The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: democracy
Mar 28, 2026
2026.03.19: Don’t Let Republicans Silence Wisconsin!
Gov. Evers Vetoed AB 672/SB 650 that threatened political dissent as “terrorism”, Mar 19, 2026
Citizens In a Democracy Must Be Allowed to Criticize Israel
JASON STANLEY, ZETEO, MAR 9, 2026
2026.04.09: Free Speech and Racial Equality Lecture Series
Online, Sep 11, 2025-Apr 9, 2026
Assembly to vote Thursday on AB672 attacking free speech
Three calls or emails needed ASAP
2026.01.11: Resisting Christian Nationalism: What Is It and What Can I Do?
Holy Wisdom Monastery, 4200 County Road M, Middleton, 1-3 pm
2025.10.18: No Kings October 2025
A photo album
Ilan Pappé: Palestinians Still Face “Elimination, Genocide”
DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 13, 2025
25.10.18: Second No Kings Day in Madison
McPike Park (12-2 pm) to State Capitol at King St Rally (3-5 pm)
Judeo-Christian, Jewish-Democratic, No such things
AVRUM BURG, OCT 05, 2025
“Single Shots to the Head”: U.S. Veteran, Volunteer Surgeon Sees “Extermination of a People” in Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
Tell the European Union to Stop Aiding Genocide in Gaza
Ekō, Sep 8, 2025
No Kings Movement Announces Next Day of Nationwide Actions for Oct 18
COMMON DREAMS, Sep 02, 2025
Project Esther and the Palestine Solidarity Movement
Jewish Voice for Peace, August 20, 2025
Settler Walks Free, As Israel Holds Body of Murdered Palestinian Hostage
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, AUG 06, 2025
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July 2025 Roundup: A Litany of Palestinian Death
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Aug 4, 2025
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2025.08.09: Nagasaki Day Peace Summit
First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, 2 – 4:30 pm. Online option.
Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic, July 29, 2025
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“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 21, 2025
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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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2025.07.17: ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ Events
Wisconsin Capitol Square, 12 – 2:30 pm. Cookout at Olin Park, 4 – 7 pm.
Veterans and Allies End 40-day Fast for Gaza with Dramatic Direct Actions
Veterans for Peace, July 4, 2025
2025.07.25 Update: Dr. Feroze Sidhwa in Madison
First Unitarian Society, 12 noon & Christ Presbyterian Church, 7 pm
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Updates from the ground: Gaza’s Water Crisis & Jenin’s Forced Erasure
Good Shepherd Collective, Jul 1, 2025
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What Zohran’s Victory Means
Peter Beinart, Jun 25, 2025
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2025.06.25: ‘Global Palestine: What is Happening to the Middle East and Where is it Headed?’
Online, 12-1:30 pm CT
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Appeal From Fida Qishta
Jun 11, 2025
2025.05.22 & 29: Vigils for Palestine & Beyond
SE corner of Williamson & Blair Streets, 4:15-5:45 pm
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha amongst 2025 Pulitzer winners
Middle East Eye Staff, 6 May 2025
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2025.04.23 Update: WI Right to Boycott Press Conference and Lobby Day
Wisconsin State Capitol, 9 am
2025.04.05: Photos of Hands Off! Demonstrations
Madison, WI and Birmingham, AL
2025.04.23: Help Overturn Wisconsin’s anti-BDS Law!
MRSCP, Apr 2, 2025
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“Another Round of Senseless Mass Killing”: Report from Gaza Hospital
DEMOCRACY NOW! MARCH 18, 2025
U.N. Commission and U.S. Surgeons Accuse Israel of Genocide and Torture
Democracy Now!, March 13, 2025
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ADC Statement on the Detainment of Mahmoud Khalil
Mar 10, 2025
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2025.03.12: A Conversation with Issa Amro and Jeff Halper
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA, Mar 4, 2025
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2025.02.23: Global Day of Action to #CloseBases
Truax Field/Dane County Regional Airport, 2002 Pankratz St, 1 pm
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
DEMOCRACY NOW! FEB 04, 2025
The New York Times Refused to Run Our Ad About the Gaza Genocide
JOYCE AJLOUNY, THE NATION, JANUARY 24, 2025
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A Fascist Salute, A Ceasefire, and Repression of Palestine Speech
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Jan 23, 2025
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A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine
TARIQ KENNEY-SHAWA, THE NATION, JANUARY 16, 2025. The Best Analysis of the Gaza Ceasefire.
