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2017.01.29: Winning — Small Town

From the Isthmus Madison Matrix for Feb. 2, 2017: “More than 2,500 people pack into…

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David Friedman Is Unfit to Be Ambassador to Israel

Josh Ruebner, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 31 Jan 2017 Donald Trump’s first ten days…

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A Dangerous Road to Education

Dear Friends, It is absolutely bizarre to be watching Trump’s policies of hatred unfold from…

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Open Doors for Refugees Response to Trump’s Ban

Today President Trump signed an executive order banning all refugees from entering the U.S. for…

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2017.02.07: Trump’s Policy on Palestine and the Middle East

The Palestine Center Washington, DC 12-1 pm CST As we begin 2017 with a new…

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2017.02.06: Fighting Islamophobia

A Panel Discussion by the UW-Madison Middle East Studies Program and the Center for the Humanities…

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2017.01.27: “No Child Behind Bars” speakers on WORT

A Public Affair 12:00 – 1:00 PM No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance from the…

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Palestinians protest moving US embassy to Jerusalem

Israeli forces suppress weekly marches in Bilin, Kafr Qaddum Ma’an News Agency, January 21, 2017…

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2017.01.21: Women’s March on Madison

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Violence: the language of a Jewish state

Jonathan Cook Blog, January 19, 2017

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Israel as the Lights Go Out

In America there is always a domestic political reason for not doing the right thing…

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2017.01.30 Update: No Child Behind Bars: Living Resistance Tour

Monday, January 30Evjue Room, Urban League of Greater Madison2222 South Park Street, Madison [Map]7 –…

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Open Doors for Refugees Donations

Donations of Furniture and Household Items: Open Doors has stocked and set up apartments for…

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Delegation on Incarceration, Detention, and Political Prisoners

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAY 2017 DELEGATION! May 13 – 26, 2017 Incarceration, Detention, and…

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Life of a child in occupied Palestine

Images From Palestine, March 2, 2016

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Will Israel Echo South Africa’s Apartheid?

David A. Andelman, CNN, December 29, 2016

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The Two-State Solution: What It Is and Why It Hasn’t Happened

“The two-state solution has for decades been the primary focus of efforts to achieve peace…

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