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As the Palestinian people are victims of the colonial occupation and the apartheid of the State of Israel, the MPPM cannot ignore the anti-racist struggles and therefore joined more than thirty organizations in a demonstration, this Saturday, June 10, in downtown Lisbon.

The concentration started at 11 am, near number 19 of Garrett Street, where 28 years ago Alcindo Monteiro was murdered. This was followed by the parade to Largo do Carmo, where the Call to action was read out and the signatory organisations announced.

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10TH JUNE - DAY OF ANTI-RACIST STRUGGLE

On June 10, an action of struggle and homage to the victims of racism and xenophobia in Portugal will take place. The action will take place in Lisbon, in Rua Garrett, 19, at 11am and will be followed by a parade.

A delegation of the General Confederation of Portuguesee Workers (CGTP-IN) received, on Tuesday 16 May, the two Palestinian activists who were in Portugal, at the invitation of the MPPM, in order to participate in a public act about the 75 years of the Nakba.

Salim Nazzal and Nisreen Lubbad, accompanied by Carlos Almeida, from the MPPM, were received by João Coelho and Diniz Lourenço, from the CGTP-IN.

In the meeting with CGTP-IN, those activists gave their testimony on the arbitrary way workers are treated at checkpoints by the Israeli occupation military. Humiliation, physical aggression and, in many cases, murder, are the daily routine of these men and women who are only looking for a way to support their families.

MPPM promoted on Monday May 15, at Casa do Alentejo in Lisbon, a Session of Solidarity with Palestine evocative of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, the catastrophe that surrounded the creation of the State of Israel and resulted in the expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands, the destruction of 500 Palestinian towns and villages, the death of 15,000 Palestinian men, women and children.

The session was chaired by Carlos Araújo Sequeira, President of MPPM's General Assembly, and included speeches by João Vasconcelos-Costa, researcher, political activist and essayist, Nisreen Lubbad, Palestinian refugee and resistance fighter, Salim Nazzal, Palestinian writer, playwright and poet, and Carlos Almeida, Vice-President of the MPPM.

Before the speeches, a minute's silence was observed in memory of the victims of Israeli repression in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

In a joint initiative with the Camões Secondary School and the ABC CIne-club of Lisbon, MPPM promoted, on Monday 8 May, the screening of the film "1948: Creation and Catastrophe" at the Camões Auditorium (Av. Almirante Barroso, 25B, Lisbon).

The film, by Andy Trimlett and Ahlam Muhtaseb, was commented by Carlos Almeida, Researcher at the History Centre of the University of Lisbon and Vice-President of the MPPM.

Through the personal memories of both Palestinians and Israelis, 1948: Creation & Catastrophe tells the story of the establishment of Israel as seen through the eyes of those who lived it.

This film was the last chance for many of its characters, Israelis and Palestinians alike, to narrate their first-hand accounts of the creation of a state and the expulsion of a nation.