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Popular Protest in Gaza

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:55 +0000

In the face of ongoing Israeli military actions directed at the Gaza Strip, which have taken the lives of over one-hundred Palestinians within the past week -- including multiple children -- a popular committee has formed in Gaza, which has been coordinating a series of popular direct actions and appealing for protests lead by social justice movements throughout the world.

Racism, religion and reasonable accommodation.

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:45 +0000

This edition of Radio Tadamon! features a critique on a state-sponsored series of hearings in Quebec on "reasonable accommodation", which has placed the cultural and religious rights of immigrant communities in Quebec in the political spotlight.

Radio Tadamon! features a presentation from Gada Mahrouse, academic and social justice activist, who offers an anti-racist view on the issue in a lecture in Montreal in the context of a grassroots event organized in Montreal north examining the impacts of the current debate on "reasonable accommodation" in Quebec on immigrant communities specifically addressing the impacts of the debate on Muslim women.

Bilal Elamine: Lebanon and Hezbollah

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:33 +0000

Listen to a presentation from Bilal Elamine, the former editor of Left Turn magazine concerning the role of Hezbollah as a political force in Lebanon, touching on the 2006 Israeli attack on Lebanon, the recent political crisis / turmoil in Lebanon, including the general strike of 2006 and opposition demonstrations.

Additionally this presentation provides important historical context to the formation of Hezbollah as a political force in Lebanon, within the context of the movements emergence within the context of the Lebanese civil-war and the Israeli invasion of 1982.

Brian Aboud: Hizballah and Canada's List of 'Terrorist Entities'

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A presentation given in Montreal on Wednesday, October 17th, hosted by Tadamon! Montreal & the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at McGill University within the context of the campaign to challenging Hezbollah’s listing as a ’Terrorist’ Group in Canada.

Brian Aboud, a social activist, professor and academic speaks about the importance of challenging Canada's categorization of Hezbollah as a 'terrorist' organization in Canada.

Tadamon! Montreal:
Challenging Hezbollah’s listing as a ’Terrorist’ Group in Canada

Tariq Ali: Hezbollah and Canada.

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:18 +0000

Terrorism is a contested terrain, a political landscape on which the highest levels of international military power engage in a deadly war. In 2007 terrorism remains an ominous threat, a political ghost invoked in the foreign policy rhetoric of Canada’s Conservative government surrounding the ‘War on Terror’.

In 2002 Canada unveiled an official list of ‘terrorist’ organizations, strikingly similar to the US governmental list of an equivalent nature. Today the Lebanese political movement Hezbollah, both the military and political wings, is officially considered a ‘terrorist’ organization by the government of Canada, a policy only endorsed by two additional countries internationally, the US and Israel.

Islam: Facing Racism in Quebec

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:13 +0000

In Canada, a state commission on "Reasonable Accommodation" regarding the rights of minorities and new immigrants in Quebec has created a storm of controversy.

This edition of Radio Tadamon! features Indu Vashist, a community organizer in Montreal and May Hayder of Al-Hidaya Association presenting alternative perspectives on ‘Reasonable Accommodation’ to the government sponsored commission.

Racism & 'Reasonable Accommodation' in Quebec

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:08 +0000

Currently a governmental commission is commencing this week in Canada, on the growing racism faced in Quebec by immigrants. In Quebec a series of government-initiated public hearings on cultural differences and immigrant integration has commenced this week.

Immigrants in Quebec have faced a growing political storm throughout the past year, as a Provincial debate on what is referred to as 'reasonable accommodation' has attracted international headlines.

Protests: Israeli Apartheid / Security Prosperity Partnership

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:06 +0000

This edition of Radio Tadamon! brings you to the streets, from the ongoing demonstrations throughout Canada calling for a boycott of Indigo/Chapters bookstores due to their support for Israel, to the major demonstrations in Montabello, Quebec surrounding the North American trilateral summit in August 2007.

Islamic Democracy and the War on Terror.

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:02 +0000

Listen to an interview with the Washington editor of Harpers Magazine, Ken Silverstein, who recently published an article entitled, "Parties of God: The Bush doctrine and the rise of Islamic democracy", the article examines the current development of democracy in the Middle East within the context of the U.S. supported War on Terror, examining in detail the case of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Canada and the Palestinian Authority

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:01 +0000

An interview with Khaled Mouammar, of the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF) on the recent decision of the Conservative government of Canada to re-institute limited funding toward the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Reflections on Lebanon War

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:21:01 +0000

Listen to a special edition of Radio Tadamon! focused on commemorating the July 2006 Israeli military assault on Lebanon, a 34 day war that left over 1300 Lebanese civilians dead, large parts of the national infrastructure destroyed and southern Lebanon littered in over 1 million unexploded cluster bombs.

This edition of Radio Tadamon! features multiple testimonies and reflections on the 2006 war on Lebanon recorded at a Montreal community commemoration event which attracted hundreds of participants from the Montreal region.

Author Rawi Hage

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:20:33 +0000

An interview with Montreal artist and author Rawi Hage, who's first novel De Niro's Game weaves the tale of two childhood best friends who have grown to adulthood in Lebanon's capital Beirut during the 15 year civil war.

Echoes of War from Beirut to Montreal.

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:34 +0000

Radio Tadamon! Features the Following Segments:

* Voices from Sanayeh Gardens of Beirut:

Interviews recorded at Sanayeh Gardens in central Beirut with internally displaced Lebanese refugees from the southern suburbs of Beirut. These interviews during the first week of the Israeli attack on Lebanon with refugees fleeing from the neighborhoods of Haret Hreik & Ouzai in south Beirut.

On the ground in Sanayeh Gardens these interviews depict the conditions & political perspectives of internal Lebanese refugees, which at the height of the 2006 Israeli attack on Lebanon numbered an estimated 1 million people, 1/4 of the Lebanese population.

* Street Interviews from Quebec Demonstration for Lebanon:

Israel Attacks Gaza & Lebanon

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:27 +0000

As the Israeli military launched a major military assault on Lebanon and the ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip Radio Tadamon! visited the Palestinian refugee camps of Beirut. Voices featured in this episode of Radio Tadamon! draw parallels between the escalating military attacks on Lebanon and the ongoing Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Lebanon: Poverty, War & Globalization

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:24 +0000

[00:00 – 00:15] Rabble Podcast Network introduction audio….

[00:15 – 06:30] An extended introduction to the Radio Tadamon! documentary on poverty in Lebanon, including introductory clips featuring the voices of those interviewed throughout the radio documentary. Also including statistical information concerning poverty in the country and it’s relations to Lebanon’s civil-war & post civil-war period. This documentary is hosted by Stefan Christoff of the Tadamon! collective.

Radio Documentary - Burj el-Shemali Refugee Camp

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:19:20 +0000

[00:00 – 00:15] Rabble Podcast Network introduction audio….

[00:15 – 03:45] Introduction to the Radio Tadamon! documentary on Burj el-Shemali refugee camp which addresses the present reality facing Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, through voices of residents from Burj el-Shemali refugee camp. This documentary is hosted by Sawsan Kalache and Stefan Christoff of Tadamon! in Montreal.

[03:45 – 05:15] Interview with Raef Ahmed of the 'Popular Committee' in Burj el-Shemali refugee camp, the central political body within the camp. In this segment Raef Ahmed outlines the history of Burj el-Shemali refugee camp in Arabic, which has been translated to English for broadcast.