-UN removes half its staff from Afghanistan – 600 out of 1200 workers will be evacuated after the killing of 5 UN workers on October 28th – “The perception that we will stay in this country no matter what, is incorrect…” Kai Eide, head of the UN mission. The UN claims that Western forces are responsible for at least 340 civilian deaths since the start of this year.

-British Soldier Joe Glenton from Royal Logistics Corps leads London Demonstration to get out of Afghanistan – receives standing ovation and applause from soldiers in his barracks – “Politicians have abused the trust of the army and the soldiers who serve…”

-US Political Officer and former Marine Mathhew Hoh resigns post (US gov’t rep in Zabul Province) in Afghanistan – “I fail to see the value or the worth in continued US casualties or expenditures of resources…” – he has been asked to stay on by US foreign service

-Afghani Gov’t publicly accuses Canadian army of taking bribes and extorting protection money from Afghani farmers growing poppy seeds for heroin – FACT -> Poppy production has increased 600% in Afghanistan since the Canadian army arrived

32 Weather w/ Margo

35 Bike Report w/ Tom

40 Interview w|DJ Andy Williams – mentor, teacher and role model

-discussion of recent DJ tour in South Africa and the African roots of Hip-Hop

00 jazz amuck w/ John B.

50 Community Listings

15 More to life then Hummus w/Chef Ali Hassan

Mangoes Recipies!!! Back by Demand!!!

The Walks, the Pavements, the Categories and the Statistics

35 Interview w/ Gaynde Djibril member of GRILA and Independant Journalist phone -

Today’s Economic System as a Hinderance to Development for Africans

-Canada Mining Interests
-Civil Situation in Guinea

a roundtable discussion of the Canadian News Headlines that caught our eye this week
-Municipal Elections
-BodyBags sent to Reservations – H1N1 Flu Ad
-Federal Elections

www.democracynow.org

15 Interview w/ Denys Heward author “The Bugle Sounded One Note”

-History of the NDG School Lower Canada College
-Personal recollections through the eyes and ears of a man who was a teacher and student at LCC

35 Bike Report w/ Tom

15 More to life then Hummus w/Ali Hassan

Mangoes!!! Back by Demand!!!

Artists Against Apartheid X -

SATURDAY OCTOBER 10th 20h00
suggested donation 5-10$
Cégep du Vieux Montréal
255 rue Ontario east
room 4.82 A
métro Berri-UQAM

Artists Against Apartheid X is taking place within the Quebec Social Forum (QSF) within a special focus day at the forum on building the Palestinian solidarity movement. QSF 2009 is uniting thousands of grassroots activists from across Quebec, a special event within the ongoing Artists Against Apartheid series is part of the the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid.
performances from
Qurna
Qurna is a conceptual and experimental music project of Iraqi Maqam repertoire, building on improvisations and experiences of local musicians in Montreal.
musicians
Omar Dewachi: oud, djouza
Jérémi Roy: double bass
Pierre-Guy Blanchard: percussion
Sam Shalabi: oud, synth
Radwan Moumneh: saz
Xarah Dion: synth
Zayid Al-Baghdadi: nay
Lubo Alexandrov
Bulgarian-born guitarist, composer and singer, Alexandrov has developed a unique musical style, merging Bulgarian, Turkish and Roma musical traditions, recipient of the 2007 Juno Music Award for the ‘Best World Album’. www.luboalexandrov.com
musicians
Lubo Alexandrov: guitar, voice
Sergiu Popa: accordion
la Banda de Gaza
ensemble of six musicians including violin, double-bass, percussion, guitar, key-boards and accordion. La Banda de Gaza is front-lined by singer Iqi Balam who brings biting, politically charged lyrics to the group’s electricity of musical rhythms from Latin America, African percussion and modern beats.
projection
‘Once Upon A Country’
a film by Rula Odeh 15 minutes
“Once Upon a Country” paints a very human portrait of Palestinian-Canadians who tell their own story of their forced exile from Palestine in 1948.
This film gives a face and voice to Palestinian-Canadians as they tell their remarkable story of resilience and survival and express their yearning for recognition of the injustice they have endured.
Through their stories of 5 Palestinian-Canadians, we follow the trajectory of their lives from their care-free, happy childhoods in Palestine, through the shattering events of 1948 to the rebuilding of their lives in exile.
theater performance
Seven Jewish Children a piece for Gaza
Caryl Churchill’s play, Seven Jewish Children, was written in response to the situation in Gaza in January 2009 has been adapted into a French language performance by Stéphane Jaques
actors
Nathalie Costa
Dominique Daoust
Esther Hardy
Cécile Lasserre
Jean-Pierre Matte
Émilie-Lune Sauvé
Alexandre Préfontaine
stage manager: Diane Potvin
sound: Gabriel Lesage-Bilodeau and Hugo Le Bleu-Tadaros
translation Jocelyne Doray.
This is the tenth Artists Against Apartheid concert occurring within the international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid.
* Tadamon! Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
Tadamon! Montreal
tel: 514 664 1036
email: info[at]tadamon.ca

a roundtable discussion of the Canadian News Headlines that caught our eye this week
-Municipal Elections
-BodyBags sent to Reservations – H1N1 Flu Ad
-Federal Elections

www.democracynow.org

10 Glen Ford Editorial

Friday Morning After on signal

15 More to life then Hummus w/Ali Hassan

Mangoes!!!

