Sackville: Firsthand account of Capture at Sea of Canadian Boat to Gaza.
Date:
Thursday, 16 February, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
Location:
Bennett G 03 Lecture Hall, Mount Allison University
City:
Sackville, NB
Please join us to hear
David Heap give his account of the Freedom Waves to Gaza which took place in November, when Irish and Canadian boats tried to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
A linguistics professor at the University of Western Ontario, Heap was on board the Canadian Boat, the Tahrir, when it was seized by the Israeli navy in international waters. Freedom Waves is part of an ongoing global solidarity movement challenging the blockade of Gaza and working for freedom for Palestine.
For further information: Kellie Mattatall kmattatall@yahoo.com
Presented by The Mount Allison University Department of Politics and International Relations
and the Center for International Studies

