2024 was another eventful year for Canada Palestine Association (CPA) as we focused on challenging the Israeli genocide and fighting against the increasing police repression in Canada. CPA also held a special meeting in November that commemorated its 44 years of solidarity activism. Here is the report of CPA events, statements and other highlights for 2024.
Events and Campaigns:
- Jan. 6 Rally and March for Palestine
Jan. 6, 2024
- Car Rally 4 Palestine Jan. 12
Jan. 12, 2024
- Liberation Conference
Jan. 20, 2024
- Jan. 27 Rally4Palestine, Vancouver Art Gallery
Jan. 27, 2024
- BC Cabinet Minister Must Go!
Feb. 3, 2024
- Next Mass Rally in Surrey, Feb. 10
Feb. 10, 2024
- All Out for Palestine Feb. 12, Shut It Down 4 Palestine
Feb. 12, 2024
- Feb. 17, March for Rafah
Feb. 17, 2024
- Feb. 24 Next Rally and March
Feb. 24, 2024
- March 2 Rally, Vancouver Art Gallery
March 2, 2024
- March 9 Rally, Vancouver Art Gallery
March 9, 2024
- 18+ ScotiaBank Branches Adopted so far for March 15 Day of Action to End Genocide Profiteering!
March 9, 2024
- MARCH 15: SHUT DOWN GENOCIDE PROFITEERING! Shut Down Scotiabank
Scotiabank Mass Rally, Vancouver
Join us on March 15 to Shut Down Genocide Profiteering at Scotiabank Branches
Mar 15: No Business as Usual for Scotiabank
March 15, 2024
- March 23: Vancouver March/Rally
March 23, 2024
- Commemorating Land Day
March 30, 2024
- April 6 Land Back
April 6, 2026
- All out 4 Palestine April 20! (March & Bazaar)
April 20, 2024
- Next event April 26, Hands Off Rafah
April 26, 2026
- Support Our Students!
April 29, 2024
- #Nakba76 Activist Kit: Raise The Flag
May 1, 2024
- May 11 Galiano Island Meeting
May 11, 2024
- Nakba76 Events and Photo Highlights
May 14, 15 & 18, 2024
- Vancouver shows up for Rafah and Palestine!
May 29, 2024
- All out for Palestine, June 8
June 8, 2024
- Stand with Palestine, June 22
June 22, 2024
- June 29 #NoPrideInGenocide Rally and March in Vancouver
June 29, 2024
- July 5 All Out for Palestine!
July 5, 2024
- July 13 Actions4Palestine
July 13, 2024
- Stand with Dania! Shame on our Political Leaders!
July 15, 2024
- Upcoming Event July 24
July 24, 2024
- #StopTheJNF…We will not Stop, We will not Rest!
July 29, 2024
- July 31 Emergency Vigil, Vancouver
July 31, 2024
- 300 Days of Protesting Genocide
August 2, 2024
- Support the students at Vancouver Island University!
August 11,2024
- Sept. 28 Banner Drops
September 28, 2024
- Who crafted Canada’s bogus “terrorist list”?
September 28, 2024
- Solidarity with Palestinian Advocacy and Liberation!
Tell the Canadian Government to Stop Criminalizing Palestinian Advocacy – Action Network
Nov. 4, 2024
- VPD hears complaints by pro-Palestine advocates, then appoints former Deputy Chief to investigate
Nov. 4, 2024
- Vancouver Action Nov. 9 Day 400 – The Genocide Continues!
Nov. 8, 2024
- CPA Legacy over 4 Decades
Nov. 9, 2024
- #ShameonScotiabank Picket, Nov 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians
Photo gallery from Nov. 29 Shame on Scotiabank Picket
Nov. 29, 2024
CPA Statements:
- We Refuse to be Intimidated, We will Continue to Defend Palestine
Jan. 21, 2024 - Stop Harassing anti-Genocide Advocates for Palestine!
Open Letter in Support of Charlotte Kates and the Right to Free Expression
May 1, 2024 - Don’t lecture Palestinians about “violence”!
May 30, 2024 - We won’t be intimidated, We will Stand Together!
June 3, 2024 - Zionism and its lobby groups are bankrupt!
July 18, 2024 - Scotiabank must divest completely from Elbit Systems!
August 15, 2024 - Aug. 16/17 Actions4Palestine
August 16, 17, 2024 - ScotiaBank name is an embarrassment
September 5, 2024 - Sept. 7 Silent March against Genocide
September 7, 2024 - Upcoming Events in Vancouver area
Oct. 5, 6 & 7, 2024 - #ShutDownScotiabank
Oct. 2, 2024 - Vancouver marks one year of Israeli genocide!
Oct. 7, 2024 - Webinar: Resistance until Return
Oct. 13, 2024 - CPA Condemns the Banning of Samidoun
Oct. 16, 2024 - Outraged by Excessive VPD Raid against pro-Palestine Advocate
Nov. 15, 2024 - Say NO to continuing police repression against Palestinians and their supporters
Dec. 16, 2024
Articles:
- Canada Palestine Assoc.: Repressive practices surge amid Gaza genocide | Al Mayadeen English
Jan. 22, 2024 - The RCMP Sent Its Pipeline Protest Unit to Pro-Palestinian Rallies | The Tyee
Feb. 2, 2024 - Canada BC minister resigns after anti-Palestine remarks
AlMayadeen English Feb. 6, 2024 - The End of Settler Colonialism
March 10, 2024 - Canada’s repression against Palestinians, supporters, growing: CPA
May 2, 2024 - We will never stop advocating for Palestine!!
June 20, 2024
Published in Al Mayadeen English: We will never stop advocating for Palestine! | Al Mayadeen English
June 18, 2024 - From France: En Amérique du Nord, des campagnes contre les complices du génocide à Gaza engrangent des victoires | Palestine Vaincra
August 19, 2024 - Divesting from Genocide! | Al Mayadeen English
August 20, 2024 - Why I Hate Zionism and its Backers More than Ever!
September 12, 2024
Also published in Al Mayadeen English
September 15, 2024
Videos & Interviews:
- Interview by Hanna Kawas, Chair of CPA, with Gurpreet Singh of Spice Radio regarding Selina Robinson’s resignation
- May 8 Right to Resist Meeting, Vancouver
May 8, 2024 - Resistance Until Return: Addressing the Root Causes within a Rights-based Decolonization Approach
Oct. 13, 2024 - Solidarity with Palestine fundraiser by the Chilean community in Vancouver
October 26, 2024 - Video highlights of CPA’s solidarity work for Palestine.
Nov. 9, 2024 - Gurpreet Singh interviews Hanna Kawas on Spice Radio about the Nov. 14 violent raid on the home of Charlotte Kates
Nov. 20 & 24, 2024 - Reflections on Christmas 2024 by Hanna Kawas, a Palestinian Christian
Dec. 24, 2024
Social Media:
CPA Facebook pages:
(all likes are generated organically; on principle, we refuse to pay for ads or for posts promotions)
- Canada Palestine Association (10,376 Facebook followers)
- BDS Vancouver – Coast Salish Territories (1.6K Facebook followers)
- Boycott Israeli Wines – Don’t Drink with Apartheid (12K Facebook followers)
- Stop G4S in Canada – Boycott and Divest from G4S (7.1K Facebook followers)
- Boycott TEVA – Apartheid is BAD Medicine (3.1K Facebook followers)
CPA Facebook groups:
- Canada Palestine Association (5.4K members)
- Voice of Palestine صوت فلسطين (2.4K members)
- Air Canada: We are not On-Board with Human Rights Violations (757 members)
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