The Russell Tribunal on Palestine

You may recall that guest lecturer Ewa Jasiewicz mentioned the Russell Tribunal on Palestine in which she is involved. For those of you who are interested, the first session was held in Barcelona from 1 to 3 March 2010. In the tradition of the preceding Russell Tribunals, first on Vietnam (launched by Lord Bertrand Russell in 1966) and then on Latin America, this initiative is an authentic peoples’ tribunal aimed at generating public awareness of the serious and recurrent violations of human rights in Palestine.

Above is a video of film maker Ken Loach (Director of ‘Cathy Come Home’ – 1964 and ‘The Wind That Shakes The Barley’ – 2006) who makes some interesting references to the same issues that we have debated during the early workshops. The London session is planned for the end of 2010 and would be an opportunity for filming an interesting report on the Tribunal. http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.net/