They Do Not Exist (1974) by Mustafa Abu Ali (watch)
from PalestineCinema.com:
Salvaged from the ruins of Beirut after 1982, Abu Ali's early film has only recently been made available. Shooting under extraordinary conditions, the director, who worked with Godard on his Ici et Ailleurs (Here and Elsewhere), and founded the PLO's film division, covers conditions in Lebanon's refugee camps, the effects of Israeli bombardments, and the lives of guerrillas in training camps. They Do Not Exist is a stylistically unique work which demonstrates the intersection between the political and the aesthetic. Now recognised as a cornerstone in the development of Palestinian cinema, the film only received its Palestine premiere in 2003, when a group of Palestinian artists "smuggled" the director to a makeshift cinema in his hometown of Jerusalem (into which Israel bars his entry).
Abu Ali, who saw his film for the first time in 20 years at this clandestine event noted: "We used to say 'Art for the Struggle', now it's 'Struggle for the Art'"
Building International Solidarity: Human Relations for Global Struggle
By Eepa We have entered a new age of communications over the past 30 years. Our anarchic forbearers could have only dreamed of our ability t
We have entered a new age of communications over the past 30 years. Our anarchic forbearers could have only dreamed of our ability to rapidly communicate with like minded anarchic people across the world but it is important to remember that effective and historically important international networks of solidarity and communication have existed as long as anarchic organizing has. When the Haymarket Martyrs were killed, the working people of the world spoke out in anger as news spread through communications networks. When Ricardo Flores Magon languished in a prison cell in the Yuma Territorial Prison, it was people like Mother Jones and Emma Goldman who used their networks to speak out and advocate for his release. Communications is a force multiplier for radical struggle. It enables us to join efforts and create more trouble for those in power than we could do as isolated groups of people.
Despite the advances in technology, radical communications has not kept pace. Sure, many anarchics are aware of other struggles through communiques, news reports, or social media posts, but there is a deep rift between these casual interactions and meaningful relation building needed for resilient, effective, and meaningful struggle.
In this brief article, I hope to outline some basic organizational networks, communications methods, and essential skills needed to build deeper relations with fellow anarchic people in struggle against colonialism, capitalism, and domination. Remember, this is only the suggestions of one person. Building relations is a deeply complex and often personal affair (when done well). The only way you will learn how to do this is by trying.
We cannot remain silent and allow the Zionist enemy and its imperialist partners and directors to normalize the terror and inhumanity they inflict on the Palestinians of northern Gaza and the whole of Palestine. Nor can we allow our enemies to normalize the kidnapping, torture and execution of Palestinians, particularly Palestinian men and boys, most of whom are generational Palestinian refugees since 1948 who have been denied the right to return to their homes in occupied Palestine for over 76 years.
As we write, the Palestinians of northern Gaza are confronting continuous siege and extermination. Despite its persistence in horror and mas
Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
International organizations have also failed to defend and protect human rights, nor have they played any practical role in addressing violations against civilians. They have shown themselves incapable of facilitating communication between families separated due to the genocide, particularly in cases of detention and displacement, where their role is non-existent. More than 250 individuals have been kidnapped by the “israeli” occupation, and thousands of families have been forcibly displaced without any meaningful response from these organizations.”
Palestinian prisoners from Gaza are subjected to even more torturous and severe conditions than the over 10,000 Palestinian political prisoners held inside Zionist prisons. They are stripped and rounded up by occupation soldiers, abducted to the notorious Sde Teiman prison camp and similar facilities, subjected to severe torture, abuse, physical and sexual assault, starvation, stress positions and other forms of inhuman treatment. The testimonies of those Palestinians from Gaza released have only underlined the multiple reports documenting the horrors to which Palestinians from Gaza are exposed inside Zionist detention camps. In addition, their names are not released by the occupation, they are denied access to any kind of legal or medical support, and their families have no idea whether they are being imprisoned by the occupation or have been subjected to field executions.
Let’s be clear: Israel is a genocidal regime operating with the full support and cover of the U.S. empire and its imperialist partners in Britain, France, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and others. Western media attempts to distort the facts and invent fictions about what is happening in northern Gaza are a tactic long used by imperialism. Western mainstream news channels and complicit journalists must also be seen as part of the many forces seeking to destroy the Palestinian cause and our struggle. Rather than commit to the principles of truth and integrity, these entities and individuals attempt to “pass off” the burning of people alive, the execution of women and children in cold blood, and the attempted displacement of hundreds of thousands of people from their homes as legitimate and justified acts on the part of the Zionist entity.
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network calls on all organizations and groups supporting the struggle of the Palestinian people to document and inform about the reality of the genocide in Gaza, to mobilize and escalate in support of the tens of thousands of Palestinian prisoners currently in the hands of the Zionist entity, and to organize actively in support of the resistance and the Palestinian and Lebanese people in this decisive phase of the national liberation struggle unfolding before our eyes today. Like the principle of Sinwar’s stick (Asa al Sinwar), we must take upon ourselves the duty to resist zionism and imperialism from wherever we are, however we can, to our very last breath, until the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea, and the liberation of the region and the people of the world from imperialism.
