Waterloo – Dozens of people converged at the University of Waterloo’s main campus on Monday morning to launch a Gaza solidarity encampment. The group’s “OccupyUWaterloo” Instagram page calls the encampment “Gaza House”
The group says the university is complicit in the current siege on Palestinians by the Israeli military, which has resulted in over 35,000 people dead, tens of thousands more injured or missing, and the majority destruction of Gazan infrastructure, including all universities and hospitals. The group is calling for divestment from weapons manufacturers and institutions which support the occupation of Palestine, and “an end to UW’s financial and academic ties to the genocidal and apartheid state of Israel.”
These demands share similarities from the demands from encampments set up at over a dozen other universities in Canada.
This show features an interview with Gaza House encampment spokesperson Nick Joseph. Also included is the statement UW provided, and Waterloo mayor Dorothy McCabe reacting to the encampment.
Bob Jonkman chats with Caterina Lindman from Rise4ClimateWR. We discuss local climate action, Indigenous climate action on unceded Wet’suwet’en lands in British Columbia, and upcoming climate events in Waterloo Region.
What: Film and Potluck about the Wet’suwet’en struggle in British Columbia When: Tonight, Monday 13 January 2020 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm Where: Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre, St. Paul’s Unversity College Location: 190 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, Ontario Facebook: Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Event: Filmscreening and Potluck
What: ALERT Climate Strike in support of Wet’suwet’en When: Friday, 17 January 2020 from 12 Noon to 1:00pm Where: In front of THEMUSEUM Location: 10 King Street West, Kitchener, Ontario Facebook: ALARM Climate Strike in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
What: ALARM exhibit When: From 18 Jan 2020 to ??? Where: THEMUSUEM Location: 10 King Street West, Kitchener, Ontario Website: Upcoming exhibitions – ALARM
What: Angela Carter lecture — “Hope amidst the Climate Crisis : Our role in Waterloo Region” When: Thursday, 23 January 2019 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm Where: THEMUSEUM Location: 10 King Street West, Kitchener, Ontario Website: 55 & Better: Hope Amidst Climate Crisis: Our Role in Waterloo Region Note: Free admission for seniors 55+
25m16s: Talking about the Wet’suwet’en blockade, film and potluck at St. Paul’s University College, Fridays4Future climate strike at THEMUSEUM, the ALARM exhibit, Angela Carter’s lecture. Caterina’s involvement many organizations, finding plant-based foods.
35m07s: The Soviet Influence — Secret Space from the album The Price of Vigilence
38m22s: Still other climate organizations; the solar furnace; carbon taxes, fees and dividends; changing corporate business models; recap of upcoming events.
51m47s: Joseph Martone — The Deal from the album Honeybirds
54m53s: End credits.
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