Feb. 12, 2023: Banner Drops on Two Vancouver Bridges as part of Days of Rage and Resistance
And here are photos from January’s banner drop and postering action!
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Category: Events
Upcoming and past events organized or sponsored by the Canada Palestine Association.
CPA 2022 Year in Review
Canada Palestine Association had another busy year of activism in 2022, as the Palestinian solidarity movement in diaspora reflected the new spirit of the Unity Intifada. Here is a list of most of our campaign highlights, along with statements and interviews done throughout the year. We are moved and grateful for all the committed and dedicated activists who show that we will always #StandWithPalestine; solid grassroots organizing is the best answer to the Zionist lobby smear attacks.
Events and Campaigns:
- Palestinian Liberation: A New Path Forward
January 15, 2022 - Freedom for Ahmad Sa’adat: Protest and Postering for Palestine
January 22, 2022 - Remembering Samah Idriss
February 5, 2022 - Day of Action Feb. 5: Boycott Israeli Wines
Vancouver, Victoria take to the streets for #BoycottIsraeliWines Day of Action
February 6, 2022 - Tell BC Government to pull Israeli Apartheid Wines Now! – Action Network
February 26, 2022 - Letter Delivery Protest Action for Palestine
March 9, 2022 - Stand for Palestine: Commemorate Land Day!
March 26, 2022 - Vancouver, Victoria hold new actions to highlight #BoycottIsraeliWines
March 26, 2022 - Friends of the Campaign to “Tell BC Govt to Pull Israeli Apartheid Wines!”
April 11, 2022 - Information Picket: No to Israeli Apartheid Wines
April 16, 2022 - Stand for Palestine: Outreach for Palestinian Prisoners’ Freedom
April 23, 2022 - Photo Gallery from #Nakba74 Actions in Vancouver, Victoria
May 15, 2022 - ILPS Conference in Ottawa
June 1-4, 2022 - June 28 Picket: No to Israeli Apartheid Wines!
BC Govt: Pull Israeli Apartheid Wines
June 28, 2022 - Celebrating the Art and Legacy of Betty Beeching
August 7, 2022 - #IVotePalestine: Vancouver Election Edition
September 12, 2022 - Tabling at Roger Waters Concert, Vancouver
September 21, 2022 - End Administrative Detention: Outreach and Rally for Palestinian Prisoners
October 2,2022 - Final Report #IVotePalestine Vancouver
October 4, 2022 - March for Palestine, Oct. 29
October 29, 2022 - Silencing Palestine in the Education System
November 19, 2022 - Next Steps for the Palestine Movement: #NoIHRA in Vancouver, Reports from Brussels and Palestine
Next Steps for the Palestine Movement
November 21, 2022 - Mark Int’l Day of Solidarity/Boycott Israeli Wines Picket Nov. 26
Vancouver Picket/Flash Action for Int’l Day of Solidarity
November 26, 2022
CPA Statements:
- NDP: Your Credibility is on the Line
January 5, 2022 - Is B’nai Brith the new Media Rep for Global Affairs Canada?
February 16, 2022 - Masterclass in Hypocrisy from Canadian politicians
Feb. 26, 2022 - The False Foundation of B’nai Brith’s Data
April 28, 2022 - Stop the smear campaigns against Palestinian Advocacy!
May 4, 2022 - Boycotting Israeli Products has a long history in Vancouver
August 1, 2022 - David Eby & BC NDP’s Failure on Israeli Apartheid Wines
September 4, 2022 - Open Letter to Algerian President and the Arab Summit
October 25, 2022 - Vancouver and #NoIHRA, Again!
November 4, 2022 - Vancouver City Council adopts anti-Palestinian IHRA definition
November 18, 2022 - Debunking the IHRA Definition: A Palestinian Perspective
December 1, 2022 - Is CBC Ombudsman impartial in his IHRA Vancouver review?
December 6, 2022 - Motion withdrawn to adopt IHRA at Richmond City Council
December 17, 2022
Articles:
- Western Hypocrisy and Racism on Full Display
Almayadeen, March 1, 2022 - Masterclass in Hypocrisy: Yes to pulling Russian liquor, NO to deshelving Israeli apartheid wines
Mondoweiss, March 2, 2022 - The façade of the ‘international rules-based order’ has been exposed
Mondoweiss, March 14, 2022 - UAE cements its economic ties with Israeli Apartheid
Almayadeen, April 5, 2022 - Fearmongering and intimidation by Canada’s pro-Israel lobby
Mondoweiss, May 10, 2022 - First Anniversary of Seif Al-Quds Battle
Almayadeen, May 13, 2022 - Why the “river to the sea” is the only viable strategy
Mondoweiss,July 13, 2022 - The Farce of Normalization: A Taste of Morocco and a Sip of “Israel”
Almayadeen, September 26, 2022 - Vancouver city council on the brink of institutionalizing anti-Palestinian racism
Mondoweiss, November 10, 2022 - Debunking the IHRA Definition: We will not be Silenced!
