Weekly PAJU Vigil
2024-03-12 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | METRO PARC, 7245 Hutchison St., Montréal, Québec, Canada
METRO PARC 7245 Hutchison St.
Tuesday March 12 2024 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. inside the Parc metro station just outside the turnstiles.
Thursday March 14 2024 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. inside the Parc metro station just outside the turnstiles.

PAJU weekly vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-03-19 16:00 - 17:30 | MÉTRO SAINT-MICHEL, 7325, boul. Saint-Michel, Montréal, Québec, Canada
SAINT-MICHEL METRO
Tuesday March 19, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the Saint-Michel metro station just outside the turnstiles.
Thursday March 21, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the Saint-Michel metro station just outside the turnstiles.

A unified large demonstration: Together for Gaza and Palestine
2024-03-23 14:00 - 18:00 | Square Dorchester, 2903 Peel St., Montreal, Quebec, H3B 4J5, Canada
Massive demonstration for Gaza and Palestine
Saturday March 23, 2024 at at 2 pm in Dorchester Square
Saturday March 23, 2024 at at 2 pm in Dorchester Square there will be a unified large demonstration gathering most groups and organizations involved with support for Palestine and most in Quebec who oppose the Israeli ongoing genocide in Gaza. Currently 34 groups including PAJU have signed the declaration of principles. More will be added every day. We hope this will be a massive demonstration similar to those against the war in Iraq. Be there!
Below is the English translation of the declaration signed by more than 117 groups, organizations and unions:
TOGETHER FOR GAZA AND PALESTINE!
TOGETHER FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE!
Over the past five months, like many Quebecers, we have been sickened by the horrors Israel has inflicted on the Palestinian population of Gaza: incessant bombardments; 31,342 people killed, 7,000 missing under the rubble, 70,043 injured (as of February 26, 2024); civilian infrastructure devastated; ambulances, health workers and journalists targeted; more than 8 but has recently restore its financing5% of the population displaced; the entire population plunged into acute food insecurity and in many cases starvation, and deprived of drinking water, medicine and fuel by the blockade.
In the first three months of the assault alone, 10,000 children were killed in Gaza, 20 times more than in Ukraine in 18 months (500). According to UN experts, “it is unprecedented to make an entire civilian population go hungry this completely and quickly.”
On January 26, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that it is plausible that Israel is committing acts of genocide in Gaza. The ICJ ordered Israel to prevent such acts and to “enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance.” But since then, the situation has worsened, and Israel is now preparing to lay siege to the city of Rafah, at the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, and to expel 1.5 million people who have ultimately sought refuge there.
Canada’s position is shameful
In response to these crimes, Canada has expressed “concern” for the fate of the civilian population but continues to invoke Israel’s “right to defend itself” and refuses to condemn its countless violations of international law. Since October 2023, it has approved record levels of military exports to Israel. The day after the ICJ decision, Canada announced that it was suspending its funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), on which two million people depend for their survival but recently restored its financing. Instead of demanding that Israel let the already existing aid entre by the land route from Egypt, Canada announced it participation in a maritime corridor which is considered to be inadequate by the United Nations. By its actions, Canada is complicit in Israel’s criminal assault on Gaza. Canada’s deeds speak volumes about the hypocrisy of its rhetoric.
For life, justice and peace
We call on Quebecers to support the Palestinian people’s right to life by demanding:
an immediate ceasefire and the free flow of humanitarian aid throughout Gaza
an end to direct and indirect Canadian military exports to Israel
the lifting of Israel’s blockade of Gaza
We also call on Quebecers to demand an end to Israel’s decades-long military occupation and colonization of Palestine, which is at the root of the current crisis. For 30 years, phoney “peace processes” have led only to more dispossession, violence and humiliation for the Palestinian people. A just and lasting solution is needed now. Quebec civil society can contribute to it by joining the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement.
IT IS NOT ANTI-SEMITIC TO UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE!

PAJU Weekly vigils and distribution of leaflets
2024-03-26 16:00 - 17:30 | MÉTRO COTE-VERTU, 1515, boul. Côte-Vertu, Montréal, Québec, Canada
MÉTRO CÔTE-VERTU 1515, boul. Côte–Vertu
Tuesday March 26, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the Côte-Vertu metro station just outside the turnstiles.
Thursday March 28, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the Côte-Vertu metro station just outside the turnstiles.

PAJU weekly vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-04-02 16:00 - 17:30 | MÉTRO GUY-CONCORDIA, 1445 ruy Guy, Montréal, Québec, Canada
GUY-CONCORDIA METRO
Tuesday April 2, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the GUY-CONCORDIA metro station just outside the turnstiles.
Thursday April 4, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the GUY-CONCORDIA metro station just outside the turnstiles.

