St James Cathedral Evicts Occupy Toronto from Church Lands

By Carmelle Wolfson

November 21, 2011

Occupy Toronto protesters received eviction orders on November 21, 2011 after a court ruling upheld the decision of the City of Toronto to move them from St. James Park. Part of this land is owned by St James Cathedral, documents obtained from Toronto Media Co-op reveal, making the Church complicit in this eviction.

VIDEO - Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Cape Town Opera plays Tel Aviv amid calls to boycott

The Cape Town Opera performed Porgy and Bess in Tel Aviv, Israel in November 2010. On opening night a group of Israeli Peace activists held a flash mob outside the opera house, calling on the performers to boycott Israel. That same night a group of settlers protested the boycott of a new cultural center in Ariel.

Produced by Carmelle Wolfson for The Daily Nuisance.

 Indian Road

"Indian Road", a documentary produced in Spring 2008 can now be watched online at Hot Docs Library . 

• Country:Canada
• Year:2008
• Length:29 min

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For over 100 years, native children in Canada were taken from their homes at the age of 6, and put into residential schools. Away from their reserves and their families, the government became their guardian. The largest class action settlement in Canada is issuing payments to survivors of these schools. But not everybody took the money. Follow Audrey Redman, on her journey, as she tries to find a way to close this chapter of her life in the documentary Indian Road.

 Sheikh Jarrah and DAM: Bigger than Hip Hop

Palestinian hip hop group DAM is part of a growing number of local artists speaking out against the displacement of Palestinians from their homes. TDN caught up with MCs Mahmoud Jreri and Tamer Nafar at a benefit concert in the Occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on January 15, 2010.

Watch it on The Daily Nuisance here.

By Carmelle Wolfson and Jesse Rosenfeld for The Daily Nuisance.

Palestinian-Israeli arrested in Jaffa

Jaffa residents held a peaceful demonstration on March 17 to show their support for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem. It ended in the arrest of Palestinian-Israeli activist and prominent theater director Samieh Jabbarin.

Produced by Carmelle Wolfson for The Daily Nuisance. Jesse Rosenfeld contributed to this report.

March 17, 2010

Israel a year on from the Gaza War

 Jan 11, 2009

By Carmelle Wolfson and Jesse Rosenfeld

Commemorating last year's war on Gaza and Israel's continued siege, Palestinian citizens of Israel and Israeli solidarity activists took to the streets and sealed borders. Challenging an Israeli public that refuses to consider the humanitarian situation in Gaza and a government intent on extending its attack on Gaza through the crippling siege, Palestinian-Israeli connection with Gazans is deepening. Meanwhile, seeing a war without end, frustrated local activists have turned their attention to calling on international support and participation in protest.

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Homeless in East Jerusalem

Aug 15, 2009

On Aug 2nd Israeli police evicted Palestinian families from E. Jerusalem, but could the reverse happen?

Produced by: Lia Tarachansky

Video, photos and interview with Maher Hannoun: Carmelle Wolfson

For the Real News

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