Category: Features

“Solidarity does not mean our struggles are the same. Solidarity means all struggles matter.” – Professor Robin D.G. Kelley at National Organizers’ Conference of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, September 21, 2014. The murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri has shone a spotlight on racism, police brutality and militarized policing in…

September 25, Chicago: Forum: The lessons of Gaza & the tasks of the movement here

Sep 14, 2014

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Thursday, September 25 6:30pm – 8:30pm Grace Place 637 S Dearborn St, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Facebook: s://www.facebook.com/events/537958029671811/ Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada A member of U.S. Palestinian Community Network Holly Kent-Payne, Anti-War Committee – Chicago Larry Redmond, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Mirjana Abu-Khalil, Students for Justice in Palestine – UIC Israel’s murderous Operation Protective…

Victory for the Resistance in Gaza, as the Struggle for a Free Palestine Continues

Aug 29, 2014

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in Features, Statements

It is with much love and pained happiness that the members and supporters of the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) watch the daughters and sons of Palestine celebrate on the streets of Gaza. We wish our children and families there a future full of hope, freedom, and achievement, and congratulate them and the entirety…

Motion made in federal court to dismiss charges against Rasmea Odeh

Aug 28, 2014

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in Features, News, Statements

PRESS STATEMENT: For Immediate Release | Rasmea Defense Committee Press contact: Hatem Abudayyeh, 773.301.4108, [email protected] Defense says charges are product of illegal investigation violating First Amendment Attorneys representing Chicago’s long-time Palestinian community leader, Rasmea Odeh, have filed a motion and brief in Detroit’s U.S. District Court to dismiss the indictment against her. They are doing so on the…

Sept. 2 is Rasmea’s next court date. All Out for Detroit! + Call-In Day

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in Actions, Features, News

Rasmea is due in court again next week, Tuesday, September 2nd, for a status hearing on her case, in front of new judge Gershwin Drain. The Rasmea Defense Committee, USPCN, and the Committee to Stop FBI Repression (CSFR) is mobilizing to fill the courthouse once again, and we ask you to join us! WHERE: United States District Court for the Eastern…

USPCN plays leading role in action confronting the Zionists in Chicago

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By Bill Chambers, Chicago Monitor Attendees of the Jewish United Fund “Chicago Stands With Israel” fundraiser at the Chicago Hilton last night were met with over 250 protestors picketing outside as well as a die-in representing the continued Palestinian civilians deaths in Gaza. What they didn’t expect was multiple protestors from Jewish Voice for Peace and…

USPCN participates in another BDS Victory at the Port of Long Beach – Israeli ship Zim Haifa stopped from unloading

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The Israeli owned ship Zim Haifa arrived in Southern California early this morning (Saturday, August 23). The ship was scheduled to be unloaded today at Pier A of the Port of Long Beach. Over 250 people from throughout Southern California took part in the Community Picket at the entrance to the Pier called by the…

Longest Blockade of Israeli Ship in History: ZIM ship turned away from SSA in Oakland!

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For four days straight the San Francisco Bay Area community blocked the Israeli ZIM ship from unloading at the SSA. And today, we salute the rank and file workers of ILWU local 10 for standing with us against Israeli Apartheid by honoring our pickets and letting the ship go from the SSA terminal yesterday afternoon!…

Paterson, NJ – August 17: Mass March for Gaza

Aug 15, 2014

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