PAJU WEEKLY VIGIL AND DISTRIBUTION OF LEAFLETS
2024-04-09 16:00 - 17:30 | Métro CÔTE-DES-NEIGES, métro CÔTE-DES-NEIGES, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
CÔTE-DES-NEIGES METRO
PAJU vigil Tuesday April 9, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the CÔTE-DES-NEIGES METRO station just outside the turnstiles. If the weather permits we might move to the University of Montréal at 3200 rue Jean-Brillant

PAJU Vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-04-11 16:00 - 17:30 | Roddick Gate McGill university, 15a Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A2K6, Canada
THE MCGILL RODDICK UNIVERSITY GATES
Vigil and distribution on April 11 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the McGill Roddick gates at the corner of Sherbrooke and McGill College (métro MCGILL).
Join us in solidarity with the people of Palestine.
If the teacher assistant’s strike is continuing and there is a picket line at the Roddick Gate we will go to the Scotia Bank 1002 Sherbrooke St W corner Metcalfe.

PAJU weekly vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-04-16 16:00 - 17:30 | METRO ATWATER, 2322 Ste-Catherine W, Montreal, Quebec, H3Z1R2, Canada
TUESDAY ATWATER METRO CEGEP DAWSON
Tuesday April 16, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the ATWATER metro station just outside the turnstiles.

PAJU weekly Vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-04-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Cegep Vieux-Montréal, 255 Ontario Est, Montreal, Quebec, H2X 1X6, Canada
THURSDAY CEGEP DE VIEUX.-MONTRÉAL
Thursday April 18, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the CEGEP DE VIEUX.-MONTRÉAL 255, Ontario ST. East corner Sanguinet (métro Berri-UQAM).

PAJU weekly vigil and distribution of lealflets
2024-04-23 16:00 - 17:30 | Cégep de Saint-Laurent, 625 Av. Sainte-Croix, Saint-Lauren, Québec, H4L 3X7, Canada
TUESDAY CEGEP SAINT-LAURENT
Tuesday April 23, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the cegep Saint-Laurent 625 Sainte-Croix avenue corner du College St (METRO DU COLLEGE) .

PAJU weekly vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-04-25 16:00 - 17:30 | Cegep Maisonneuve, 3800 Sherbrooke St E, Montreal, Quebec, H1X2A2, Canada
THURSDAY CEGEP MAISONNEUVE
Thursday April 25, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the cegep Maisonneuve corner of Pierre-de-Coubertin avenue and Bourbonnière avenue (MÉTRO PIE-IX).

Distribution of leaflets at the May First demonstration.
2024-05-01 17:30 - 20:00 | Parc François-Perrault, 7525 Rue François-Perrault, Montréal, Québec, H2A 1M1, Canada
Distribution of leaflets at the May First demonstration.
May 1, 2024 we will distribute leaflets at the May 1st demonstration. Rendez-vous at the south end of the park François Perreault at 5 :30 pm (MÉTRO SAINT-MICHEL)

PAJU vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-05-02 16:00 - 17:30 | Scotiabank, 1002 Sherbrooke St West, Montréal, Québec, H3A 3L6, Canada
SCOTIA BANK

Thursday MAY 2, 2024 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the Quebec head office of Scotia Bank at 1002 Sherbrooke St W corner Metcalfe METRO PEEL

PAJU joins the pan Canadian campaign of BDS Canada against the Scotia Bank which has become Elbit Systems largest foreign shareholder. Elbit Systems is an Israeli weapons manufacturer that produces drones, weapons systems and munitions used in Israel’s colonization and occupation of Palestine and in the current genocide in Gaza

PAJU Vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-05-07 16:00 - 17:30 | MÉTRO VENDOME, 5160 boul. de Maisonneuve West, Montreal, Quebec, H4A3S9, Canada
VENDOME METRO
TUESDAY MAY 7 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the Vendome metro station just outside the turnstiles.

PAJU Vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-05-09 16:00 - 17:30 | Scotiabank, 1002 Sherbrooke St West, Montréal, Québec, H3A 3L6, Canada
SCOTIA BANK
Join PAJU in front of the Quebec head office of Scotia Bank to demand that it divest from Elbit Systems.
THURSDAY May 9 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the Scotia Bank 1002 Sherbrooke St W corner Metcalfe METRO PEEL
PAJU joins the pan Canadian campaign of BDS Canada against the Scotia Bank which has become Elbit Systems largest foreign shareholder. Elbit Systems is an Israeli weapons manufacturer that produces drones, weapons systems and munitions used in Israel’s colonization and occupation of Palestine.