As part of the activities for Israeli Apartheid Awareness week at the University of Adelaide, Action for Palestine was pleased to host Avigail Abarbanel to speak about Apartheid in Israel.
Avigail Abarbanel is a professional psychotherapist who was born in Israel and served for two years in the IDF. Her experience has greatly shaped her political views and she has been active in many campaigns against military injustice and human rights abuses in the Middle East and Australia. You can find her personal website here.
This interview was conducted by Catherine Zengerer for The Wire, our news and current affairs program here at Radio Adelaide. We bring you the extend interview from that session with thanks to Catherine Zengerer.
This talk was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 19th of August.

Time segments -  20:47 - kingston key

a roundtable discussion of the Canadian News Headlines that caught our eye this week

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10 Glen Ford Editorial

Friday Morning After on signal

15 ODI Cricket Championship Update w/ Zoreen Rahaman 

Wrap-up and discussion of ICC Cricket ODI(50 Over) World Championships going on in South Africa

Bike Report w/ Tom

Dateline – 21 September 2009
Israeli forces invaded Bil’in once again just before 1am. Six jeeps entered the village through the gate in the wall occupation. Two jeeps stopped at the house of Mohammed Ahmed Yasseen (age 21) and searched for him in the ground floor apartment belonging to his mother. Four jeeps stopped at Abdullah Mahmoud Aburahma’s (age 37) house and searched for him there. Two of these jeeps left to quickly search for Yasseen Mohammed Yasseen (age 21) at his home.

International and Israeli activists accompanied local Palestinians at all three locations to protest against the invasions and to document events. The house searches were relatively short-lived, compared to the numerous previous invasions. The soldiers delivered letters to all three families demanding that the three men go to Ofer prison to meet ‘Captain Fo’ad’ of the Shabak. This was the first time such a demand was written in Arabic.

There has been speculation that an Israeli lawyer is attempting to show that this long series of night arrests is illegal because no forewarning was given to any of the Palestinians so far seized and detained. These letters may be an attempt by the Israeli army to pre-empt a court order demanding a warning before any arrest.-September 2009..

a roundtable discussion of the Canadian News Headlines that caught our eye this week

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10 Interview w/ Amy Miller about the Adil Charkaoui Hearings

All welcome to come out to court tomorrow and Friday for an important
hearing in the Charkaoui case:

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Thursday, September 24 and Friday, September 25, 2009 at 9:30am
Federal Court, 30 McGill Street (Square Victoria metro), Montreal
*Call to confirm hearing and time: 514-222-0205, 514-813-4918
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After six years of subjecting Montrealer Adil Charkaoui to surveillance,
imprisonment, and house arrest, the Canadian government finally admitted
that they have insufficient evidence to uphold the security certificate
against him.
COME TO COURT ON SEPTEMBER 24 and 25th: The Federal Court has therefore
convened a hearing on 24 and 25 September to decide this question (see
three questions outlined in the court directive of 5 August here:
www.adilinfo.org/en/node/595).

Four other men, all Muslim, remain under a security certificate in
Ontario, including Mohammad Mahjoub, the sole detainee in the Kingston
Immigration Holding Centre, better known as “Guatanamo North”.

30 Bike Report w/ Tom

Photos were taken during a trip to Manila as an elections observer and
documents grassroots social movements in the country, both through
portraits and shots from the urban landscape...

Below is a press release on the exhibition, also Radio Canada
international featured the exhibition, below is a link to the interview...

http://www.rcinet.ca/RCI/EN/

wishing you all the best.

15 Literary Review w/ Jeffery Mackie

Comparrisons of a version from France of the Quebec film – Decline of the American Empire

35 Report on Email Scams w/ Christie Elizabeth

a roundtable discussion of the Canadian News Headlines that caught our eye this week

www.democracynow.org

10 Interview w/ Rahul Varma Artistic Director 514 938 1854

teesri duniya theatre
http://www.teesriduniya.com/

-Outline of the new play “Truth and Treason”
-Reactions to the Play – discussion panels
-Why such a short production run?

- Discussion of the theatre group – its history – the symbolism behind the name
-Future Projects

30 Bike Report w/ Tom 514 836 9986

Photos were taken during a trip to Manila as an elections observer and
documents grassroots social movements in the country, both through
portraits and shots from the urban landscape...

