Category: Features
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Action Alert: Keep Up Pressure on Illinois State Legislature to Kill the Anti-Boycott Bill
Bill Did Not Go Forward March 4th – Keep Up Pressure on Illinois State Legislature to Kill the Anti-Boycott Bill Illinois State Senate Bill 3017 would deny funding to public universities that participate in a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. It would, for example, prohibit a faculty member from getting funds to travel to an American Studies Association (ASA) meeting, even if that meeting…
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Return Unifies Us: March 22, 2014
Return Unifies Us: March 22, 2014 USPCN is proud to be a signatory to this statement and demand for the Right to Return and the protection of our people in Yarmouk and other camps in Syria. The statement was developed by the Global Right to Return Coalition and the many Palestinian associations, unions, committees listed below,…
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Call for Applicants: Teach English in Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon for Summer 2014!
Project SHINE: Summer Help IN English Apply to LEAP’s Project SHINE and Teach English in the Palestinian Refugee camps of Lebanon this Summer! Deadline: February 10, 2014 Project Dates (tentative): July 1 – August 16, 2014 Apply online: ://www.leap-program.org/get-involved/apply-shine/ ABOUT LEAP Learning for the Empowerment and Advancement of Palestinians (LEAP) is an educational empowerment program dedicated to nurturing the intellectual growth and creative curiosity of Palestinian refugee-youth in Lebanon…
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Rights Groups call on Universities to Protect Open Debate on Palestine
The US Palestinian Community Network has joined the National Lawyers Guild and other organizations calling for human rights and for the rule of law in Palestine to urge academic institutions to reaffirm their commitment to free and open campus debate. The plea for free expression, including the right to call for human rights boycotts, was…
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Oh #NoScarJo: Scarlett Johansson on wrong side of history, USPCN calls for #OperationAmazon to #BoycottSodaStream
The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) declares another BDS victory and congratulates all those involved in pressuring illegal settlement supporter Scarlett Johansson to resign as Global Ambassador of Oxfam. Due to the public outcry and efforts of BDS organizers across the world, Oxfam initiated negotiations with Johansson, which led to her severing ties with the well respected,…
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Action Alert: End the Siege on Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria
As the conflict in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria enters its 200th day, the United States Palestinian Community Network’s (USPCN’s) National Coordinating Committee expresses great concern regarding the escalating crisis. USPCN calls on all parties to allow aid into the camp to meet the humanitarian needs of the refugees there. We call for an end to…
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Build Palestinian leadership in the U.S., support Palestinian political prisoners, donate to USPCN!
In honor of the life of South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela, forever the symbol of anti-Apartheid and anti-colonial struggle, the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) wishes Happy Holidays to all its friends and supporters across the U.S., and asks you to make a tax-deductible donation to help us strengthen our work. USPCN is…
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USPCN Action Alert: #BoycottSodaStream in reviews on Amazon
Season’s Greetings from United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)! One of USPCN’s ongoing campaigns is to promote the boycott of SodaStream, a home beverage carbonating device that is produced in illegal Israeli settlements throughout the Palestinian West Bank. We invite all of USPCN’s members and allies to participate in a quick action to help undermine SodaStream’s…
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Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh given Nelson Mandela Award
From Fight Back! News: Despite being the target of a major political attack by the U.S. government, Rasmea Odeh continues to work for the Palestinian people. This is why the 22nd Annual People’s Thanksgiving Dinner, held in Chicago Dec. 8, honored her with the “Nelson Mandela Award: Opposing Israeli Apartheid is not a Crime.” 70…
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USPCN Action Alert: American Studies Association voting on boycott of Israel
On December 5th, the American Studies Association unanimously endorsed a resolution for the academic boycott of Israel. The successful resolution came on the heels of the ASA’s 2013 Annual Conference in Washington, DC where boycott was the most prominent topic of discussion and where scholars and student members of the Association expressed overwhelming support for…