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Final 2019 Appeal — Clean Water for Kids
Best Photos of 2019 from MECA We are now more than halfway to providing another…
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Trump strategy to stifle campus organizing for Palestinian rights
Josh Ruebner, Mondoweiss, December 12, 2019
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Tell Donald Trump to Stop Using Jews to Shut Down Free Speech
After a week of antisemitic speech, today Donald Trump is signing an executive order to…
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2019.10.27 Update: DREAMING OF FREEDOM
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham St, 2-4 pm
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Revealed: rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel on US campuses
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, 17 Oct 2019
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He got into Harvard. And now he finally got into the United States.
Ismail Ajjawi, a Harvard freshman who said he was was denied U.S. entry because of…
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Harvard freshman denied entry at Logan Airport by immigration officials
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Fordham University Students Win Landmark Fight to Establish Palestine Club
Judge Orders University to Recognize Students for Justice in Palestine Club Students for Justice in…
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Why Americans Should Support BDS
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Touring the Israeli Occupation: Young U.S. Jews Get an Unflinching View
At Har Gilo, a Jewish settlement overlooking the southern West Bank, American college students get…
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2019.04.23-25: War Over Peace: Israel in the eyes of a Critical Sociologist
Uri Ben-Eliezer, Sociology, University of Haifa The Havens Center, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison…
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I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US?
Omar Barghouti, The Guardian, 16 Apr 2019
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2019.04.22: 71 Years Without a Country
The 2019 North America Nakba Tour comes to Madison UW-Madison Red Gym, On Wisconsin room…
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How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics
Nathan Thrall, New York Times, March 28, 2019
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2019.04.22: North America Nakba Tour
UW-Madison Campus (time & location to follow) MRSCP and UW Students for Justice in Palestine…
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2019.04.19: Palestinian Culture Night: Existence is Resistance
UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine‎ Memorial Union UW-Madison 800 Langdon St 7:00 PM –…
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2019.02.25: Black Americans and Palestinian Solidarity
UW Multicultural Center 716 Langdon Street Madison 8:15 pm – 9:15 pm General meeting of…
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As West Bank Violence Surges, Israel Is Silent on Attacks by Jews
Israel’s right-wing government has remained silent, wary of alienating settlers in an election year The…
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A Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath
So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
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Winning Essay “Dear Blockade”
Gaza Unlocked Blog Team, American Friends Service Committee, December 3, 2018
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