No. 17
October 2023
Photo Review -- October 23-28
The World Stands with Palestine!
Istanbul, Türkiye,
October 28, 2023
Grand Central Station New York, October 27, 2023.
T-shirts read: "Jews Say Ceasefire Now" and "Not in Our
Name"
Half
a million people march in London, England, October 28, 2023, the
largest demonstration for Palestine in the UK so far, and one of the
largest ever protests in the UK.
CANADA
Montreal
The tempo of actions to defend the people of Gaza and oppose disinformation about Palestine from governments and monopoly media is being stepped up with daily actions taking place at Dorchester Square as well as other actions taking place throughout the week. Student walkouts took place in unniversities -- McGill, Concordia, Université de Montreal and UQAM -- Dawson CEGEP and a number of highschools on October 25. These actions affirmed the right of the students to speak out and take their stands without reprisals, in addition to standing with the Palestinian people against the Zionist occupation. On October 28, thousands took part in a rally and march to "End the Genocide in Gaza."
McGill University student walkout
October 25, 2023
Concordia University
student walkout, October 25, 2023
McGill University student walkout,
Montreal, October 25, 2023
October 28, 2023
Ottawa
Actions in Ottawa to stand with Palestine, as well to hold governments and the media to account for complicity in the genocide being waged by Israel, are intensifying. On October 25, Labour for Palestine held a noon-hour rally attended by workers organized in various unions, including the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Speakers made clear the necessity for working people to stand with Palestine and to take actions to block and end the Israeli occupation. Speakers denounced reprisals by employers against those who are speaking out in defence of Palestine, saying that support must be organized to defend them. Later that day, a militant rally was held outside CBC offices on Sparks St., denouncing its disinformation and that of other media which justifies Israel's genocide of the Palestinians.
On October 27, with less than four hours' notice, over
5,000 people gathered at the Human Rights Monument, the vast
majority of them young people, as well as entire families, for an
emergency demonstration to denounce the ongoing genocide of the
Palestinian people in Gaza and to demand a ceasefire. The main
slogans were Stop the Genocide!, Palestine Will Live!, Trudeau,
You Will See, Palestine Will Be Free! and Ceasefire Now!
The demonstration took to the streets of downtown Ottawa, in the
Byward Market, for over two hours. It passed the Prime Minister's
Office on Elgin Street, next to the U.S. Embassy, where the slogan Biden,
War Criminal; Trudeau, Accomplice! rang out, before returning
under heavy police surveillance to the Human Rights Monument.
Demonstration
outside CBC against media disinformation, October 25, 2023
Labour
4 Palestine, October 25, 2023
Emergency
rally, October 27, 2023
Sudbury
October 28, 2023
Pickering
High school
student walkouts, October 25, 2023
Toronto
The past week of actions in Toronto began with a militant action on
Monday, October 23 at 8:00 am outside the Israeli Consulate in
downtown Toronto. The action, "Jews Call to End Genocide in Gaza,"
was organized by several Jewish organizations, making clear that the
crimes of the Zionists in Palestine are not in their name.
Two vigils were held on October 25, to put a human face on the
thousands of people killed by Israel in Gaza. At the first,
organized by Palestinian students at the University of Toronto,
speeches poems and stories were shared about the Palestinian people
and their collective historic resistance to Zionist oppression and
fight to reclaim their historic homeland. The speakers pointed out
that the vigil was organized to oppose the efforts by the Canadian
media to only tell Israel's side of the story, which is aimed at
erasing the Palestinians and their struggle. The Trudeau government
was denounced for continuing to arm and support the Israeli
government which was carrying out genocide and war crimes against
the civilian population of Gaza.
At the "Honour All Our Martyrs" vigil at Queen's Park, the names and
stories of a number of those killed were read out -- from
journalists, women activists and writers, to a six-day-old baby
girl. As the emcee pointed out their only crime was to be born
Palestinian. The emcee for the event, which was organized by the
Palestine Youth Movement, noted that the vigil was not just to
remember those who had been killed in the recent hours and days by
the Israeli airstrikes, but to honour their memory with the
commitment to carry out the struggle till Palestine is free.
