Author: uspcn
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Updated Action: tell ACRL’s chairman directly to rescind award to McQuade
UPDATED ACTION ALERT: Tell Arab-American Civil Rights League (ACRL) chairman, Nabih Ayad, that Rasmea’s prosecutor deserves no award! In an article published yesterday by Palestine In America, a spokesperson for the ACRL said that the same U.S. Attorney, Barbara McQuade, who used scare tactics and fear-mongering to prosecute and convict Rasmea, “stood with the Arab-American…
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#BoycottCoke at shareholders’ meeting in Atlanta April 29!
The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) is stepping up its #BoycottCoke campaign with a protest of the Coca-Cola shareholders’ meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, this Wednesday, April 29th. WHERE: Cobb Galleria Centre 2 Galleria Pkwy SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30339 WHEN: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015, at 11 AM Eastern Facebook event page The #BoycottCoke campaign…
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USPCN commemorates the Armenian Genocide
United States Palestinian Community Network commemorates the Armenian Genocide and Affirms its Solidarity with the Armenian People On April 24th, 1915, exactly 100 years ago, the Ottoman Empire (precursor to the modern day state of Turkey) arrested, deported, and assassinated hundreds of Armenian intellectuals, community organizers, and workers. This date marks the formal start of…
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USPCN Action Alerts: IL anti-boycott bill on the floor today & anti-BDS amendment to bill in U.S. Senate
ILLINOIS: Urgent Action – CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE NOW – Don’t let Illinois penalize human rights boycotts of Israel! The anti-boycott bills, HB4011 and SB1761, will be on the floors of both the Illinois House and Senate within the hour TODAY. These bills would prohibit state agencies and state retirement services from entering into contracts or investing…
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#BoycottCoke: BDS forum in Minneapolis April 19
https://www.facebook.com/events/628522377283282/ Sunday, April 19 at 2pm 4200 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis In 2005, Palestinians issued a call for boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, because of its violations of international law and attacks on Palestinian rights. BDS is now a worldwide movement against Israeli Apartheid, and the governments, corporations and other institutions that support…
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USPCN: Palestinian Women on Prisoners’ Day 2015
Today, April 17, the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) joins our people and supporters across the world in calling for international solidarity on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. As noted by the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, every year since 1974 we commemorate the liberation of Mahmoud Hijazi, the first Palestinian political prisoner freed in an…
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USPCN statement in commemoration of Land Day 2015
The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) remembers the six Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli soldiers on this day in 1976, and pledges to continue its organizing in support of the Right of Return for all Palestinian refugees and their descendants, self-determination and equality, national liberation, and ending Israeli occupation, colonization, and apartheid. On March 30,…
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Rasmea fundraiser April 19; and advocates meet with the UN
Co-sponsored by the Rasmea Defense Committee, Coalition to Protect People’s Rights, and United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), amongst others. Buy tickets in advance. Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting-defending-civil-rights-the-case-of-rasmea–odeh-tickets-15968305632 Consider sponsoring a table for youth to attend (table for 10 is $250) or just donate extra tickets for them. Post flyer on your website or FB page and other social…
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Media Action Alert for Rasmea!
On March 12, 2015, Palestinian American community organizer and women’s leader Rasmea Odeh was sentenced to 18 months in prison after an unjust conviction last November, but she is challenging that conviction, and our organizing has helped her remain free on bond, pending the outcome of her appeal. She is back home to her community…