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And it’s 1, 2, 3 what are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it’s 5, 6, 7 open up the pearly gates.
Well, there ain’t no time to wonder why,
WHOOPEE we’re all gonna die.
― Country Joe McDonald, I Feel Like I’m
Fixin’ To Die Rag, 1965. Joe died Mar 8, 2026 at 84.
2026.06.28: Madison’s Big Ride for Palestine on WORT
WORT 89.9 FM, 5 pm
2026.07.19 Update: Big Ride for Palestine
Olin Park, 10 am – 2 pm
Read Palestine!
April 2026 National Arab American Heritage Month
Israel Has Silenced Wisconsin!
March 27, 2026. Gov. Evers has signed Assembly Bill 446 into law, advancing an IHRA definition of antisemitism that threatens free speech.
No Appetite for Apartheid Movement
MADISON DSA, MAR 1, 2026
MECA Food Parcels in Gaza
Middle East Children’s Alliance, February 19, 2026
Help Support Jana, Jehad, and their parents!
February 18, 2026
West Bank Projects
Dec 28, 2025
2026.07.07-08.29: TATREEZ FROM TEEJOP TO PALESTINE
111 S. Livingston Street #100, Madison, Tue-Fri 10 am-5 pm and Sat 12-5 pm
UAW Becomes Largest US Labor Union to Divest from Israel Bonds
The Worker, June 22, 2026
AIPAC, Israel, Death and Destruction
Trita Parsi, Substack, June 22, 2026
2026.06.29: Free Concert Benefit for MECA & Direct Relief
Goodman Community Center, Brassworks Building, 214 Waubesa St, Madison, 8 pm
2026.06.21: Open Doors for Refugees celebrates community at Madison potluck
Bella Ferak, Channel 3000 News, June 21, 2026
‘Since the ceasefire was announced’
James Elder, UNICEF, June 19, 2026
A child a day: The deadly illusion of Gaza’s ceasefire
UNICEF, 19 June 2026
The killing of baby Sam: Broken hearts are not enough
Cassandra Dixon and Barb Olson et al, Cap Times, Jun 19, 2026
‘All of Lebanon must burn’
Itamar Ben-Gvir, X.com, 19 Jun 2026
Salah Sarsour released from immigration detention by court
ANYA VAN WAGTENDONK, WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO, JUNE 18, 2026
2026.08.22: Madison Arcatao Pupusa Dinner & 40th Anniversary
Aubergine, 1226 Williamson Street, Madison, 5 – 7:30 pm
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 6 NO. 2 : MONDAY JUNE 15, 2026
2026.07.10: Free Film Series in Support of Palestine
Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S Park St, Madison, 6 pm
2026.06.26: Free Film Series in Support of Palestine
Sequoya Library, 4340 Tokay Blvd, Madison, 6 pm
Gaza is not an aberration – Israel planned this genocide decades ago
Jonathan Cook, Middle East Eye, 11 June 2026
Exposing Ethnic Cleansing And Human Rights Violations By Israel In The West Bank
Amnesty International USA, June 10, 2026
2026.06.21: Join Open Doors’ Free Community Potluck!
