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SUMMARY:Palestine 101 series: Israeli Apartheid – Session 2: How to talk about Israeli Apartheid
DESCRIPTION:This workshop builds on the previous session\, focusing on how the reality of Israeli apartheid can be effectively communicated. Through facilitating a safe discussion space\, we go through a couple of recurring talking points regularly heard in the mainstream media denying Israeli apartheid\, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to and debunk them. \nTuesday 25th November – 6:30-8:30pm London time \nThese two sessions are part of a broader Palestine 101 series aiming to build people’s knowledge on the Palestinian struggle and how to effectively advocate for Palestine.  \nApply here
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/palestine-101-series-israeli-apartheid-session-2-how-to-talk-about-israeli-apartheid/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251208T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
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SUMMARY:The Role of Women in Palestinian Resistance
DESCRIPTION:We will be delivering this event and exploring the role of women in Palestinian resistance. This event will explore Palestinian resistance to gendered oppression\, highlighting Palestinian women’s movements and organising. \nBy situating gender as central to the Palestinian struggle\, we will discuss how the Palestinian anti-colonial resistance has historically gone hand in hand with struggling against internal patriarchal structures as well as Israel’s weaponisation of gendered stereotypes. \nReserve your spot here
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/the-role-of-women-in-palestinian-resistance/
LOCATION:William Morris Community Centre\, 6-8 Greenleaf Road\, London\, E17 6QQ
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260131T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260131T170000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
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SUMMARY:How to Talk About Palestine Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Organised by Dorset PSC and Makan\, this two-part workshop offers both a deep foundation in understanding Palestine and practical tools for speaking about it with clarity and confidence. Reserve your free spot here. \nWorkshop 1 – Understanding the Palestinian Struggle\nWe begin by establishing core frameworks and concepts through which Palestine can be understood\, including settler-colonialism\, occupation\, apartheid\, the Nakba\, the peace process\, and more. Through a combination of historical overview and conceptual analysis\, participants gain a grounded\, critical understanding of the roots of the Palestinian cause\, its evolution\, and the narratives that surround it. \nWorkshop 2 – Skills for Challenging Conversations\nBuilding on this foundation\, the second workshop focuses on how to confidently navigate discussions about Palestine in public\, personal\, or professional settings. Participants will explore common arguments and misconceptions frequently seen in media and public discourse\, analyse how these narratives operate\, and develop effective strategies to respond to them.\nThis will be a supportive\, safe discussion space where participants learn from one another while building practical talking points and conversational skills. \nWho is this for?\nThese workshops are suitable for participants with foundational or advanced understanding of Palestine who want to deepen their knowledge\, strengthen their analysis\, and gain confidence in addressing mainstream narratives. \nDonations welcome \nThe workshop is free for a limited number of spaces. Donations are welcome on the day to help us cover costs.
