Category: Features
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Stephen Hawking supporting the first-ever Advanced Physics School in Palestine
World famous physicist Stephen Hawking supporting physics education in Palestine The first-ever Palestinian Advanced Physics School is organized by Scientists for Palestine, an international organization created by and for scientists to promote science in Palestine, and support the integration of the occupied Palestinian territories into the international scientific community. The idea of the school was…
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USPCN Palestinian Prisoners Weekly Review 7/5/2016
Take Action: Sign USPCN’s Petition to #StopAD: sign your name to take a stand against the Israeli policy of administrative detention! Tell the International Red Cross: Stop the Cuts in Family Visits for Palestinian Prisoners Share this with your friends, tweet us @USPCN, and like us on Facebook. News: The number of Palestinian prisoners…
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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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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…
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Nakba survivors Nahil Oweida & Rasmea on May 26
U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)-Chicago Nakba Day commemoration COST: $10 for dinner and refreshments, $20 for dinner and donation to USPCN. Buy your tickets NOW! If you haven’t already bought your tickets, then you’re absolutely gonna want to now! Live testimony from Nakba survivor, Nahil Oweida–introduced by Rasmea Odeh! USPCN is honored to announce the…
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Palestinian human rights giants in DC 4-17; Stop the JNF in Chicago 4-18
Palestine: Human Rights and Humans Wronged On the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners, two of Palestine’s leading human rights defenders will discuss conditions on the ground, the status of human rights and their violations, and the future facing Palestinians, moderated by IPS’s Phyllis Bennis. Sunday, April 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30…
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USPCN joins CTU’s call to #ShutDownChi on April 1st
USPCN joins CTU’s call to #ShutDownChi on April 1st The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) has joined the call from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) for a massive day of action April 1st across the city of Chicago. Far from being a strike simply about teachers’ salaries and benefits, and school funding, the CTU, as…
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Manawel Abdel-Al from Palestine in Chicago; Narratives of Resistance
The Struggle for Land and Labor – Workers’ Rights in Palestine Join Manawel Abdel-Al of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU)–directly from Occupied Palestine–as he shares the struggles of Palestinian workers and discusses the call by Palestinian civil society, including labor unions, for the use of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as a…
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Tell Airbnb in SF to stop listing Israeli settlements; Rasmea Defense Cmte joining Chicago panel on repression
Dear Friends and Supporters, In coalition with the US Campaign to End Israeli Occupation, American Muslims for Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, CODEPINK, and SumOfUs, the USPCN has helped collect more than 140,000 signatures on petitions calling on Airbnb, the online accommodation service, to stop listing homes in illegal Israeli settlements for people to rent.…
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Israeli court rejects Al-Qeeq’s transfer to Palestinian hospital; imprisoned journalist on 85th day of hunger strike
Israeli court rejects Al-Qeeq’s transfer to Palestinian hospital; imprisoned journalist on 85th day of hunger strike The Israeli Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Mohammed al-Qeeq, imprisoned Palestinian journalist on his 85th day of hunger strike, to be transferred to a Palestinian hospital in the West Bank on Tuesday evening, 16 February. Al-Qeeq, held under…