The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat

EVENTS

From Palestine to Oakland: The Fight to Free Political Prisoners
Monday, October 11, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
405 Milbank Hall, Barnard College
3009 Broadway, New York

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As part of the Global Days of Action for Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Political Prisoners, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine presents a talk featuring:

FRANCISCO TORRES

Born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York City, Cisco is a Vietnam Veteran who fought for the grievances of Black and Latino soldiers upon his return to the states. A former Black Panther, he has been a community activist since his discharge from the military in 1969. He worked with troubled youth up to the day of his arrest. Freed on bail in September 2007, Cisco is the sole defendant to still face charges as part of the San Francisco 8, a group of Black Panthers arrested for their alleged involvement in the 1971 murder of Sgt. John V. Young.

LAMIS DEEK

Lamis Deek is a Palestinian organizer born in Nablus, Palestine and raised in New York. She is member and co-chair of Al-Awda New York. In her practice as a lawyer, she focuses primarily on criminal defense and FBI investigations. She has handled a number of political prisoner cases domestically and witnessed the trial of Ahmad Sa’adat in Palestine.

MICHAEL KENNEDY

Michael Kennedy is currently a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. His research explores the lived experiences of Palestinian political prisoners, focusing on alternative forms of visual and textual representation. He also serves as a photography instructor and Regional Coordinator for the Research Journalism Initiative, an educational media nonprofit that provides conceptual and technical training in media production to Palestinian journalism students.

Co-sponsored by: Al-Awda NY, Existence is Resistance, Black and Latino Student Caucus, ISO, Turath, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement

Jailed in the Struggle for Liberation:

Free Ahmad Sa’adat and 10,000 Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails

Saturday, December 12, 1 - 3pm 

@ 672 E. Broadway (near Fraser) – Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice

Vancouver, BC

• Find out about the case of jailed Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Secretary Ahmad Sa’adat
• Learn about conditions for more than 10,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails for resisting occupation
• Help create a solidarity message from Vancouver to political prisoners in Palestine
• Share solidarity messages
• Find out about the Maslamani Brigade – a health and human rights solidarity delegation to going to Palestine in 2011
  
• Eat excellent desserts and drink Zapatista coffee from Café Ramona

 Presented by the Maslamani Brigade Organizing Committee

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