[Imc-london-audio] Lebanon: Media Contacts in Beirut for Comment on Political Assassination.

[Stefan Christoff]

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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:01:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Tadamon! <tadamon at resist.ca>


For Immediate Release.

Media Contacts in Beirut for Comment on Political Assassination.

In light of current political developments in Lebanon, Tadamon! [Solidarity! in 
Arabic] a Montreal based collective of social justice activists focused on 
Lebanon has collected a list of contacts based in Beirut who can provide a 
progressive perspective from the ground in Lebanon.

Contacts provided below are voices involved in grassroots organizing to promote 
non-sectarian political views in Lebanon in light of increasing tension within 
the country.

In the shadow of international news headlines on the assassination of Lebanese 
Industry Minster Pierre Gemayel, Tadamon! Montreal provides these contacts in 
an effort to highlight popular voices from within the country.

Please don't hesitate to follow-up with Tadamon! Montreal with any questions 
regarding the contacts listed below or concerning the current political 
developments in Lebanon.

Sincerely,
Sawsan Kalache, organizer with Tadamon! Montreal
514 889 5488 [cell] / tadamon at resist.ca / http://tadamon.resist.ca


----> Beirut Media Contacts:

* Mary Foster: Tadamon! Montreal member currently in Beirut, Lebanon.

011 961 70 154 223 [cell] / mfoster[at]web.ca


* Ghassan Makarem: Lebanese social activist with Samidoun, a grassroots relief 
& educational organization based both in Beirut & in south Lebanon.

011 961 3 647 605 [cell] / ghassan[at]riseup.net / http://samidoun.org


* Rania Masri: A Lebanese professor at Balamand University & social activist 
involved with the Lebanon Campaign for Civil Resistance, a social justice 
campaign in Lebanon focused on the devastating affects of the 2006 Israeli 
invasion.

011 961 3 135 279 [cell] / rania.masri[at]balamand.edu.lb / 
http://lebanonsolidarity.org/


----> Information on Tadamon! Montreal.
from: http://tadamon.resist.ca

Tadamon! [Solidarity!, in Arabic] is a Montreal-based collective of 
social-justice organizers & media activists, working to build relationships of 
solidarity with grassroots political movements for social and economic justice 
between Beirut & Montreal.

In the context of historic political changes taking place in Lebanon, Tadamon!, 
through its political work, aims to support struggles for social justice and 
human rights of ALL people living in Lebanon, through direct coordination and 
organization between activists in Beirut & Montreal.

In Montreal, Tadamon! aims to organize within the Lebanese Diaspora, through 
popular education, cultural work and political action, which address struggles 
facing the Lebanese community, such as immigration, racism, poverty and labour 
rights.

Through organizing work both locally and internationally, Tadamon! aligns 
itself with social justice movements in Lebanon, Canada and internationally 
which are anti-capitalist & anti-authoritarian in nature.

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