Students across Toronto militantly exercised their right to
conscience, political opinion and organizing, and support for the
Palestinian people by staging walk-out protests en masse on
October 26. Students from several schools took part, including
Woburn Collegiate Institute, Winston Churchill Collegiate, Sir
Wilfred Laurier, David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute,
Agincourt Collegiate Institute, R.H. King Academy, Dr. Norman
Bethune Collegiate Institute, Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute,
Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute and Etobicoke Collegiate Institute.
They carried out their actions despite pressure and threats from
school authorities that they will be penalized for missing class,
get a failed grade for a test, be marked absent and so on.
On October 27, hundreds of people participated in an emergency
demonstration at the Israeli Consulate in Toronto, denouncing the
complicity and cowardice of the Trudeau Liberal government for its
active support of Israel. Speakers at the rally called on all
Canadians to continue to speak out and denounce the genocide against
the people of Gaza as Israel defies the resolution passed by the UN
General Assembly earlier in the day. Participants occupied the
intersection of Bloor St. and Avenue Rd. outside the Israeli
Consulate for more than two hours, chanting slogans such as From
the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free! and We Are
the People, We Will Not Be Silent, We Will Be Returning, Soon,
Soon! and others that could be heard for blocks around.
On October 28, thousands of people, including many families with
children, participated in a militant action called by
Toronto4Palestine in support of the people of Gaza and Palestine who
are facing an unprecedented onslaught, day and night, by the
U.S.-backed Zionist war criminals of Israel. The action began with a
rally in Nathan Phillips Square. Speeches and chanting of slogans
denounced Israel for the mass murder of women and children and the
Zionist regime for bombing and cutting off all communications and
electricity so that the truth and stories of what is happening to
the besieged people of Gaza does not get out.
October
23, 2023
Vigil at University of Toronto,
October 25, 2023
Honour All Our Martyrs
vigil, Queen's Park, October 25, 2023
High
school student walkout, October 26, 2023
October
27, 2023
October 28, 2023
Mississauga
High school student walkouts,
October 25, 2023
Windsor
October 25, 2023
Edmonton
October
27, 2023
Calgary
October 28,
2023
Vancouver
October 28, 2023
Prince George
October 28, 2023
UNITED
STATES
New
York City
Student walkouts, October 25, 2023
Grand Central
Station, October 27, 2023
Washington, DC
October 23, 2023
October 24, 2023
Albany, NY
October
27, 2023
Chicago, IL
Student walkouts, October 25, 2023
San Franscisco, CA
Student walkouts, October
25, 2023
October 27, 2023
Los Angeles, CA
Student walkouts, October 25, 2023
St. Paul, MN
October 25, 2023
October 27, 2023
Minneapolis, MN
October 23, 2023
Columbus,
OH
Student walkouts,
October 25, 2023
Princeton, NJ
Student walkouts, October 25, 2023
Miami, FL
Student walkouts, October 25, 2023
Tampa, FL
Student walkout, October 25, 2023
ASIA
Palestine
Jericho, October 25, 2023
Protest in
support of Gaza outside hospital in the West Bank, October 25, 2023.
Beirut, Lebanon
October 24, 2023
Amman,
Jordan
October 24, 2023
October 27, 2023
Sana'a, Yemen
October 27, 2023
Istanbul,
Türkiye
October 28, 2023
Doha, Qatar
October
27, 2023
Tunis, Tunisia
Kerala, India
October 26, 2023
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
October 24, 2023
AFRICA
Durban,
South Africa
October 26,
2023
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
Cuba
The Cuban Revolution continues to show its steadfast solidarity with the just cause of the Palestinian people. Throughout Cuba -- scientists, doctors, university students, farmers, artists and in fact all segments of the society -- are mobilizing themselves in gatherings with statements of support.
Punta Brava, October 24, 2023
Sibanicu, October 25, 2023
Isle of Youth, October 27, 2023
EUROPE
London,
England
October
28, 2023
Manchester, Britain
October 27, 2023
Sabina, Spain
October 24, 2023
Bilbao, Spain
October 28, 2023
St. Etienne, France
October 27, 2023
Rome, Italy
October 28, 2023
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