Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign News
January 24, 2008
Support a refugee family in Gaza!
Support a refugee family in Gaza through TAKAFUL: The Palestinian Refugee Support Network today!
TAKAFUL: The Palestinian Refugee Support Network
Every day, the news from Gaza continues to pour in - news that highlights the urgent humanitarian crisis for the people of Gaza. Following a week in which more than 30 Palestinians were killed by invading Israeli military forces and many times that number - including many children - were wounded by the ongoing bombing raids and invasions, and just one week after George W. Bush's meetings with Mahmud Abbas and Ehud Olmert, Israel ordered all border crossings into Gaza closed as it continued its deadly attacks on more than 1.5 million Palestinians already denied food, clean water, electricity and medical supplies.
On Saturday alone, 40 military tanks entered Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza and began destroying Palestinian homes. Gaza's power plant reports that it has fuel for only two more days of operations. The people of Gaza - 80% of them refugees - stand amidst a military occupation, constant attacks and a humanitarian crisis.
At this time, your support is desperately needed to help break the siege of Gaza and alleviate the humanitarian crisis that weighs so heavily on the people of Gaza. TAKAFUL-Palestinian Refugee Support Network urges all people of conscience to stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza during these difficult times by adopting a Gazan family at $100 per month, or sharing in adopting a family at $60 per month. TAKAFUL project provides a unique way to provide relief to Palestinian refugee families, through direct financial support that helps families sustain themselves and their minimum survival needs.
Your contribution is tax-deductible in the United States. CLICK HERE TO DONATE
US Campaign Action Alert on Gaza
US Campaign Update: End the Siege of the People of Gaza Actions; Come out to support Israeli Apartheid Week 2008 in your cities; While Supplies Last, Get Your Palestinian Fair Trade Olive Oil; Apply for a Spring Internship with the US Campaign; US Campaign's NEW Book Club
US Campaign Action Alert: End the Siege of the People of Gaza January 26th, 2008
For more background information, analysis, and what you can do, click here.
Find out about the January 26 Israeli convoy that will try to break the siege of Gaza with food and medicine
Join Protests in the United States and Canada on Jan. 26 or Organize Your Own
Anaheim, CA:
Saturday, January 26, 1 p.m. 512 S. Brookhurst St., Between Orange Ave. & Broadway)
Boston, MA:
Saturday, January 26, noon-1pm in Harvard Square. Organized by Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights
Charlotte, NC:
Saturday, January 26, 4:00pm Forum, Charlotte Energy Solutions, 337 Baldwin Ave
Organized by Action Center for Justice. For more information, contact David Dixon bringthemonhome-AT-yahoo.com
Chapel Hill, NC:
Saturday, January 26, 1:00pm-2:00pm Peace and Justice Plaza, corner of East Franklin and Henderson Streets. Organized by the Coalition for Peace with Justice. For more information, contact Mary Lou Leiser Smith on 919-967-5181
Chicago, IL:
Sunday, January 27, 12:00pm-1:00pm Water Tower Park, 830 N. Michigan. Co-sponsored by AFSC and JVP _ Chicago. For information on the vigil, call Lynn Pollack @ 312-427-2533, ext. 26, or e-mail lpollack-AT-afsc.org
Tuesday, January, 29, 5 pm at the Lakeshore Theater, 3175 North Broadway (at benefit for the Friends of the 'Israeli Defense Force').Initiated by ISM. Call 773-463-0311 for more information.
Cleveland, OH:
Saturday, January 26, for more info contact donmbryant-AT-yahoo.com. Sponsored by Cleveland Middle East Peace Forum
Costa Mesa, CA:
Friday, January 25, 5:00pm-7:00pm, vigil at Bristol & Anton
Durham, NC:
Saturday, January 26, 12:00pm-1:00pm, Brightleaf Square, corner of Main and Gregson
Organized by the Coalition for Peace with Justice. For more information, contact Mary Lou Leiser Smith on 919-967-5181
Eugene, OR:
Saturday, January 26th, 12:00pm-3:00pm, Ferry Street Bridge-Meeting first in the EWEB parking lot 500 E. 4TH. Sponsored by Al-Nakba Awareness Project Palestine:JustJustice!
For more information, contact Mariah Leung HappyHeartMom-AT-comcast.net 541 513-3833
Montreal, Canada:
Friday January 25, 2:00 PM De Maisonneuve Boulevard corner of MacKay Street, Montreal (Metro Guy-Concordia).
New Haven, CT:
Friday, January 25th, 4:30pm-5:30pm The Federal Building on Church Street (opposite the flagpole on the Green). Bring signs. Bring candles.
