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Aug 8, 2026

2026.04.23 Update: Nonviolence in Action: Building the Beloved Community
Bethal Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Ave, Madison, 8 am – 5:15 pm. Keynote speakers available…
calendar, climate, democracy, economy, equality, guns, immigration, Interfaith Peace Working Group, Israel, justice, Madison, nonviolence, Palestine, peace, religion, war
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
calendar, democracy, free speech, justice, law, Madison, maps, media, Milwaukee, Rafah, State Capitol, terrorism, Tony Evers, veto, vote, Wisconsin
Citizens In a Democracy Must Be Allowed to Criticize Israel
JASON STANLEY, ZETEO, MAR 9, 2026
antisemitism, democracy, free speech, genocide, war crimes
2026.04.09: Free Speech and Racial Equality Lecture Series
Online, Sep 11, 2025-Apr 9, 2026
antisemitism, Black, calendar, colleges & universities, democracy, equality, free speech, Gaza, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Islamophobia, Madison, online, racism, Rafah, war, Zionism
Assembly to vote Thursday on AB672 attacking free speech
Three calls or emails needed ASAP
democracy, free speech, justice, law, legislature, Madison, maps, Milwaukee, peace, protest, Rafah, students, Tony Evers, veto, vote, Wisconsin
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
calendar, Christian, civil rights, democracy, law, nationalism, religion, Zionism
2025.11.05: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine
Online, 11:15 am
apartheid, calendar, democracy, equality, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Madison, occupation, one-state, online, Oslo Accords, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Rafah, two-state, violations
2025.10.18: No Kings October 2025
A photo album
calendar, democracy, free speech, human rights, Madison, No Kings, protest
Ilan Pappé: Palestinians Still Face “Elimination, Genocide”
DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 13, 2025
Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, democracy, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, genocide, Ilan Pappé, Palestinian, war
25.10.18: Second No Kings Day in Madison
McPike Park (12-2 pm) to State Capitol at King St Rally (3-5 pm)
Congress, democracy, deportation, Donald Trump, education, free speech, Gaza, healthcare, International Court of Justice (ICJ), justice, law, legislature, Madison, maps, No Kings, peace, protest, Rafah, solidarity, State Capitol, vote, war, world
Judeo-Christian, Jewish-Democratic, No such things
AVRUM BURG, OCT 05, 2025
Avrum Burg, Black, Christian, citizen, democracy, Jewish
“Single Shots to the Head”: U.S. Veteran, Volunteer Surgeon Sees “Extermination of a People” in Gaza
DEMOCRACY NOW! SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
children, civilians, democracy, doctors, Gaza, genocide, volunteer, war, war crimes
Tell the European Union to Stop Aiding Genocide in Gaza
Ekō, Sep 8, 2025
Amazon, arms, climate, corporations, democracy, Donald Trump, donate, environment, Europe, Gaza, genocide, Germany, hospitals, human rights, indigenous, Israeli, justice, Latin America, law, Madison, Nasser Hospital, petition, Rafah, unions, vote, war, war crimes, world
No Kings Movement Announces Next Day of Nationwide Actions for Oct 18
COMMON DREAMS, Sep 02, 2025
democracy, free speech, No Kings, protest
Project Esther and the Palestine Solidarity Movement
Jewish Voice for Peace, August 20, 2025
antisemitism, colleges & universities, democracy, free speech, Israel Lobby, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Palestine, peace, solidarity, students
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.
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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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