Category: Features
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“Palestinian activist’s supporters light up social media,” and next steps!
February 11, 2016 The Rasmea Defense Committee, United States Palestinian Community Network, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Coalition to Protect People’s Rights, and Arab Resource and Organizing Center thank you for participating in our January 27, 2016, social media day of action in support of #Justice4Rasmea. The campaign was an incredible success, with articles from…
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#Justice4Rasmea Social Media Campaign & Emergency Response Plan
#Justice4Rasmea Social Media Campaign Wednesday, January 27th Join the Rasmea Defense Committee for a social media campaign Wednesday, January 27th, in support of Palestinian American icon Rasmea Odeh—and prepare for an Emergency Response to the appellate court decision! In October 2015, Rasmea’s legal team delivered oral arguments in an appeal of her unjust conviction for…
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Demand Airbnb Stop Listing Rentals in Israeli Settlements
Demand Airbnb Stop Listing Rentals in Israeli Settlements Did you know that Airbnb, the online accommodation service, is listing homes in illegal Israeli settlements for people to rent? There are 13,000 Airbnb listings in Israel, but investigations have proven that many of the properties are actually located in settlements built on stolen Palestinian land…
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Rasmea Defense Committee thanks you!
Rasmea Defense Committee thanks you! Dear Friends and Supporters, You’ve done everything we’ve asked for! You filled the courthouse over and over again, in Detroit and Cincinnati, at preliminary hearings and the trial. You made phone calls to the prosecutor Tukel and his boss McQuade, to the county jail in Michigan, to the confused Arab…
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Hurry & support USPCN with tax deductible donation!
Banner year for USPCN From the successful national tour of Wishah and spearheading Rasmea’s defense campaign to boycotting Coke and promoting Palestinian support for #BlackLivesMatter, 2015 was a banner year for the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN). Please make your tax-deductible donation now, and help us move toward funding a national office in 2016!…
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#Wishah in Milwaukee tomorrow night Nov. 20th, and closing the tour in DC Sunday!
#Wishah in Milwaukee tomorrow night November 20th, and closing the tour in DC Sunday! The first two shows have been fantastic, with rave reviews coming from the Bay Area and Anaheim, respectively. This is the last weekend of the tour, so get your tickets now (see below) and catch #Wishah before it’s too late! Watch…
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Walmart Pressured into Discontinuing Racist Halloween Costume Sales
Walmart Pressured into Discontinuing Racist Halloween Costume Sale October 28th, 2015 – [email protected] – The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) is pleased that community pressure has forced Walmart to remove the “Israeli Soldier Kids Costume” and “Sheik Fagin Nose” from their store shelves and website. Earlier yesterday, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), joined by the…
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USPCN joins ADC in Urging Retailers to Discontinue Racist Halloween Costume Sales
USPCN joins ADC in Urging Retailers to Discontinue Racist Halloween Costume Sales Washington, DC | October 27th, 2015 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), joined by the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), is calling on Walmart, Amazon, eBay and Sears Marketplace to remove the “Israeli Soldier Kids…
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CJP & USPCN joining JVP, IJAN protest of Jewish National Fund!
Coalition for Justice in Palestine & USPCN joining Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)-Chicago & the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) to Picket Jewish National Fund (JNF) Conference JNF separate, unequal policies a root cause of escalating violence against Palestinians WHEN/WHERE: Sunday, October 25, 2015. 12:00 pm: Participants gather on Southeast corner of Michigan and Randolph,…
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March for Palestine in Chicago, DC & across the world this weekend!
Coalition for Justice in Palestine (CJP)-Chicago Rally and March to Protest Israeli Aggression Against Palestine WHERE: Michigan & Congress, downtown Chicago WHEN: Sunday, October 18th, 2015, at 3 PM Bring your Palestinian flags! Buses will leave Mosque Foundation, ICCI, Orland Park Prayer Center, Islamic Center of Wheaton, and 87th & Harlem (PAC) at 1:30 PM.…