New York City:
Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 7 PM at The Center for Constitutional Rights, 666 Broadway, 6th Floor To build a coalition for Nakba events)
Friday, January 25 3:00 pm (after friday prayers) RALLY at the Israeli Consulate 42nd & 2nd ave & MARCH to the EGYPTIAN Consulate (58th & 2nd ave)
Saturday, Jan. 26, 1 p.m. at the Israeli Embassy, 43rd St. and 2nd Ave.
Philadelphia, PA:
Friday, January 25, 12:00pm, Press Conference and vigil, Israeli Consulate, 15th & Locust
Saturday, Jan 26 Assemble at 12 noon to march from 5th and Market Sts. to the Israeli Consulate (15th & Locust) Contact: rkamel-AT-verizon.net
St. Louis, MO:
Friday, January 25, 4:15 pm-5:30pm, Corner of Summit and Snelling Aves
Organized by Coalition for Palestinian Rights. For more information, call 612-379-4716 or Florence, 651-696-1642
St. Paul, MN:
Friday January 25, 4:15pm-5:30pm, Corner of Summit and Snelling Aves
St. Petersburg, FL:
Saturday, January 26, 8:30pm-10:00pm Baywalk, 2nd Ave. and 2nd St. N
Organized by St. Pete for Peace. For more information, contact info-AT-stpeteforpeace.org
San Francisco, CA:
Friday, January 25, 4:00pm-6:00pm, Israeli Consulate, 456 Montgomery St. (near California)
San Diego, CA:
Friday, January 25, 3:00pm-5:30pm downtown corner of Broadway and Front Street.
Seattle, WA:
Friday, January 25, 4:00pm, Westlake Park, 4th & Pine Sts. Saturday January 26, 12:00pm-2:00pm, Leafleting/sign-waving protest on at Westlake Center downtown.
Sioux Falls, SD:
Saturday January 26, 12:00pm at 12th & Phillips
Toronto, Canada:
Friday January 25, 5:00pm Israeli Consulate at 180 Bloor St. West
Washington DC:
Friday, January 25, 4:00pm at the Israeli Embassy, 3514 International Dr. N.W.
January 6, 2008
CPSC Official Endorsement for President in 2008: Cynthia McKinney
The Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign would like to officially endorse Green candidate Cynthia McKinney for President in 2008. To learn more about Ms. McKinney, please visit her campaign website at: Run Cynthia Run!
October 31, 2007
US Campaign Against the Israeli Occupation Launches Report Card, 110th Congress
US Campaign Against the Israeli Occupation Launches Report Card, 110th Congress
The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is excited to announce the launch of its report card for the 110th Congress, 1st Session (2007).
A PDF version of the report card can be viewed by clicking here
The report card grades Senators on four resolutions (two positive, two negative) and Representatives on seven resolutions (two positive, five negative).
The US Campaign would like to thank its super-intern, Brittany Brown, for researching and compiling the information found in the report card.
Find out if your Members of Congress support restricting the sale of cluster munitions, a renewed U.S. role in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, Israel's illegal annexation of East Jerusalem, condemning the UN for highlighting Israel's human rights violations, and much more by clicking here
Knowing the positions of your Members of Congress is the first step in changing policy. However, we can't rely on politicians to change policy on their own. We've got to organize and mobilize people in our home Congressional districts to educate our elected decision-makers about the need to change U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine to support human rights, international law, and equality for all, rather than supporting Israel's illegal military occupation and human rights violations against Palestinians.
The US Campaign has a network of Congressional District Coordinators (CDC's) designed to do just that. If you'd like to be responsible for organizing and mobilizing people in your Congressional district to educate your Members of Congress on this issue, please join the CDC network today by clicking here
Save the date! Monday, November 5 is an international day of action against cluster bombs. The US Campaign is joining with the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Amnesty International and many others to support a call-in day to Congress asking Members of Congress to cosponsor the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act (S.594/H.R.1755). For information, click here
To view the US Campaign's new Congressional report card for 2007, please click here
The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is excited to announce the launch of its report card for the 110th Congress, 1st Session (2007).
A PDF version of the report card can be viewed by clicking here
The report card grades Senators on four resolutions (two positive, two negative) and Representatives on seven resolutions (two positive, five negative).
The US Campaign would like to thank its super-intern, Brittany Brown, for researching and compiling the information found in the report card.
Find out if your Members of Congress support restricting the sale of cluster munitions, a renewed U.S. role in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, Israel's illegal annexation of East Jerusalem, condemning the UN for highlighting Israel's human rights violations, and much more by clicking here
Knowing the positions of your Members of Congress is the first step in changing policy. However, we can't rely on politicians to change policy on their own. We've got to organize and mobilize people in our home Congressional districts to educate our elected decision-makers about the need to change U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine to support human rights, international law, and equality for all, rather than supporting Israel's illegal military occupation and human rights violations against Palestinians.
The US Campaign has a network of Congressional District Coordinators (CDC's) designed to do just that. If you'd like to be responsible for organizing and mobilizing people in your Congressional district to educate your Members of Congress on this issue, please join the CDC network today by clicking here
Save the date! Monday, November 5 is an international day of action against cluster bombs. The US Campaign is joining with the Friends Committee on National Legislation, Amnesty International and many others to support a call-in day to Congress asking Members of Congress to cosponsor the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act (S.594/H.R.1755). For information, click here
To view the US Campaign's new Congressional report card for 2007, please click here
October 21, 2007
Peace Path through the Middle East
Peace Path through the Middle East:
William Ury Speech on the Abraham Path Initiative
William Ury Speech on the Abraham Path Initiative
For the first time in history all cultures are in contact with each other due to the technology revolution, said conflict mediator William Ury, who calls this phenomenon the "human family reunion."
"Like many family reunions it is not all peaceful," Ury said, as some in the audience laughed.
He is the director of the Global Negotiation Project at HarvardLawSchool, the author of "Getting to Yes" and a co-founder of the International Negotiation Network. He spoke last night at the invitation of the peace and conflict studies program at the University of Colorado about his recent project in the Middle East, the Abraham Path Initiative.
The Abraham Path Initiative is a 700 mile walking tour of places connected to Abraham, a figure who is important in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The path begins in Turkey and ends in Palestine. The initiative aims to support local economies though sustainable long term tourism.
Hate Islam Week thankfully not coming to Colorado
Hate Islam Week - or "Islamo-Facism Awareness Week" - is luckily not coming to Colorado. Spearheaded by right-wing Islamaphobe David Horowitz, this series of events being held on a number of campuses is a deliberate effort to defame Muslims and Islam and equate the world's 1.6 billion Muslims with terrorism and the "anti-Western Jihad." Luckily this event is NOT coming to Colorado, but we thought it worthy to reproduce the US Campaign action alert anyway.
Take Action: Speak Out Against "Islamo-Facism Awareness Week"
During the week of October 22-26, 2007; right-wing and neo-conservative political forces led by the David Horowitz Freedom Center are calling for "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week" events on campuses across the U.S. (for a list of campuses and speakers, see below).
If this event is coming to your campus or neighborhood - and even if it's not - speak out against this racist assault on Muslims, Arabs, Arab-Americans, South Asians and anyone viewed as sympathetic towards those communities. While some people might dismiss the neo-conservatives as fringe elements who don't impact on U.S. policy, the truth is much more disturbing. They are part of an alliance of forces that work to maintain the war against Iraq, escalate the standoff with Iran into military conflict, and cement Israel's hold on the occupied Palestinian territories and violations of Palestinian human rights through a system of apartheid rule.
The stakes are simply too high to ignore, and we should respond to the so-called "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week" - and to all such provocations - pro-actively, not defensively.
To find out what action you can take on your campus and in your community and to read about what others are doing, click here. To learn more about the forces driving this agenda, read "Understanding Why Islamophobia is on the Rise," the analysis by Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, and member of the U.S. Campaign's steering committee.
By defending basic freedoms of thought, speech and belief, we underscore three simple messages:
We stand for free speech, not hate speech.
We stand for tolerance, not bigotry.
We stand for education, not demagoguery.
SPEAK OUT FOR FREE SPEECH, TOLERANCE, AND EDUCATION!
"Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week" speakers and venues:
Berkeley -- Nonie Darwish, October 22
Brown -- Robert Spencer, October 24
Cal Poly -- Greg Davis, October 25
Cal State Fullerton -- Nonie Darwish
Clemson -- Mike Adams, October 25
Columbia -- Phyllis Chesler, Ibn Warraq, Christina Hoff Sommers
Columbia -- Sean Hannity, David Horowitz, October 26
DePaul -- Robert Spencer, October 25
Emory -- David Horowitz, October 24
George Mason -- Luanah Saghieh, Alan Nathan, October 22
Lawrence Univ. -- Jonathan Schanzer
Maryland -- Michael Ledeen
Michigan -- David Horowitz, October 23
Northeastern -- Daniel Pipes, October 24
Ohio State -- David Horowitz, October 25
Penn -- Rick Santorum, October 24
Penn State -- Rick Santorum, October 23
Rhode Island -- Robert Spencer, October 24
San Francisco State -- Melanie Morgan, October 24
Stanford -- Wafa Sultan
Temple -- Rick Santorum, October 24
Tulane -- Ann Coulter, October 22
UC Santa Barbara - Dennis Prager, October 25
UC Irvine -- Ann Coulter
UCLA -- Nonie Darwish, October 24
UCLA -- Frank Pastore, John Ziegler
USC -- Ann Coulter, October 25
Virginia -- Frank Gaffney
Washington -- Kirby Wilbur
Washington -- Michael Medved, October 25
Wisconsin -- David Horowitz, October 22
Take Action: Speak Out Against "Islamo-Facism Awareness Week"
During the week of October 22-26, 2007; right-wing and neo-conservative political forces led by the David Horowitz Freedom Center are calling for "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week" events on campuses across the U.S. (for a list of campuses and speakers, see below).
