The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: legislature
May 9, 2026
IHRA Bill to Chill Free Speech and Shield Israel Passes WI Senate
MRSCP, March 25, 2026
No IHRA in Wisconsin
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Feb 19, 2026
URGENT FREE SPEECH ALERT: Wisconsin Senate Moves IHRA Bill Behind Closed Doors
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), February 2, 2026
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Assembly to vote Thursday on AB672 attacking free speech
Three calls or emails needed ASAP
2025.10.18: Letter writer shows anti-Palestinian bias
Kathy Walsh, Nov 19, 2025
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25.10.18: Second No Kings Day in Madison
McPike Park (12-2 pm) to State Capitol at King St Rally (3-5 pm)
URGENT: Contact legislators, show up Thursday to stop a bad “anti-semitism” bill
MRSCP, Sep 23, 2025
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MRSCP, CODEPINK Madison, JVP-Milwaukee & Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance, Sep 11, 2025
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Democrats Push To Censor Palestine Lessons In California
Shaanth Nanguneri, The Intercept, April 28, 2025
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2025.04.01: Divesting from Israel’s Genocide
Online, 6 pm CT
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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By Alleen Brown, Center for Media and Democracy, May 3rd, 2024 This story is co-published with Drilled.…
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On November 15, the Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance (APSA), Black Lives Matter (BLM) Phoenix Metro,…
Boycotting the Boycotters
ERIKA BOLSTAD, IN THESE TIMES, MARCH 19, 2021
Illinois faculty rejects efforts to suppress Palestinian freedom
OPEN LETTER, Mondoweiss, DECEMBER 23, 2020
American, antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, BDS, boycott, censorship, Chicago, climate, democracy, doctors, Donald Trump, education, environment, free speech, Hillel, human rights, indigenous, Islamophobia, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, Jordan, justice, land, law, legislature, LGBTQ+, media, Middle East, Muslim, Muslims, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, racism, solidarity, South Africa, students, terrorism, training, war, WORT 89.9 FM, ZionismBiden needs to reverse Pompeo on Israel/Palestine
Tsela Barr and Jeff Spitzer-Resnick, The Cap Times, Dec 4, 2020
American, annexation, antisemitism, apartheid, BBC, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, boycott, Cap Times, Chicago, Christian, Donald Trump, free speech, Gaza, Grassroots, human rights, images, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, legislature, Madison, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, sanction, South Africa, United Nations (UN), violations, war, West Bank, WisconsinFaith Leaders Oppose F-35 Fighter Jets
Find inspiration and hope reading this full-page ad from the July 29 Wisconsin State Journal.…
American, Barack Obama, bases, Cap Times, Church of Christ, Congress, Dane County, Donald Trump, economy, Edgewood University, education, environment, Friends, healthcare, human rights, Israel, justice, legislature, Lutheran, Madison, Mark Pocan, military, nuclear, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, police, Poor People’s Campaign, Presbyterian, rabbis, religion, schools, solidarity, Tammy Baldwin, terrorism, Tony Evers, Unitarian, United States, war, water, Wisconsin, world, WORT 89.9 FMA Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath
So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
allies, American, American Bar Association (ABA), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), apartheid, Atlanta, BDS, benefit, California, censorship, Chicago, Christian, civil rights, Congress, donate, economy, equality, free speech, Glenn Greenwald, Google, Haaretz, healthcare, human rights, hurricane, International Criminal Court (ICC), Iran, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, land, law, legislature, Middle East, New Jersey, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peter Beinart, prison, protest, racism, Russia, sanction, schools, South Africa, students, Supreme Court, travel, unions, United States, Venezuela, victims, video, violations, vote, war, water, West Bank, worldStates can’t punish businesses for boycotting Israel, federal judge in Arizona says
Palestinians walk past a sign painted on a wall in Bethlehem, in the West Bank,…
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State Sen. Leah Vukmir (Megan Papachristou Photography) Sandy Pasch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 6, 2018…
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Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, January 31 2018 A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that a…
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Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, November 14, 2017
New Senate bill threatens free speech
Instead of fighting antisemitism, new Senate bill threatens free speech Jewish Voice for Peace, 06…
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9:00 am – 6:00 pm Breese Stevens Field, Madison MRSCP has activities planned for Fighting…
Are state boycotts of the anti-Israel BDS movement constitutional?
Aidan Quigley, The Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2016
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AIPAC and their right-wing allies are coming for our right to boycott — and they’re…
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