The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: protest
Apr 8, 2026
The quiet criminalization of student speech
Samer Alatout, Cap Times, Apr 1, 2026
Vigil Against U.S. Wars!
Thursdays, Williamson & Blair Streets, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Leqaa Kordia is FREE
MPower Action, Mar 16, 2026
Madison Weekly Vigil Against War
Thursdays, Williamson & Blair Streets, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
2026.03.07: Madison Stop the War on Iran! Rally
Forward Statue, Capitol Square at State St, 5 pm
calendar, Iran, Kuwait, Madison, media, Middle East, Oman, protest, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State Capitol, war
2026.05.01: General Strike: Ice Out of Madison
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2026.02.28: Rising Global Solidarity Against Genocide
Online, 11 AM CT
Tunisian filmmaker refuses to accept award for “The Voice of Hind Rajab”
Drop Site Daily, February 18, 2026
2026.03.28: The Next No Kings Day
Brittingham Park to the Capitol, 12:30-4 pm
2026.02.22: Freedom Rides
Building Unity for Nonviolent Action, Feb 22, 2026
2026.02.20-22: Call to Action Weekend
Building Unity for Nonviolent Action, Feb 20-22, 2026
Call to Action Weekend!
February 20-22, 2026
URGENT: Tell Congress to demand Leqaa Kordia’s release from ICE detention
Adalah Justice Project, February 10, 2026
colleges & universities, Columbia, Congress, detainees, Donald Trump, free speech, healthcare, hospitals, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Indonesia, justice, Laila el-Haddad, land, law, Leqaa Kordia, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, media, New Jersey, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, protest, Rafah
2026.02.03: Healthcare Workers Unite: Justice for Alex Pretti
Capitol rotunda, 4:30-5:30 pm
2026.01.30: Madison Nurses Protest
Forward Statue, Capitol @ State St, 9 am
2026.01.27: No ICE on Campus Rally & Vigil
UW-Madison Library Mall, 5 pm
2026.01.25: Madison protest at Capitol follows another fatal ICE shooting
Ruthie Hauge, Cap Times, Jan 25, 2026
2026.01.25: Emergency Rally to Stop ICE
Forward Statue, Capitol @ State St, 2 PM
2026.01.23: Minneapolis Solidarity Rally in Madison
Forward Statue, Capitol @ State St, 5:30 pm
Assembly to vote Thursday on AB672 attacking free speech
Three calls or emails needed ASAP
2026.01.20: Rally to Stop ICE Terror!
Forward Statue, Capitol @ State St, 6 pm
Palestine Action Hunger Strikers at Imminent Risk of Death in UK Prisons
Jeannie Connerney, Massachusetts Peace Action, January 7, 2026
Israeli forces fire live rounds and teargas as they storm Birzeit University
Mohammed Turkman in Birzeit, occupied Palestine and Mera Aladam, Middle East Eye, 6 January 2026
Israeli occupation forces raided the campus of Birzeit University
Government Communication Center, @pal_gcc_en, Jan 6, 2026
2026.01.03: No War on Venezuela! National Day of Action Saturday
Forward Statue, State Capitol, 1:00 p.m.