If this event is coming to your campus or neighborhood - and even if it's not - speak out against this racist assault on Muslims, Arabs, Arab-Americans, South Asians and anyone viewed as sympathetic towards those communities. While some people might dismiss the neo-conservatives as fringe elements who don't impact on U.S. policy, the truth is much more disturbing. They are part of an alliance of forces that work to maintain the war against Iraq, escalate the standoff with Iran into military conflict, and cement Israel's hold on the occupied Palestinian territories and violations of Palestinian human rights through a system of apartheid rule.
The stakes are simply too high to ignore, and we should respond to the so-called "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week" - and to all such provocations - pro-actively, not defensively.
To find out what action you can take on your campus and in your community and to read about what others are doing, click here. To learn more about the forces driving this agenda, read "Understanding Why Islamophobia is on the Rise," the analysis by Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, and member of the U.S. Campaign's steering committee.
By defending basic freedoms of thought, speech and belief, we underscore three simple messages:
We stand for free speech, not hate speech.
We stand for tolerance, not bigotry.
We stand for education, not demagoguery.
SPEAK OUT FOR FREE SPEECH, TOLERANCE, AND EDUCATION!
"Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week" speakers and venues:
Berkeley -- Nonie Darwish, October 22
Brown -- Robert Spencer, October 24
Cal Poly -- Greg Davis, October 25
Cal State Fullerton -- Nonie Darwish
Clemson -- Mike Adams, October 25
Columbia -- Phyllis Chesler, Ibn Warraq, Christina Hoff Sommers
Columbia -- Sean Hannity, David Horowitz, October 26
DePaul -- Robert Spencer, October 25
Emory -- David Horowitz, October 24
George Mason -- Luanah Saghieh, Alan Nathan, October 22
Lawrence Univ. -- Jonathan Schanzer
Maryland -- Michael Ledeen
Michigan -- David Horowitz, October 23
Northeastern -- Daniel Pipes, October 24
Ohio State -- David Horowitz, October 25
Penn -- Rick Santorum, October 24
Penn State -- Rick Santorum, October 23
Rhode Island -- Robert Spencer, October 24
San Francisco State -- Melanie Morgan, October 24
Stanford -- Wafa Sultan
Temple -- Rick Santorum, October 24
Tulane -- Ann Coulter, October 22
UC Santa Barbara - Dennis Prager, October 25
UC Irvine -- Ann Coulter
UCLA -- Nonie Darwish, October 24
UCLA -- Frank Pastore, John Ziegler
USC -- Ann Coulter, October 25
Virginia -- Frank Gaffney
Washington -- Kirby Wilbur
Washington -- Michael Medved, October 25
Wisconsin -- David Horowitz, October 22
October 9, 2007
WESTWORD: "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"
WESTWORD: "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"
Rachel Corrie has been a lightning rod for controversy since her death in Gaza at the age of 23, when she was run over by an Israeli soldier while attempting to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. But Rachel Corrie was more than just a symbol; she was a genuinely unique young spirit. My Name Is Rachel Corrie, put together by English actor Alan Rickman and journalist Katharine Viner from Rachel's journals and e-mails, reveals not only a deep-burning passion for justice, but sensitivity, a playful sense of humor, the usual teenage insecurities and a loving heart. The script is buoyant with memorable turns of phrase and charming, odd little flights of lyricism. It's clear that the world lost a lot when it lost this strong, individual voice.
FOR THE FULL STORY - CLICK HERE
Rachel Corrie has been a lightning rod for controversy since her death in Gaza at the age of 23, when she was run over by an Israeli soldier while attempting to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home. But Rachel Corrie was more than just a symbol; she was a genuinely unique young spirit. My Name Is Rachel Corrie, put together by English actor Alan Rickman and journalist Katharine Viner from Rachel's journals and e-mails, reveals not only a deep-burning passion for justice, but sensitivity, a playful sense of humor, the usual teenage insecurities and a loving heart. The script is buoyant with memorable turns of phrase and charming, odd little flights of lyricism. It's clear that the world lost a lot when it lost this strong, individual voice.
FOR THE FULL STORY - CLICK HERE
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