The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
Tag: veterans
Apr 2, 2026
2026.01.09 Update: ICE OUT Solidarity Vigil & Action
Capitol at State Street, 5pm
2025.11.24: Films on Nonviolent Resistance, Past & Present
Madison Central Library, 201 W Mifflin, Room 302, 6 pm
2025.11.19: Madison Veterans Speak – The World Needs to End Wars
UW Madison Memorial Union, 6-8 pm
2025.08.28: Film “War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death”
Madison Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin, 6 pm
In Gaza, U.S. Mercenaries Advance Israeli War Aims
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, The American Conservative, Jul 11, 2025
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VFP Signs On to Congressional Letter Opposing the Weaponization of Aid and Starvation in Gaza
Veterans for Peace, July 4, 2025
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Veterans and Allies End 40-day Fast for Gaza with Dramatic Direct Actions
Veterans for Peace, July 4, 2025
Madison Weekly Vigil in Support of Palestine
Weekly, UW Memorial Library, 12 pm – 1 pm
2025.05.22-06.30: 40-day Veterans & Allies Fast for Gaza
Veterans For Peace, May 23, 2025
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2025.05.22-06.30: 40 Days Solidarity Fast For Gaza
Sami Awad, Nonviolence International, May 20, 2025
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2025.05.25 & 06.08 Updates: Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” in Madison
May 25: Bartell Theater 5 pm & 7 pm | Jun 8: Christ Presbyterian Church…
2025.05.26: Veterans Memorial Day Peace Rally and Gathering
Wisconsin Masonic Center, 301 Wisconsin Avenue, Madison, 1 pm
Israel Preparing to Seize Ethnically Cleansed Rafah for Permanent Buffer Zone
BRETT WILKINS, COMMON DREAMS, Apr 09, 2025
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2025.03.16: Israeli Conscientious Objectors Share Their Stories
11:00 am CT
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Truax Field/Dane County Regional Airport, 2002 Pankratz St, 1 pm
2025.01.29 Update: Nakba Film “Tantura” in Madison
World Beyond War UW-Madison and Veterans for Peace – Madison
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Why Is It So Hard for Senator Tammy Baldwin to Oppose Genocide?
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 19, 2024 At the very same time that…
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2024.11.03: Stop the Genocide Zoom
Stop the Genocide! Dear Friends, Please join the Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine Coalition…
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2024.10.19: Online: Implementation of International Law to Stop the Genocide
Start: Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM CTEnd: Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 1:30 PM CTVirtual…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated. Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth
DEMOCRACY NOW! OCTOBER 08, 2024 Watch Full ShowImage Credit: Courtesy of Ta-Nehisi Coates As the…
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Veterans Call for Criminal Indictment of Anthony Blinken
Govt. Agencies Found Israel Blocked Gaza Aid. Blinken Told Congress Otherwise. by Veterans For Peace | Fall 2024…
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New video, witnesses challenge Israel’s account of U.S. activist’s killing
The IDF said Aysenur Eygi was shot “unintentionally” during a “violent riot.” A Post analysis…
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Israel Has Built an Economy Fueled by Genocide at Home and Abroad
Ciudong Ng, TRUTHOUT, September 1, 2024
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2024.08.20: Antiwar Film Series – “Soldiers Without Guns”
Madison Central Library 201 W Mifflin St, Room 302 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm The…
2024.07.19: WORT: The Republican National Convention and American wars, especially Gaza
A Public Affair 12 pm – 1 pm 89.9 FM, live online, or in the archives…
2024.06.04: Palestine Film Screening
worldbeyondwar.uw Antiwar Film Series – Details on this month’s films and others we’ll show this…
2024.05.25-06.01: Madison Veterans for Peace Annual “Memorial Mile” & Peace Rally
May 25 starting 9 am: Marker installation, Olbrich Park May 27 at 1 pm: Peace…
Veterans For Peace statement about Aaron Bushnell protesting to the death
February 26, 2024 Madmen Arsonists Strike Again: They as Much as Lit Aaron Bushnell’s Match…
2024.01.25: Madison Antiwar Film Series Presents Two Films about Israel and Palestine
The Occupation of the American Mind and My Neighborhood Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin Street, Room…
Wisconsinites Join D.C. Protest Against U.S. Support for Israel’s War on Gaza
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Nov 7, 2023 Aerial drone photo of the protesters in…
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David Luhrssen, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Oct 14, 2022
aid, American, American Bar Association (ABA), Arab, Australia, BBC, democracy, detainees, documentary, education, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Europe, film, freedom, Haifa, Holocaust, human rights, images, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, justice, land, law, Marquette University, media, Middle East, military, milk, Milwaukee, music, Muslim, Muslims, Nakba, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, police, rape, refugees, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Supreme Court, surgery, United Kingdom, veterans, war, water, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance (WMCA), women, worldLet’s Build A Playground in the Bordertown of Sásabe
MRSCP is passing along an unusual opportunity to help build a playground for migrant children…
President Biden: Stop Israeli Government’s Attacks on Palestinian Civil Society
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, DC 20500 Dear…
