Category: Features
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Sign Arabic-language petition against negotiations!
The following Arabic letter is a petition from the Palestinian people and communities around the world against the so-called negotiations scheduled to take place in Washington, DC on September 2, 2010. The letter confirms full and unconditional rejection of these negotiations and the threat they pose to the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights, in particular, the…
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The US Palestinian Community Network mourns Abu Obeida Omran, from the village of Burin
The US Palestinian Community Network expresses its feelings of great sadness and grief on the loss of the Palestinian community activist and leader Abu Obeida Abdel-Salam Omran, of the village of Burin, who lived in Houston, Texas. He died on Friday, August 13, 2010 of his injuries suffered as a victim of an attempted robbery…
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New Video: US Social Forum concludes with call for BDS, recognizing Zionism as racism
“We call on all organization and social movements to boycott, divest and sanction the Israeli apartheid state and the institutions the support it.” “We affirm that Zionism is a form of racism that denies Palestinians the right to self-determination.” – US Social Forum National People’s Movement Assembly 2010 The US Social Forum concluded on June…
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USPCN Call to Palestinian Students in the U.S.
The US Palestinian Community Network calls on Palestinian students in the U.S. to take a leadership role in the efforts to convene the Second Popular Palestinian Conference, Palestine: One Land, One People, One Destiny: Together, Restoring our National Institutions, Reclaiming our Rights, Empowering our Community, which will be held is on October 29-31, 2010 in…
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PALESTINE: One People, One Land, One Destiny – Second Popular Conference, October 29-31, Chicago
Palestine: One Land, One People, One Destiny Second Palestinian Popular Conference: Together, Restoring our National Institutions, Reclaiming our Rights, Empowering our Community ( فلسطين: شعبٌ وَاحدْ ، وَطنٌ وَاحدْ ، مَصيرٌ وَاحدْ ) المُؤتَمرْ الشعبيّ الفِلسطيني الثاني في الولايات المتحدة الامريكية. مَعاً نَبني مُؤسَسَاتنا الوطنيه، وَننتزعْ حُقوقنا، وَننهض ُقدُماً… October 29-31, 2010 The Westin…
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US Palestinian Community Network joins Arizona boycott
The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) joins with civil rights groups, labor unions and people’s movements across the country in calling for a boycott of Arizona in response to the passing of the racist bill SB1070, recently signed into law by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer that targets and criminalizes the immigrant community and people…
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USPCN Greetings to the Eighth Palestinians in Europe Conference
Message from the Palestinian community in the United States of America. to the 8th Conference of Palestinians in Europe, Berlin, Germany. May 8, 2010 Brothers and Sisters of our Palestinian people in Europe, Members of the Eighth Conference of Palestinians in Europe, and Honored Guests; Greetings for return, Jerusalem and liberation! We, your brothers and…
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USPCN stands in solidarity with arrested Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh
The US Palestinian Community Network stands in solidarity with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh and his comrades who put their lives on the line as they confronted Israeli bulldozers at Al-Wallaja in Occupied Palestine. Israel’s inhumane treatment of Dr. Qumsiyeh and members of his group as they tried to prevent the destruction of more Palestinian land and…
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USPCN: Berkeley divestment struggle continues!
The US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) salutes the efforts of Students for Justice in Palestine at UC Berkeley. The tireless efforts and determination of the students at Berkeley, culminating in the 16-4 vote by the Student Senate to divest from two companies providing support for the Zionist occupation of Palestine, are an inspiration to us…
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USPCN: Bringing Palestine to the US Social Forum
by Andrew Dalack. This article was first published at The Electronic Intifada on 6 April 2010 The global movement to realize Palestinian equal rights, self-determination and the opportunity for refugees and their descendants to return to Palestine is gaining increased momentum. As Israel continues its attempt to systematically purge the memory of the indigenous Arab…