News
22/04/11
by Alberto Arce, (El País, April 15, 2011)
– translated from Spanish by Paul Lee
Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian activist of the International Solidarity Movement, was killed yesterday evening in an abandoned house in the Gaza Strip, perhaps one of the houses that he helped to evacuate during the bombing of Operation Cast Lead.
During the three…
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15/04/11
Guerriglia alla prigionia dell’Informazione. Contro la corruzione dell’industria mediatica, il bigottismo dei ceti medi, l’imperdonabile assopimento della coscienza civile. La brama di Verità prima di ogni anelito, l’abrasiva denuncia, verso la dissoluzione di ogni soluzione precostituita, L’infanticidio di ogni certezza indotta. La polvere nera…
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15/04/11
Cuando todo acabó, no pude despedirme de Vittorio.Salí corriendo de allí por culpa de lo mismo que ahora le está sucediendo a él. Por culpa de una panda de inconscientes que no entienden nada. Por culpa de una panda de animales que ven a un extranjero y piensan que puede servirles de algo.Pero un año más tarde logramos encontrarnos de nuevo. Como…
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15/04/11
“I first heard of Vik before arriving in Gaza. Vik had just been injured by IOF water cannoning which shattered the windows of the fishing boat he was accompanying. Vik had some injuries from the shattered glass.
When I met Vik he was nothing but humble and humour. A compassionate man, living to do good and do anything for Palestinian justice….
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15/04/11
The International Solidarity Movement is shocked and deeply saddened by the killing of our friend and colleague Vittorio Arrigoni. Vik was an inspiring activist and generous soul.
Read more in International Solidarity Movement…
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04/08/10
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06/04/10
A Matter of ACT Award This year’s Movies that Matter Festival put the spotlight on prominent activists, including Rebiya Kadeer, Somaly Mam, Shadi Sadr and The Yes Men, in ten documentaries within the A Matter of Act main programme, that awards two Amnesty International prizes: a Golden Butterfly for the most imposing and inspiring activist…
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08/03/10
Alberto Arce participated last March 3 in the series of conferences organized within the framework of the Israeli Apartheid Week, an international event held simultaneously in different parts of the world that seeks to reflect and discuss Israel’s role as creator of the apartheid system that applies to Palestine and to conduct campaigns to…
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26/02/10
“To shoot an elephant”, with “Sins of my mother,” Nicolas Entel, became the most popular film of the festival DocsBarcelona held between 2 and 7 February. Over 400 people attended the screening at the Cinémathèque de Catalunya, sold out for that session.
Interview with Alberto Arce in La Vanguardia
Photo: Raul Almendros
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