The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: unions
Apr 17, 2026
Call to Action Weekend!
February 20-22, 2026
Tell the European Union to Stop Aiding Genocide in Gaza
Ekō, Sep 8, 2025
Union Solidarity with Palestine
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America and the Autonomous Collective of Dockworkers in…
Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic, July 29, 2025
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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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Egypt Cracks Down on the “Global March to Gaza”
Emad Mekay, Jewish Currents, Jun 23, 2025
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2025.06.12-19: Global March to Gaza
Egypt to Gaza
Democrats Push To Censor Palestine Lessons In California
Shaanth Nanguneri, The Intercept, April 28, 2025
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2025.04.05: Photos of Hands Off! Demonstrations
Madison, WI and Birmingham, AL
2025.04.03: ZOOM with WNPJ on the WI Right to Boycott campaign
Online, 12 noon – 1 p.m.
MECA Feb 14, 2025 Update: Clean Water for Rafah
Israel destroyed all but one of the Maia water filter units in Rafah
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Latest Gaza Update from MECA
Jan 30, 2025
The Beginning of the Great Return
Good Shepherd Collective, Jan 27, 2025
2025.02.22 Update: People’s Forum on the Black Freedom Struggle & Palestine!
2222 S PARK STREET, 2-4 PM
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Report: We Will Return
An analysis of the escalating forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the West Bank since…
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2024.11.20-29: Never Again Is Now: Sanction Israel’s Genocidal and Apartheid Regime
Join the Global Week of Action for Sanctions (20th to 29th Nov) to pressure states…
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2024.09.02: Madison LaborFest
Madison-Rafah Sister City Project and Jewish Voice for Peace will be tabling at this Labor…
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Palestine Won at the Democratic Convention
Dr. James J. Zogby, Arab American Institute, August 26, 2024 The 2024 Democratic National Convention…
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Thousands shut down the D.C. Capitol to protest Israel’s genocide
Thousands of people of conscience from across the country turned out to protest Israeli Prime…
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7 pm CT OnlineJewish Voice for Peace invites you to join them and partner organizations…
Christian Leaders Call for Gaza Ceasefire & Halt of Arms Sales
March 27, 2024 WASHINGTON – In a new letter released during Holy Week ahead of…
Shawn Fain: “We Cannot Bomb Our Way to Peace”
At a press conference in D.C. on December 14, UAW president Shawn Fain called for…
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Over 3,000 people form human mosaic in Spain to support Palestine Middle East Monitor, December…
TAA Statement on Palestine: “A Call for Palestinian Liberation”
TAA UW-MADISON, NOVEMBER 22, 2023 The following statement was written and approved by the general…
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Statement from APWU General Officers on the Conflict in Israel and Palestine November 8, 2023…
Norman Finkelstein Responds to Bernie Sanders Opposing Gaza Ceasefire
A Response to Bernie Sanders NORMAN FINKELSTEIN NOV 6, 2023 After seeing Senator Sanders’ appearance…
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Marches in Washington, New York, Las Vegas and other cities are extending a stretch of…
Thousands of Palestinian Workers Have Gone Missing in Israel
‘We Don’t Know if They Are Dead or Alive’ TAJ ALI, Tribune, Oct 23, 2023…
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Join us this Sunday for the second webinar of Palestine Speaks, an emergency webinar series…
Urgent Call to Defend Khallet ad-Dabe’ from Destruction
Stop the Wall, 26 September 2022 A whole village with over 90 residents is…
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National Nurses United, August 09, 2022 National Nurses United (NNU) mourns the loss of life…
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The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council renews the call for targeted sanctions Palestinian Human Rights…
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Kamel Hawwash, Middle East Eye, 21 April 2016
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So She Lost Her Texas Elementary School Job Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, December 17 2018…
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Steve Almasy, CNN, February 12, 2017
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US labor board affirms union’s right to boycott Israel
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 25 July 2016
Breaking: Berkeley Divests from G4S
Palestinian Rights Groups Cheer Berkeley’s Decision to Divest from Private Prisons Friends of Sabeel –…
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Palestinian BDS National Committee, July 7, 2016
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Palestinian BDS National Committee, Jun 6, 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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Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association & Palestinian BDS National Committee, Apr 3, 2014
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Over 50 Palestinian organisations, representing a cross-section of Palestinian civil society, including women’s groups and…
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Victoria Brittain, Guardian Unlimited, January 30, 2007 Mona el-Farra, a Palestinian doctor working in Gaza…
2003.09.14-16: Palestinian Labor Tour
South Central Federation of Labor Meeting Monday, September 15 7 pm Madison Labor Temple, 1602…
