PSC TUKS

The South African Students Congress, University of Pretoria Palestine Solidarity Committee and the Muslim Students Association are hosting a Women's Month Palestine solidarity event with South Africa's Minister of Home Affairs, Ms. Naledi Pandor and the Mayor of Tshwane, Mr Kgosientso Ramokgopa together with a film screening of the award-winning movie "Leila Khaled". The event is scheduled to take place this Thursday (29 August) starting at 16h00.

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S MONTH,
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONALISM!
Celebrating women heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle,
and women of the Palestinian struggle against Israeli apartheid*

Main Speaker: South Africa's Minister of Home Affairs, Naledi Pandor
Guest Speaker: Mayor of Tshwane, Kgosientso Ramokgopa
Film to be screened: "Leila Khaled" [see left handside column for info]

Time: 16H00
Day: Thursday, 29 August
Venue: Lecture Hall 3-2, Thuto Building, Hatfield Campus,
University of Pretoria, Pretoria/Tshwane
Parking: Use Entrance 12
Info/RSVP: 0714565104 / 0724491774
Click here for the FaceBook event link.
Please note that this is a free event open to the public.

THE PALESTINIAN SOLDARITY COMMITTTEE, THE SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENT'S CONGRESS AND THE MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS:

" Celebrating Women's Month, Celebrating Internationalism"

Seminar by Minister of Home Affairs, Naledi Pandor and Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Ramokgopa.

RSPV: [email protected]

We as South Africans in the form of the South African Communist Party (SACP), the Young Communist League of South Africa (YCL), the South African Students Congress (SASCO), the Muslim Students Association (MSA), the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Friend of Cuba Society (FOCUS), Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel in South Africa (BDS South African), and the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), declare our utmost rejection of the criminal visit of the United States of America President, Barak Obama to our country.

Our rejection is based the USA's arrogant, selfish and oppressive foreign policies, treatment of workers and international trade relations that are rooted in war mongering, super-exploitation, colonial racism and the disregard and destruction of the environment, making the realisation of a just and peaceful world impossible.

The coming of President Barak Obama to South Africa is the first ever since he was eleected head of state. The USA under his leadership has escalated its assault on human rights, militarisation of international relations and continuing guzzling of world resources at the absolute expense of the environment and oppressed peoples.

The USA is deeply implicated in the oppression of the people of Western Sahara, the only remaining colonised country on the African continent, colonised by Morocco. And to this day, the release of the Cuban Five and a continuing baseless embargo against the country and peoples of Cuba still seem unmovable issues of commitment for the USA. The criminal occupation of Palestine by the Apartheid State of Israel, it is a well known fact, has only been made possible by the USA’s financial and political support for the Israeli regime. This is expressed in the main, through both its open support and military donations that come to billions of dollars every year – with USA aid to Israel being more than that of Africa, Latin America and Asia combined.

On the issue of Palestine, the USA has for years been blocking any progress and is totally divorced and isolated from the consensus of the international community. In fact, the US is the most frequent user of the UN veto: it has used its veto power over 40 times to defend Israel. As South Africans, we painfully recall how the US used its veto power to defend Apartheid South Africa, particularly from UN resolutions imposing economic and military sanctions.

The USA, under Regan and others, suported Apartheid South Africa and was on the wrong side of history. Why does the USA not learn from its history, and be on the right side of history this time?

Finally, the United States' policies on the environment, specifically the fact that it is one of the largest contributors to global warming, yet to this day continues to refuse the observing and singing of the Kyoto protocol, is simply unacceptable.

For a long time the progressive forces in South African society have been raising these issues and many others regarding the role of the USA in the global community and now have an opportunity to make his visit on our shores register these frustrations.
We therefore call on all South Africans to join in a mass movement to make the visit of the USA president taste the absolute commendation of its oppressive, aggressive and bossy policies.

The call is to identify and highlight the following issues around the coming of President Barak Obama:

1. The championing and maintenance, by the USA, in the militarisation of international relations and co-operation. It is a well-known fact that the USA approaches a lot of conflicts on the world through inciting, encouraging as well and championing war, primarily driven by its business interests often masqueraded in the language of defence of human rights. The militarisation of international relations is in the main exemplified by institutions like the Africom, NATO, and the continuing double standards around nuclear disarmament that the USA preaches when it comes to countries in the South, whilst continues to supply nuclear heads to Israel.

2. The continued greed in the guzzling of world resources by the USA epitomised by its encouragement and support of its multinational companies that have no regard for the environment, human rights like progressive labour laws e.g.

3. The USA’s active support and defence of colonial and oppressive regimes. As mentioned earlier, this is the one aspect of USA that most exposes its hypocritical character where regimes that support its interest are never opposed; instead not they are not only supported but maintained through amongst other things war machinery. Chief amongst these is Israel, which continues to serve as the USA’s frontline state in the Middle-East whilst suppressing and maintaining its racist apartheid policies on Palestinian people. Other states continue to be Morrocco, whose oppression and colonial occupation of Western Sahrawian people is reaching deaf ears in the world, and increasingly the support of oppressive regimes like the ones in Colombia.