Israel Silences Australia
Lana Tatour, Dec 20, 2025
Israel Silences the UK
Middle East Eye and Glenn Greenwald, Dec 18, 2025
How the Jewish Chronicle Whips Up Fear by Conflating Antisemitism With Anti-Zionism
NEVE GORDON, COMMON DREAMS, DEC 07, 2025
UW Police Department’s careless assault on student protest
ROMAN FRITZ, TONE MADISON, DECEMBER 8, 2025
2025.11.17: Steadfast on Campus – A Century of Global Palestinian Student Activism
Online, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm CT
Wave of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon; Unprecedented number of settler attacks in the West Bank
DROP SITE NEWS, NOV 7, 2025
aid, Al Jazeera, American, Awdah Hathleen, civilians, documentary, Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, film, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza City, Hamas, healthcare, Hezbollah, homeless, images, Israel, Israel Katz, Israeli, Jerusalem, Khan Younis, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, Madleen, Middle East, military, Mohammed Ibrahim, No Other Land, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Oscar, Palestinian, peace, prison, protest, Rafah, settlers, Steve Witkoff, terrorism, torture, tunnels, Turkey, Umm al-Khair, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Wall, war, water, West Bank, winter, world, Yellow Line
2025.11.01: Rally to Demand Food Benefits! (Bring Donations)
Capitol Square at State St, Forward Statue, 10-11:30 AM
2025.11.08: Vigil for Gaza at the Farmer’s Market
Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
aid, arms, blockade, calendar, Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, Church of Christ, Congress, Dane County, Donald Trump, Gaza War, healthcare, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Madison, media, Mennonite Action, military, Ministry of Health, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, solidarity, stories, video, vigil, volunteer, war, West Bank, women, world, World Beyond War
2025.10.30: Protest US Military Threats to Venezuela, Colombia and Beyond
NE Corner of Williamson & Blair, 4:30-5:30 pm
2025.10.18: No Kings October 2025
A photo album
2025.11.13: An Evening for Palestine – Lights Up Vigil
S Blair & Willy St, 3:30-5:30 pm
2025.10.07: Vigil for Gaza
UW-Madison Library Mall, 6:30 pm
2025.10.08: Hands Off Chicago Protest in Madison
Capitol Square at King St, 5:30 pm
2025.10.11: Vigil for Gaza at the Farmer’s Market
Capitol Square, King Street corner, 8 am – 12 pm
aid, arms, blockade, calendar, ceasefire, Church of Christ, Congress, Dane County, Donald Trump, Gaza War, healthcare, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Madison, media, Mennonite Action, military, Ministry of Health, Palestine, Palestine Partners, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, solidarity, stories, video, vigil, volunteer, war, West Bank, women, world, World Beyond 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)
2025.10.04: Support the Flotilla and Feed Gaza Now Protest
Capitol Square at State Street, 10 am
2025.09.28: Wisconsin Climate March – Bring War Abolition and Palestine Solidarity!
Historical Society Steps & UW-Madison Library Mall, 12 pm
2025.10.01: Support Immigrants & Oppose ICE at the Wisconsin Dairy Expo
Alliant Energy Center, Rimrock Rd and John Nolan, 4-5 pm
Petition to Ban Israel from Eurovision – Sign Now!
Avaaz, Sep 24, 2025
61 Mennonites arrested today in DC, Protesting for Palestine
Mennonite Action, Sep 9, 2025
No Kings Movement Announces Next Day of Nationwide Actions for Oct 18
COMMON DREAMS, Sep 02, 2025
Israel and Double Standards
MOUIN RABBANI, SEP 06, 2025
The keffiyeh and pro-Palestinian campus protests
Aariz Ahmed, Special to the Cap Times, Aug 25, 2025
2025.08.31: Join CODEPINK & World Beyond War in a Madison Flotilla!
