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“Resisting Incarceration, Colonialism and Racism–from Standing Rock and Movement for Black Lives to Palestine”

December 8, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm

“Resisting Incarceration, Colonialism and Racism–from Standing Rock and Movement for Black Lives to Palestine”

 

  • 2.3 million people are incarcerated in US prisons
  • Over 7000 Palestinians are incarcerated in Israeli jails
  • US and Israel are collaborating on policing, incarceration and torture
  • Indigenous communities, communities of color and other marginal communities are resisting colonialism, racism, incarceration and state violence

hands-of-prisoners-in-handcuffs-with-victory-signJoin us for a discussion of these timely questions with members of the 2016 US Prisoner, Labor and Academic Delegation to Palestine:

Thursday, December 8th at 6pm at the Yonkers Riverfront Library:  the 2016 US Anti-Prison, Labor and Academic Delegation to Palestine report back with Rabab Abdulhadi, Senior Scholar of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies, and Associate Professor of Race and Resistance Studies;  Johanna Fernandez, Professor of History, Baruch College, City University of New York;  Jaime Veve, Co-Convener, Labor for Palestine;  and Laura Whitehorn, former US-held political prisoner and representing Release Aging People in Prison.

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Date:
December 8, 2016
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm