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Video: Chicago activists tell shoppers to boycott Israel on Black Friday

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 04:05
Last Friday I was part of a group of Palestine solidarity activists who took advantage of the large crowds on the busiest shopping day of the year to educate people about companies profiting from or normalizing Israel’s occupation.

Video shows EI blogger Linah Alsaafin confronting Israeli soldiers in Nabi Saleh

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 03:04
Anne Paq from the ActiveStills collective has produced a powerful video showing young Palestinian women confronting armed Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh during last Friday’s demonstration against the occupation and settlements.

Interactive map: follow "Take Apartheid off the Menu!" weekend of action

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 16:58
A number of actions in Europe are being planned for this weekend in nine different countries. Follow an interactive map as the weekend progresses.

Video: Chicago supports call for cultural boycott of Israel, protests Israel film festival

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 18:22
The Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago recently protested the opening night of the Israeli film festival — dubbed the REAL Israel Film Festival. Protesters highlighted how Israel uses culture to try to whitewash its war crimes, occupation and apartheid.

New video shows Israeli forces dragging Palestinian Freedom Riders from settler bus

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 17:42
“It’s just because I’m Palestinian” shouts a young woman toward the Israeli soldiers dragging her from a bus that serves Israel’s settler population and travels its segregated roads. Video shot by Anne Paq with the ActiveStills collective shows activists boarding the bus and Israeli forces asking them in broken Arabic for their travel permits. The soldiers then drag the activists from their seats.

Video: Chicago students say "mic check, fact check!" to protest StandWithUs propaganda event

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 22:22
Two Israel propaganda events at different Chicago-area universities were creatively protested last night, showing that Israel and its supporters are having a hard time going unchallenged these days.

Wikileaks: Israel wanted to overcome diplomatic isolation at UNESCO

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 21:01
A Wikileaks gem that I came across after the final dump of all the cables this summer is all the more shiny in light of today’s vote to make Palestine a member state at UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Protest smearing of Occupy Wall Street, Palestine solidarity movements as "anti-Semitic"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 06:16
In a news segment broadcast Wednesday night by ABC 7 News in Chicago, reporter Chuck Goudie claims that there is “a vein of anti-Semitism flowing through the movement that has Jewish leaders concerned.” I and other activists have responded to this vile smear attack on the Occupy Wall Street movement, and the Palestine solidarity movement more generally.

Israel's war on Palestinian culture

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 20:31
In a new article made available today by the journal Jerusalem Quarterly, activist and The Electronic Intifada contributor Hannah Mermelstein discusses a lesser known part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine — the attempted annihilation of the Palestinian nation through cultural theft and destruction.

Ten days of not-to-be-missed events launch tonight at Boston Palestine Film Festival

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 01:33
If you’re anywhere nearby, you don’t want to miss this year’s Boston Palestine Film Festival.

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