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Details and Schedule The Legacy of Lynching: Art and Practice brings together scholars, artists, activists, and curators for a conversation on the history of lynching, antiracist activism past and present, and the role of contemporary art in visualizing and confronting racial violence. Also: The Lynching of Zachariah Walker: A Local Legacy exhibition November 5–23, 2018 …

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Dear C/J Allies Friends,Last year, many of you participated in our fund raising event for Hebron International Resource Network, an organization that provides VERY grassroots support to Palestinians directly affected by the Occupation.  Hamed Qawasmeh, H.I.R.N.’s founder, was at St. Martin’s in the Fields for that event and a lot of Allies got to know him.This year, we …

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From email sent out by The Action Network: Susan Abulhawa, the Palestinian novelist, has been denied entry at Tel Aviv Airport on her way to the Kalimat Palestinian Literature Festival sponsored in part by the British Council. Despite the help of a lawyer from the British Council, the US Embassy and the festival organizers who …

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Amnesty International is alarmed at report that Israel has gone from shooting at protesters to adopting a “zero tolerance” policy towards them.  Amnesty International called on the Israeli government to rein in its armed forces, which have routinely used unnecessary or excessive force during Gaza’s weekly “The Great March of Return” protests. This follows a …

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Ahmed Mansour is an NYU graduate of documentary film-making from Gaza, will talk about his personal journey beginning in a refugee camp in Gaza and continuing through his current activism in Brooklyn, illustrated withclips from some of his documentaries. Flyer for event. Sunday, October 21 at 3:00PMat the Liam Azar Center of the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, entrance at 23 S. …

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Gaza’s economy is being sanctioned by both President Abbas of the West Bank and by the US, both of which are pushing unemployment in Gaza sky-high. World bank is now warning that economy of Gaza is in free-fall. “The economic deterioration in both Gaza and West Bank can no longer be counteracted by foreign aid, …

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