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Palestine, Ecocide and 
Interspecies Liberation 
Symposium
organized by Terike Haapoja, Rania Lee Khalil
and cinema antiplastique



This symposium marks the first in a series of events to take place over years to come, where we as a group of artists, organizers, scientists, farmers, children and more come together to dream, reflect, engage and connect until Palestine is free.

We proceed from the understanding that ecocide is a key mechanism of all colonization, with interspecies liberation a viable alternative. We focus on Palestine not as exceptional or of more importance than other occupied and colonized lands, yet rather as a highly visible entry point to the tactics and violence of EuroAmerican settler colonialism in the 21st century.

Starting points include the normalization of genocide and ecocide within the stolen lands known as the United States today, as well as the role of the US project as blueprint for the occupying forces of the State of Israel.  Using examples including African revolutions and decolonization, we’ll think together on the Palestinian Right of Return.  In terms of environmental justice, we’ll think together on interspecies repatriation worldwide.

All sessions within this event are free of charge and for the people (ie. conversational, creative, non-academic). This symposium iincludes nature walks, events for children, talks and conversations, film screenings and cinema antiplastique’s intuitive movement workshops.

full program:

Sunday June 7th, 2026

03:00 PM
Dabke with Palestinian dance troupe Banat Al-Awda! Families welcome!

05:00 PM
Study Session with Hadeel Assali
Reading by Amilcar Cabral, RSVP through eventbrite to receive link to reading.

Bissau-Guinean & Cape Verdean revolutionary, theorist and poet Amilcar Cabral used his official status as an agricultural engineer and agronomist for the Portuguese government to organize peoples across the land to overthrow them.  
This Sunday June 7 at 5 pm, Hadeel Assali will lead us in a relaxed study session of Cabral's essay "National Liberation in Culture".   We'll begin the session with a short selection of Cabral's poems.  

07:30 PM
Screening: Foragers (dir. Jumana Manna), 64 min, 2022
on foraging for wild edible foods and herbs in occupied Palestine

Friday June 12th, 2026

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online film Screening: Danielle and the Sea, (dir. Rania Lee Khalil), 2013, 15 min  
israeli vegan and art washing collide in this narrative film made in the egyptian sinai
  Online Talk with Rimona Afana: “"The Invisible Victims of Israel’s Genocide–Ecocide on Gaza: Animals and Nature"
followed by conversation with and moderated by Terike Haapoja

7 pm
"Soil Repair": Hadeel Assali in conversation with Joy of Saboon Maazeh Farm


Saturday June 13th, 2026

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 am - 12 pm
Brooklyn Seeds: Native Plant Walk with Eman Rashid of Brooklyn Seeds in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Families welcome!

02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Talk: Pasts and Futures of Jewish Antizionism with Janell Rothenberg
come check out this talk with janell, jewish antizionist friend of rania
since they were teenagers in the 90‘s at Hampshire College

04:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Workshop: Integrating Interspecies Liberation through Intuitive Movement
 with Cinema Antiplastique