James Madison Park, 614 E Gorham St, Madison, 3 PM
July 2025 Roundup: A Litany of Palestinian Death
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Aug 4, 2025
aid, American, antisemitism, Arab, assassination, Awdah Hathleen, B’Tselem, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, Christian, civil rights, Columbia, democracy, documentary, Donald Trump, donors, education, Edward Said, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, Holocaust, hostages, human rights, hunger strikes, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem Declaration, Jewish, Joel Beinin, journalists, labor, land, Madison, media, Middle East, Mike Huckabee, military, Mohammad Shalabi, No Other Land, October 7, Oscar, Palestinian, protest, rabbis, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, Rashid Khalidi, Saif Musallet, sanction, schools, shelters, Shireen Abu Akleh, Sinjil, solidarity, starvation, students, terrorism, travel, video, war, water, West Bank, women, world, Yinon Levi
2025.08.02: Feed Gaza Protest
Capitol Square at State St, 10-11 am
Palestine coverage scares off nonprofit news funders
Nicole Froio, Prism, July 23, 2025
James Gunn’s Superman cements Israel’s villain status in the American imagination
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 18, 2025
American, antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, Benjamin Netanyahu, Betar, books, civilians, Europe, film, Gaza War, immigrants, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, justice, Madison, media, Meta, Middle East, military, Muslim, October 7, online, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, Progressives, protest, Rafah, Russia, United States, war, war crimes, worldIron Dome Is Not a Defensive System
Dylan Saba, Jewish Currents, May 25, 2023
aid, American, arms, BBC, BDS, benefit, Benjamin Netanyahu, blockade, civil rights, civilians, Congress, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Egypt, ethnicity, Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, hospitals, human rights, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jewish, Joe Biden, journalists, labor, land, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Nathan Thrall, negotiations, New York City, occupation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Operation Cast Lead, Operation Pillar of Defense, Palestine, Palestinian, Progressives, protest, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, religion, resistance, resources, sanction, solidarity, tech, Tel Aviv, terrorism, two-state, United Nations (UN), United States, vote, Wall, war, worldKufiya Fish Prominent in Origami Display
“Sierra Club, Eco Groups Break Record For World’s Largest Display Of Origami Fish To Protest…
Beaten to Death: Eyewitnesses Describe Brutal Killing of U.S. Citizen by Israeli Settlers in West Bank
DEMOCRACY NOW! JULY 15, 2025
Al Jazeera, ambulances, American, apartheid, Beita, Black, checkpoints, citizen, Congress, democracy, ethnic cleansing, Haaretz, hospitals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, Israeli, Jenin, Jonathan Pollak, journalists, justice, killing, land, law, Madison, military, occupation, October 7, Oslo Accords, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), paramedics, peace, police, protest, public opinion, Rafah, Ramallah, Saif Musallet, Sayfollah Musallet, settlers, Shireen Abu Akleh, Sinjil, State Department, terrorism, travel, victims, video, Wall, war, West Bank
In Gaza, U.S. Mercenaries Advance Israeli War Aims
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, The American Conservative, Jul 11, 2025
aid, American, arms, Benjamin Netanyahu, checkpoints, civilians, Donald Trump, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Gaza War, Haaretz, Hamas, homeless, images, Iraq, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, land, Madison, media, Meta, Middle East, military, Netzarim, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, rape, Russia, South Africa, State Department, Syria, training, US Agency for International Development (USAID), veterans, video, war, water, women, world
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
More Americans Say Campus Protests Driven by Anger With Israel Than by Antisemitism
Shibley Telhami, Lawfare, Jun 11, 2025
Madison Weekly Vigil in Support of Palestine
Weekly, UW Memorial Library, 12 pm – 1 pm
The Global March to Gaza ended in violence. Activists remain undeterred
Jenna Martin, Prism, Jun 25, 2025
