Month: November 2014

http://wicuba.wordpress.com/ From November 15 to 18, 2014, Afro-Cuban filmmaker Gloria Rolando will be in Milwaukee to present several of her movies at the UW-Milwaukee Union Theater and around town. Ms. Rolando is a prolific celebrated producer/director from Havana whose career in film spans over 35 years within the Cuban National Film Institute and with focus […]

Oakland Rallies Against Conviction of Palestinian Organizer Press Contact: Lara Kiswani: 530.220.2842 (Oakland), Hatem Abudayyeh 773.301.4108 (Detroit) Where: Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building When: 7am – Wednesday, Nov 12 Oakland – Activists with the Bay Area Rasmea Defense Committee have chained themselves to doors of the federal courthouse in Oakland to protest the conviction and imprisonment of 67 year-old Palestinian […]

http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/ From California to Florida, from the Philippines to Ireland, 100,000 registered nurses are expected to join a wave of actions to call attention to eroding patient care standards in the U.S. and globally that are symbolized by inadequate preparedness for fighting the Ebola virus. Major actions, sponsored by National Nurses United, will include a […]

EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/kyp89tu The Right to Education Campaign is currently on tour in the United States with a couple of students from Birzeit University. The tour aims to raise awareness regarding the Israeli occupation and its effects on education in Palestine. This is giving us a rare and important opportunity for Palestinians living under occupation to […]

http://www.stopfbi.net/ http://sjpnational.org/ #‎Justice4Rasmea‬ November 12 protest: 4:30 – 6:00 p.m., Federal Plaza, 50 W Adams, Chicago, IL Rasmea Odeh was unjustly found guilty for allegedly lying on her immigration form because she didn’t mention her time in prison in Israel. Along with 500 or so others in 1969, Rasmea was arrested, tortured, and raped until […]

http://www.stopfbi.net/ In a travesty of justice, Rasmea Odeh today was found guilty of one count of Unlawful Procurement of Naturalization. For over a year, Rasmea, her supporters, and her legal team have been battling this unjust government prosecution, saying from the start that the immigration charge was nothing but a pretext to attack this icon […]