Somerville City Council Votes Overwhelmingly to Pass Ceasefire Resolution, First in Massachusetts
Prior to the 9-2 vote, hundreds of Somerville residents rallied in support of a ceasefire and packed the council chambers
Constituents Demanding Ceasefire Protest Outside Katherine Clark’s Beach Front Home
Constituents Marched with ‘Shrouded Children’ to Demand a Ceasefire and Accountability at Representative Katherine Clark’s Doorstep
Activists Block Entrance to Raytheon’s Tuscon Facility as Palestinian Death Toll Passes 9,000
Die-In Protest Blocks Raytheon’s Tucson Office to Tell Weapon Manufacturer, ‘Stop Profiting from Genocide!’
Daughter of Jailed Charity Leader, Activists & Attorneys Rally on Eve of Supreme Court Conference on Fate of Holy Land Foundation
[New York, NY] At 5pm tomorrow (Thursday, October 25, 2012) activists, lawyers, and family members of defendants in the controversial Holy Land Five trial will hold a press conference and rally outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building (26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10013). Noor Elashi, daughter to imprisoned Holy Land Foundation co-founder, Ghassan Elashi, […]
Join Pamela Olson for a Discussion of ‘Fast Times in Palestine’ at Bluestockings Books 8/15/2011
Fast Times in Palestine, tells the story of Pamela Olson, a young woman from small-town Oklahoma whose political innocence was shattered when she wandered into the West Bank in late 2003. Her fellow travelers and young Palestinians introduce her to a world of soul-destroying injustice that outsiders seldom hear about. With new knowledge and dizzying […]
Join us This Thursday at 7pm for the Launch of ‘Fast Times in Palestine’
Project Palestine is an organization aimed at illustrating the Palestinian condition through films, music, literature, poetry and art. Join us this Thursday July 7th, at 7pm for a book launch celebrating the release of Fast Times in Palestine and a very special conversation with author Pamela Olson and Noor Elashi. Admission is free and open to the […]
A Message to the Media Regarding the US Boat to Gaza
An update from Andy Stepanian, co-founder of the Sparrow Project. For the past 24 hours I have been glued to twitter as a few of my close friends set out with the US Boat to Gaza with hopes of documenting the breaking of the maritime blockade that has economically crippled Gaza since 2006 and isolated […]