Almayadeen, December 1, 2022
Videos, Interviews & Webinars:
- Hanna Kawas message at Dr. Banerjee’s Memorial Gathering
Jan 13, 2022 - Hanna Kawas on Amnesty Report Documenting Israeli Apartheid
Feb. 6, 2022 - Western Hypocrisy on Ukraine
February 27, 2022 - CPA Chair on Rachel Corrie’s Legacy and Campaign to Boycott Israeli Wines
Mar. 20, 2022 - Columpa Bobb reciting her late mother’s poem “Remembering Mahmoud”
May 15, 2022 - On the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh & #Nakba74
May 16, 2022 - Pull Israeli Apartheid Wines!
June 29, 2022 - Tracking War Crimes Profiteering
September 29, 2022 - Palestine Resists | with Rana Abdulla, Hanna Kawas, Stephen Ellis
November 3, 2022 - CPA Chair presentation to Vancouver city council on IHRA definition
Nov 16, 2022 - #NoIHRA Vancouver
November 26, 2022 - Video Clip of our In-store Flash Action
November 26, 2022 - Vancouver4Palestine 2022
December 20, 2022
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 (6,598 Facebook followers)
- BDS Vancouver – Coast Salish Territories (1,501 Facebook followers)
- Boycott Israeli Wines – Don’t Drink with Apartheid (2,334 Facebook followers)
- Stop G4S in Canada – Boycott and Divest from G4S (661 Facebook followers)
- Boycott TEVA – Apartheid is BAD Medicine (967 Facebook followers)
CPA Facebook groups:
- Canada Palestine Association (3,829 members)
- Voice of Palestine صوت فلسطين (1,855 members)
- Air Canada: We are not On-Board with Human Rights Violations (746 members)
Follow us on Twitter:
BDS Vancouver/Canada Palestine Association (1,375 Followers)
Instagram – cpavancouver (320 followers)
Vancouver Picket/Flash Action for Int’l Day of Solidarity
On November 26, there was a lively picket/flash action in Vancouver to mark the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians and to call for deshelving Israeli apartheid wines in BC liquor stores. Activists also condemned City Council’s recent adoption of IHRA. Cosponsors of the event included BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish, Canada Palestine Association, ILPS Canada, Independent Jewish Voices Vancouver and Samidoun Vancouver.
Here are some of the great photos and a video of the instore action from the event, and activists have pledged to keep coming out on the streets to support Palestine.
Mark Int’l Day of Solidarity/Boycott Israeli Wines Picket Nov. 26
Great photos from our picket/instore flash action: #BoycottIsraeliWines #NoIHRA
Join local groups in Vancouver to mark the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People with a picket to “Tell the BC NDP Govt to Pull Israeli Apartheid Wines”.
Major international and Israeli human right groups, including Amnesty International, have determined that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid. Yet the BC government insists to carry Israeli wines in publicly owned BC liquor stores, even though most are linked to the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise.
The wines in question are either from the Golan Heights Winery and its joint venture the Galil Winery; or from the Israeli Teperberg Winery, which proudly displays a map on its website showing vineyards in occupied Palestinian territory.
More info: https://cpavancouver.org/boycottisraeliwines-campaign/
Cosponsors for this event include BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish, Canada Palestine Association, ILPS Canada, Independent Jewish Voices Vancouver, Samidoun Vancouver
This event is taking place on the unceded and occupied territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. The organizers stand in full solidarity and support of Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination and with the ongoing movements to defend land, water and Indigenous peoples from plunder and settler colonialism.
FB Event Page: Boycott Israeli Wines/Mark Int’l Day of Solidarity with Palestinians | Facebook
March for Palestine, Oct. 29
Update: Photo Gallery from the Event
Oct. 29, 12 noon Commercial Skytrain Station: Join us as we march in solidarity on this International day of action for the Right of Return and Liberation! We’ll be meeting at the Commercial Skytrain Station to Grandview Park.
The march is an internationally coordinated action by the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement and coincides with their march on the European Parliament in Brussels.
The Palestinian liberation movement is a Palestinian, Arab and international movement, with a history of a century of struggle fighting back against imperialism, Zionism and reactionary forces. Today, as the Palestinian people and their resistance continue to struggle for return and liberation, the colonial occupation is continuing its extrajudicial killings and massacres, siege on Gaza, mass imprisonment, home demolition, settlement construction and overall assaults on Palestine.
Facebook Event: The March for Return and Liberation! | Facebook