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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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CODEPINK Petition to Veto California Anti-BDS Bill

CODEPINK, August 28, 2016 California’s AB 2844 is an attack on the First Amendment right…

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GoFundMe Request by Rafah Filmmaker Fida Qishta

Fida Qishta, who visited us in Madison in 2014 and 2015 to show her powerful…

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Breaking: Berkeley Divests from G4S

Palestinian Rights Groups Cheer Berkeley’s Decision to Divest from Private Prisons Friends of Sabeel –…

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2016.07.20: Women’s Boat to Gaza

Women’s Boat to Gaza, July 20, 2016 Gaza has been under Israeli blockade for the…

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#CancelPinkwashing: Creating Change Conference 2016 Statement

Tarab NYC, January 19, 2016 We know that military occupation, ethnic cleansing, racism, and colonialism…

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Demanding Freedom For Shireen Issawi

“ In our work with people in Gaza, we have been told repeatedly that the…

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It’s Kosher to Boycott Israeli Goods

Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods, July 1, 2013 An extensive list of 153 signatories from…

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150 organizations join with BDS activists in France

US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, June 26, 2013

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Palestinians call for a boycott of Israeli diamonds

Over 50 Palestinian organisations, representing a cross-section of Palestinian civil society, including women’s groups and…

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VOICES OF CONSCIENCE: DELEGATION to THE GAZA STRIP

Interfaith Peace-Builders, November 5, 2012 November 5, 2012 – Interfaith Peace-Builders (IFPB) is pleased to…

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2012 West Bank Olive Harvest Delegation

Interfaith Peace-Builders Delegation Arrives in Israel/Palestine Interfaith Peace-Builders, October 23, 2012 October 23, 2012 –…

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The Israel Lobby

John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, London Review of Books, 23 March 2006 For the past…

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J’accuse: Finkelstein and Dershowitz

It’s a dispute that involves just about every emotive issue you can think of –…

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Professor says UC Press must publish Beyond Chutzpa

Two emails from Beshara Doumani June 28, 2005 Dear Friends, I want to alert you…

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Giving Chutzpah New Meaning

Alan Dershowitz is on the defensive over his research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jon Wiener,…

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2005.02.24-26: Festival celebrates political filmmakers

Gwen Evans, UW News, February 8, 2005 For filmmaker Saul Landau, who has interviewed the…

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2004.04.23: International Day of Action Against Caterpillar in Peoria

STOP CATERPILLAR CAMPAIGN — PROTEST IN PEORIA APRIL 23 — BUS INFO BELOW stopcat.org, April…

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