Category: News
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May 15 and 19: Mark the Nakba in Washington, DC
Wednesday, May 15th, 7-9 pm at the White House Candle Light Vigil featuring George Mason University Students for Justice in Palestine (GMU-SJP), and guest speaker Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer Prisoners Support and Human Rights://www.addameer.org/etemplate.php?id=602 More info: s://www.facebook.com/events/373740329412153/ Sunday, May 19th, 6-8 pm at Arlington Central Library This event is Free and open to the public and will be live streamed as part of ADC Arabesque…
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April 17: Call-in Day for Palestinian Prisoners on Prisoners’ Day!
On April 17 – International Palestinian Prisoners Day – we call on all activists around the world to contact their leaders and – Demand justice for Arafat Jaradat and Maysara Abuhamdieh and Demand freedom for Samer Issawi and all Palestinian political prisoners. We call on activists in the U.S., to contact President Obama and the…
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May 3 – 5: Conference of the Palestinian Shatat in North America – Vancouver
The US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) encourages all of its supporters, members and friends to register and attend this conference. Return and Liberation, the Conference of the Palestinian Shatat in North America, is being organized collectively by Palestinian organizers across North America, including USPCN organizers. USPCN will not be holding a separate national conference this…
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Chicago protest disrupts speech by Israeli drone war expert
From Fight Back News Chicago, IL – An Israeli legal theorist and former officer in the Israel Defense Forces spoke Feb. 25 at the University of Chicago. Professor Amos Guiora helped provide the justifications for ‘targeted killing’ programs like the one pursued by the Obama administration. 40 protesters, including ten from the campus’ Students for…
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January 24: National Call-In Day to Stop Persecution of Anti-War and International Solidarity Activists
National Call In Day–Thursday, January 24 Call Assistant US Attorney Barry Jonas at 312-353-5300 x 68027 Tell Barry Jonas… “We demand that: 1. Barry Jonas drop the “ongoing investigation” against 23 anti-war and international solidarity activists in the Midwest. 2. Barry Jonas return the personal belongings of Hatem Abudayyeh, a Palestinian-American activist in Chicago. 3. The FBI and other…
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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…