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Would the Mets host a guest that said that 'democracy is poison to Blacks'?
Would the Mets host a guest that said, 'you'll never get the truth out of an Indian'?
Would the Mets host a guest that said that 'the US should give Latinos
social rights, but not give them a say in how our country is governed'?
Read more...
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| Tell the Mets: No to the Hebron Fund |
 (November 17, 2009) Tell the Mets to cancel the Hebron Fund dinner! The
New York Mets are allowing the Hebron Fund, a Brooklyn-based non-profit
supporting violent and racist Israeli settlers living in the West Bank
City of Hebron, to hold a fundraiser at Citi Field on November 21st.
These are the settlers whose unchecked violence against the Palestinian
population has been described by Israeli newspaper Haaretz as a
lynching and a pogrom.
Join us on Wednesday to tell Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to Cancel the Event! Tell the Mets & Major League Baseball Not to Support Violent, Israeli Racist Settlers. |
| Call Hillary: Free Mohammad Othman |
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Call US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and ask her about Mohammad Othman: +1-202-647-5291
Tell
her that he has been unfairly detained by Israel since Sep 22, and you
are concerned about him. Ask her to demand that Israel
Free Mohammad Othman More info and talking points.
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| Fight efforts to kill the UN Goldstone Gaza report |
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continued attacks on the Goldstone Report prevent accountability for
the civilian victims before, during and after the attack on Gaza --
both Palestinians and Israelis -- and shred the rule of law. That's why we are asking you:
Please click here to sign our international petition to support the Goldstone Report.
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| JVP Responds to the Goldstone Report |
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, after strong
protests from Palestinian civil society, reversed course and decided to
reintroduce the Goldstone Report to the UN Human Rights Council, including discussion of unrest in Jerusalem and ongoing conditions in Gaza. The report will be heard and debated at the Council on
Thursday and Friday, October 15th and 16th. Read more...
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| Tell Obama that Palestinian Activist Mohammad Othman must be released immediately! |
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On September 22, Mohammad Othman was arrested and detained by Israeli
soldiers on the Allenby Bridge Crossing, the border from Jordan to
Palestine. He was returning from a trip to Norway, where he was
advocating for Palestinian human rights. Ask U.S. President Obama to
press for his immediate release. |
| This Is My Promise |
As we celebrate the new year with Rosh Hashanah, we must reflect on
what we have done - and what we can still do - to work toward a more
just and peaceful world. Visit www.ThisIsMyPromise.org to gain inspiration from what others have pledged to do to repair the world, and to make the pledge yourself.
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| Sign the Petition: Stand Up Against the Lies at the Toronto International Film Festival! |
JVP supports the 1,000 plus signers of the Toronto
International Film Festival (TIFF) protest letter, "The Toronto
Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation,” including Harry Belafonte, Jane
Fonda, Julie Christie, Danny Glover, Naomi Klein, Eve Ensler, and
many Palestinians and Israelis. The letter does not call for boycott. The signers believe the festival's choice of celebrating Tel Aviv- in line with a deceptive Brand Israel campaign focused on diverting attention from the treatment of Palestinians- is inappropriate given Israel’s nearly 42-year
occupation of the Palestinian Territories, the recent assault and
continuing siege on Gaza, and the history of and ongoing dispossession
of Palestinians in Tel Aviv-Jaffa itself. We agree. To sign the petition in support of the Toronto Declaration signers, click here.
Want to learn more? Go here: A blizzard of lies and Response to historical distortions
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| Why We Refuse Tour Launches September 12th! |
www.WhyWeRefuse.org
JVP and CODEPINK: Women for Peace are excited to sponsor a nation-wide US speaking tour by two young women who courageously refuse to occupy. Visit our website for information about their tour, Sept. 12th through October 10th!
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| Tell Congress: Our money comes with strings attached! |
Despite President Barack Obama's very clear position against Israel's blockade on Gaza and continued settlement expansion, Israel continues to forbid humanitarian assistance from entering Gaza and expand its West Bank settlements. We are asking
Congress, why is Israel being rewarded with almost
3 billion dollars in aid when it ignores American policies and
continues to use our money to build settlements and maintain the
blockade of Gaza? Shouldn't our aid come with strings attached?
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