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/how-to-talk-about-palestine-workshop-3/
LOCATION:Colliton Club\, Dorset Room\, Dorchester\, DT1 1XS
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260211T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260211T190000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260127T151746Z
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SUMMARY:Makan x TNI  - ‘Framing Palestine: Israel\, the Gulf states\, and American power in the Middle East’ - Online Lecture
DESCRIPTION:This joint online webinar by Makan & TNI provides an overview of Adam Hanieh’s article\, “Framing Palestine: Israel\, the Gulf states\, and American power in the Middle East”\, featured as a part of TNI’s Palestine Liberation Series.This session will: \n\nPresent an alternative approach to understanding Palestine that is framed by the wider region and the Middle East’s central place in our fossil fuel-centred world. \nArgues that the unstinting support for Israel cannot be comprehended outside of this framework\nSituate the fast-evolving relationships between the Gulf\, Israel\, and the US as essential to understanding the current moment\n\nThe session will include a 45 minute talk and a short Q&A. It will take place on Wednesday 11th February\, 6.00pm London time. \nRegistration form: https://forms.gle/MBwFemQa2gHKcheR6
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/makan-x-tni-framing-palestine-israel-the-gulf-states-and-american-power-in-the-middle-east-online-lecture/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260224T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260224T210000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260129T114019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T114019Z
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SUMMARY:Settler Colonialism & Ecological Violence in Palestine Online (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this two-part workshop series exploring how we can situate Palestine in relation to the climate crisis and ecological violence. We encourage you to attend both workshops\, but you can also choose to attend only one. \nThis workshop aims to deepen understanding of settler colonialism as the driver of land and natural resource destruction in Palestine. The workshop will expand how we think of violence\,  and explore how settler colonialism both disrupts Indigenous people’s sovereignty over land as well as weaponises natural resources and ‘greenwashing’ to conceal settler violence. Through this\, the session will provide a strong foundation for understanding and articulating ecological violence in Palestine.   \nThis series builds on our previous lecture ‘Framing Palestine: Israel\, the Gulf\, and American Power in the Middle East’ with the Transnational Institute and Adam Hanieh\, to deepen our understanding of the themes presented there. The sessions prioritise interactivity and invite participants to engage in close reading of texts and images in group discussions\, and are interspersed with lecturing.  \nThis workshop is suitable for people who are involved in the climate justice movement and would like to learn more about how it applies to the context of Palestine\, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how climate justice is central to it. \nApply for your spot here
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/settler-colonialism-ecological-violence-in-palestine-online-part-1/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260310T210000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260129T114408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T114458Z
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SUMMARY:Connecting Israel\, Imperialism & the Climate Crisis Online (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:This second part of the workshop series aims to deepen knowledge on imperialism as a framework to analyse the connection between Palestine and the climate crisis. The session will dive into the relationship between imperialism and resource extraction in Palestine and the wider Arab region. It will also touch upon other contexts to show how global imperialism aims to profit from over-consuming natural resources\, and how this both fuels the climate crisis and shapes the contemporary situation in Palestine today.  \nThis series builds on our previous lecture ‘Framing Palestine: Israel\, the Gulf\, and American Power in the Middle East’ with the Transnational Institute and Adam Hanieh\, to deepen our understanding of the themes presented there. The sessions prioritise interactivity and invite participants to engage in close reading of texts and images in group discussions\, and are interspersed with lecturing.  \nThis workshop is suitable for people who are involved in the climate justice movement and would like to learn more about how it applies to the context of Palestine\, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how climate justice is central to it. We encourage you to attend both workshops\, but you can also choose to attend only one. \nApply for your spot here
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/connecting-israel-imperialism-the-climate-crisis-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260324T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260324T203000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260219T105559Z
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SUMMARY:RESCHEDULED - Framing Israeli Apartheid: Uses and Limitations for Palestine Advocacy (Online)
DESCRIPTION:‘Framing Israeli Apartheid: Uses and Limitations for Palestine Advocacy’\n\nThis workshop has been rescheduled and we will be posting a new date soon!\n\nThis online workshop for Israeli Apartheid Week offers a comprehensive understanding of apartheid\, illustrating how Israel’s policies meet the legal definition of apartheid under international law. This workshop also aims to help activists develop a critical understanding of some of the limitations of the apartheid framework\, and how to utilise it strategically alongside frameworks of settler colonialism and occupation in advocacy. \n\n‘Framing Israeli Apartheid’ prioritises lecturing\, with opportunities for light interactivity and questions to the facilitators interspersed.\n\n\nWho Is This Workshop For?\n\nThis workshop is suitable for people who would like to build their core\, foundational knowledge about Palestinian history and the Palestinian struggle\, and to learn how to utilise this foundational knowledge to communicate effectively about Palestine to others.\n\nAs an organisation our primary focus is to work with student activists\, trade unionists\, social justice campaigners and journalists based in Britain & Ireland. We do also encourage applications from other individuals who are:\n\n\nActive and engaged with Palestine outside Britain & Ireland\nInvolved with other social justice struggles/human rights struggles looking to start/get more involved in Palestine\nDiaspora Palestinians and Palestinians based abroad or planning to study/work abroad\n\nApply here to secure your spot
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/framing-israeli-apartheid-uses-and-limitations-for-palestine-advocacy-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260401T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260401T200000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260324T103345Z
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SUMMARY:Reframing Palestine with Makan - Casa Palestina
DESCRIPTION:Get your tickets to the event here \nExploring key frameworks of the Palestinian struggle\, Nakba\, occupation\, apartheid and the peace process through history and discussion. \n\n\n\nIn this training\, we delve into the key frameworks and concepts through which the Palestinian struggle can be understood\, such as settler-colonialism\, occupation\, apartheid\, the peace process\, Nakba\, and more. Through interweaving a historical and conceptual analysis of the trajectory of the Palestinian cause\, this workshop offers a critical understanding of Palestine\, its history\, and the discourse around it. \nThis session includes breaks and is a combination of lecture\, interactive group discussion\, and close readings. \nIf you have any access needs\, please do let us know on the Eventbrite form so we can make adjustments to help everyone participate as fully as possible. \nR. Gilberto Rola 24Lisboa\, Lisboa \nWednesday\, April 1 from 6 pm to 8 pm
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/reframing-palestine-with-makan-casa-palestina/
LOCATION:R. Gilberto Rola 24\, R. Gilberto Rola 24\, Lisboa\, 1350-154 Lisboa\, Portugal
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260415T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260415T191500
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260402T111408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T111408Z
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SUMMARY:Genocide Inside & Outside of the Prison: A talk with Lena Meari & Basil Farraj on the Palestinian condition and Israel’s carceral regime (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Register your spot here \nPrisons are a focal site for understanding Palestine and the wider Palestinian condition. Imprisonment as a central tactic helps us see how Israel turns Palestinian land and lives into spaces to criminalise\, while using the prison itself as a space of brutal experimentation and extermination. \nIn the last few years\, numerous reports have emerged detailing the horrific treatment of imprisoned Palestinian children\, women and men. Imprisonment has been used as a long standing colonial British and Israeli strategy to break Palestinian bonds and capacity to overcome settler colonial violence and live in freedom and dignity\, but since the ongoing genocide in Gaza there is an escalation in the employment of violence\, particularly sexual violence\, turning prisons into a space to accelerate its genocide against the Palestinian people.  \nOur upcoming online conversation with Lena Meari and Basil Farraj will be unpacking the role of the colonial carceral regime\, the specificity of Israel as a carceral state and its shifting tactics within prisons\, how  gender and sexuality are deployed in prisons\, and the centrality of prisoners and sumud within the Palestinian struggle. \nAbout Lena Meari \nLena is an associate professor of cultural anthropology at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Institute of Women’s Studies at Birzeit University\, Palestine. She received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology with a Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research from the University of California\, Davis. Her special interests lie in the geopolitics of knowledge production; subject formation in colonial contexts; de-colonial feminist theory and methodology; and formations of sumud in the Palestinian context. Her publications include “Sumud: A Palestinian Philosophy of Confrontation in Colonial Prisons”\, “Re-signifying `Sexual` Colonial Power Techniques: The Experiences of Palestinian Women Political Prisoners”\, and the co-edited books “Rethinking Gender in Revolutions and Resistance: Lessons from the Arab World” and “The Politics of Engaged Gender Research in the Arab Region”. \nAbout Basil Farraj \nBasil is the Director of the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies\, and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural studies\, Birzeit University. Basil’s research addresses the intersections of memory\, resistance\, and art by prisoners and others at the receiving end of violence. He has conducted research in several countries including Chile\, Colombia\, and Palestine. \nAbout Makan: \nMakan is an independent\, non-partisan organisation dedicated to interconnected learning. Our approach is grounded in a belief that education is a liberatory act that can lay the ground for structural change. Situating Palestine within the context of other human rights\, social justice and global liberation movements\, we work towards transformation by adopting educational approaches that capture the history of the Palestinian struggle and the realities on the ground. We aim to support advocates as part of a community that is not only well-informed\, interconnected\, and empowered\, but passionately committed to cultivating a future for Palestinians built on freedom\, justice\, and dignity.
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/genocide-inside-outside-of-the-prison-a-talk-with-lena-meari-basil-farraj-on-the-palestinian-condition-and-israels-carceral-regime-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260418T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260418T163000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260311T142405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T142405Z
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SUMMARY:How To Talk About Palestine (Makan & Walsall Kobar Friendship Association)
DESCRIPTION:Looking to get into conversations about Palestine but not sure where to start? This in-person event is perfect for you! We’ll dive into ways to discuss the topic openly\, respectfully\, and effectively. Come connect\, learn\, and share your thoughts in a chill\, welcoming space. Don’t miss out on this chance to boost your confidence and understanding. See you there! \nThis workshop will develop our skills in talking about Palestine and discuss how to effectively debunk various recurring Zionist claims. \nSaturday April 18th – 1pm to 4:30pm \nReserve your free spot here
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/how-to-talk-about-palestine-makan-walsall-kobar-friendship-association/
LOCATION:The Crossing at St Pauls\, The Crossing at St Pauls\, Darwall St\, Walsall\, WS1 1DA
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260428T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260428T203000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260402T105948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T105948Z
UID:2810-1777401000-1777408200@www.makan.org.uk
SUMMARY:Makan - Communications & Advanced Debating (Online)
DESCRIPTION:This workshop aims to provide attendees with skills and tools to engage with different audiences and to effectively deal with difficult questions in potentially high-pressured situations. Each participant will put their knowledge and communication skills to practice by engaging in a one-on-one debate roleplay with Makan facilitators. Each debate is then followed by detailed facilitated feedback. \nTuesday 28th April\, 6:30-8:30pm \nRegister your spot here \n 
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/makan-communications-advanced-debating-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T173000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260430T134750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T134750Z
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SUMMARY:Makan - Palestine\, Gender and Sexuality (Warwick for Palestine)
DESCRIPTION:Join us with Warwick for Palestine on a talk about gender and sexuality in Palestine! This workshop explores gender and sexuality not just as social issues but as material and political issues in the Palestinian context. The session will examine how Zionism constructs racist\, colonial stereotypes of Palestinian men and women to further the oppression of Palestinians. It will also highlight Palestinian resistance to gendered and sexual oppression\, highlighting feminist and queer Palestinian organising and how it has always gone hand in hand with anti-colonial resistance. \nWednesday 6th May 3:30 – 5:30pm
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/makan-palestine-gender-and-sexuality-warwick-for-palestine/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T173000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260413T104816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T104816Z
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SUMMARY:NSUN with Makan - Madness & Palestinian Liberation Part 1 (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Mad Campaigns Lab is a space for NSUN members (individuals with lived experience of mental ill-health\, distress\, and/or trauma\, as well as grassroots\, user-led mental health groups). \nMadness & Palestinian Liberation (with Makan)\nPart 1: 6th May\, 4.00-5.30pm. Panel & discussion\nHow are Disability Justice and Palestinian Liberation interlinked? How does settler colonialism work to shape experiences of mental ill-health & madness? Join NSUN and guest speakers from Makan to learn more. \nThis session will include a presentation and discussion between NSUN and Makan. This first half will be recorded but this will not include participants’ names or faces. After the break we will take questions from the audience\, which will not be recorded. \n\nSign up for Part 1 
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/nsun-with-makan-madness-palestinian-liberation-part-1-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T183000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260423T143826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T143826Z
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SUMMARY:Uncovering Reparations: Lessons from Palestine and South Africa: A talk with Lubnah Shomali & Tshepo Madlingozi (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Register your place here \nGlobal discussions increasingly highlight the necessity and role of reparations to achieve accountability\, redress and justice for historical injustices. If done effectively\, reparations have an essential role in decolonial processes. The Ongoing Nakba of the Palestinian people and the “post-apartheid” situation of South Africa offer an opportunity to reflect on the importance of reparations and decolonization in dismantling the structures of foreign domination and systems of oppression.\n\n For Palestinians\, this involves confronting the continuation and consequences of root causes of the Ongoing Nakba: Israeli forced displacement and transfer\, colonization\, apartheid and genocide. For South Africans who are living a ‘post-apartheid’ reality  characterised by a lack of reparations and sustainable social reconciliation\, there continue to be ongoing efforts working to redress the issues around what true reconciliation and justice should look like.  \nJoin BADIL\, Makan & the South Africa Human Rights Commission for an upcoming webinar that aims to provide a space to educate participants on the ongoing Nakba and the process of dismantling apartheid and reparations in South Africa; examine the legal\, political\, and moral foundations for reparations; discuss the South African case as a precedent\, highlighting its achievements and failures; and explore strategies for advocacy\, accountability\, and global solidarity in advancing reparations. \nAbout Tshepo Madlingozi \nTshepo is the Commissioner of the South Africa Human Rights Commission.  \nTrained in law and sociology\, he is a scholar-activist whose work focuses on decolonization\, reparative justice\, human rights\, and participatory democracy. In 2024\, the President of South Africa appointed Madlingozi as a full-time Commissioner at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)\, an independent constitutional body. At the SAHRC\, he is responsible for the Anti-racism\, Education\, and Equality key areas. \nAbout Lubnah Shomali \nLubnah is a Palestinian activist and has worked with BADIL since 2012. She aims to advance a rights-based decolonial framework and solution for Palestine\, centering the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights to self-determination and return\, and is responsible for BADIL’s donor relations\, fund development\, and legal and international advocacy. \nAbout BADIL  \nBADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights is an independent\, human rights non-profit organization committed to defend and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons. Our vision\, mission\, programs and relationships are defined by our Palestinian identity and the principles of international humanitarian and human rights law. We seek to advance the individual and collective rights of the Palestinian people on this basis. \nAbout Makan: \nMakan is an independent\, non-partisan organisation dedicated to interconnected learning. Our approach is grounded in a belief that education is a liberatory act that can lay the ground for structural change. Situating Palestine within the context of other human rights\, social justice and global liberation movements\, we work towards transformation by adopting educational approaches that capture the history of the Palestinian struggle and the realities on the ground. We aim to support advocates as part of a community that is not only well-informed\, interconnected\, and empowered\, but passionately committed to cultivating a future for Palestinians built on freedom\, justice\, and dignity.
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/uncovering-reparations-lessons-from-palestine-and-south-africa-a-talk-with-lubnah-shomali-tshepo-madlingozi-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260527T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260527T210000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260506T125046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T125046Z
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SUMMARY:Reframing Palestine - Waltham Forest for a Free Palestine
DESCRIPTION:This workshop for Waltham Forest for a Free Palestine will delve into the key frameworks and concepts through which the Palestinian struggle can be understood\, such as settler-colonialism\, occupation\, apartheid\, peace process\, Nakba\, and more. Through interweaving a historical and conceptual analysis of the trajectory of the Palestinian cause\, this workshop will offer a critical understanding of Palestine\, its history\, and the discourse around it. \nYou can also hear updates about the Pensions divestment campaign\, and learn more about how to get involved in action for Palestine in Waltham Forest.  \nRegister your place here \nWednesday 27th May 7-9pm \nLocation: Hornbeam Cafe (458 Hoe Street\, Walthamstow\, United Kingdom E17 9AH)
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/reframing-palestine-waltham-forest-for-a-free-palestine/
LOCATION:Hornbeam Cafe\, 458 Hoe Street\, Walthamstow\, London\, E17 9AH
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260602T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260602T203000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260511T141958Z
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UID:2854-1780423200-1780432200@www.makan.org.uk
SUMMARY:Makan – Communications & Advanced Debating (Online)
DESCRIPTION:This workshop aims to provide attendees with skills and tools to engage with different audiences and to effectively deal with difficult questions in potentially high-pressured situations. Each participant will put their knowledge and communication skills to practice by engaging in a one-on-one debate roleplay with Makan facilitators. Each debate is then followed by detailed facilitated feedback. \nTuesday 2nd June\, 6:00-8:30pm \nApply for your spot here
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/makan-communications-advanced-debating-online-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T183000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260604T134535Z
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UID:2874-1781715600-1781721000@www.makan.org.uk
SUMMARY:Palestine\, Brazil & South Africa: Contending with Christian Zionism’s disruption of South to South Solidarities: A conversation with Isabela Agostinelli and Fathi Nimer
DESCRIPTION:Book your place today by registering here \nJoin Al-Shabaka & Makan’s upcoming conversation with Isabela Agostinelli and Fathi Nimer\, who will provide a comparative analysis of the mobilisation of Christian Zionism across Brazil and South Africa historically and today. The discussion will delve into the ways in which this transnational movement is being deployed across the global south and how to build more robust south to south solidarities. \nThere is often a misconception that peoples across the Global South are inherently on the side of the Palestinian liberation movement. This not only flattens and homogenises the complex histories of south-south solidarity\, it erases the history and development of Christian Zionism and its impact on global majority relationships. In recent years\, Israel and the United States have systematically disrupted global south solidarity with Palestinians by mobilising Christian Zionism across civil societies institutions\, particularly in the cases of Brazil and South Africa.  \nWednesday 17th June on Zoom at 5pm – 6.15pm (London time) \nAbout Isabela Agostinelli  \nIsabela Agostinelli is the Professor of International Relations at Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (FECAP)\, São Paulo\, Brazil. She is a researcher at the International Conflict Studies Group (GECI) at PUC-SP and the National Institute of Science and Technology for United States Studies (INCT-INEU). She holds a PhD in International Relations from the San Tiago Dantas Graduate Program (UNESP\, UNICAMP\, PUC-SP). Her research focuses on Palestine Studies with an emphasis on the Gaza Strip; United States Foreign Policy in the Middle East\, with a focus on the Gulf.   \nAbout Fathi Nimer \nFathi is Al-Shabaka’s Palestine policy fellow. He previously worked as a research associate with the Arab World for Research and Development\, a teaching fellow at Birzeit University\, and a program officer with the Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies. Fathi holds a master’s degree in political science from Heidelberg University and is the co-founder of DecolonizePalestine.com\, a knowledge repository for the Palestinian question. Fathi’s research revolves around political economy and contentious politics. His current focus is on food sovereignty\, agroecology\, and the resistance economy in Palestine. \nAbout Al Shabaka: \nAl-Shabaka\, The Palestinian Policy Network\, is an independent\, non-partisan\, and non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and foster public debate on Palestinian human rights and self-determination within the framework of international law. Al-Shabaka\, which means “The Network\,” is a think tank without borders or walls that aims to: \n\nDraw upon the vast knowledge and experience of the Palestinian people\, whether under occupation\, in exile\, or in Israel\, so as to engage the broadest spectrum of perspectives in debate on policy and strategy.\n\n\nCommunicate ideas and strategies on resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to Palestinian communities as well as to Arab and other policy communities and interested parties worldwide\n\nAbout Makan: \nMakan is an independent\, non-partisan organisation dedicated to interconnected learning. Our approach is grounded in a belief that education is a liberatory act that can lay the ground for structural change. Situating Palestine within the context of other human rights\, social justice and global liberation movements\, we work towards transformation by adopting educational approaches that capture the history of the Palestinian struggle and the realities on the ground. We aim to support advocates as part of a community that is not only well-informed\, interconnected\, and empowered\, but passionately committed to cultivating a future for Palestinians built on freedom\, justice\, and dignity.
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/palestine-brazil-south-africa-contending-with-christian-zionisms-disruption-of-south-to-south-solidarities-a-conversation-with-isabela-agostinelli-and-fathi-nimer/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T200000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260601T121646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T135212Z
UID:2867-1781807400-1781812800@www.makan.org.uk
SUMMARY:From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza: How militarism and greenwashing shape relations\, resistance\, and solidarity with Palestine in Brazil
DESCRIPTION:Join Makan & TNI’s joint upcoming online webinar that will provide an overview of Andressa Oliveira Soares’s article\, “From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza: How militarism and greenwashing shape relations\, resistance\, and solidarity with Palestine in Brazil”\, featured as a part of TNI’s Palestine Liberation Series. This session will: \n\nexplore relations between Brazil and Israel\, providing some historical context and setting out the countries’ military cooperation\, agribusiness deals\, oil trade\, and diplomatic postures – especially in the past 20 years\nexamine how resistance and solidarity with Palestine\, specifically BDS\, has developed in Brazil over the last decade.\ndiscuss the challenges currently faced in pro-Palestine solidarity\, and how to overcome them\, including priority targets and a promising path forward\n\nThe session will include a 1 hour talk and a Q&A. It will take place on Thursday 18th June\, 6.30pm London time.  \nSecure your spot here \nAbout Makan: \nMakan is an independent\, non-partisan organisation dedicated to intersectional learning. Our approach is grounded in a belief that education is a liberatory act that can lay the ground for structural change. Situating Palestine within the context of other human rights\, social justice and global liberation movements\, we work towards transformation by adopting educational approaches that capture the history of the Palestinian struggle and the realities on the ground. We aim to support advocates as part of a community that is not only well-informed\, interconnected\, and empowered\, but passionately committed to cultivating a future for Palestinians built on freedom\, justice\, and dignity. \nAbout TNI: \nThe Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just\, democratic\, and sustainable planet. For over 50 years\, TNI has served as a unique nexus between social movements\, engaged scholars\, and policymakers. TNI envisions a world of peace\, equity and democracy on a sustainable planet brought about and sustained by an informed and engaged citizenry\, and whose research uniquely combines a ‘big picture’ analysis with proposals and solutions that are both just and pragmatic. Our capacity to build long-term respectful mutual relationships with strategic social movements is helping put radical ideas into movement.
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/from-the-favelas-and-rural-brazil-to-gaza-how-militarism-and-greenwashing-shape-relations-resistance-and-solidarity-with-palestine-in-brazil-makan-x-tni/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260708T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260708T200000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260622T142241Z
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UID:2894-1783533600-1783540800@www.makan.org.uk
SUMMARY:Educators for Liberation Programme (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Makan is inviting applications for our ‘Educators for Liberation’ programme\, a transformative education programme for people who want to support Palestine liberation and other struggles for justice through facilitating community learning spaces rooted in liberation and transformation. The programme is open to people worldwide. We welcome application from organisers\, trainers\, educators\, students\, campaigners\, community leaders\, workers\, and anyone active in social justice\, anti-colonial and liberation movements and community spaces.\n\nApply here!\n\n\n\nAbout the Programme:\nThe programme is rooted in liberation-centered education and builds on Makan’s 10 years of work organising\, teaching\, facilitation\, and collaborations for Palestine and other social justice causes. The programme also draws and learns through archival material from the work of movements and thinkers that came before us\, including Palestinian political education\, anti-colonial movements and tricontinentalism\, anti-racist organising\, feminist movements\, community education and Palestine solidarity. At a time of growing censorship\, repression\, surveillance\, and funding restrictions around Palestine\, there is an urgent pressing need for education that speaks truth to power and nurtures communities committed to the rights of all living beings to live and prosper in societies that respect and refuse to compromise on social\, racial\, environmental\, and economic justice.\n\n\n\n\nBefore applying\, please note the following: \n\nThis is a voluntary role. Given the current wave of censorship and funding restrictions\, the training programme aims to support and sustain Makan’s work by de-centralising political education and meeting the growing demands of the wider liberation movement. Allowing more communities worldwide to access principled\, accurate\, reflective liberatory education on the Palestinian struggle.\nThis training requires a commitment of 8 hours in the span of a month. The training is divided across 4 to 5 weeks in July or September\, depending on your chosen cohort. For the first two rounds of the training we are only accepting 25 facilitators per cohort.\nSessions will take place online every Wednesday evening from 6:00 pm (London time). Each each session will last approximately 2 hours.\n\n\n\nThrough the programme facilitators will:\n\n\nLearn about the history of political education and its importance in our liberation struggle today.\nEngage with anti-colonial political education and its role in social justice movement-building.\nGain transferable knowledge and skills in facilitation\, workshop design\, critical pedagogy and political education.\nSupport the wider liberation movement by creating accessible and liberation centred educational spaces.\nBuild networks with others engaged in the Palestine Liberation movement and other social justice struggles\n\nProgramme Structure:\n\nThe training will take place over 5 sessions\, with each session lasting around 2 hours. All sessions include participatory approaches and exercises\, and facilitators will be sent materials before and after the session that will help them build confidence\, skills and knowledge.\n\nMore details can be found on the application form here
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/educators-for-liberation-programme-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260714T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260714T203000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
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UID:2881-1784053800-1784061000@www.makan.org.uk
SUMMARY:Zionism\, Gender\, and Sexuality
DESCRIPTION:In the first part of our ‘Gender\, Sexuality\, and Anti-Colonial Struggle in Palestine’ workshop series\, we examine the relationship between colonialism and gender broadly\, and examine how this applies in the context of Palestine. This workshop will focus specifically on the role of gender in the construction of Israeli society historically\, during the early days of the Zionist movement and the foundation of the Israeli state\, before examining how the role of gender in Israeli society has adapted and shifted over time\, co-opting progressive ideas but maintaining colonial goals.   \nRegister now! \nDeadline: Tuesday 7 July
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/zionism-gender-and-sexuality/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260728T203000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260728T203000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260617T050420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T050512Z
UID:2884-1785270600-1785270600@www.makan.org.uk
SUMMARY:Israel’s Weaponisation of Gender & Sexuality
DESCRIPTION:In the second part of this series\, this workshop aims to promote a deeper understanding of gender and sexuality not just as social issues but as material and political issues in the Palestinian context. This session specifically examines how Zionism constructs racist\, colonial stereotypes of Palestinian men and women\, and weaponises gender stereotypes of masculinity and femininity to further the oppression of Palestinians. \nRegister now! \nDeadline: Tuesday 21 July
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/israels-weaponisation-of-gender-sexuality/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260811T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260811T203000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260617T050745Z
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UID:2887-1786473000-1786480200@www.makan.org.uk
SUMMARY:Palestinian Resistance to Gendered\, Sexual and Colonial Oppression
DESCRIPTION:In the third part of this workshop series\, this workshop focuses on Palestinian resistance to gendered and sexual oppression\, highlighting feminist and queer Palestinian movements and organising. By situating gender and sexuality as central to the Palestinian struggle\, we will discuss how the Palestinian anti-colonial resistance has historically gone hand in hand with struggling against internal patriarchal structures as well as Israel’s weaponisation of gendered stereotypes. \n  \nRegister now!\nDeadline: Tuesday 4 August 
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/palestinian-resistance-to-gendered-sexual-and-colonial-oppression/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260825T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260825T203000
DTSTAMP:20260622T160958
CREATED:20260617T051008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T051008Z
UID:2890-1787682600-1787689800@www.makan.org.uk
SUMMARY:How to Talk About Gender\, Sexuality\, & Palestine
DESCRIPTION:This workshop aims to help people expand their skills when talking about Palestine in relation to topics of gender and sexuality by offering communication tips on how to engage in such conversations and how to respond to various arguments. Through facilitating a safe discussion space\, we go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation on this topic\, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them. \n  \nRegister now!\nDeadline: Tuesday 18 August
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/how-to-talk-about-gender-sexuality-palestine/
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