Below is a press release on the exhibition, also Radio Canada
international featured the exhibition, below is a link to the interview...

http://www.rcinet.ca/RCI/EN/

wishing you all the best.

15 Literary Review w/ Jeffery Mackie

30 Toronto Declaration regarding Boycott of International Film Festival’s city-2-city spotlight on Tel Aviv

September 10, 2009

For Immediate Release

Toronto Declaration Unstoppable
Despite a week of attacks, artists from around the world rush to sign the declaration

The organizers of the Toronto Declaration – No Celebration of Occupation are pleased to announce that more than 1000 people from around the world—including many Israelis—have signed on in protest of TIFF’s City-to-City Spotlight on Tel Aviv. New signatories include music and cinematic legends Harry Belafonte and Julie Christie. Actor Viggo Mortensen, who will be attending this year’s festival, just added his name. Leading intellectual figures Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler and Anne McClintock have also recently endorsed the declaration, along with prominent Canadian writers Rawi Hage, Joy Kogawa, Dionne Brand, and Kerri Sakamoto. Celebrated local filmmakers Velcro Ripper, Min Sook Lee and Lynne Fernie have also signed the letter.

International support for the declaration continues to grow despite denunciations, unfounded personal attacks on earlier signatories Jane Fonda and Danny Glover, and despite an aggressive campaign of misinformation regarding the letter’s content.

The organizers want to make it clear that the letter does not call for a boycott of TIFF. Several of the signatories have much anticipated films in this year’s festival and many others plan to attend. Nor is it a protest against Israeli filmmakers, many of whom signed the letter. It is a statement of principled opposition to TIFF’s highly political decision to honor the city of Tel-Aviv with a celebratory “spotlight” this year.

Such a celebration, especially in light of the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza, not only ignores Palestinian suffering, but also helps to whitewash Israel’s continued violations of international law. According to Naomi Klein, one declaration’s co-authors, “Publicly opposing TIFF’s decision is not an act of censorship, but its opposite: the use of cherished rights of freedom of speech and opinion.”

In an effort to promote ongoing critical debate about Tel Aviv, Israel and Palestine, organizers will be holding a public forum featuring key signatories on Monday, September 14, 2009. There will be an opportunity for press to talk to spokespeople prior to the event, beginning at 5pm. Location and further details to follow.

The full text of the letter, including new signatories is available at: http://torontodeclaration.blogspot.com/

Media Contact:
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Globe and Mail, Naomi Klein, Tuesday, September 08, 2009.

When I heard the Toronto International Film Festival was holding a celebratory “spotlight” on Tel Aviv I felt ashamed of my city. I thought immediately of Mona Al Shawa, a Palestinian women’s-rights activist I met on a recent trip to Gaza. “We had more hope during the attacks,” she told me, “at least then we believed things would change.” Ms. Al Shawa explained that while Israeli bombs rained down last December and January, Gazans were glued to their TVs. What they saw, in addition to the carnage, was a world rising up in outrage: global protests, as many as a hundred thousand on the streets of London, a group of Jewish women in Toronto occupying the Israeli Consulate. “People called it war crimes,” Ms. Al Shawa recalled. “We felt we were not alone in the world.”

35 Interview w/ Amir Al-Shourbaji (Montreal Muslim who is involved with the Community on a day-to day basis) – Phone:

1/ The traditional significance of the month of Ramadan
2/ The process for practiononers to observe the month of Ramadan

a roundtable discussion of the Canadian News Headlines that caught our eye this week

10 Interview w/ Abraham Weizfeld –

doctoral candidate Abraham
Weizfeld, of the Department of Political Science at l’Université du
Québec à Montréal (UQAM) 

Presentation of the issues as they stand on the status of
Weizfeld's doctoral thesis that makes a critique of the State of Israel from a
Jewish perspective. This thesis work was expelled without the
right of appeal by a university administrator in 2005 after having been
accepted by a majority of the academic jury. The UQAM Ombudsman’s
inquiry concluded that this expulsion was in contradiction to the regulations of the university, however
the non-academic administration still refuses to allow the matter to be considered by the Jury of
academics or by any other academic’s evaluation. As a result
the legal appeal is seeking a judgment to allow the academic procedure of evaluation to continue.

Abraham Weizfeld will be speaking on his own behalf with the assistance of
counsel from Me. Patrice Blais, at the September 14-16, 2009 hearing at the Palais de Justice, 1 rue
Notre-Dame E., room 2.08 at 9 am Monday.

Discussion -

-Describe the procedural irregularities that have led to the legal action
-How will you present your arguments at the Palais de Justice?

-Can you outline your thesis itself and some of the reasons that you think it
was expelled in such a unilateral and irregular fashion?

30 Bike Report w/ Tom