Addameer’s Lana Ramadan in Chicago Oct 25 | Yousef Aljamal in MKE Oct 26 | Refounding of Natl Alliance w Angela Davis & Rasmea Odeh Nov 22-24

USPCN hosting Lana Ramadan of Addameer in Chicago Friday, October 25th

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Please join us as Lana Ramadan – the International Advocacy Officer of Addameer, the most prominent Palestinian political prisoners support organization in the world – discusses the Israeli raid on its offices in Ramallah, the most recent, brutal escalation of attacks on political prisoners and their advocates, and Palestinian resistance to this policy.

In addition, solidarity messages from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Organized Communities Against Deportations.

And the main reason you must come out to hear Lana speak, Gag Order Renewed: Ban on Addameer from publishing any information on several detainees under interrogation.

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USPCN supporting two events for Palestinian writer and human rights activist Yousef Aljamal in Milwaukee Saturday, October 26th

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Join us for a conversation and reading with Palestinian writer and human rights activist Yousef Aljamal. Local Milwaukee activists will be on hand to discuss connections between child detention in Palestine and the U.S. prison industrial complex, including migrant detention.

Yousef is on a speaking tour in the U.S. organized nationally by Just World Educational. He grew up in a refugee camp in Gaza and lived through the three major assaults that Israel launched on the Strip in 2008, 2012, and 2014.

Yousef recently translated into English the book Dreaming of Freedom: Palestinian Child Prisoners Speak, and he contributed a short story to the anthology Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine.

All welcome. Light refreshments served.
Wheelchair accessible.
Free surface parking and on transit routes.

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Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities. For more information or to request accommodations, contact us at [email protected]

**Permission to use a library space does not imply library endorsement of the aims, views, policies, or activities of any group or organization.

The U.S. tour is organized nationally by Just World Educational and locally by Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee; USPCN Milwaukee; and Milwaukee County Progressives No Palestine Exception Group.

Co-sponsors: Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition, Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement

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