- 17 Jan 2025
- 7:00pm
- Teachers' Club, 37 Parnell Square
Film – Book launch – Music
Join us on the night before the INTO-organised Conference on the Rights of Palestinian Children and Young People for a night of Palestinian Solidarity in the Teachers’ Club (Club na Múinteoirí), 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
Friday, 17 January
7pm Film Showing ‘The Wanted 18’
Through a clever mix of stop motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared “a threat to the national security of the state of Israel.” In response to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, a group of people from the town of Beit Sahour decide to buy 18 cows and produce their own milk as a co-operative. Their venture is so successful that the collective farm becomes a landmark, and the cows local celebrities—until the Israeli army takes note and declares that the farm is an illegal security threat. Consequently, the dairy is forced to go underground, the cows continuing to produce their “Intifada milk” with the Israeli army in relentless pursuit. Recreating the story of the “wanted 18” from the perspectives of the Beit Sahour activists, Israeli military officials, and the cows, Palestinian artist Amer Shomali and veteran Canadian director Paul Cowan create an enchanting, inspirational tribute to the ingenuity and power of grassroots activism. (Released in 2014)
8:30pm Dublin Book Launch ‘Life of an activist – Eamon McMahon’
In this book, 14 contributors remember and pay tribute to the inspiring life and activism of Trade Union Friends of Palestine stalwart Eamon McMahon.
Speakers to be confirmed.
9:15pm An evening of musical solidarity
‘Folk Edge’, a group of Irish folk and traditional musicians and singers will play us a selection of tunes and songs that are guaranteed to entertain. This will be followed by a number of Palestinian musicians and singers. A tremendous night’s musical entertainment is certain.
Admission is free.
Donations on the night for UNRWA and Uisce For Gaza.