Jim Manly (MP 1980-88) sails against Gaza Blockade
For immediate release
28 September 2012
Former Canadian MP (Member of Parliament 1980 to 88) and retired United Church Minister Jim Manly* will join a group of prominent internationals on the Freedom Flotilla’s “Estelle” sailing from Naples to Gaza in early October.
The mission of the Estelle, which started in Scandinavia and visited many European ports before reaching Italy yesterday, September 27th, is the latest initiative of the international “Freedom Flotilla Coalition” (FFC) to challenge the Blockade of Gaza.
The “Canadian Boat to Gaza” campaign is coordinating Jim’s trip and also playing a key role in the next FFC action: Gaza’s Ark, which is geared towards boat building in Gaza and encouraging Palestinian industry and exports to challenge the blockade from within.
FFC’s petition calling for an end to the Israeli Blockade of Gaza has been signed by over a hundred European Parliamentarians.
Jim Manly will be holding a press conference in Vancouver airport on the afternoon Wed., Oct 3rd as he leaves for Italy.
For more information or to get in touch with Jim Manly:
email: info@gazaark.org
Ehab Lotayef: +1.514.941.9792 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +1.514.941.9792 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
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* Jim Manly, a brief biography:
Jim Manly is a retired United Church minister who served as a New Democratic Party Member of Parliament from 1980-88, representing Cowichan-Malahat-the Islands, a BC Coastal riding. As MP, he was NDP critic for Indian Affairs and later critic for Fisheries and also International Development. As a United Church minister, Jim served mostly British Columbia congregations and has been active in the Church’s social justice work in Canada and the Americas. Ordained in 1957, he retired in 1997. He lives near Nanaimo, B.C. with his wife, Eva, and together they continue to be active in a number of areas including Mid-Islanders for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. This past spring he and Eva took part in a Pilgrimage of Solidarity to the Occupied Territory of the Palestinian West Bank.
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