Category: Actions
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Rasmea Defense Twitter Power Hours Wed., November 23, from 12 Noon – 2 PM CST
Rasmea Defense Twitter Power Hours Wednesday, November 23rd, from 12 Noon – 2 PM CST In anticipation of her Daubert hearing on November 29th, join the Rasmea Defense Committee for twitter power hours Wednesday, November 23rd, from 12 Noon to 2 PM CST. During these two hours, we will flood social media with messages of support…
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Donate now to help send Rasmea’s supporters by bus to Detroit!
The Rasmea Defense Committee is asking for your support to help send a charter bus from Chicago to Detroit for Rasmea’s next hearing! Please go to this page to donate, and forward it far and wide! In addition, see the specific information about Detroit below, and let us know here that you’re attending the rally…
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Ameer Spitan released just hours ago! Continue to advocate for Palestinian prisoners in both Israeli and Palestinian Authority jails
Ameer Spitan released just hours ago! Continue to advocate for Palestinian prisoners in both Israeli and Palestinian Authority jails Yesterday, USPCN and Samidoun reported that Ameer Spitan was arrested by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and sent to a detention center in Jericho. We just received word from the family that he has been released and…
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USPCN supports #NoDAPL on #IndigenousPeoplesDay
USPCN supports #NoDAPL on Indigenous People’s Day The $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has faced months of opposition from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, as well as members of hundreds of other tribes across North and South America. Their goal is to stop the building of the DAPL, which would connect production fields in…
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New legal attack on Rasmea; All Out for Detroit Sept 22
Prosecutors launch new legal attack on Palestinian American leader Rasmea Odeh All out for September 22nd federal court hearing in Detroit Attorneys representing Palestinian American icon, Rasmea Odeh, are pushing back against a new legal attack by federal prosecutors. In a July 21 filing, Rasmea’s defense team went on record as “strongly opposing” an attempt…
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More victories for the defense in Rasmea’s case
More victories for the defense in Rasmea’s case Over 100 people from all over the Midwest gathered in Detroit to support Rasmea Odeh as she, her attorneys, and the prosecution appeared before Judge Gershwin Drain for a status conference on Monday, June 13, 2016. After the conference ended, Rasmea joined the waiting crowd chanting her…
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Rasmea’s June 13 status hearing in chambers, but we’re still going All Out for Detroit!
Rasmea Defense Committee update to the mobilization for Detroit June 13th! Just last week, Judge Gershwin Drain informed Rasmea’s attorneys that the June 13th status hearing will take place in chambers, which means it will not be in open court, and which also means that it may be a very short (between an hour and…
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Protest Airbnb & Fidelity Investments in Chicago June 3rd
Protest Airbnb & Fidelity Investments for listing rentals on illegally occupied Palestinian land Watch this video from Palestine: “We Can’t Live There, So Don’t Go There!” Date: Friday, June 3rd, 2016 Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Location: Fidelity Investments, 1 N. LaSalle, Corner of LaSalle and Madison, downtown Chicago RSVP on Facebook The #StolenHomes…
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Today May 22nd: support Rasmea’s defense fund on her birthday!
Happy Birthday Rasmea! Sunday, May 22nd, is Rasmea’s birthday, and there’s no better gift she would want than for everyone to donate to her defense fund. You all know we are headed to Detroit for a status hearing in a few weeks, and that a new trial may be on the horizon. Let’s start raising…
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USPCN Commemorates Al-Nakba & Launches Political Prisoners Campaign
Today marks the 68th year of the Palestinian Nakba, or “Catastrophe,” and we join fellow Palestinians and Arabs, along with our allies all over the world, to commemorate the ethnic cleansing of over 450 Palestinian villages by zionist settler gangs, the killing of almost 15,000 people, including the 250 massacred at Deir Yassin, and the…