Elver Park Pavilion, 1238 S Gammon Rd, Madison, 12-3 pm
Six countries sanction enablers of settler violence in occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Reuters, 9 Jun 2026
More Than 20,000 Patients Face Death as Access to Medical Treatment Abroad is Denied
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), June 6, 2026
Salah Sarsour’s Health is Failing
Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance, June 5, 2026
2026.06.05-06 Update: Yard and Craft Sale for Palestine Aid
1 Judy Circle, Madison, 9 am – 4 pm
Groundswell Of Support For Salah Sarsour, But No Answers
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 5, 2026
Tell Congress to Vote YES on Lebanon War Powers Resolution
Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance, June 3, 2026
Israeli study finds starvation in Gaza was result of deliberate policy
Nadav Rapaport in Tel Aviv, 3 June 202
How Israel’s Strategy in Lebanon Was Blown Up by Drones
Science, studies and economics, June 2, 2026
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 6 NO. 1 : MONDAY JUNE 1, 2026
A Glimpse into The Horror in Gaza
PETER BEINART, JUN 01, 2026
Israel and Gaza: the threat of further humanitarian catastrophe
The Guardian, 29 May 2026
‘To call it a ceasefire is a joke’: Israeli soldiers in Gaza
SAM MEDNICK, AP, May 30, 2026
American Jews: a future without Zionism in the wake of the Gaza genocide
CALEB KAUFMAN, MONDOWEISS, MAY 13, 2026
Zionists move on East Jerusalem and U.S. Congress
GOOD SHEPHERD COLLECTIVE, MAY 28, 2026
Israel to Cut Ties With U.N. Chief Over Its Inclusion on Sexual Violence Blacklist
Ephrat Livni, New York Times, May 28, 2026
Fundraiser for Samia and Her Family
@aedansarchive, May 28, 2026
2026.05.29: Rev. Fahed Abuakel on WORT
89.9 FM Live or Streamed at 12 Noon, and Archived. Call-in is 608-256-2001.
2026.06.03: Let Cuba Live: No US War on Cuba Demonstration
Willy and Blair Streets, Madison, 5-6 pm
2026.06.04: Death and Palestinian Prisoners
Online, 10 am CT
2026.06.04: Book Circle: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Madison Central Library Room 104, 6 pm visiting, 6:30 pm discussion
2026.06.15: Celebrating Palestine with the Muslim Women’s Coalition
Marcus Performing Arts Center, 929 N Water St, Milwaukee, 12-8 pm
West Bank: Attacks by Israeli Civilians on Palestinians
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), April 2026
Booking.com profits from stolen Palestinian land
Ekō, May 27, 2026
Storied New York food co-op votes to boycott Israeli products after contentious campaign
Alice Speri, The Guardian, 26 May 2026
Israel: The Country Whose Actions Never Represent Itself
JUSTINA POSKEVICIUTE, Common Dreams, May 22, 2026
Battered Flotilla Volunteers Deported
U.S. Boats to Gaza, May 21, 2026
2026.06.07 Update: Why We Record – Defying Fragmentation And Erasure In Palestine
First Congregational United Church of Christ, 131 6th Ave, Baraboo, 10:30 am – 1 pm
Ben Gvir posts video taunting Gaza flotilla activists, sparks global outcry
STAFF, AGENCIES and NAVA FREIBERG, TIMES OF ISRAEL, MAY 20, 2026
2026.05.23: Premiere of “Land of Canaan” by Maggie Lemere
Online, 11 AM CT
US Sanctions Peaceful Gaza Flotilla Organizers
BRETT WILKINS, Common Dreams, May 19, 2026
The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times, May 11, 2026 (free account required to share article)
2026.05.21: Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Celebration
Madison Children’s Museum, 100 N. Hamilton, 5-8 pm
FFC Boats Have Been Intercepted. Please TAKE ACTION
Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, U.S. Boats to Gaza, May 18, 2026
2026.05.28: Navigating Genocide as a Deaf Palestinian
Online, 11 AM CT
Nakba 78: We Shall Never Forget. We Shall Return.
