Reading 4 Palestine: Lecture & Film Screening of 'Yom El Ard'

Date: 01.04.2025
Time: 17:30 - 20:30
Host: Bergen 4 Palestine



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We commemorate the Palestinian Land Day and the day of the Landless with a screening of a film on Land Day followed by a presentation on the landless farmers movements in Brazil.

program:
* Screening of film Yom El Ard
* Presentation on landless farmer movement in Brazil
* Open discussion

Land Day is commemorated by Palestinian annually on March 30. On that day in 1976, Palestinian citizens of Israel rebelled against the attempts of the ruling authorities to expropriate and colonize large swathes of their lands around six villages in the Galilee. Palestinians announced a general strike and organized marches in different Arab towns, where violent confrontations with the police erupted resulting in six martyrs amongst the demonstrators. Since then, the 30th of March was marked as a national day in which Palestinians show unity and intention to defend their land and the attachment to their national identity. [source: Institute for Palestine Studies]

Yom El Ard recounted the events of that day and documented the first anniversary activities. It features interviews with victims of violence, mayors of the affected villages and shows rarely seen footage of that era. Watching it decades later, one can see how Israeli policy in the Galilee was an earlier version of what it would the military occupation in tandem with the Israeli settler movement would carry out in the West Bank and East Jerusalem over the subsequent decades.

About a lecture: 

In Brazil, poor farmers are fighting for the land. They organise themselves in the Confederation of Poor Farmers (LCP). There is widespread hunger in Brazil, while imperialist countries like Norway and landowners exploit the country's resources. The poor farmers fight for the land of those who work it, but for this they are attacked and murdered. They now describe a state of war in the countryside. In the midst of this struggle, the poor farmers have also raised the Palestinian flag because the Palestinians are also fighting for their land and against imperialism, and this gives them hope and courage to continue the struggle. We want to share more information about the struggle of the poor farmers and how we as anti-imperialists can support this struggle.

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This event is free and open to all. 

The Bergen Assembly office is universally accessible from street level and our toilets are gender neutral.

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