No One Is Illegal Radio (March 2009)

No One Is Illegal Radio reports about the frontline struggles for justice, dignity and self-determination by migrants, refugees and indigenous peoples.

The March 2009 edition of No One Is Illegal Radio is part of Israeli Apartheid Week in Montreal. The show includes interviews with three Palestinian activists and commentators based in Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, and Toronto: Jamal Juma, Rami Almeghari and Rafeef Ziadah.

Listen to the show HERE.


JAMAL JUMA (23:07)
Jamal is the coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, based in East Jerusalem. In this interview, Jamal addresses how to build the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, linking the BDS campaign tangibly to other struggles for social justice, the origins of the BDS campaign prior to it's official in 2005, as well as Israeli Apartheid Week activities in Palestine itself.

More info:: http://www.stopthewall.org
"Sustaining Global Solidarity After Gaza": http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10363.shtml


RAMI ALMEGHARI (24:57)
Rami is a Palestinian journalist based in Gaza, and a frequent contributor to the Electronic Intifada. Rami addresses the current situation in the Gaza Strip as Palestinians rebuild from Israel's recent attack, the impunity of Israeli decision-makers, the complicity between Egypt and Israel in preventing the free movement of Palestinians, as well as an analysis of the current political situation in Palestine

More info: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/diaries.shtml


RAFEEF ZIADAH (14:22)
Rafeef is an organizer with the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) and a third-generation Palestinian refugee based in Toronto. In this interview, Rafeef addresses the growth of Israeli Apartheid Week since its inception in 2005, the attacks on Palestinian solidarity organizing at York University and other campuses, feminist resistance to Israeli Apartheid, as well as the use of the term apartheid itself.

More info: http://www.caiaweb.org/


To LISTEN to the show, visit: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/31974

More information about Israeli Apartheid Week is available here: www.apartheidweek.org


No One Is Illegal-Montreal is part of a worldwide movement of resistance, fighting for justice and dignity, and the right to self-determination for migrants, refugees and indigenous people. Our campaign is in public confrontation with the Canadian state, denouncing and taking action to combat racial profiling, police brutality, detentions and deportations, as well as opposing the displacement and genocide of indigenous peoples on Turtle Island.

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Previous editions of No One Is Illegal Radio are linked HERE.