Known names of detainees from the Kamal Adwan Hospital medical team:
Mahmoud Labad
Mahmoud Abu Amsha
Ahmed Radwan
Mohammed Assaf
Abdullah Al-Qattati
Hatem El Jammal
Mohammed Al Khatib
Jafar Abu Al-Moazah
Hatem Al Ajrami
Wissam Abu Nada
Abdullah Awkal
Samir Al-Ajrami
Abdullah Abu Rafie
Ahmed Shaheen
Dr. Mohammed Obaid
Dr. Hassan Al-Muqayed
Dr. Mohammed Zaher
Dr. Mosaab Ruwaished
Nidal Al-Muqayed
Mahmoud Al-Muqayed
Mahmoud Saleh
Abu Hassan Al Kurd
Mahmoud Hammad
Farouk Odeh
Maher Ahmed
Hussein Abed
Ahmed Nassar
Moataz Nassar
Hassan Nassar
Imad Al-Khatib
The Government Media Office published an update of the most important statistics of the genocidal war waged by the occupation on the Gaza Strip for the 385th day, Friday, October 25, 2024:
385 days of genocide.
3,738 massacres committed by the occupation army.
52,885 martyrs and missing persons.
10,000 missing.
42,885 martyrs who arrived at hospitals (Ministry of Health).
17,210 child martyrs.
171 infants were born and martyred in the genocidal war.
786 children were martyred during the war and they were less than one year old.
1206 Palestinian families, all of whose members were killed by the occupation and erased from the civil registry.
37 were martyred as a result of famine.
11,742 female martyrs.
1047 martyred health care workers (Ministry of Health).
85 martyrs from the Civil Defense
177 martyred journalists.
7 Mass graves were established by the occupation inside hospitals.
520 martyrs were recovered from 7 mass graves inside hospitals.
100,544 wounded and injured people arrived at hospitals. (Ministry of Health).
396 journalists and media professionals were injured and wounded.
69% of the victims are children and women.
197 shelters were targeted by the “Israeli” occupation.
35,055 children living without their parents or without one of them.
3,500 children are at risk of death due to malnutrition and lack of food.
171 days after the closure of all Gaza Strip crossings.
12,000 wounded people need to travel abroad for treatment.
12,500 cancer patients are facing death and need treatment.
3,000 patients with various diseases need treatment abroad.
1,737,524 people infected with or at risk of infectious diseases as a result of displacement.
71,338 cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement.
60,000 pregnant women are at risk due to lack of health care.
350,000 chronic illness patients are at risk due to the prevention of drug imports.
5,280 detainees from the Gaza Strip during the genocide war.
310 cases of arrest of health personnel (3 doctors were assassinated).
38 cases of arrest of journalists whose names are known.
2 million displaced people in the Gaza Strip.
100,000 tents are worn out and no longer suitable for the displaced.
205 government headquarters were destroyed by the occupation.
126 schools and universities were completely destroyed by the occupation.
339 schools and universities were partially destroyed by the occupation.
12,700 students were killed by the “Israeli” occupation during the war.
785,000 students were deprived of education by the “Israeli” occupation.
750 teachers and educational employees in the education sector were killed by the occupation during the war.
130 scientists, academics, university professors and researchers were executed by the occupation.
814 mosques were completely destroyed by the occupation.
148 mosques were severely destroyed by the occupation and need to be restored.
3 Churches targeted and destroyed by the occupation.
19 cemeteries were completely or partially destroyed by the occupation out of (60) cemeteries.
2,300 bodies were stolen by the occupation from many cemeteries in the Gaza Strip.
150,000 housing units were completely destroyed by the occupation.
80,000 housing units destroyed by the occupation are uninhabitable.
200,000 housing units were partially destroyed by the occupation.
85,500 tons of explosives were dropped by the occupation on the Gaza Strip.
34 hospitals were put out of service by the occupation.
80 health centers were put out of service by the occupation.
162 health institutions were targeted by the occupation.
132 ambulances were targeted by the occupation.
206 archaeological and heritage sites destroyed by the occupation.
3,130 kilometers of electricity networks were destroyed by the occupation.
125 Number of destroyed underground electricity distribution transformers.
330,000 linear meters of water networks were destroyed by the occupation.
655,000 linear meters of sewage networks were destroyed by the occupation.
2,835,000 linear meters of road and street networks were destroyed by the occupation.
36 athletic facilities, playgrounds and sports halls were destroyed by the occupation.
700 water wells were destroyed by the occupation and put out of service.
86% is the percentage of destruction in the Gaza Strip.
36 billion dollars is the direct initial losses of the genocidal war.
Seeds of Rebellion, Seeds of Transformation, Part II
Seeds of Rebellion, Seeds of Transformation, Part II
By Sue Ann Martinson Rise Up Times January 3, 2019 Part II: Unity in Diversity, Community, Language, and a Sea Change Further thoughts on Unity and Diversity
John Dear’s essay on “Unity and Diversity in the Land of Nonviolence” referenced in Part I was published in the journal Oneing in an issue with the theme of “Unity and Diversity.” In the opening essay of the journal author Joan Brown says:…
Certain Days: The 2016 Freedom For Political Prisoners Calendar
The calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organizers in Montreal and Toronto, and three political prisoners being held in maximum-security prisons in New York State: David Gilbert, Robert Seth Hayes and Herman Bell. The initial project was suggested by Herman, and has been shaped throughout the process by all of our ideas, discussions, and analysis. All of the members of the outside collective are involved in day-to-day organizing work other than the calendar, on issues ranging from refugee and immigrant solidarity to community media to prisoner justice. We work from an anti-imperialist, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, feminist, queer and trans positive position.
