Category: Features
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Israeli basketball NOT welcome at the Madhouse on Madison Oct. 1st!
https://www.facebook.com/events/100748923616099/ In support of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, join the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the Anti-War Committee on Thursday, October 1st, 2015, outside the United Center in Chicago, where we will protest Israeli and Euroleague basketball. WHERE: United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago (meet at…
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Crowdfund & get on the bus from Chicago for Rasmea’s appeal
Crowdfund & GET ON THE BUS from Chicago for Rasmea’s appeal! Stand with Rasmea and fill the appeals courthouse in Cincinnati! Fill out this form if you’re in Chicago and want to ride with us! We will leave at 10 PM the night before the appeal, Tuesday, October 13th, 2015. (Bus pick up site TBD.) …
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All out for Cincinnati: Rasmea’s appeal October 14
All out for Cincinnati to support Rasmea at her appeal Wednesday, October 14, 2015! Tell us that you’re coming to Cincinnati! Stand with Rasmea and fill the appeals courthouse in Cincinnati! We will organize a support rally in front of the courthouse at 8 AM EST on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, and then fill the…
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Rasmea wants you on the bus to CAARPR’s #BlackLivesMatter rally & march August 29
Ride a bus with the AAAN’s youth organizing program, the Arab Women’s Committee, and me this Saturday, to a downtown rally in Arab and Palestinian solidarity with the movement for #BlackLivesMatter, and specifically to #StopPoliceCrimes and #EnactCPAC (Civilian Police Accountability Council). I am honored to be one of the activists that was asked to speak…
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USPCN joins Samidoun, calls for Solidarity with Palestinian Political Prisoners
TAKE ACTION: Stand in support of Palestinian political prisoners As of Sunday, August 9, there were 180 Palestinian prisoners on an open hunger strike in Israeli jails, with hundreds more set to begin striking today. WE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT TODAY’S NEW STRIKE WAS SUSPENDED, because one of the demands was met, but many…
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Baby killed by racist Israeli settlers is relative of USPCN leader
Ali Saad Dawabsha, the 18-month-old baby boy burned alive when Israeli settlers tossed flammable liquids and Molotov cocktails inside his and another home in the village of Douma (near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank), was buried yesterday while his mother Reham, father Saad, and four-year-old brother Ahmad are still in critical condition in an…
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Rasmea’s prosecutors tell appeals court: deny a full defense to survivor of rape and torture
Rasmea’s prosecutors tell appeals court: deny a full defense to victim of rape and torture Rasmea Defense Committee Thursday, July 9th, 2015 Federal prosecutor Jonathan Tukel filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit yesterday, opposing Rasmea Odeh’s call to overturn her conviction and sentencing on immigration charges. He argues…
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USPCN salutes United Church of Christ’s vote to divest
USPCN salutes United Church of Christ’s vote to divest Another important victory for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) was won yesterday, at the United Church of Christ (UCC) General Synod convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Seventy-six percent of UCC delegates voted for divestment from Israeli occupation, and also to boycott Israeli settlement products, to continue pressuring…
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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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USPCN in solidarity with the Black community of Baltimore
USPCN in solidarity with the Black community of Baltimore, and with all fighting for liberation and self-determination! The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) stands in solidarity with the brave people of Baltimore who are rising up in justified anger at another instance of vicious police violence against Black communities in this country. A few…