4. The USA’s role maintaining the underdevelopment of the African continent.
5. Finally, and as noted earlier, the United States of America is the single largest contributor to global warming, which increasingly condemns the world into catastrophic environmental disasters.

Programs and Campaigns

Members of the public are invited in a Big Day of Action – A march from Caledonia Stadium to the United States of America Embassy in Pretoria:
Date: 28 June, 2013 – 10h00 —

The TWITTER STORM is starting now!!!! Please find the tweets for the twitter storm below. Just copy, past & tweet. Remember that you can also "quote re-tweet" other peoples tweets. Also make your own tweets. Remeber John's guidenlines. Only start tweeting at 20:00.Spread the word. AMANDLA

UJ, no you can't honour Obama! coalition. Stand for Justice, sign the PETITION: http://tinyurl.com/nobama-petition

UJ, no you can't honour Obama! coalition. Keep up-to-date, join our Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/nobama-fb

UJ, no you can't honour Obama! He MURDERS CHILDREN with drones

UJ, no you can't honour Obama! Obama uses TECHNOLOGY 4 war, torture, murder & spying

UJ, no you can't honour Obama! He lied about closing Guantanamo Bay.

UJ, no you can't honour Obama! Obama supports APARTHIED Israel




Obama's plans Africa-destroy what's left of the peasantry to bring in multinationals: http://allafrica.com/stories/201301161369.html?page=2

Obama must be taken before ICC for the war on terror-Chomsky to RT: http://rt.com/op-edge/drone-strikes-campaign-terrorist-679/

UJ, no you can't honour Obama! DRONES DRONES http://rt.com/op-edge/drone-strikes-campaign-terrorist-679/

UJ,no you cant honour Obama! coalition.Obama is not welcome at UJ-sign the PETITION: http://tinyurl.com/nobama-petition

We are horrified by the decision of UJ Senate 2 award an honorary doctorate 2 http://tinyurl.com/nobama-fb

Compilation of BROKEN PROMISES http://youtu.be/eLjtrtQ7PTg - UJ honour

Obama, is guilty of a multitude of human rights violations: http://tinyurl.com/nobama-petition - UJ honour

continued wars which he promised to end & commissions unlawful drone strikes http://tinyurl.com/nobama-fb UJ

An honorary doctorate means that a person has contributed extraordinarily to a better life for all. has done the opposite.

Petition - UJ: No you can't honour Obama! Join the Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/nobama-fbShow your support on Twitter: numbers: 0823329874 / 0721050919

TOMORROW WE CALL UPON ALL COMRADES - AS COMRADES OF PSC TUKS, BDS SOUTH AFRICA AND COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION WILL BE MARCHING THE STREETS OF PRETORIA. TO CALL UPON THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION TO END LINKS WITH APARTHEID ISRAEL AND LABOR BROKERING!!

DEBUNKING THE MYTH OF APARTHEID ISRAEL TOMORROW 14:30-GRADUATE CENTRE 168

Spokesperson of BDS SA: Muhammed Desai

On Monday 15 April 2013 supporters of Israel held a music concert to celebrate Israeli Independence Day at Gold Reef City Casino in Johannesburg, which was organized by the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD).

The SAZF and SAJBD insisted on arranging their own security (the "Jewish Community Security Organization") instead of allowing either Gold Reef City Casino or the South African Police Services (SAPS) to perform the role of safety and security for the Israeli event.

Palestinian protesters contested that the Israeli celebration was essentially a "celebration of murder, expulsion and continued Israeli oppression against the indigenous Palestinian people" and arranged a picket outside the venue where over 250 members from COSATU, the SA Students Congress, BDS South Africa and several other civil society organizations were present.

In addition, young activists (mostly women students) had also bought tickets, made their way into the venue of the Israeli event and partook in a direct-action Greenpeace-like protest where they released bad smelling "stinky-bombs" and wore T-shirts that read "Israeli Apartheid Stinks" in luminous green writing.

During the direct-action protest inside Gold Reef City, two young women protesters were violently assaulted by the Jewish Community Security Organization (CSO) including having their hands tied with cables, their faces covered and their heads smashed into the parking lot's concrete paving. Other protesters were forcibly thrown down escalators and one protester was locked into a passageway where he was repeatedly and simultaneously kicked in the stomach by more than five Jewish Community Security Organization (CSO) personnel - he later suffered a concussion. A members of the Jewish community, Ms Isla Feldman (director of the SA Zionist Federation) also punched a woman protester in the face resulting in a serious swelling injury.

FOR MORE INFO: www.bdssouthafrica.com/2011/04/protesting-celebration-of-israeli.html

On Monday 15 April 2013 supporters of Israel held a music concert to celebrate Israeli Independence Day at Gold Reef City Casino in Johannesburg, which was organized by the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD).

