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2025.08.14: How Anti-Palestinian Repression is Building Authoritarianism in America

WORT 89.9 FM, 12-1 pm. Call in at 608-256-2001.

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2025.08.09: Nagasaki Day Peace Summit

First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, 2 – 4:30 pm. Online option.

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Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books

Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025

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Inside Israel’s opportunistic invasion of Syria

Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out an unprovoked invasion of Syria…

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The Secret Recordings Netanyahu Wants Censored

A new documentary exposes never-before-seen video of the Israeli leader — and argues he’s prolonged…

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2024.11.21: The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill

Democratic support for the bill dwindled as critics warned it would let Donald Trump crack…

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The West buries a genocide – by making victims of Israel’s football thugs

If the West was really worried about Europe’s Nazi past, it would be better advised…

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‘Project Esther’: A Plan to Crack Down on America’s Pro-Palestine Movement

The Trump-aligned Heritage Foundation is now going after what they call the “Hamas Support Network”…

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All Eyes on Rafah

Israel’s International Isolation and Drift Towards Authoritarianism Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History…

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Can AIPAC’s millions oust the Squad?

As a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project cannot support or oppose specific…

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You Can’t Save Democracy in a Jewish State

Protesters in Tel Aviv hold placards that say “Israeli students fighting for democracy” and “Without…

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Has the Fight Against Antisemitism Lost Its Way?

In a terrible irony, the campaign against “anti-semitism” has become a threat to freedom Peter…

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Vermonters for Justice in Palestine #StandWithThe6

Vermonters for Justice in Palestine, November 16, 2021 Our own Executive Director, Reverend Mark Davidson,…

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Joint Statement On Biden-Bennett Meeting

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), August 26, 2021

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US Congresswoman proposes cutting Israel aid

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary in New York’s 14th congressional district [Rothman’s/Facebook] The Middle…

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Democratic candidates on Israel/Palestine – a guide

If Americans Knew, June 26, 2019

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US Campaign & ACLU on the Israel Anti-Boycott Act

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, July 20, 2017

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