The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Black
Jul 19, 2026
2026.04.09: Free Speech and Racial Equality Lecture Series
Online, Sep 11, 2025-Apr 9, 2026
Judeo-Christian, Jewish-Democratic, No such things
AVRUM BURG, OCT 05, 2025
Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic, July 29, 2025
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2025.08.13: Bread and Blood: A Message from Gaza
Online, 11 AM CT
aid, Black, blockade, books, calendar, checkpoints, deaf, Electronic Intifada, Gaza, hospitals, hunger strikes, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Intifada, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, literature, Madison, online, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, Rafah, Ramadan, Samah Zaqout, shelters, starvation, students, travel, war, water, women, WORT 89.9 FM
Beaten to Death: Eyewitnesses Describe Brutal Killing of U.S. Citizen by Israeli Settlers in West Bank
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 15, 2025
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Appeal From Fida Qishta
Jun 11, 2025
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No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign
June 4, 2025
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A Message on the Freedom Flotilla Attack
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition, May 2, 20225
Does Columbia still merit the name of a university?
Rashid Khalidi, The Guardian, 25 Mar 2025
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2025.02.25: Lessons from Anti-Apartheid Struggles
Online 11 am – 12 pm CT
Jabaliya Is Now a City of Rubble
ABUBAKER ABED, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 05, 2025
Jake Sullivan’s Mental Prison
Jake Sullivan’s Mental Prison (A Sequel) by Peter Beinart Read on Substack So, we’re in…
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2025.02.22 Update: People’s Forum on the Black Freedom Struggle & Palestine!
2222 S PARK STREET, 2-4 PM
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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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Between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Me
‘The Message’ cuts to the human heart of the situation in Israel-Palestine, refusing to contort…
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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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From attack dogs to prison time, this is how Israel is trying to thwart my activism
The Israeli army wants to make an example of Palestinians who protest the occupation —…
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Gaza Security Forces Ambush Gang Accused of Looting Aid with Israeli Support
The gang members are “operating in cooperation with the Israeli forces” to target aid convoys,…
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2024.11.10: Concert for Palestine Relief
Gamma Ray Bar, 121 West Main Street, MadisonDoors: 3:30pm, Show: 4:30pm$10 donation at the door,…