The SAZF and SAJBD insisted on arranging their own security (the "Jewish Community Security Organization") instead of allowing either Gold Reef City Casino or the South African Police Services (SAPS) to perform the role of safety and security for the Israeli event.

Palestinian protesters contested that the Israeli celebration was essentially a "celebration of murder, expulsion and continued Israeli oppression against the indigenous Palestinian people" and arranged a picket outside the venue where over 250 members from COSATU, the SA Students Congress, BDS South Africa and several other civil society organizations were present.

In addition, young activists (mostly women students) had also bought tickets, made their way into the venue of the Israeli event and partook in a direct-action Greenpeace-like protest where they released bad smelling "stinky-bombs" and wore T-shirts that read "Israeli Apartheid Stinks" in luminous green writing.

During the direct-action protest inside Gold Reef City, two young women protesters were violently assaulted by the Jewish Community Security Organization (CSO) including having their hands tied with cables, their faces covered and their heads smashed into the parking lot's concrete paving. Other protesters were forcibly thrown down escalators and one protester was locked into a passageway where he was repeatedly and simultaneously kicked in the stomach by more than five Jewish Community Security Organization (CSO) personnel - he later suffered a concussion. A members of the Jewish community, Ms Isla Feldman (director of the SA Zionist Federation) also punched a woman protester in the face resulting in a serious swelling injury.

FOR MORE INFO: www.bdssouthafrica.com/2011/04/protesting-celebration-of-israeli.html

On Monday 15 April 2013 supporters of Israel held a music concert to celebrate Israeli Independence Day at Gold Reef City Casino in Johannesburg, which was organized by the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD).

The SAZF and SAJBD insisted on arranging their own security (the "Jewish Community Security Organization") instead of allowing either Gold Reef City Casino or the South African Police Services (SAPS) to perform the role of safety and security for the Israeli event.

Palestinian protesters contested that the Israeli celebration was essentially a "celebration of murder, expulsion and continued Israeli oppression against the indigenous Palestinian people" and arranged a picket outside the venue where over 250 members from COSATU, the SA Students Congress, BDS South Africa and several other civil society organizations were present.

In addition, young activists (mostly women students) had also bought tickets, made their way into the venue of the Israeli event and partook in a direct-action Greenpeace-like protest where they released bad smelling "stinky-bombs" and wore T-shirts that read "Israeli Apartheid Stinks" in luminous green writing.

During the direct-action protest inside Gold Reef City, two young women protesters were violently assaulted by the Jewish Community Security Organization (CSO) including having their hands tied with cables, their faces covered and their heads smashed into the parking lot's concrete paving. Other protesters were forcibly thrown down escalators and one protester was locked into a passageway where he was repeatedly and simultaneously kicked in the stomach by more than five Jewish Community Security Organization (CSO) personnel - he later suffered a concussion. A members of the Jewish community, Ms Isla Feldman (director of the SA Zionist Federation) also punched a woman protester in the face resulting in a serious swelling injury.

FOR MORE INFO: www.bdssouthafrica.com/2011/04/protesting-celebration-of-israeli.html

Comrade Member of PSC TUKS

On Monday 15 April 2013 supporters of Israel held a music concert to celebrate Israeli Independence Day at Gold Reef City Casino in Johannesburg, which was organized by the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD).

The SAZF and SAJBD insisted on arranging their own security (the "Jewish Community Security Organization") instead of allowing either Gold Reef City Casino or the South African Police Services (SAPS) to perform the role of safety and security for the Israeli event.

Palestinian protesters contested that the Israeli celebration was essentially a "celebration of murder, expulsion and continued Israeli oppression against the indigenous Palestinian people" and arranged a picket outside the venue where over 250 members from COSATU, the SA Students Congress, BDS South Africa and several other civil society organizations were present.

In addition, young activists (mostly women students) had also bought tickets, made their way into the venue of the Israeli event and partook in a direct-action Greenpeace-like protest where they released bad smelling "stinky-bombs" and wore T-shirts that read "Israeli Apartheid Stinks" in luminous green writing.

During the direct-action protest inside Gold Reef City, two young women protesters were violently assaulted by the Jewish Community Security Organization (CSO) including having their hands tied with cables, their faces covered and their heads smashed into the parking lot's concrete paving. Other protesters were forcibly thrown down escalators and one protester was locked into a passageway where he was repeatedly and simultaneously kicked in the stomach by more than five Jewish Community Security Organization (CSO) personnel - he later suffered a concussion. A members of the Jewish community, Ms Isla Feldman (director of the SA Zionist Federation) also punched a woman protester in the face resulting in a serious swelling injury.

FOR MORE INFO: www.bdssouthafrica.com/2011/04/protesting-celebration-of-israeli.html

http://www.bdssouthafrica.com/2011/04/press-release-jewish-security.html?m=1