aid, Algeria, artist, blockade, checkpoints, Cisco, delegation, deportation, Egypt, film, Gaza War, genocide, Germany, Global March to Gaza, hospitals, human rights, images, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, Jewish, Jordan, justice, La Crosse, land, law, Madison, media, Meta, military, Muslim, nurses, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, protest, rabbis, Rafah, resistance, resources, solidarity, Spain, terrorism, travel, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), video, war, water, West Bank, women, world
Egypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
Abdel el-Sisi, aid, Algeria, American, Arab, arms, BBC, blockade, Camp David, Canada, checkpoints, Chicago, Congress, delegation, deportation, disinformation, Egypt, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, genocide, Germany, Global March to Gaza, Hamas, hasbara, hospitals, human rights, hunger strikes, images, Israel, Israel Katz, Israeli, Jewish, justice, labor, land, law, Lebanon, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Morocco, Muslim, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, propaganda, protest, Rafah, sanction, solidarity, South Africa, starvation, Syria, Tel Aviv, terrorism, travel, Tunisia, tunnels, Turkey, UC Berkeley, unions, United States, video, volunteer, war, war crimes, water, world
What Zohran’s Victory Means
Peter Beinart, Jun 25, 2025
aid, American, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), antisemitism, arms, Bernie Sanders, Congress, democracy, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, donors, encampments, fair trade, Gaza War, genocide, Hamas, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem, Jewish, law, media, New York City, online, Palestine, Palestinian, Peter Beinart, Progressives, protest, public opinion, Rashida Tlaib, Republican Party, secular, United States, video, Vietnam, vote, war, Zohran Mamdani
The Revolution Will Not Be Digitized: A “No Kings” Debrief
RJ Eskow, The Zero Hour Report, June 17, 2025
2025.06.28: Madison Queer Liberation March, including No Pride in Genocide
Assemble at James Madison Park at 10 am, then march to the Capitol
Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention
SOPHIE BATES AND PHILIP MARCELO, AP, June 20, 2025
American, antisemitism, Badar Khan Suri, civil rights, Congress, deportation, detainees, Donald Trump, free speech, green cards, Hamas, Homeland Security (DHS), human rights, immigrants, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, justice, land, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, Mohsen Mahdawi, New Jersey, Palestinian, petition, protest, Rafah, Rumeysa Ozturk, students, terrorism, travel, Tufts, war
Huckabee’s Dangerous and Misguided Post to Trump
Rev. J. Mark Davidson, June 19, 2025
aid, Al-Aqsa Mosque, allies, American, bases, benefit, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Donald Trump, economy, Egypt, Gaza War, healthcare, Hiroshima, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jordan, Judea, justice, land, Madison, Middle East, Mike Huckabee, military, Miriam and Sheldon Adelson, Nagasaki, nationalism, nuclear, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, Russia, Samaria, Syria, United States, vote, war, world, Zionism
Thousands head to Egypt in bid to break Israel’s Gaza blockade
Nadeen Ebrahim and Annoa Abekah-Mensah, CNN, June 12, 2025
The Global March to Gaza advances towards the Rafah Crossing
GAZA, Palestinian Information Center, 9-June-2025
aid, Algeria, Arab, blockade, civilians, Egypt, Europe, Gaza War, Global March to Gaza, Greta Thunberg, homeless, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, justice, land, Madison, Madleen, Morocco, Muslim, occupation, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, resistance, solidarity, starvation, travel, Tunisia, war, women, world
Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
American, American Bar Association (ABA), Andaleeb Cartonera, apartheid, art, artist, authoritarianism, books, Chicago, doctors, documentary, donate, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, education, Esty Dinur, film, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza War, genocide, Grassroots, Greta Thunberg, Holocaust, images, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, Latin America, law, literature, Madison, Mahmoud Darwish, Mahmoud Khalil, Maia Project, media, Milwaukee, Mosab Abu Toha, MRSCP, music, Muslim, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, poetry, police, Progressives, protest, racism, Rafah, resistance, resources, Right to Boycott, schools, sister cities, solidarity, stories, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), tech, UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, volunteer, war, water, West Bank, Wisconsin, women
2025.06.05-11.13: Thursday Vigils for Palestine & Beyond
