[Marxism] Montreal protest to mark Sabra and Shatila massacre anniversary

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THE  26th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
 
SABRA AND SHATILA MASSACRE 
Friday, September 19th 12h00 in front of Indigo Bookstore  
corner of St. Catherine & McGill College  (metro McGill)

September 2008 marks the 26th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila  massacre 
in which over two thousand Palestinian refugees lost their lives in  Beirut, 
Lebanon. 
SPHR (Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights), Tadamon!, CAIA (Coalition  
Against Israeli Apartheid) and PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) are calling  
on people to mark this anniversary by participating in the weekly picket 
outside  Indigo bookstore in downtown Montreal, as part of the Canada-wide 
campaign 
to  boycott Chapters/Indigo bookstore whose majority shareholders are key 
supporters  of Israeli apartheid in Canada. 
In September 1982 Israeli forces under the command of Ariel Sharon, provided  
logistical support for Lebanese right-wing militias who carried out the 
brutal  massacre of thousands of Palestinian civilians in Sabra and Shatila. 
Israeli  forces blockaded the civilian refugee camps as armed militiamen 
invaded,  
launching a brutal attack on Palestinian civilians. 
Until today no Israeli or Lebanese military commanders or officials behind  
the massacre have been held accountable for the crimes against humanity  
committed in Sabra and Shatila. 
In 2008, Israel's brutality against the Palestinian people continues, as  
apartheid policies grip millions of Palestinians living under Israeli military  
occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. In the past year Israel has maintained a  
military siege on Gaza, launching systematic attacks on civilians, leaving  
hundreds of Palestinians dead and an entire population starved of basic  
resources. 
A boycott campaign targeting Chapters/Indigo was launched in December 2006 to 
 target the majority shareholders of Indigo/Chapters, Heather Reisman and 
Gerry  Schwartz, who established the "HESEG Foundation for Lone Soldiers", a 
program of  financial support for former 'lone soldiers', non-Israelis 
mercenaries 
who fight  in the Israeli military.  
Israeli 'lone soldiers' participated in the 2006 devastating military attack  
on the people of Lebanon and continue to enforce the illegal occupation of 
the  West Bank and Gaza Strip. 
Across Canada a growing number of people are supporting the Boycott  
Chapters/Indigo campaign in the context of the international campaign to push  
for 
boycott, divestment and sanctions against the apartheid state of  Israel. 
Info: _www.tadamon.resist.ca_ (http://www.tadamon.resist.ca/)   
_www.sphr.org/_ (http://www.sphr.org/)   
_www.caiaweb.org/_ (http://www.caiaweb.org/)   
_www.pajumontreal.org/_ (http://www.pajumontreal.org/)  



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