Stand with Alice Walker: Anti-Zionism is NOT Anti-Semitism!​

As censorship is becoming the norm in the United States, Alice Walker, who is a friend of UNAC, a human rights fighter, antiwar activist, feminist and world-renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple has been invited and then disinvited to the Bay Area Book Festival.  This was done because her consistent stand in support of Palestinian rights.  This they claim is anti-semitism.  A petition was created with 60 initial signers of authors and activists.  The festival organizers were told that if they do not reinstate her, we would initiate a public campaign and ask people to boycott the festival.  The festival organizers have not commented and have not reinstated Alice Walker.

Part of this public campaign is to get signatures on the petition.  You can read and sign the petition and see the 60 initial signers and the names of all others who are signing by clicking the link below.  Each signature will send an email to the organizers of the festival.

Please join this important effort by signing the statement.

GEICO supports Israeli apartheid

Just before Ramadan began, GEICO Insurance invited me to meet and talk with their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team. I was happy to discuss Arab-American heritage, especially during the holy month of Ramadan.

Then, yesterday, in the middle of my fast for Ramadan two things happened that shocked me — and broke my heart.

I got the news that GEICO — the world-famous insurance company worth tens of billions of dollars — had decided to abruptly cancel the event with me.

Then, GEICO publicly justified their decision by smearing my work advocating for marginalized communities as “hatred” across their social media accounts.

All during Ramadan.

Let GEICO know you demand they do the right thing and rescind their statement & apologize to their Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian employees and customers. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment to push back against anti-Arab and Islamophobic hate.

On Twitter? Tweet at GEICO to let them know that we won’t back down from anti-Arab, anti-Muslim discrimination.

Linda Sarsour and the MPower Change team

Boycott Israeli Dates

Buy Palestinian dates this Ramadan!

If you’re looking for a place to buy alternative dates, AMP has partnered with Penny Appeal USA and Buycott Palestine, two companies that sell authentic Palestinian dates. Make your purchases now in time for Ramadan!

Penny Appeal USA Phone number: (202) 851-2112 Email: info@pennyappealusa.org

Buycott Palestine Phone number: (416) 897 1907 Email: buycottPalestine@gmail.com

If you have any questions about the products or shipping times, please feel free to contact the companies directly as we are not fulfilling orders on their behalf.

Let's Boycott Israeli Dates

Jessi Sander, a Jewish American school teacher, fired for a blog post supporting Palestinian rights

Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:

GUESTS: Jessi Sander, a Jewish American school teacher, and her lawyer Robert Herbst talk about why she was fired from her job by the Westchester Reform Temple for a recreational blog post criticizing the most recent attack on Gaza by the State of Israel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/nyregion/synagogues-israel-opinion.html

Activist Radio can be heard: Thursdays 5-6 pm on WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Thursdays from 9-10 pm on WBDY 99.5 FM at The Bundy in Binghamton, NY; Sundays 1:30-2:30 pm on WESU 88.1 FM at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. Past programs are available as a podcast, or anytime on the web at https://ClassWars.org

 

One minute to write the Sierra Club

Three weeks ago, we joined a coalition of Palestinian, Indigenous, and other progressive organizations to tell the Sierra Club to cancel their trips that greenwash Israel’s settler colonialism—and they listened. The Unity Intifada has called social justice advocates around the globe to choose solidarity with the Palestinian people over complicity with Israeli apartheid. But now, Zionist organizations are trying to erase this and other hard-won gains by the Palestinian people in the Palestinian struggle for justice.

The Jewish Community Relations Council has already decided to ‘coordinate a nationwide response’ pressuring the Sierra Club to reverse their principled choice. That’s why it’s so important that the Sierra Club hear from you now, to drive home the message that they made the right decision in choosing solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Take one minute of your time to write to Sierra Club now. Tell them to stay steadfast in choosing justice for the Palestinian people over complicity with apartheid.

Take Action

Blogging for Palestine

Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:

GUEST: Yousef Aljamal: translator, blogger, and co-host of the podcast, "The World From Palestine," talks about his first hand experience exposing and resisting the narratives of settler colonialists.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-world-from-palestine-episode-2/id390754844?i=1000549276974

Activist Radio can be heard: Thursdays 5-6 pm on WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Thursdays from 9-10 pm on WBDY 99.5 FM at The Bundy in Binghamton, NY; Sundays 1:30-2:30 pm on WESU 88.1 FM at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. Past programs are available as a podcast, or anytime on the web at https://ClassWars.org

 

#EndEthnicCleansing  

In coordination with dozens of other organizations across the world, American Muslims for Palestine calls on you to mobilize in solidarity with the Palestinian people as they continue to resist the ethnic cleansing of Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan, al-Naqab, the Jordan Valley, the southern Hebron Hills and beyond.

Here are some actions you can take this weekend in solidarity and coordination with Palestine solidarity advocates around the world:  Email your Member of Congress using our action tool here. Participate in a social media storm across all three days of action using our toolkit here.  Organize and attend local protests. Continue to maintain BDS efforts, including campaigns against the JNF, Hyundai Heavy Industries, G4S/Allied Universal, NSO (Pegasus), HP, and others to hold corporations enabling Israeli apartheid accountable for their complicity.