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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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Not Another Bomb
Why as a Jew I Stand with Palestinian Liberation BY MARC ROSENTHAL, THE PROGRESSIVE, DECEMBER 18,…
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The Last Two Weeks Have Been the Most Dire in the Gaza War: Hospital Director
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza “will turn into a graveyard for everyone inside” amid…
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Challenging Israeli ‘Hasbara’ and ‘Conventional Wisdom’ on Palestine
An Anti-Colonial Reframing Jeff Halper, Director, ICAHD, October 30, 2024 Israel’s success in “selling” its…
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Former defense minister accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza
“The IDF is not the most moral army today. It’s hard for me to say…
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U.S. officials who hated “woke” investing won’t stop buying Israel Bonds
Israel is the exception to “politically motivated investment” KA (JESSICA) BURBANK, DROP SITE NEWS, NOV…
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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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Tell the House: Vote NO on Bill H.R. 9495
As early as Tuesday, November 12, the House of Representatives could vote on dangerous and…
Exterminate, expel, resettle: Israel’s endgame in northern Gaza
Debates over the details of the ‘Generals’ Plan’ distract from the true brutality of Israel’s…
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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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How American media incited genocide
Commentaries published by US media outlets have openly demonised Palestinians and justified the mass killings…
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“Save Us from Ourselves”: 3,000+ Israelis Call for International Help
“Pressure Israel to Back Ceasefire” DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 28, 2024 GUESTS Neve Gordon, professor at…
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“We Have Lost All Credibility”
Hala Rharrit on Quitting State Dept. & Ending U.S. Complicity in Gaza DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER…
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We’ve Taught Our Children Well TOM BOSWELL, OCTOBER 20, 2024 On the afternoon of September 5,…
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A Year Since Their Ceasefire Resolution, Rep. Cori Bush says the Biden administration must stop…
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2024.10.19: Democracy and Freedom for All Rally
Capitol Square at State St2:30 – 5:00 pm Palestine is on the rally agenda, so…
2024.10.15: Voice Matters: Writing and Speaking for a World BEYOND War
Honoring Indigenous Peoples Day Central Library, 201 W Mifflin, Room 104 6 – 8 pm…
U.S. Foreign Policy Has Created a Genocidal Israel
Without massive, unconditional U.S. military subsidies, Israel would have had to practice diplomacy with their…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth
DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 08, 2024 Watch Full ShowImage Credit: Courtesy of Ta-Nehisi Coates As the…
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What Have We Learned? Israel’s Genocide — One Year On – with Mouin Rabbani
Jadaliyya, October 8, 2024 Gaza in Context: A Collaborative Teach-In SeriesHosted by: Bassam Haddad Mouin…
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2024.10.08: Genocide and the Widening Middle East Wars
6:00 pm CT REGISTER Phyllis Bennis, Ervand Abrahamian, and Assaf Kfoury speak about Israel’s Gaza,…
Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel
Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis…
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Senator Bernie Sanders attempts to block a $20 billion arms sale to Israel
More than half a million Democratic voters selected “Uncommitted” on their primary ballots, and the…
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2024.10.10: From Truman to Biden: US Policy toward the Ongoing Palestinian Nakba
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm CT Online Voices for Justice in Palestine (VJP) invites you to…
Stop the U.S. from arming Israel’s genocide
Take these steps as Senator Bernie Sanders prepares a Joint Resolution of Disapproval to stop the…
2024.10.02: Mouin Rabbani on Gaza Apocalypse: Causes and Consequences
The Havens Wright Center for Social Justice Zoom 12 noon – 1:30 pm CT This…
2024.09.17: Growing Repression of Dissent on Palestine
10 am CT Online Join this online briefing to learn more about growing repression of…
2024.09.11: Support student facing discipline for pro-Palestine actions
September 11, 2024 Please consider attending this rally and hearing as requested by UW-Madison Students…
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Israel Has Built an Economy Fueled by Genocide at Home and Abroad
Ciudong Ng, TRUTHOUT, September 1, 2024
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Israeli Forces Shot an American in the West Bank
The U.S. Government Doesn’t Seem to Care “The money I pay in my taxes as…
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Netanyahu Prefers Risking a Regional War
to a Hostage Deal and an End to the Gaza War Joel Beinin, September 1,…
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“Trying to Repeat the Nakba”
Israel Launches Largest Military Raids in West Bank in Two Decades DEMOCRACY NOW! AUGUST 28,…
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Palestinian American Lawmaker Gives Speech the DNC Wouldn’t Allow
Democracy Now!, Aug 23, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination Thursday after…
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What I Saw Was “Unfathomable”
Doctor Who Worked in Gaza Speaks Out Against U.S. Arming of Israel Democracy Now!, Aug…
DNC Faces Backlash After Organizers Deny Request for Palestinian Speaker
Elected Officials, celebrities, and community leaders speak out against the DNC’s decision to silence Palestinians…
CODEPINK Disrupts “Democratic Majority for Israel” DNC Event
Challenging U.S. Support of Israel The event featured Gov. Tim Walz who is “supposedly” sympathetic…
Israeli rape of detainees is the result of a society that sees Palestinians as ‘human animals’
Israel has claimed that it is fighting “human animals” in Gaza. But now, Israeli society’s…
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Reaction of Jeff Halper to Ismail Haniyeh’s Assassination
Like apartheid South Africa, it must be replaced by a single democracy offering equal rights…
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Welcome to Hell: B’Tselem’s Ignored Abuse Report Shows Israel’s True Face
In Guantanamo Bay nine prisoners were killed in 20 years; here it’s 60 detainees in…
Israel Has Lost the Gaza War, and Much Else as Well
Joel Beinin, 7/19/24 Growing numbers of Israeli observers have been saying publicly that Israel cannot…
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2024.07.19: WORT: The Republican National Convention and American wars, especially Gaza
A Public Affair 12 pm – 1 pm 89.9 FM, live online, or in the archives…
“There is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy.”
— Former President Barack Obama, July 14, 2024
Justice For Gaza – Tell the FIFA Council to Ban Israel from World Football
The pressure is working — FIFA announced it will make a decision about whether or…
Israel Is Officially Annexing the West Bank
A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory…
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Palestinian Historian Abdel Razzaq Takriti on the 1948 Nakba, Zionism, and U.S. Policy Democracy Now!,…
Echoes of Standing Rock and Climate Change in Backlash to Pro-Palestine Protests on Campus
By Alleen Brown, Center for Media and Democracy, May 3rd, 2024 This story is co-published with Drilled.…
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I don’t oppose the butchery in Gaza because I love Hamas or hate Jews or…
We Israelis are the biggest Holocaust deniers
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, APRIL 6, 2024
A humanitarian catastrophe
The U.S. calls on Israel to prevent civilian casualties while continuing to supply weapons for…
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