Movements against the occupation: the Bil’in conference, new ways to stop the apartheid
28/05/2009
The “4th Bil’in conference on grassroots popular resistance” took place from April 22 to 24th. The objective of the international meeting was to strengthen the relationships with the international solidarity social movements and to find new ways to strengthen and support the popular Palestinian struggle . Riccardo Carrara, activist of the SCI, the International Civil Service, participated at the conference. “We tried to find new solutions to end the apartheid in Palestine”. One of the most interesting interventions was presented by Zico Tamela. Mr. Tamela, International Officer of the South-african Transport and Allied Workers Union, drow a parallel between the history of Palestine and South-Africa. In South-Africa the boycott campaign has been able to push the african government to end the apartheid regime. So it should be in Palestine.
Guests of the program: Riccardo Carrara, Zico Tamela
