Category: Actions
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Niagara Foundation cancels an event with Consul General of Israel
Niagara Foundation cancels an event with Consul General of Israel After appeals by USPCN and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), the Niagara Foundation announced yesterday that it had cancelled its planned peace event with the Consul General of Israel in Chicago, Roey Gilad. Please take a moment to thank Niagara Foundation for recognizing that a…
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Happy Birthday Rasmea! Celebrate by donating to her defense!
Rasmea Defense Committee May 22nd, 2015 MAKE YOUR BIRTHDAY DONATION NOW! Rasmea Odeh is celebrating her birthday in Chicago, and preparing for her appeal in a Cincinnati courtroom. She was sentenced in March to 18 months in prison and deportation, after an unfair trial that her attorneys and the Rasmea Defense Committee are challenging. The…
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TWO ALERTS: Stop Anti-#BDS bills in IL and DC!
DC ACTION ALERT: See this action alert from our friends at the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, to stop fast track trade legislation that includes an anti-#BDS provision. ********************************* ILLINOIS ACTION ALERT: Testify Online Against IL Anti-Boycott Bill! Stop the Politicizing of Our Pension System! We must act now to stop this bill…
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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 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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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…
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Write Letters to Editors in Response to Netanyahu’s Speech
On Tuesday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress. Although most of the media coverage will likely focus on Iran and the US domestic politics surrounding the controversial way that the speech was arranged (i.e. between Republican House Speaker Boehner and the Israelis, without consulting the White House), the widespread attention that…