International Assembly Against Imperialism
in Solidarity with Palestine (January 21, 2024)

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Program

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Pre-recorded messages

Summary Report: Int’l assembly in NYC salutes Palestinian resistance
By Sara Flounders and Monica Moorehead

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Panel 1: Internationalism Today — A Global Upsurge

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Panel 2: Voices and defenders of Palestinian Resistance

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Panel 3: Workers Struggles and Building Internationalism

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Panel 4: Closing plenary: Tributes, building movements, and next steps

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Report, talks, solidarity messages, and more related content

• Summary Report: Int’l assembly in NYC salutes Palestinian resistance
  By Sara Flounders and Monica Moorehead
• Solidarity with Palestine sparks a global upsurge
  By Sara Flounders
• Venezuelan analyst: Lenin on ‘Socialism and War’
  By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein
• Ukraine: ‘Capitalism is always war’
  By Dmitry Dezhnev
• Fund people’s needs in the Bronx, not genocide in Gaza!
  By Richie Merino
• Leninism: ‘A doctrine of action’
  By Arjae Red
• This is what Leninist solidarity looks like!
  WW Editorial
• Palestine and the role of the global working class
  By Martha Grevatt
• Israel: the genocidal thrust of imperialism today
  By Manuel Raposo
• Message from Communist Party of Cuba to Lenin Centennial
• Mensaje del Partido Comunista de Cuba al Centenario de la muerte de Lenin
• Yemen: An indomitable people! – Part 1, history and Part 2, Responding to Gaza
  By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein
• ¡Yemen, Un pueblo indomable! – La historia (I), y la lucha del Mar Rojo (II)
  Por Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein
• Death is no one if he rides in your saddle: Interview with Leila Ghanem about Gaza’s October 7
  By Ángeles Maestro
• On the genocide of Palestinian people and their powerful resistance
  ‘Stop WW3 Peace Initiative’ statement
• V.I. Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg: Eagles of revolution
  By John Catalinotto
• The marriage between Zionism and imperialism
  By Marc Vandepitte
• On the centennial of Lenin’s death: A strong class orientation is needed in 2024
  By Larry Holmes
• Communists in Brazil condemn Israeli massacre in GazaMessage to NYC Lenin Centennial
  By Márcia Campos

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Pre-recorded solidarity messages from around the world

1. Carlos Ron, Venezuela	2. Joe Lombardo, UNAC, U.S.	3. Radhika Desai, Canada	4. Lao Mao, China	5. Mumia Abu-Jamal, U.S. political prisoner	6. N. Aamir, Yemen
7. K. Barakat	8. Dr. Mousawi, Lebanon	9. Susan Abulhawa, Philadelphia	10. Fouad Baker, Palestine	11. Ihsan Ataya, Palestine	12. Charlotte Kates, Samidoun
13. Carlos Martinez	14. Leonid Ilderkin, Ukraine	15. B.N. Omole, CP of Kenya	16. William Camacaro, Venezuela	17. Hamid Sherabi, Iran	18. Lee Siu Hin, China
19. Bahman Azad, USPC, U.S.	20. Marwa Osman, Lebanon	21. Alison Bodine, Canada	22. Suzanne Adely, N.L.G.

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1. From Caracas, Venezuela: Carlos Julio Ron Martinez
President of the Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples
Deputy Foreign Minister for North America for Venezuela

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2. From U.S.: Joe Lombardo
National Coordinator of United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)

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3. From Canada: Radhika Desai
Convenor of the International Manifesto Group

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4. From China: Lao Mao
Blogger on TikTok (Chinese edition) and Marxist commentator

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5. From U.S.: political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
Video footage from Within Our Lifetime

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6. From Yemen: Nasreddine Aamir
Director of the Yemeni News Agency, Saba’,
Vice President of the AnsarAllah Media Authority

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7. Khalid Barakat
Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path

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8. From Lebanon: Dr. Ibrahim Mousawi
Hezbollah member of the Lebanese parliament
editor of the weekly newspaper al-Intiqad (Criticism) in Beirut

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9. From Philadelphia: Susan Abulhawa
Prominent Palestinian novelist, activist and member of Workers World Party

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10. From Palestine: Fouad Baker
Democratic Front for Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) Foreign Affairs Department

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11. From Palestine: Ihsan Ataya
Islamic Jihad Politburo
head of the PIJ’s Department of Arab and International Relations

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12. From Canada: Charlotte Kates
International Coordinator of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network

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13. Carlos Martinez
Friends of Socialist China

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14. From Ukraine: Leonid Ilderkin
Ukrainian Communist Party
Union of Political Refugees and Political Prisoners of Ukraine

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15. From Kenya: Booker Ngesa Omole
Vice Chairperson and National Organizing Secretary of the Communist Party of Kenya

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16. From Venezuela: William Camacaro
Venezuelan-U.S. Coordinator of Alex Saab Support Committee; staff of Alliance for Global Justice

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17. From Iran: Hamid Sherabi
Research Director of House of Latin America (HOLA) in Tehran, Iran

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18. From China: Lee Siu Hin
Coordinator of China-U.S. Solidarity Network and the National Immigrant Solidarity Network

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19. Bahman Azad
Organizational Secretary of U. S. Peace Council
Former Acting Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University

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20. From Lebanon: Marwa Osman
Journalist, TV host, university lecturer, political commentator

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21. From Canada: Alison Bodine
The Fire This Time, Vancouver, Canada

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22. Suzanne Adely
President, National Lawyers Guild; Co-Dir. Food Chain Workers Alliance

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