NAKBA MARCH
2024-05-11 14:00 - 18:00 | Israeli Consulate, 1 Westmount Square, Montreal, Quebec, H3Z2P9, Canada
76 YEARS OF NAKBA
Join the NAKBA March on Saturday May 11, 2024 at 2 pm. Rally point the Zionist Israeli consulate at 1 Westmount Square, corner of Sainte-Catherine and Wood Avenue.

PAJU Vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-05-14 16:00 - 17:30 | METRO ANGRIGNON, 3300 boul. Trinitaires, Montreal, Quebec, H4E4J3, Canada
METRO ANGRIGNON
TUESDAY May 14 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the ANGRIGNON metro station just outside the turnstiles

PAJU vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-05-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Scotiabank, 1002 Sherbrooke St West, Montréal, Québec, H3A 3L6, Canada
BANQUE SCOTIA
Join PAJU in front of the Quebec head office of Scotia Bank to demand that it divest from Elbit Systems.
THURSDAY May 16 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the Scotia Bank 1002 Sherbrooke St W corner Metcalfe METRO PEEL
PAJU joins the pan Canadian campaign of BDS Canada against the Scotia Bank which has become Elbit Systems largest foreign shareholder. Elbit Systems is an Israeli weapons manufacturer that produces drones, weapons systems and munitions used in Israel’s colonization and occupation of Palestine.

PAJU weekly picket and distribution of leaflets
2024-05-21 16:00 - 17:30 | Métro Lionel-Groulx, Montréal, Québec, H4C 2G6, Canada
PAJU vigils and distribution metro Lionel-Groulx
Join PAJU
TUESDAY May 21 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the Lionel-Groulx metro station just outside the turnstiles.
AGAINST GENOCIDE IN GAZA

PAJU weekly picket and distribution of leaflets
2024-05-23 16:00 - 17:30 | Scotiabank, 1002 Sherbrooke St West, Montréal, Québec, H3A 3L6, Canada
PAJU vigils and distribution: Scotia Bank
Join PAJU in front of the Quebec head office of Scotia Bank to demand that it divest from Elbit Systems
THURSDAY May 23 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the Scotia Bank 1002 Sherbrooke St W corner Metcalfe METRO PEEL
AGAINST GENOCIDE IN GAZA

PAJU weekly vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-05-28 16:00 - 17:30 | metro Henri-Bourassa, 590 East Henri Bourassa Blvd, Montreal, Quebec, H2C1E1, Canada
PAJU vigil and distribution metro Henri-Bourassa

TUESDAY May 28 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm inside the Henri-Bourassa metro station just outside the turnstiles.

AGAINST GENOCIDE IN GAZA

PAJU weekly vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-05-30 16:00 - 17:30 | Scotiabank, 1002 Sherbrooke St West, Montréal, Québec, H3A 3L6, Canada
PAJU vigils and distribution: Scotia Bank
Join PAJU in front of the Quebec head office of Scotia Bank to demand that it divest from Elbit Systems
THURSDAY May 30 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the Scotia Bank 1002 Sherbrooke St W corner Metcalfe METRO PEEL
AGAINST GENOCIDE IN GAZA

PAJU weekly vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-06-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Scotiabank, 1002 Sherbrooke St West, Montréal, Québec, H3A 3L6, Canada
PAJU vigil and distribution: Scotia Bank
Join PAJU in front of the Quebec head office of Scotia Bank to demand that it divest from Elbit Systems

THURSDAY June 6 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the Scotia Bank 1002 Sherbrooke St W corner Metcalfe METRO PEEL
AGAINST GENOCIDE IN GAZA

BOYCOTT ISRAEL! Demonstration for the abolition of the Quebec Office in Tel Aviv
2024-06-06 19:00 - 22:00 | Métro Place des Arts (Président-Kennedy), 175 avenue Président-Kennedy, Montreal, Quebec, H2X 3P2, Canada
Thursday, June 6, 2024
19h
175 avenue President-Kennedy (Place-des-arts metro station)
Despite the daily horror of the bombings, the CAQ government is determined to open a diplomatic office that will intensify economic and political relations with the Zionist entity.
For almost eight months, the popular movement for Palestine has been fighting for companies, institutions and governments to sever their ties with the genocidal Israeli state.
With the setting up of solidarity camps for Palestine, the repression and judicialization of the struggle, we have proof that popular pressure is making leaders tremble.
At UQAM, the Al-Aqsa camp succeeded in obtaining from the Board of Directors a timid symbolic resolution outlining the terms of support for the academic boycott. The McGill administration and the CAQ government, on the other hand, have given in nothing. The struggle must intensify.
We demand:

the abolition of the Quebec office in Tel Aviv
an immediate end to all inter-state and inter-institutional agreements with Israel
an academic boycott of all universities contributing to the colonization of Palestine
divestment from companies complicit in Israeli colonialism

No one is better placed than youth and the working classes to force the government, corporations and universities to stop supporting the colonization of Palestine.
Let’s not be discouraged by the state’s attempts to stifle the movement.
From Tiohtià:ke to Gaza, we need an intifada!

