Press Release – post Step Up Step Down!

Press Release   On Friday, July 20, 2018, 400 people, representing 32 organizations, marched from the Roundhouse to the Convention Center where some of the Nation’s Governors were meeting (with lots of their staff and personnel). Their demands and a few pictures are attached. See Santa Fe New Mexican article here....

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Resources on HR 4391: How to talk to your Reps. about Palestinian child detention

FROM THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE: WATCH THIS VIDEO ON AFSC’s Facebook page HERE. READ THE ENTIRE PAGE ON AFSC’s webpage HERE. For the past three years, AFSC has partnered with Defense for Children International-Palestine on a campaign to challenge Israel’s prolonged military occupation of Palestinians by exposing the widespread and...

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Palestinian women in Gaza call for solidarity as they march to break the siege on July 3

TUESDAY, JULY 3 The women of Gaza will be marching for their rights against Israeli violence and oppression. They are asking for women’s groups and everyone to take solidarity actions in support. Since many supporters may not be able to organize an event, IfAmericansKnew.org created a downloadable flyer that you can print out...

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THIS FRIDAY JUNE 15!

  The Apache Stronghold will be on the Santa Fe Plaza around 10 AM on Friday, June 15. Please come greet them as they make their way to Washington DC to stand with the Poor Peoples Campaign for water, justice, truth and reconciliation, future generations, and all that is sacred. Learn more about...

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HR 4391 – Ask Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) to sign on!

Each year the US gives Israel $3.8 billion dollars in military aid, part of which  pays for the midnight arrests, blindfolding, handcuffing, and transferring of Palestinian children to Israeli military jails, where they are routinely abused by military interrogators, after which they must appear in military tribunals presided over by military judges...

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Rep. Betty McCollum introduces H.R. 4391

H.R. 4391 was introduced into Congress by Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN) and has twenty-one co-sponsors.  The bill is aimed at ensuring that U.S. financial aid to Israel is not used to fund the Israeli military’s systematic detention of Palestinian children. The legislation leaves financial assistance already committed in place. H.R. 4391 prohibits U.S....

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