News

"1948: Creation and Catastrophe" screened at the Camões Auditorium

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.

Ler mais
Segunda, 8 Maio, 2023 - 23:30

MPPM on May Day

MPPM joined the celebrations of the International Workers' Day promoted, in Lisbon, by USL/CGTP-IN (General Confederation of Portuguese Workres - Lisbon Trade Union).

We had a bazaar in Alameda where we exposed posters showing the face and the consequences of the colonial-racist occupation and the Israeli apartheid.

We also integrated the big demonstration that went up from Martim Moniz to Alameda calling the attention to the cause of the Palestinian people.

Ler mais
Segunda, 1 Maio, 2023 - 23:30

MPPM on the people's 25th of April for Portugal and Palestine

MPPM joined the April 25th celebration on Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon, where many thousands celebrated the freedom and rights re-acquired in 1974, but recalled that April is still not fully fulfilled.

As recalled in the call of the Promoting Committee, discrimination by gender, age, disability, ethnic origin and socio-economic deprivation persist, and it must be ensured that all Portuguese have access to pensions, retirement and decent wages, health, education, culture and housing.

It was also said that to comply with April is to contribute to the construction of a society where one can live with dignity, in a nature-friendly environment, where Peace, dialogue and cooperation between Nations and Peoples are a reality.

Ler mais
Terça, 25 Abril, 2023 - 23:30

Stop the criminal practices of Israel against Palestinian prisoners!

On Palestinian Prisoners' Day, MPPM expresses its solidarity and denounces the criminal practices of the State of Israel in its treatment of Palestinian political prisoners - which do not exclude women and children - with arrogant disregard for international law, international humanitarian law and human rights conventions.

17th April was established as Palestinian Prisoners' Day by the Palestinian National Council in 1974 to commemorate the thousands of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails and to support their legitimate right to freedom. This year, the date coincides with a brutal escalation of the Israeli occupation's aggression against the Palestinian people, translated so far by a hundred deaths and many hundreds of arrests.

Ler mais
Segunda, 17 Abril, 2023 - 13:50

MPPM evokes two decades of destruction in the Middle East

Last March marked 20 years since the invasion of Iraq by the US, UK and their allies, in a war of aggression that violated all the norms of International Law. The month of March - which proved particularly tragic for the peoples of the Middle East - also marked 12 years since the beginning of the NATO bombing of Libya and the intervention in Syria by the Western powers and their regional allies,. It was also in the month of March that, in 2015, the foreign military aggression against Yemen began.

Ler mais
Terça, 4 Abril, 2023 - 12:57

On Land Day, MPPM calls for an end to violence against the Palestinian people

On 30 March 1976, Palestinians in the Nazareth region - in the north of the territory of Palestine occupied by the State of Israel - organised a one-day general strike. The protests were motivated by the Israeli government's intentions to expropriate Palestinian land in order to install Jewish settlements on it. The peaceful protests ended in a bloodbath: Israeli army forces and border police killed six Palestinian citizens of Israel.

Since then, Land Day, 30 March, has become a day of resistance and commemoration of land for all Palestinians.

The issue of land and its ownership has always been a central issue, both for Zionists and for Palestinians.

Ler mais
Quinta, 30 Março, 2023 - 18:56

MPPM met with Parliamentary Friendship Group Portugal-Palestine

At the invitation of the respective president, MP Joana Mortágua, the MPPM met with the Parliamentary Friendship Group Portugal-Palestine (PFGP-P) last March 8th.

The MPPM was represented by its vice-president Carlos Almeida and by the members of the National Directorate Ana Mesquita, Teresa Palma Fernandes and Vítor Pinto.

The PFGP-P was represented by Joana Mortágua (Block of the Left), president; Ivan Gonçalves (Socialist Party) and Bruno Dias (Communist Party), vice-presidents; and Isabel Moreira (Socialist Party), Ana Isabel Santos (Socialist Party) and Rui Cruz (Social Democratic Party).

Carlos Almeida summarised MPPM's perspective on the current situation in Palestine and recalled that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba.

Joana Mortágua, Ivan Gonçalves and Bruno Dias said they were aware of the situation in Palestine and showed great commitment to solidarity with the Palestinian people. Rui Cruz also spoke.

Ler mais
Quarta, 29 Março, 2023 - 18:20

MPPM with Roger Waters for Palestine

MPPM, in partnership with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and in coordination with the organization of Roger Waters' European tour, promoted awareness raising actions on the Palestinian issue at the concerts held in Lisbon on 17 and 18 March.

On both days, MPPM had a table at the Altice Arena and eight activists distributed to the audience a total of four thousand leaflets of MPPM and the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

The MPPM leaflet, entitled “For a Free, Independent and Sovereign Palestine”, evoked the Nakba, whose 75th anniversary is marked this year, summarised the situation in Palestine today and pointed ways forward in solidarity with the Palestinian cause.

Ler mais
Segunda, 27 Março, 2023 - 18:00

Palestinian Cultural Evening at AJA Lisbon

The MPPM promoted yesterday, Friday, at the Lisbon chapter of Associação José Afonso, a Palestinian Cultural Evening with music, poems and gastronomy.

Teresa Palma Fernandes introduced the session, which started with a reference to José Afonso, the patron of the place, where we were, listening to his song "Kissinger's Puppets" in which, at a certain point, he sings: "At the point of a rifle the People of Palestine / Sent Golda Meir a message divine ".

This was followed by the screening of the documentary "The Palestinian Culture" produced by the MPPM.

The actor Marques d'Arede began the reading of poems, starting with the poem "To Ahmed, Child of Palestine" by Guadalupe Portelinha.
Actress Maria Emília Castanheira then joined him to read poems by several Palestinian authors. Mazen Sabra, a Palestinian living in Portugal, accompanied them on the oud.

To conclude, we had several interpretations of the famous poem "To My Mother", by Mahmoud Darwich.

Ler mais
Sábado, 25 Março, 2023 - 12:45

Palmela unanimously approves motion for the end of violence in Palestine

Palmela City Council unanimously approved, at its meeting on 15 March 2023, a motion "For an end to the escalation of violence in Palestine" in which it deliberated:

- To express its concern and repudiation in the face of the serious escalation of violence;

- To reiterate the urgency of enforcing the United Nations Resolutions, respect for International Law and Human Rights and an end to the illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories by Israel;

- To express its solidarity with all those affected by the Arab-Israeli conflict and the strong desire for a path to Peace to be found and achieved.

Ler mais
Quinta, 23 Março, 2023 - 14:00

Páginas

Subscreva News