Category: Features
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January 20: Protest bullying US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald – Chicago
Anti-war and international solidarity activists protest US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald at John Marshall Law School commencement Sunday, January 20 3:00 pm Hyatt Regency Hotel 151 East Wacker Drive Fitzgerald is a Bully – End the Grand Jury Investigation of Anti-War Activists Patrick Fitzgerald will be the commencement speaker at John Marshall Law School’s graduation and…
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January 19: March and Rally: No Blank Check For Israel – DC
Join us in the nation’s capital on Inauguration weekend to tell President Obama: Israel should not be above the law. March and Rally – No Blank Check For Israel! Saturday, January 19, 2013 4:00 PM, Farragut Square, Washington, DC Come join the protest rally and march in Washington, DC. on January 19th. We will start…
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Chicago: Statehood & National Liberation: A Discussion on Palestine in the U.N. & the Diaspora – Jan. 25
USPCN-Chicago Presents: Statehood & National Liberation: A Discussion on Palestine in the U.N. & the Diaspora Friday, January 25th, 2013 7 PM Jerusalem Restaurant 8310 S. Harlem Ave., Bridgeview, IL Facebook Event: s://www.facebook.com/events/533528306671395/ Last year, on November 29th, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed an upgraded U.N.…
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Chicago: A Home Denied: Struggling Against Displacement from Chicago to Palestine – January 23
A Home Denied: Struggling Against Displacement from Chicago to Palestine Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:30pm Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn St, Chicago Facebook Page: s://www.facebook.com/events/117250461779075/ Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights and Communities United Against Foreclosure and Eviction invite you to an evening of story-telling. Both here and abroad, racist and militarized institutions threaten to uproot…
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Palestinians in Solidarity with Idle No More and Indigenous Rights
(Please note that you can sign by emailing [email protected] or using the form: ://bit.ly/PalIdleNoMore. Endorsements are welcome from Palestinian and Palestine support organizations; Palestinians and Arabs; and solidarity signatures in support.) “You who come from beyond the sea, bent on war, don’t cut down the tree of our names, don’t gallop your flaming horses across…
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Sign on: Palestinian collective statement defends the Right to Return and demands accountability
The US Palestinian Community Network endorses the following statement and strongly encourages all members, chapters, and the broader Palestinian community to add their names. This statement was developed by Palestinian youth in Lebanon in response to Mahmoud Abbas’ recent comments undermining the Palestinian right to return. The statement was launched at a protest at the…
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October 29: Protest “Friends of the IDF” in Chicago
Israeli war criminals will feast at the Chicago Hilton while Palestinians hunger for justice Protest the… Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Annual Fundraiser The guest speaker is an Israeli Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs, who was chief architect of the IDF attacks against Palestinian civil resistance from 2002 to 2005. NO TO IDF KILLING OF…
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October 25: National Day of Action for the Holy Land Five
USPCN urges all members and supporters of the Palestinian community to come out to support the Holy Land Five on Thursday, October 25. The case of the Holy Land Five is critical for all who care about justice for Palestine and Palestinians. Five Palestinians in the US are imprisoned for their charitable work. Join us tomorrow…
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Calling all Arab and Palestinian Youth for the World Social Forum – Free Palestine
Please forward widely ~ sorry for cross postings CALLING ALL ARAB & PALESTINIAN YOUTH CALLING ALL YOUTH OF CONSCIENCE About the World Social Forum – Free Palestine: In November 2012, social movements from around the globe will gather in Porto Alegre, Brazil to demand and organize for a free Palestine. The need for an end to the ongoing occupation…
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30th Anniversary of the Sabra and Shatilla Masscres: A Day of Infamy for Israel and its Supporters
On this day, 30 years ago, the soil of Lebanon was quenched with the blood of thousands of Palestinians and Lebanese. It is said that chrysanthemums burst out of the earth at the place where martyrs’ blood flows. In the year 2012, however, no chrysanthemums are blooming in Sabra and Shatila. This bloody crime on…