Anarchists Against the Wall UK tour - Grassroots in Israel/Palestine

The infamous Anarchists Against the Wall, an Israeli direct action group which is committed to joint popular struggle with Palestinians, is sending two representatives on a speaking tour around Europe, with an extensive tour around the UK.

Sarah, an Israeli activist, and Ra'ad a Palestinian activist will talk about the struggle, especially at the village of Bil'in in the West Bank, and show a film. If you are interested in the grassroots response to the occupation on either side of the checkpoints, then check out the dates below for when they arrive at a community centre near you. Bring your friends and family ;) spread the word...

I've only included the times and locations of the events i could get online info on, if anyone has more info then please post it.

**** Tour of mainland Europe ****

Paris at the fete l'humanite Fri Sep 15 - Sun Sep 17 at La courneuve

Orlean Mon, September 18, 2006

Frankfurt Tue, September 19, 2006

Berlin Wed, September 20, 2006

Munich -Jewish-Palestinian dialoge group Thu, September 21, 2006

***** UK TOUR *****

Brighton – Friday 22nd September – 6-8pm, The Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton (non members welcome) - Organised by Brighton and Hove PSC

Leicester- Sunday 24th September - 2.00pm Friends Meeting House, Queens Road Leicester. – Organised by Leicester PSC

Newcastle Mon, September 25, 2006

Manchester Tue, September 26, 2006 - Wed, September 27, 2006

Lancaster - Thu, September 28, 2006 - Organised by Lancaster University Friends of Palestine Society

Glasgow – Friday September 29, 2006

Edinburgh - Sat, September 30, 2006

Orlean Sun, October 1, 2006

bokonon

Additions

Rizwan

15.09.2006 13:56

Here's an unofficial homepage of the group, though it doesn't reveal much:

http://www.squat.net/antiwall/

The AAW are mostly non-violent, and as anarchists have no support for Hamas (as an Islamic party) or the PLO (I'd imagine at least, since the PLO used murderous tactics on civilians). I don't think there is much more to say than that, since they are an action-oriented organisation with no platform or manifesto, their ideals and opinions will have to be interpretted from their actions. As for suicide bombing, I do not think it comes under direct action, unless your goal is to arbitrarily kill as many people as possible. If your goal is creating a Palestinian state, then suicide bombing is most definitely not direct action. If your goal is to dismantle the wall, then dismantling the wall is direct action. =)

Anarkike

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AAW Contact

15.09.2006 13:41

Hey, me and some comrades want to book a tour date in London, do you have any contact details for whoever is doing the bookings? I'll be watching this page.
Thanks.

Anarkike

anarchist attitude to hamas etc....???

15.09.2006 13:42

sounds good. a question tho? what is yr groups opinion on hamas,PLO etc. do you work with these groups? Secondly, do you consider 'suicide bombing' a form of direct action?

rizwan

london

15.09.2006 14:57

Hey,
im not at all in charge of organising the tour, i just got forwarded some scant details by a friend of mine in the AAW in israel. All i can say is that there seems to be a free day after brighton so possibly theyd be free then, and perhaps you should contact brighton ISM whose contact can be found here:

http://www.brightonpalestinecampaign.org/takeaction.html or Liecester PSC. Good luck organising london, its a huge shame if its missed out. Ill try and check this page in the next couple of days to see whats happened

As for their possition on things, i would really recomend going and meeting them, the last time we had someone from their group come down to my uni, talking about israel, being queer and the no state solution, it led to a really good discussion. Theyre really fucking good people and theyre working non stop with palestinian villages in their own campaigns. Im not sure what theyd say about Hamas. Go meet them.

bokonon