SFSC: Letter of Support for Gunter Grass
Dear Gunter Grass, May 6, 2012 On behalf of the Seriously Free Speech Committee in Vancouver, Canada, we wish to extend our appreciation for your poem “What Must Be...
View ArticleSFSC: Letter to Ha’aretz re Censorship in Israel
To the editor of Ha’aretz: We write on behalf of the Seriously Free Speech Committee (SFSC) to express our concern regarding the censorship regime currently in place in Israel. We have in mind the...
View ArticleSFSC: Letter defending academic freedom of UCLA Professor
Dear Professor Shorter, We write on behalf of the Seriously Free Speech Committee (SFSC) to defend your right to academic freedom both in providing educational materials, including website links, for...
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To: Mr. Thomas Mulcair, NDP Leader of the Opposition We are writing on behalf of the Seriously Free Speech Committee (SFSC) to protest the attempts by B’nai Brith to stifle free speech on the...
View ArticleSFSC: Letter to the United Church re boycotting Israeli settlement goods
Rev. Mardi Tinsdall, Moderator Rev. Nora Sanders, Executive Secretary The United Church of Canada Dear Reverends Tinsdall and Sanders, The Vancouver-based Seriously Free Speech Committee (SFSC) was...
View ArticleSFSC Letter: To the President of Ecuador re Julian Assange asylum
Mr. Rafael Correa, President of the Republic of Ecuador Dear Mr. President On behalf of the Seriously Free Speech Committee – Vancouver, Canada, I am writing to support your decision to offer asylum to...
View ArticleSFSC Letter: Support for University of California Student Association...
Ms. Angelica Saleceda, President, 2012-2013, University of California Student Association Dear Ms. Saleceda On behalf of the Seriously Free Speech Committee (SFSC) – Vancouver, Canada, we congratulate...
View ArticleSFSC Letter: To the Knowledge Network about Israeli Film Series
Rudy Buttignol C.E.O./President, Knowledge Network October 27, 2012 Dear Mr. Buttignol, The Seriously Free Speech Committee is committed to free expression on issues relating to Israel and Palestine...
View ArticleSFSC Letter: Academic freedom at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Gideon Sa’ar, Minister of Education, Government of Israel, PO Box 292, Jerusalem, Israel 91911 To the Minister of Education: The Seriously Free Speech Committee (Vancouver) is mandated to defend free...
View ArticleSFSC Event: Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire
Watch the video of Dr. Deepa Kumar at SFSC Event: Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire Watch the video of Dr. Deepa Kumar at SFSC Event: Women, Islam and Empire Dr. Deepa Kumar Associate Professor,...
View ArticleCSCP: SFSC shares grave concern about UMSU’s decision to ban SAIA
Canadian Students’ Coalition for Palestine SFSC has signed on to the following statement. Other organizations are invited to sign on to this statement. To sign on, email canadianSCP@gmail.com or use...
View ArticleSFSC: DISAPPEARING PALESTINE! HELP MAKE IT VISIBLE!
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. What about four pictures- graphic images depicting “Disappearing Palestine” and placed strategically on the Vancouver transit system? We think they are...
View ArticleSFSC: Ad Series Brings “Disappearing Palestine” to Vancouver Public Transit
Palestine Awareness Coalition, August 27, 2013 - The realities of Palestinian land loss are on display in Vancouver, as a new series of transit ads has been posted at the Vancouver City Centre SkyTrain...
View ArticleSFSC Letter: Denouncing Vancouver Sun’s and Courier’s Attacks on Palestine...
Letter to the Editor of the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Courier Several weeks ago ads from the Transit Ad Coalition first appeared in Vancouver showing four historic maps of Israel/Palestine. Since...
View ArticleSFSC/rabble: Who’s afraid of a map? Palestine bus ads spark debate in Vancouver
By Brian Campbell, Seriously Free Speech Committee, rabble.ca, Sept. 12, 2013 Palestinians and supporters of Palestinian human rights are constantly frustrated by the near-monopoly of the Zionist...
View ArticleSFSC: Statement of Support for Edward Snowden
When the state of a country comprehensively and secretly, in violation of it’s own laws, monitors the private communications of its citizens; when an employee of that state reveals this illegal...
View ArticleSFSC/Palestine Awareness Coalition: Targeted For A Third Time: “Disappearing...
Marty Roth, Palestine Awareness Coalition VANCOUVER, October 10, 2013 – The “Disappearing Palestine” wall mural displayed at a Canada Line SkyTrain station was stolen by vandals for the third time...
View ArticleSFSC Letter: Re: Professor David Klein hosting BDS website
Dear Professor Klein, I write on behalf of the Seriously Free Speech Committee-Vancouver (SFSC) to support your work in defense of Palestinian human and political rights. We are cheered to see that you...
View ArticleSFSC Event Jan 24 – Historical Context of the Palestinian Maps: Fact and...
With Dr. Hani Faris Adjunct Professor, UBC Department of Political Science Friday, January 24, 2014, 7:00pm Rm. 1700, SFU Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings St. In fall 2013, the Palestine Awareness...
View ArticleSFSC Event March 9: Israel’s War on African Asylum-Seekers
Israel’s War on African Asylum-Seekers ‘Non-white and non-Jewish’: Israel seeks to expel the ‘wrong kind’ of refugees A Talk by David Sheen Sunday, March 9, 2014, 2pm-4pm – FREE ADMISSION SFU Harbour...
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