Author: uspcn
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Rasmea Defense Committee response to racist NY Post piece attacking #Justice4Rasmea
This response to a vicious opinion piece in the New York Post was submitted on February 28th, but unsurprisingly rejected by the Post. We publish it ourselves now. On Saturday, February 25th, the New York Post published an opinion piece by Kyle Smith that openly ridicules the idea of women striking on International Working Women’s…
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Rasmea speech on IWD; JVP responds to Tribune
Rasmea Odeh received TWO standing ovations at the #InternationalWomensDay event at the Chicago Teachers Union hall last night. Watch the speech here, and it is also transcribed below. In addition, our friends from Jewish Voice for Peace members Eli Massey and Lynn Pollack wrote pieces supporting and defending Rasmea from recent media attacks by contributors…
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Chicago: USPCN supporting protest of Trump’s Racist DOJ March 7th & Rally for Intl. Women’s Day March 8th
************************************************************************************************************* Also read this teleSUR article/interview with USPCN co-founder Hatem Abudayyeh, Oppression in the Land of the Free, by Edu Montesanti
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Palestinian Prisoner Review 2/22/2017
Take Action: Sign USPCN’s Petition to #StopAD: sign your name to take a stand against the Israeli policy of administrative detention! Sign and share the Change.org petition to urge international officials to take action for Nael Barghouthi’s release: https://www.change.org/p/international-officials-pressure-israel-to-free-nael-barghouthi Share this with your friends, tweet us @USPCN, and like us on Facebook. News & Analysis: Ofer…
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Protest Israeli Batsheva Dance Company at Chicago’s Harris Theater Fri, Jan 27
Protest Israeli Batsheva Dance Company at the Harris Theater Where: The Harris Theater, 205 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601 (map) When: Friday, January 27th at 6:30 PM Facebook Event On Friday January 27th, the Israeli dance troupe Batsheva Dance Company will perform at Chicago’s Harris Theater. Consistently identified by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
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Palestinian Political Prisoners Review 1/16/2017
Take Action: Sign USPCN’s Petition to #StopAD: sign your name to take a stand against the Israeli policy of administrative detention! Addameer: TAKE ACTION: Urgent call to free longest-serving Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi Call US Attorney Barbara McQuade and demand she #DropTheChargesNow against Rasmea Odeh Share this with your friends, tweet us @USPCN, and like…
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Palestinian Political Prisoners Review 1/7/2017
Take Action: Sign USPCN’s Petition to #StopAD: sign your name to take a stand against the Israeli policy of administrative detention! Addameer: TAKE ACTION: Urgent call to free longest-serving Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi Call US Attorney Barbara McQuade and demand she #DropTheChargesNow against Rasmea Odeh Share this with your friends, tweet us @USPCN, and like…
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Help USPCN Celebrate Another 10 Years of Organizing for Liberation and Return!
Help USPCN Celebrate Another 10 Years of Organizing for Liberation and Return! Please make your tax-deductible donation now, and help launch us into our next decade! Ten years ago, I was one of the proud co-founders of the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), which came together at a meeting in Detroit, Michigan, in 2006,…
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Palestinian Prisoners Weekly Review 12/15/2016
Take Action: Sign USPCN’s Petition to #StopAD: sign your name to take a stand against the Israeli policy of administrative detention! Sign DCI-Palestine’s petition against Israeli military courts for Children Call US Attorney Barbara McQuade and demand she #DropTheChargesNow against Rasmea Odeh Share this with your friends, tweet us @USPCN, and like us on Facebook.…
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USPCN joins call for protection of human rights defenders working on issues related to Palestine
New signatories added 12/12/16 December 9, 2016 – In marking International Human Rights Defenders Day, the undersigned organizations commend the work of all human rights defenders working for justice globally, stand in solidarity with them, and highlight the case of individuals and organizations focused on Palestine. Human rights defenders advocating and working on Palestinian human…