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Tag: taxes

Apr 8, 2026

US Taxpayers Are Funding the Gift Card Israel Uses to Buy US Weapons
STEPHEN SEMLER, COMMON DREAMS, Apr 07, 2026
arms, Gaza, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, taxes, United States
2026.03.14: Madison War Tax Resistance Workshop
Madison Central Library Rm 104, 201 W Mifflin St, 2 pm
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Canada Revokes Tax Status of Two Zionist Charities
Iso Setel, Independent Jewish Voices Canada, Feb 26, 2026
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2026.02.24: Financial Costs of the US Military
Online, 8-9:30 PM CT
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2025.11.24: Films on Nonviolent Resistance, Past & Present
Madison Central Library, 201 W Mifflin, Room 302, 6 pm
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New UN report reveals the companies getting rich off Israeli occupation and genocide
JONATHAN OFIR, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2025
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Israel just changed how land ownership works in the West Bank
QASSAM MUADDI, MONDOWEISS, JUNE 12, 2025
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As Israel Slaughters Gazans, US House Progressives Push ‘Block the Bombs Act’
JESSICA CORBETT, COMMON DREAMS, Jun 05, 2025
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Block the Bombs Act
(608) 258-9800 | (202) 225-2906
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2025.04.23: Help Overturn Wisconsin’s anti-BDS Law!
MRSCP, Apr 2, 2025
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2025.03.15: War Tax Resistance Workshop
Wil-Mar Center, 504 S. Brearly St, Madison, 1-4 pm
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Anti-war group says Baldwin noncommittal on blocking Israeli military aid
University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members said talks with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s military…
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A Special Appeal for Masafer Yatta
My dear friends, As I return to Masafer-Yatta in the West Bank, I would gratefully…
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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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Visiting Palestinian textile artist has a message for Madisonians
Miquéla V. Thornton, The Cap Times, June 6, 2024 When Laila Hasan thinks back to…
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All Eyes on Rafah
Israel’s International Isolation and Drift Towards Authoritarianism Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History…
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Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza
The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is…
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Stop Funding Genocide
Go to https://www.notmytaxdollars.org
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2024.04.12: Gaza Freedom Flotilla & War Tax Resistance
12 noon – 1 pm 89.9 FM or listen live online here. Join host Esty Dinur…
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Pocan discusses Gaza and Biden visit to Madison
“It appears to be a collective punishment of all Palestinians in Gaza.” April 8, 2024…
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Statements from WNPJ groups on Palestine/Israel/Hamas
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice, October 22, 2023 Palestinians inspect the damage following an…
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Veterans For Peace Statement on Hamas-Israel
Veterans For Peace, October 12, 2023
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Israel does not have a right to self-defense for its occupation
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 6, 2023
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2023.05.21-28: May Events
Sunday, May 21: WORT Show Her Turn with Cassandra Dixon Sunday, May 21: Zoom Film…
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What’s Behind the Calls for “Democracy” in Israel?
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the last few weeks…
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How a pro-Israel lobby spent millions to sway Democratic primaries
Dark money groups like AIPAC have spent millions of dollars on misinformation ads to take…
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Boycotting the Boycotters
ERIKA BOLSTAD, IN THESE TIMES, MARCH 19, 2021
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“You married a Palestinian. You cannot enter Israel”
Israel’s family reunion practices are gravely offensive This time; Palestine Updates brings you two powerful…
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U.S. Senate Defends Israeli Government From Boycotts
First Bipartisan Bill in the Midst of the Shutdown Ryan Grim and Glenn Greenwald, The…
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Israel practices ‘apartheid’ — Representative Betty McCollum
Phil Weiss and Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss, October 2, 2018
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Israel’s Unequal Citizens
Israelis marching at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem in May to mark the occupation of East…
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2018.06.05: Protest Israel’s Ambassador in Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Progressives No Palestine Exception Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee Tuesday, June 5,…
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Statement on the attack on Palestinians of Jerusalem
Friends of Sabeel North America On Sunday, February 25, church leaders from the Greek Orthodox,…
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Gaza City in the spotlight: hesitant hope in a city where everyone still wants out
Miriam Berger, The Guardian, Saturday 25 November 2017
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#TalkAboutYemem
Donna Smith, Progressive Democrats of America, Nov 22, 2017 Yemen Is Suffering. Please Help. While…
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‘Gaza Is Hell’
Desolation and destiny in a land in limbo Banksy artwork on the ruins of a…
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Milwaukee Billboard on U.S. Taxes for Israel
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Activists embrace nonviolence in world’s hot spots
Phil Haslanger, Cap Times, Apr 1, 2010
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Kathy Kelly on Gaza
Voices for Creative Nonviolence, January 6, 2009 Rafah — Traffic on Sea Street, a major…
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2008.12.28: Take Action to End Israeli Attacks on Gaza – Radio Show Sunday
MRSCP, Dec 28, 2008
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