[Needtoknow] FW: Protest Racist Celebration of "Israel" in Boston - Sun 6/18, 11 AM

[davidrolde at comcast.net]

Green-Rainbow people please come out for this protest if you can.  "Boston Celebrates Israel" (or "Talk Rock and Walk with Israel" as they are calling it this year) is possibly the largest racist hate-rally that goes on in Massachusetts. It is important for us to have a large turnout to oppose it. Mystic River Green-Rainbow Action (the Cambridge/Somerville GRP group) is an endorser of the protest. GRP member Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner spoke at the New England Committee to Defend Palestine's forum at Roxbuy Community College last Saturday, a forum that was called to encourage people to come to the protest. Chuck pointed out that Zionism is a form of white supremacy that was developed with the input of christian white supremacists in the USA in the late 19th century. Chuck went on to say that cutting the ties between the USA and Israel would be a crucial step in bringing about the downfall of worldwide white supremacy (including racism inside the USA).  Opposing Israeli Apart
heid in Palestine is an important issue. I hope a lot of you can come out. - David Rolde

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> ***Please forward widely***
>  
> Protest Racist Celebration of "Israel" in Boston 
> 
> Sunday, June 18, 11:00 AM, Boston Government Center. 
> 
> Under this year's title "Talk, Rock and Walk with
> Israel", Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston has
> announced its annual event celebrating more than half
> a century of colonialism and genocide against the
> people of Palestine.
> 
> The event consists of a rally at Copley Square at
> 10:30 AM, a walk to Government Center, and a
> celebration at City Hall Plaza. 
> 
> For the fifth year in a row The New England Committee
> to Defend Palestine calls for a protest. 
> 
> When Zionists "Talk, Rock and Walk with Israel," what
> will they be celebrating? 
> 
> *The mass expulsion of 780,000 Palestinians in 1948 
> 
> *Military massacres, from Deir Yassin in 1948 to Jenin
> in 2002 to the attacks on Jericho and Gaza in 2006 
> 
> *The use of U.S. fighter jets, attack helicopters,
> tanks, bulldozers, and assault rifles to attack
> Palestinians 
> 
> *Soldiers shooting children 
> 
> *The razing of Palestinian villages and home
> demolitions 
> 
> *The imprisonment of more than 9,000 Palestinians for
> political reasons 
> 
> *Assassination of Palestinian political leaders 
> 
> *5 million refugees kept by force from returning to
> their homes in Palestine 
> 
> *Economic strangulation of Palestinian communities 
> 
> *The stealing of land by a state-sponsored settlement
> program 
> 
> *The theft of water, the uprooting of olive trees, and
> the building of 450 miles of 24-foot-high concrete
> walls to imprison Palestinian cities and villages. 
> 
> Don't let them hold this racist march in Boston. 
> 
> Join all those for justice in Palestine at 11:00 AM
> Sunday, June 18 at Government Center! 
> 
> Accessible via the Green line. Meet us there at 11:00
> am 
> 
> http://www.onepalestine.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
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