Category: Features
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URGENT UPDATE: The Apartheid Boat is Delayed! #BlockTheBoat at 3 PM August 16
ACTION ALERT UPDATE from USPCN: Our organizing is working! Ship delayed. Come out to West Oakland BART station at 3 PM Saturday, NOT 5 AM. Bring your friends and family to this historic action! “With community backing, the International Longshoremen Workers Union refused to handle cargo from South African ships in the 1980s, spurring an international boycott…
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Breakthrough in Rasmea’s case: Call-in day Aug. 18
1. Monday, Aug. 18: Call the prosecutors and tell them, “Drop the charges now!” 2. Important Update! Judge Borman forced to step down in Rasmea Odeh trial! 3. Come to Detroit on Sept. 2, Rasmea Odeh Status Hearing 4. Organize a protest in your city or on your campus Sept. 2 1. Monday, Aug. 18: Call the prosecutors…
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Judge Paul Borman recuses himself from Rasmea’s case!
Tuesday, August 12 – Judge Paul Borman has recused himself from the case of Rasmea Odeh PRESS STATEMENT: For Immediate Release | Rasmea Defense Committee Press contact: Hatem Abudayyeh, 773.301.4108, [email protected] Judge Borman steps down from the case of Rasmea Odeh Today, Judge Paul D. Borman removed himself from the case of Palestinian community leader Rasmea Odeh. Earlier…
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Keep Palestine Light on your Tongues: Tareq Radi at Washington, DC rally
Tareq Radi is a Palestinian-American organizer with USPCN in Washington, DC, and founding member of George Mason University’s Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA). This speech was given at the national rally for Palestine on August 2nd in DC. Today we stand in solidarity in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Falisteen. As the number…
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August 16: Block the Boat! End Israeli Apartheid – Oakland
Stop Israel at the Port Zionism isn’t welcome on our Coast!West Coast Blockade of the Israeli Zim Ship Port of Oakland Saturday, August 16th PLEASE NOTE, there is a TIME CHANGE – The Boat is Delayed! Now meet at 3 PM! 3pm – meet at West Oakland Bart and march to Berth 57 Facebook Event: s://www.facebook.com/events/1447374682195857/ …
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August 10: Unveiling of Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Art Forces, the Estria Foundation and NorCal Friends of Sabeel present: Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural A public works and community-building project created by 12 artists from across the globe in the pursuit of illuminating the power of art to affect social change Mural Dedication: August 10, 2014 1-4 pm 26th…
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Open letter to Mr. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon: stand for law and Justice or resign!
The US Palestinian Community Network is a signatory of the following statement: 5 August 2014 For humanity and the little remained credibility of international law: Un Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, stand for law and Justice or resign! Mr. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, We, the under signed Palestinian human rights and community-based organizations are extremely disappointed by your performance, notably…
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AAUP and USACBI statements in support of Professor Steven Salait
The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) is re-posting these important statements from the American Association of University Professors and the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, respectively, as well as our own action alert published yesterday:://uspcn.org/2014/08/06/uspcn-action-alert-prof-steven-salaita-fired-for-public-activism-on-palestine-and-gazaunderattack/.Media Release For Immediate Release: August 7, 2014 1133 Nineteenth Street NW Suite 200 Washington DC 20036 August 7, 2014 For more…
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August 10: Chicago March to End the Gaza Massacre
s://www.facebook.com/events/272726909597065/ Organized by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine: – American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) – Chicago Islamic Center – Islamic Community Center of Illinois – Mosque Foundation – Palestinian American Community Center – Palestinian American Council – Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)-Chicago – United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) Supported by: – American Friends…
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USPCN Action Alert: Prof. Steven Salaita Fired for Public Activism on Palestine and #GazaUnderAttack
TAKE ACTION: Demand that UIUC Reinstate Dr. Steven Salaita NOW! USPCN demands the immediate reinstatement of Palestinian American professor Dr. Steven Salaita, and calls on all its members, and people of conscience across the country and world, to again resist the violations of academic freedom that have become commonplace in the U.S. The University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) must…