In the first two weeks of June this year one of central London’s lost and abandoned buildings will be reclaimed and transformed into a radical centre for discussion, action, and education around the issue of Palestinian rights. Palestine Place will be a squatted hub of activity from the 2nd-17th June. A partial events schedule has now been released, the reason it is partial is because we want the events in the space to be lead by people that are in there. We do not want people to simply come and passively consume entertainment put on for them but to actively get involved. All that we ask that those wishing to host events are willing to act within the parameters of our defined politics, which are solidified around the three demands made by Palestinian civil society:

1) An end to the occupation and colonisation of all Arab lands occupied since 1967.

2) Equal Rights for Palestinian Citizens of Israel (1948 Palestine)

3) Respecting, protecting, and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their lands as stipulated in UN Resolution 194.

The location will be revealed tomorrow, see palestineplace.wordpress.com or @palestineplace for updates

June 2nd Palestine
Place opens to the Public (Time TBC)
All day: Photography from Palestine from Pennie Quinton – needs collecting from east London friday afternoon
All day: Making Palestine Place home – making the space nice, needs materials
13:00: Shared Lunch
15:00: Introduction to Israeli Apartheid and BDS workshop – to be discussed tonight
17:00: Twinning workshop with Nandita Dowson (Cadfa)
18:00: Poetry and Music with Palestinian poet Rafeef Ziadah and friends
June 3rd
13:00: Shared lunch
14:00: Introduction to Israeli Apartheid and BDS workshop – to be discussed tonight
15:00: Stencil t-shirt workshop
June 4th
13:00: Shared lunch
14:00: Introduction to Israeli Apartheid and BDS workshop – to be discussed tonight
18:00: Chronicles of a Refugee – film screening ONLY
June 5th
13:00: Shared lunch
14:00: Action planning workshop ahead of G4S AGM on June 7 – introduced by Shiar from Corporate Watch
18:00: Chronicles of a Refugee (continued)
19:00: Talk with Sebastian Rodriguez, Israeli BDS activist and Anarchists Against the Wall member, and live link up with Israeli activist Yonatan Shapira
June 6th
13:00: Shared Lunch
18:30: International law and Palestine – Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights Daniel Machover and Frank Barat, Russell Tribunal on Palestine
June 7th

20:00 – 22:00 – Palestine and the Arab revolutions with Ahdaf Soueif and Ben White
June 8th

19:00 – ILAN PAPPE
June 9th

ISM Workshop on going to Palestine (10am-5pm)
June 10th

ISM Workshop on going to Palestine (10am-5pm)
June 11th

19:00 – Selma Dabbagh, Book Promotion of ‘Out of It’
June 12th
June 13th

16:00 – Glyn Secker (Jewish Boat to Gaza/JFJP)
June 14th

Jordan Valley Workshop

7:00 – PEDAL
June 15th
June 16th

15:00 – 17:00 – John Snowden, BIN and Palestine Solidarity Campaign; WSF and Cultural Boycott
June 17th
Palestine Place Closes with final event (Details to be released)

16:00 – 18:00 – Arthur Neslen, Writer of ‘Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche’