Benefit Screening of "Roadmap To Apartheid" For SA Miners

Benefit Screening of "Roadmap To Apartheid" For SA Miners

The Transport Workers Solidarity Committee invites you to the premier bay area screening of
"Roadmap To Aparthied" this film by Ana Nogueira and Eron Davidson looks at the history
of apartheid in South Africa and the comparison to apartheid in Israel.
The condition of Palestinian workers and their families in Israel and the occupied territories
has real comparison to the condition of Black workers in South Africa and many are even
pointing out that it is worse.
http://roadmaptoapartheid.org/
http://www.facebook.com/RoadmaptoApartheid
The role that labor played in fighting apartheid in South Africa was critical and the same
issues are raised in Israel.
Speakers will also discuss the role of the ILWU in it's labor action to stop cargo from
South Africa during the apartheid regime.

$7.00 Donation Requested
The donation will be used for the defense of miners and their families in South Africa

Sponsored by the Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
The TWSC helps build solidarity and action to defend transport workers in the US and around the world.
http://www.transportworkers.org
510-501-7080


In this award-winning documentary, the first-time directors take a detailed look at the apartheid analogy commonly used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Narrated by Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple), Roadmap to Apartheid is as much a historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa, as it is a film about why many Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system today, and why an increasing number of people around the world agree with them.

While not perfect, the apartheid analogy is a useful framework by which to educate people on the complex issues facing Israelis and Palestinians. Our film delves into those issues, comparing the many similar laws and tools used by both Israel and apartheid-era South Africa. The audience will see what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and inside Israel while gaining a deeper understanding of the conflict with the help of respected analysts on the subject. Combined with archival material and anecdotes from South Africans, the film forms a complete picture as to why the analogy is being used with increasing frequency and potency.

ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU SAYS:
“Roadmap To Apartheid is very powerful and compelling, and the visuals of house demolitions are appalling. Religion is repeatedly misused by politicians. Yet one of the lessons of Jewish history is that God is always on the side of the oppressed. Another is that those who dehumanize others, dehumanize themselves. Israelis will pay a heavy price for their callous mistreatment of Palestinians.”
NAOMI KLEIN, Author and filmmaker says:
“Roadmap to Apartheid is a harrowing exposé of Israel’s unique system of official discrimination.”
BILL FLETCHER, Former President of TransAfrica Forum says:
“Roadmap to Apartheid demonstrates for all to see that the use of the term ‘apartheid’ to describe the system of Israeli oppression of the Palestinians is neither analogy nor loose terminological usage. It accurately describes a system condemned by the international community but tolerated by too many governments when experienced by the Palestinians. Not only does this film serve to elevate the viewer’s understanding of the system of Israeli oppression (and the South African apartheid system), but it inspires the viewer to want to act in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the search for peace and justice in Israel and Palestine. I found myself gripped by the intensity of the film.”