SE corner of Williamson & Blair, 4:30-5:30 pm
2025.05.22-06.30: 40-day Veterans & Allies Fast for Gaza
Veterans For Peace, May 23, 2025
aid, allies, apartheid, blockade, calendar, ethnic cleansing, Gaza War, hunger strikes, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Iraq, Israel, Israeli, Jenin, Kathy Kelly, law, Lebanon, Madison, Middle East, military, New York City, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, sanction, solidarity, starvation, travel, United Nations (UN), veterans, Veterans for Peace (VFP), Wall, war, war crimes, water, West Bank, world, World Beyond War
Mennonite Action Madison Speaks Out Against Christian Nationalism And U.S. Policy In Palestine
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 23, 2025
aid, allies, auction, benefit, blockade, Canada, Chicago, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Church of Christ, CODEPINK, Congress, deportation, Donald Trump, Gaza War, genocide, Grassroots, Hamas, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, labor, law, Madison, Mennonite Action, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), Milwaukee, MRSCP, music, Muslim, nationalism, nonviolence, occupation, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, podcast, police, prison, protest, Rafah, religion, resistance, sister cities, solidarity, starvation, students, terrorism, UW-Milwaukee, vigil, war, Wisconsin, world, Zionism
2025.05.22-06.30: 40 Days Solidarity Fast For Gaza
Sami Awad, Nonviolence International, May 20, 2025
aid, allies, blockade, calendar, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Gaza War, hospitals, hunger strikes, Ireland, Israel, justice, land, Madison, media, MRSCP, New York City, nonviolence, Nonviolence International, Palestinian, peace, protest, Rafah, rape, resistance, Sami Awad, solidarity, starvation, terrorism, veterans, Veterans for Peace (VFP), war, water, world2025.05.22 & 29: Vigils for Palestine & Beyond
SE corner of Williamson & Blair Streets, 4:15-5:45 pm
Why was a Gaza-bound aid ship attacked near Malta?
Neville Borg, Times of Malta, May 6, 2025
Democrats Push To Censor Palestine Lessons In California
Shaanth Nanguneri, The Intercept, April 28, 2025
American, Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism, Arab, ban, California, censorship, Cisco, Congress, discrimination, divest, education, Egypt, Eli Valley, ethnic cleansing, free speech, Google, Grassroots, Hamas, human rights, images, indigenous, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jewish, land, law, legislature, Madison, media, Middle East, Nakba, Native American, New York Times, October 7, one-state, online, Palestine, Palestinian, protest, Rafah, San Francisco State, sanction, schools, South Africa, State Department, students, teachers, training, unions, United Nations (UN), video, Vietnam, vote, war, world, Zionism2025.05.05 Update: Film “The Encampments” at The Crossing
1127 University Avenue, Madison, 6:30-8:30 pm
2025.05.04: Mayday for Palestine
Madison Capitol State St, 1-3 pm
2025.04.23: Remaining Resilient to Repression: Learning from the Atlanta 61 Trial!
Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Liberal militarism and Zionism started the latest McCarthyism
Jeet Heer, The Nation, April 2025
aid, antisemitism, censorship, civilians, colleges & universities, Columbia, Democratic Party, deportation, disinformation, documentary, Donald Trump, free speech, Gaza War, green cards, Hamas, hasbara, images, immigration, Israel, Israeli, Joe Biden, land, law, Madison, Mahmoud Khalil, McCarthyism, military, New York City, New York Times, No Other Land, October 7, Oscar, Palestinian, prison, Progressives, propaganda, protest, Rafah, schools, State Department, students, terrorism, United States, visas, Wall, war, world, Zionism
Muslim Women’s Coalition Response to Archewell Foundation
Muslim Women’s Coalition, April 17, 2025
Amnesty International, antisemitism, apartheid, Arab, Archewell, arms, California, Christian, disinformation, donors, embargo, encampments, Europe, freedom, Gaza War, genocide, hasbara, healthcare, human rights, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Jordan, justice, land, law, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Milwaukee, Muslim, Muslim Women’s Coalition, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, propaganda, protest, Pulitzer Prize, racism, Rafah, resources, terrorism, travel, United Kingdom, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, women, world, Zionism
2025.04.19: National Day of Action: Buy Out the Dane Co. Farmer’s Market!
Madison Resistance Coalition, Capitol Square loop to James Madison Park, 12 – 2 pm
