA Condemns the Banning of Samidoun

Update for action alert: Send your letter here to Tell the Canadian Government to Stop Criminalizing Palestinian Advocacy – Action Network

The Canada Palestine Association condemns the Canadian government’s banning of Samidoun, a pro-Palestinian advocacy group. This move was done in conjunction with the US government and followed years of aggressive Zionist lobbying. It also represented “cheap politics” on the part of the current Liberal government, pandering to a right wing agenda and trying to score political points by literally squashing civil and democratic rights. … Read more

VPD hears complaints by pro-Palestine advocates, then appoints former Deputy Chief to investigate

Arabic proverb: لمين تشكي والقاضي غريمك
Who do you complain to when the judge is your opponent?

Human Rights Groups Alarmed that Former Deputy Chief of VPD Selected to Investigate Allegations of Illegal Mass Surveillance and by Deferral of Excessive Use of Force Complaint – BC Civil Liberties Association %
(Photos: Michael YC Tseng)

Background info on legal complaint: Police Board to consider legal complaints filed against VPD for excessive use of force and surveillance of Palestine movement
Says Dania Barakat, a local Palestinian organizer:
“Across the country and around the world, we are seeing a rise in police and state repression against pro-Palestinian activists.… Read more

Solidarity with Palestinian Advocacy and Liberation!

Tell the Canadian Government to Stop Criminalizing Palestinian Advocacy – Action Network

Now Endorsed by 19 Groups:

  • Africa 4 Palestine
  • BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish
  • Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation
  • Canada Palestine Association 
  • Canadian Arab Federation 
  • Canadian BDS Coalition & International Allies
  • Canadian Foreign Policy Institute 
  • Canadian Lebanese Academic Forum 
  • Coordinating Council 4 Palestine 
  • Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle 
  • Greater Toronto for BDS GTA4BDS 
  • Jewish Anti-Zionist Collective Toronto 
  • Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine-Israel (NMJPI)
  • Ontario Palestinian Rights Association 
  • Palestine Solidarity Committee Saint John 
  • Palestinian and Jewish Unity 
  • Regina Peace Council  
  • Socialist Action 
  • Solidarité: Sherbrooke-Gaza 
… Read more

#ShutDownScotiabank

Join the campaign to force Scotiabank to complete
their divestment from Elbit and all other companies that support Israeli war crimes, occupation and the colonization of Palestine.

On October 2, activists across the Lower Mainland in BC disrupted business as usual for genocide-enabler Scotiabank and its global asset fund. Leading up to the week of action entitled RESISTING GENOCIDE: BOYCOTT FOR PALESTINIAN LIBERATION, protestors confirmed their resolve to not rest until Scotiabank and all complicit entities are forced to divest from genocide.… Read more

Upcoming Events in Vancouver area

Lots of mass actions coming up in the next week!

There is also a demonstration, bike rally and car rally on Saturday October 5, an Abbotsford vigil on Sunday October 6 as well as multiple additional events throughout the week! Stay tuned and follow us on our social media accounts for details.
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Who crafted Canada’s bogus “terrorist list”?

CPA Chair Hanna Kawas delves into Canada’s “terrorist list” and how the Zionist lobby was instrumental in having Palestinian and Lebanese resistance groups banned as such. Both the U.S. and Canadian governments are quick to remind us that they have designated these groups are “terrorist entities”, as they justify Israel’s extrajudicial assassinations that also murder hundreds (perhaps thousands) of civilians.
This presentation was part of the Right to Resist Meeting held May 8 in Vancouver, highlighting the repression globally and in Canada of pro-Palestine advocacy.… Read more

Why I Hate Zionism and its Backers More than Ever!

by Marion Kawas

Two months into the Gaza genocide, I wrote an article about why I hated the cruel ideology of Zionism and everything it had done to the Palestinian people. At that point, most activists could not imagine that this genocide would now be close to reaching its one-year anniversary. And that almost one year on, we would still be seeing the images of headless children, bodies draped off the edges of buildings, as well as humiliated and tortured prisoners proudly displayed by their captors.… Read more