The New England Committee to Defend Palestine and Jericho Boston present:
Columbus Day: A History of Genocidefrom Turtle Island to Africa and Palestine.
October 9, 2005, 5 PM, Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St. (Copley Square),
Boston, Massachusetts
Columbus Day is a national holiday in the United States, going back to the day in October1492
when Columbus is said to have “discovered America.” Exactly what do we celebrate on
Columbus Day? Come listen to three speakers – a Mashpee Wampanoag. a New Afrikan, and
a Palestinian – in a panel discussion of the history of the European settler in from Turtle Island
(present-day North America), Africa, and Palestine.
Music by The Foundation.
“America” 1838–1839 Trail of Tears, Expulsion of native people from southeast U.S.
Africa, 19th century European slave trade
Palestine 1948, “Expulsion From Ramle”
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