Category: Media
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Walmart Pressured into Discontinuing Racist Halloween Costume Sales
Walmart Pressured into Discontinuing Racist Halloween Costume Sale October 28th, 2015 – [email protected] – The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) is pleased that community pressure has forced Walmart to remove the “Israeli Soldier Kids Costume” and “Sheik Fagin Nose” from their store shelves and website. Earlier yesterday, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), joined by the…
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USPCN joins ADC in Urging Retailers to Discontinue Racist Halloween Costume Sales
USPCN joins ADC in Urging Retailers to Discontinue Racist Halloween Costume Sales Washington, DC | October 27th, 2015 – The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), joined by the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), is calling on Walmart, Amazon, eBay and Sears Marketplace to remove the “Israeli Soldier Kids…
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Israeli basketball NOT welcome at the Madhouse on Madison Oct. 1st!
https://www.facebook.com/events/100748923616099/ In support of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, join the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the Anti-War Committee on Thursday, October 1st, 2015, outside the United Center in Chicago, where we will protest Israeli and Euroleague basketball. WHERE: United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., Chicago (meet at…
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Rasmea wants you on the bus to CAARPR’s #BlackLivesMatter rally & march August 29
Ride a bus with the AAAN’s youth organizing program, the Arab Women’s Committee, and me this Saturday, to a downtown rally in Arab and Palestinian solidarity with the movement for #BlackLivesMatter, and specifically to #StopPoliceCrimes and #EnactCPAC (Civilian Police Accountability Council). I am honored to be one of the activists that was asked to speak…
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USPCN on Chicago panel: BDS in the USA
BDS in the USA: Why the answer to the growing backlash needs to be more Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel WHEN: Wednesday, August 26, 6:30 pm WHERE: Grace Place, First Floor, 637 S. Dearborn, Chicago, IL WHO: Hatem Abudayyeh, National Coordinating Committee, United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) Nashiha Alam, Loyola Students for Justice…
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USPCN in solidarity with the Black community of Baltimore
USPCN in solidarity with the Black community of Baltimore, and with all fighting for liberation and self-determination! The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) stands in solidarity with the brave people of Baltimore who are rising up in justified anger at another instance of vicious police violence against Black communities in this country. A few…
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Updated Action: tell ACRL’s chairman directly to rescind award to McQuade
UPDATED ACTION ALERT: Tell Arab-American Civil Rights League (ACRL) chairman, Nabih Ayad, that Rasmea’s prosecutor deserves no award! In an article published yesterday by Palestine In America, a spokesperson for the ACRL said that the same U.S. Attorney, Barbara McQuade, who used scare tactics and fear-mongering to prosecute and convict Rasmea, “stood with the Arab-American…
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#BoycottCoke at shareholders’ meeting in Atlanta April 29!
The United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) is stepping up its #BoycottCoke campaign with a protest of the Coca-Cola shareholders’ meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, this Wednesday, April 29th. WHERE: Cobb Galleria Centre 2 Galleria Pkwy SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30339 WHEN: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015, at 11 AM Eastern Facebook event page The #BoycottCoke campaign…
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USPCN commemorates the Armenian Genocide
United States Palestinian Community Network commemorates the Armenian Genocide and Affirms its Solidarity with the Armenian People On April 24th, 1915, exactly 100 years ago, the Ottoman Empire (precursor to the modern day state of Turkey) arrested, deported, and assassinated hundreds of Armenian intellectuals, community organizers, and workers. This date marks the formal start of…
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USPCN Action Alerts: IL anti-boycott bill on the floor today & anti-BDS amendment to bill in U.S. Senate
ILLINOIS: Urgent Action – CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE NOW – Don’t let Illinois penalize human rights boycotts of Israel! The anti-boycott bills, HB4011 and SB1761, will be on the floors of both the Illinois House and Senate within the hour TODAY. These bills would prohibit state agencies and state retirement services from entering into contracts or investing…