Category: News
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69 Years Since Al-Nakba & 29 Days of the #DignityStrike
Today, May 15th, 2017, marks the 69th anniversary of the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands. Today also marks 69 years of resistance to Israeli colonization and occupation, and to British and later U.S. imperialism. Generations of Palestinians have refused to concede this key demand of the national…
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Former Puerto Rican political prisoner Luis Rosa Perez writes to Palestinian hunger strikers
My Palestinian Family The cancer of colonialism affects every aspect of human development. It hinders economic and social growth; and causes despair and a host of psychological and physiological conditions with the aim of destroying the peoples enslaved by this system. Its aim is genocide and the deformation of a national identity and culture. The…
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Hundreds to join Rasmea at her plea hearing April 25th in Detroit, as U.S. Attorney’s office launches another political attack
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Hatem Abudayyeh, 773.301.4108, [email protected] Hundreds to join Rasmea at her plea hearing April 25th in Detroit, as U.S. Attorney’s office launches another political attack Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel appears to want to sabotage the plea agreement WHEN: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time (rally at 1:00…
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Rasmea Odeh accepts a plea agreement with no prison time
Rasmea Odeh accepts a plea agreement with no prison time; plea hearing April 25th in Detroit Rasmea Odeh, the 69-year old Palestinian American community leader who was tortured and sexually assaulted by the Israeli military in 1969, is bringing to a close her battle to win justice from the U.S. legal system. She will…
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Palestinian Prisoner Review 2/22/2017
Take Action: Sign USPCN’s Petition to #StopAD: sign your name to take a stand against the Israeli policy of administrative detention! Sign and share the Change.org petition to urge international officials to take action for Nael Barghouthi’s release: https://www.change.org/p/international-officials-pressure-israel-to-free-nael-barghouthi Share this with your friends, tweet us @USPCN, and like us on Facebook. News & Analysis: Ofer…
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Protest Israeli Batsheva Dance Company at Chicago’s Harris Theater Fri, Jan 27
Protest Israeli Batsheva Dance Company at the Harris Theater Where: The Harris Theater, 205 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601 (map) When: Friday, January 27th at 6:30 PM Facebook Event On Friday January 27th, the Israeli dance troupe Batsheva Dance Company will perform at Chicago’s Harris Theater. Consistently identified by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
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Palestinian Political Prisoners Review 1/16/2017
Take Action: Sign USPCN’s Petition to #StopAD: sign your name to take a stand against the Israeli policy of administrative detention! Addameer: TAKE ACTION: Urgent call to free longest-serving Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi Call US Attorney Barbara McQuade and demand she #DropTheChargesNow against Rasmea Odeh Share this with your friends, tweet us @USPCN, and like…
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Palestinian Political Prisoners Review 1/7/2017
Take Action: Sign USPCN’s Petition to #StopAD: sign your name to take a stand against the Israeli policy of administrative detention! Addameer: TAKE ACTION: Urgent call to free longest-serving Palestinian prisoner Nael Barghouthi Call US Attorney Barbara McQuade and demand she #DropTheChargesNow against Rasmea Odeh Share this with your friends, tweet us @USPCN, and like…
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Help USPCN Celebrate Another 10 Years of Organizing for Liberation and Return!
Help USPCN Celebrate Another 10 Years of Organizing for Liberation and Return! Please make your tax-deductible donation now, and help launch us into our next decade! Ten years ago, I was one of the proud co-founders of the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), which came together at a meeting in Detroit, Michigan, in 2006,…
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Palestinian Prisoners Weekly Review 12/15/2016
Take Action: Sign USPCN’s Petition to #StopAD: sign your name to take a stand against the Israeli policy of administrative detention! Sign DCI-Palestine’s petition against Israeli military courts for Children Call US Attorney Barbara McQuade and demand she #DropTheChargesNow against Rasmea Odeh Share this with your friends, tweet us @USPCN, and like us on Facebook.…