Addameer, Al Haq, Al Mezan, American, American Bar Association (ABA), American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Arab, Black, Church of Christ, civil rights, CODEPINK, Congress, democracy, economy, education, El Salvador, equality, Europe, free speech, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Golan Heights, Grassroots, human rights, indigenous, International Criminal Court (ICC), Islamophobia, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, Lutheran, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Minnesota, MRSCP, Muslim, Muslims, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, Presbyterian, prison, prisoners, Rafah, Shin Bet, sister cities, solidarity, South Africa, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Syria, terrorism, torture, United Nations (UN), US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), veterans, violations, war, West Bank, women, world“Cancel the F-35”: Organizations Sign Letter to President & Congress
Rep. Francesca Hong addresses concerns for the arrival of F-35 jets in Truax Field, surrounded…
allies, arms, Black, Chicago, Church of Christ, climate, CODEPINK, Congress, democracy, drones, Edgewood University, education, Eken Park, Eli Valley, environment, ethnic cleansing, Francesca Hong, Google, healthcare, human rights, images, Israel, justice, labor, land, Lockheed Martin, Madison, media, military, Milwaukee, Minnesota, MRSCP, nationalism, nonviolence, nuclear, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Progressives, racism, Rafah, religion, resistance, resources, Saudi Arabia, sister cities, solidarity, South Africa, terrorism, training, travel, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States, veterans, war, war crimes, water, Wisconsin, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world, World Beyond War, YemenLetter to Biden (and Trump) Campaigns Regarding Israel and Palestinian Rights
This letter, signed by more than 100 progressive, anti-war, and faith-based U.S. organizations, urges presumptive…
American, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Arab, arms, Barack Obama, BDS, blockade, boycott, Chicago, Christian, Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), Church of Christ, Cisco, civilians, CODEPINK, democracy, Donald Trump, education, Egypt, Eli Valley, equality, Europe, Freedom Flotilla, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Google, human rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Iran, Islamophobia, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Joe Biden, justice, land, law, Leahy Law, Lutheran, Madison, Madison Common Council, media, Methodist, Middle East, military, MRSCP, Muslim, Muslims, nationalism, nonviolence, Nonviolence International, nuclear, occupation, Olympia, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, Presbyterian, Progressives, Rachel Corrie, racism, Rafah, resistance, sanction, settlers, sister cities, solidarity, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Tel Aviv, terrorism, two-state, Unitarian, United Nations (UN), United States, veterans, violations, vote, war, war crimes, water, West Bank, Wisconsin, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world, World Beyond War, YemenIsrael sunk in ‘incremental tyranny’, say former Shin Bet chiefs
Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 6 April 2017
Benjamin Netanyahu, closures, democracy, education, Eli Valley, free speech, freedom, Golan Heights, human rights, images, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Jordan, journalists, Judea, law, media, military, occupation, Palestinian, protest, Samaria, schools, Shin Bet, Supreme Court, veterans, war, West Bank, worldDemanding Freedom For Shireen Issawi
“ In our work with people in Gaza, we have been told repeatedly that the…
Addameer, apartheid, art, Australia, BDS, California, detainees, Egypt, free speech, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, justice, land, law, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Noam Chomsky, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, Rafah, Ramallah, resistance, Shireen Issawi, sister cities, solidarity, Switzerland, terrorism, torture, veterans, violations, vote, war, water, Wisconsin, women, worldCall to action: Join Palestinian political prisoner’s day
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association & Palestinian BDS National Committee, Apr 3, 2014
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Annie Robbins, Mondoweiss, January 10, 2013
aid, American, Amy Goodman, Barack Obama, BDS, Black, Christian, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), Church of Christ, CODEPINK, Congress, conscientious objectors, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, Madison, Methodist, Middle East, military, Minnesota, MRSCP, Muslim, Muslims, New Jersey, New York City, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, Presbyterian, Rafah, refuseniks, sister cities, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), terrorism, Unitarian, veterans, vote, war, Washington DC, West Bank, Wisconsin, women, world, Zionism2013.01.19: March and Rally, ‘No Blank Check For Israel!’
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, January 9, 2013 Saturday, January 19th 2013, 4-6 pm,…
aid, American, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), arms, Barack Obama, BDS, Black, calendar, Church of Christ, CODEPINK, education, Gaza, Israel, Israel Lobby, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, land, law, Madison, Methodist, Middle East, military, Minnesota, MRSCP, New York City, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Peace Action, Presbyterian, Rafah, sister cities, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), take action, Unitarian, veterans, video, war, Washington DC, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Zionism2010.11.11: USS Liberty Film and Discussion
Thursday November 11 Madison Central Library 201 W. Mifflin St. [Map] 6:30 pm Film screening…
2010.10.21: Ann Wright to speak in Madison
From Afghanistan to Gaza: Obama’s Middle East Policy in Crisis 180 Science Hall UW-Madison 550…
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Steve Elbow, The Capital Times, January 6, 2009 Violence in Gaza prompted local activists Tuesday…
aid, Allen Ruff, Arab, Cap Times, civilians, Congress, Gaza, Hamas, Iraq, Israeli, justice, law, Madison, military, MRSCP, Muslim, New York Times, occupation, Palestinian, peace, Progressives, protest, Rafah, resistance, sister cities, Tammy Baldwin, terrorism, veterans, war, winter, worldAmira Hass: Khan Yunis / No Compensation for Arabs Losing Their Jobs in Katif
Amira Hass, Haaretz, 14 Aug 2005 Today is Omar’s last day of work for his…
How Israel promotes terror in the occupied territories
Tanya Reinhart, Yediot Ahronot, 31 March 2004 — An extensive discussion has already taken place…
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