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), May 15, 2026
2026.05.17: Author Event: Sahar Mustafah with Fawzy Qamar
A Room of One’s Own, 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, 3-4 pm
How the Iran War is Changing the Middle East
JUAN COLE, Informed Comment, 05/09/2026
EU Imposes New Sanctions on Israeli Settlers After Hungary Drops Opposition
JULIA CONLEY, COMMON DREAMS, May 11, 2026
2026.05.16: Art Sale Fundraiser
Old Firehouse Lounge, 364 E Main St, Stoughton, 1-3 pm
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 5 NO. 17 : MONDAY MAY 11, 2026
2026.05.14: Palestine Partners at the Madison Night Market
State & Gorham, Madison, 5-9 pm
Tuba was designed to be our refuge – now we risk displacement from there too
Humans of Masafer Yatta, May 06, 2026
Israel should foot the bill
Avaaz, May 5, 2026
Israel Attacks Flotilla — We Launch More Boats
US Boats to Gaza, May 4, 2026
2026.05.09: Bake Sale Fundraiser
318 W Lakeside St, Madison, 10 am – 1 pm
Erased: Israeli Settlers’ Brutal Campaign to Ethnically Cleanse the West Bank
Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz, Oct 23, 2025
‘A Handful of Kids?’ An Army of Israeli Youths Is Being Deployed to Expel Palestinians in the West Bank
Amira Hass and Matan Golan, Haaretz, January 09, 2026
JNF to Cut Back Most of Its Funding of Programs at West Bank Settler Farm Outposts
Judy Maltz, Haaretz, April 28, 2026
2026.05.16: Remembering The Palestinian Nakba
James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2146 E Johnson St, 6 pm Potluck, 7 pm Program
2026.05.01: Madison May Day Events
Madison Area DSA (Democratic Socialists of America), April 30, 2026
Israel intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near Crete
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo, and Caitlin Cassidy, The Guardian, 30 Apr 2026
Flotilla Tracker
Global Sumud Flotilla and Freedom Flotilla Coalition, April 29, 2026
The Boats have left Sicily!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Global Sumud Flotilla (@globalsumudflotilla)
2026.05.01: May Day Rally and March
Voces de la Frontera, April 28, 2026
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 5 NO. 15 : MONDAY APRIL 27, 2026
We Are Not Numbers Newsletter
April 27, 2026
2026.05.01: May 1st Shutdown: ICE Out UW
Madison Socialist Alternative, April 23, 2026
2026.04.18: Fashions from the Kachkaniraqmi “Existence as Resistance” Show
Amy Atalla-Hill, April 24, 2026
Is this what war looks like now?
Mohamad Bazzi, The Guardian, 24 Apr 2026
A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it
Diana Buttu, The Guardian, 5 Oct 2025
How to burst the Israeli bubble
Noam Sheizaf, The Guardian, 14 Sep 2025
2026.04.25: Communities Not Cages: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention
Capitol Square at King St, 4:30 – 6 pm
2026.04.25: Madison Workers Assembly
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham St, Madison, 10 am-1 pm
Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Bombed and Left to Die by Israel
JEREMY LOFFREDO, DROP SITE NEWS, APR 22, 2026
2026.04.23 Update: Nonviolence in Action: Building the Beloved Community
Bethal Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Ave, Madison, 8 am – 5:15 pm. Keynote speakers available by Zoom.
Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto
DON MOYNIHAN, APR 20, 2026
Sarah Lawrence Coalition for Palestine Newsletter
VOL. 5 NO. 14 : MONDAY APRIL 20, 2026
Madison’s Independent Police Oversight Is Three Days From Being Gutted
Amelia Royko Maurer and Alex Saloutos, April 18, 2026
2026.04.22: Film Earth’s Greatest Enemy, the Environmental Cost of the U.S Military
UW-Madison Humanities, Rm 1101, 455 N Park St, doors 5 pm, film 5:30-7:30 pm
The One-sided Israeli-Lebanese Ceasefire Agreement
Mouin Rabbani, April 16, 2026
Zeteo Joins the Gaza Flotilla as It Sets Sail to Break Israel’s Blockade
ALEX COLSTON, ZETEO, APR 15, 2026
Madison Weekly Vigil Against War
Thursdays, Williamson & Blair Streets, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
This War is All About the Palestinians
PETER BEINART, APR 13, 2026
2026.04.24: Teach-In: Roots and Realities of the War in the Middle East
UW-Madison, DeLuca Biochemistry Rm 1125, 420 Henry Mall, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
‘Complete Collapse’ Looms – Gaza’s Bread System on the Brink as Flour Vanishes
Defend Democracy Press, April 12, 2026
Freedom Flotilla Update from Huwaida Arraf
US Boats to Gaza, April 13, 2026