PAJU Vigil and diffusion of leaflets
2024-06-08 12:30 - 14:30 | MÉTRO MONT-ROYAL, 470 Mont-Royal Ave E, Montréal, Québec, H2J 1W4, Canada
PAJU VIGIL MONT-ROYAL METRO

PAJU vigil Saturday June 8 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm in front of the Mont-Royal metro, Mont-Royal avenue pedestrianized

AGAINST GENOCIDE IN GAZA

Together for Gaza and Palestine Demonstration
2024-06-08 14:00 - 18:00 | Coin Cherrier et Parc Lafontaine, 997 Rue Cherrier, Montréal, Québec, H2L 1J2, Canada
Together for Gaza and Palestine:
DEMAND SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL!
Since October 2023, incessant bombardment, successive evacuation orders and Israel’s merciless blockade have reduced the Gaza Strip to rubble and plunged its entire population into conditions of flight, hunger, disease, exhaustion, trauma and grief. 70% of civilian infrastructure has been destroyed, 36,479 killed (civilians), 10,000 buried under rubble and 82,777 injured (as of May 31, 2024).
On May 6, Israel rejected a negotiated ceasefire agreement that Hamas had just accepted. Defying all warnings, Israel has launched its announced offensive on Rafah, the last refuge for 1.5 million Palestinians. Already, one million people have been forced to flee Rafah for devastated areas that have no facilities to
accommodate them and are more difficult for humanitarian aid to reach.
How far will Canada’s abhorrent complicity go?
For months, Canada has been content to argue for Israel’s right to defend itself, a right that does not exist under international law for an occupying power. Meanwhile, from October to December 2023, Canada authorized record levels of arms exports to Israel. It claimed it was shipping only “non-lethal” military
equipment but provided the media with only heavily redacted documents. It then announced that it would not approve any further military sales but would honour already signed agreements, although the International Court of Justice (ICJ) had ruled on January 26 that it was plausible that Israel was committing acts of genocide in Gaza.
As Israeli atrocities mounted, Canada expressed “concern” and eventually called for a ceasefire. On February 12, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said that an invasion of Rafah would be “totally unacceptable.” But for almost three months, Canada did nothing to prevent it. On the contrary, it continued to support Israel. On May 10, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to admit the State of Palestine to the UN. Canada abstained. This was, in the words of Justin Trudeau, a “fundamental shift” in policy.
Sanctions against Israel now
All human life is sacred. All human rights violations must be condemned and those responsible held to account. Canada’s inaction is abhorrent and contrary to its international obligations. We call for tough sanctions against Israel, starting with an embargo on all military equipment. Canada’s special bilateral relationship with Israel, including the free trade agreement, must also be reviewed: business as usual is not an option. Going ahead with the opening of the Quebec office in Tel Aviv, on the pretext that the decision was made before October 2023, is shameful. Sanctions must be imposed until a just and lasting solution is established, giving concrete form to the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to equal rights in the land of Palestine. We should be wary of Western attempts—led by the U.S., with Canada following loyally behind—to impose a “two-state” solution, one of which, the Palestinian state, would not be viable.
IT IS NOT ANTI-SEMITIC TO UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE!
Signatories as of today

PAJU weekly vigil and distribution of leaflets
2024-06-13 16:00 - 17:30 | Scotiabank, 1002 Sherbrooke St West, Montréal, Québec, H3A 3L6, Canada
PAJU vigil and distribution: Scotia Bank
Join PAJU in front of the Quebec head office of Scotia Bank to demand that it divest from Elbit Systems

THURSDAY June 13 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm in front of the Scotia Bank 1002 Sherbrooke St W corner Metcalfe METRO PEEL

PAJU joins the pan Canadian campaign of BDS Canada against the Scotia Bank which has become Elbit Systems largest foreign shareholder. Elbit Systems is an Israeli weapons manufacturer that produces drones, weapons systems and munitions used in Israel’s colonization and occupation of Palestine.

AGAINST GENOCIDE IN GAZA
