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By Redacción

¡LyR!: Viajó a Palestina con una delegación de otros estadounidenses. ¿Por qué fueron?

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Entrevista con Maha Nassar, líder de los Comités de la Unión de Mujeres Palestinas

Maha Nassar, activista, educadora, madre y ex-prisionera política, visitó los Estados Unidos como parte de una gira para hablar del trabajo que ella hace como líder de los Comités de la Unión de Mujeres Palestinas. Maha Nassar nos comparte sus años de experiencia trabajando por la libertad y resistencia Palestina ante la ocupación Israelí. Ella habla, llana y sencillamente sobre donde ha estado el movimiento y hacia donde debe encaminarse. Los Comités de la Unión de Mujeres Palestinas es uno de los grupos más importantes que trabaja para la justicia social en Palestina. Un país donde por la justicia se pelea con piedras en contra de tanques blindados, las palabras deben de ser armas y el conocimiento poder. Lea y aprenda de la gente que resiste sobre la lucha Palestina.

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Lucha y Resiste entrevistó al encarcelado Secretario General del Frente Popular por la Liberación de Palestina (FPLP), Ahmad Saadat, el 20 de Mayo. En momentos en que los ojos del mundo están enfocados en el Medio Oriente, nosotros agradecemos la oportunidad de traerles a ustedes, nuestros lectores, el pensamiento, en sus propias palabras, de uno de los líderes claves de la resistencia Palestina.

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By staff

Firsthand Report on Growing Resistance

Fight Back!: You traveled to Palestine with a delegation of other people from the U.S. Why did you go?

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Denounce “the tight grip of the Israeli occupation of Palestine”

A photo of Katrina Plotz and Sarah Martin at the press conference.

Bloomington, MN – Israeli security forces refused entry to three U.S. solidarity activists for attempting to participate in a human rights delegation organized by the Palestine Solidarity Group. Sarah Martin, member of Women Against Military Madness, and Katrina Plotz, of the Anti-War Committee, refused voluntary deportation and were forcibly deported Sunday evening, August 2. It was an emotional reunion at the airport on Monday afternoon, as Martin and Plotz were greeted with cheers and embraces by dozens of friends and supporters, carrying signs reading “Free Palestine!” and “End the occupation!”

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By staff

Voices from the protest

These are statements from some of the many people who will protest against the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN on September 1-4, 2008.

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By Anti-War Committee

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following announcement  from the Anti-war Committee for their press conference on Monday August 3:

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By Kosta Harlan

Letter Delivered to Administration Demands Boycott and Divestment

A photo of SDS members delivering the petition

Chapel Hill, NC – A delegation of students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) delivered a letter to Chancellor Thorp's office, Feb. 25, demanding that UNC divest from Israel. Holding a banner that said, “End U.S. aid to Israel!” the students explained their demands to the university administrator who received the letter in place of Chancellor Thorp. “We want our university to stop investing in the murder of Palestinian civilians,” said Maddy Miller, a member of SDS.

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_Please forward – Take action today _

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee ( http://www.antiwarcommittee.org):

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By staff

In addition to the internal debates over the future of labor, there are two struggles over foreign policies that will happen at the July convention of the AFL-CIO. One is a campaign underway to get the AFL-CIO to break its ties with the National Endowment for Democracy. A second is to end AFL-CIO support for the state of Israel’s occupation and oppression of Palestine.

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By Chapin Gray

People holding SDS banner that reads: US OUT NOW!

Washington, DC – People across the country took to the streets to protest on the sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Demonstrators called for an end to the ongoing wars and occupations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. It was the first national day of protest against the war and occupations since Obama was elected president.

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By Hatem Abudayyeh

Washington, D.C. Chants of “No return, no peace!” filled Lafayette Park, Sep16, as over 4500 demonstrators demanded the right of Palestinian refugees to return to the land they were forced from in 1948. As the protesters marched from Freedom Plaza to this park overlooking the White House, organizers marveled at the largest mobilization of Arab demonstrators since the Gulf War.

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By staff

The ongoing massacre of Palestinians, by the U.S.-backed Israeli government has sparked demonstrations across the country. Protests have been held in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Minneapolis, and many other cities.

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By Hatem Abudayyeh

Chicago, IL - More than 3,500 Palestinians and their supporters braved the bitter cold to protest the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak here Nov. 13. Barak, speaking at the national convention of the United Jewish Communities, tried to garner support for his country's military campaign against Palestinian civilians in the illegally occupied territories of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem.

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By Fight Back! Editors

Protest in New York

Palestinian children are shot down and murdered by Israeli troops every week. Their blood is on the streets and their funerals are pictured in our magazines. Using U.S. guns, mortars, tanks, and helicopters, the Israeli state has killed over 400 people since September. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been wounded.

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By Jeremy Lahoud

The hypocrisy of Albright and Barak:

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By Hatem Abudayyeh

Israel bonds protest in Chicago

Chicago, IL - Palestinian activists and their supporters held a silent demonstration on June 13 to protest Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land. David Ivry, Israeli ambassador to the United States, was the keynote speaker at a black-tie dinner and fundraiser for Israel bonds at the Hilton Hotel and Towers downtown. The purchase of these bonds help finance illegal settlement projects in Palestine, where Jewish-only housing is built on stolen Palestinian land.

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By Hatem Abudayyeh

Since September 11, Israel has used the pretext of Bush's war against “terrorism” to illegally re-occupy Palestinian villages and cities in the areas administered by the Palestinian Authority. In the midst of this new Israeli siege, dozens of Palestinians were killed, and thousands injured and arrested. The U.S. and Israel have begun to pressure Yasser Arafat, the president of the Palestinian Authority, to crack down on the Intifada (or uprising) and quell the legal resistance to Israel's military occupation.

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By Hatem Abudayyeh

Editors note: The following article was prepared before Israel's all-out assault on West Bank Palestinians. Since the invasion began, the Palestinian resistance has waged a heroic struggle to beat back the army of occupation. Massive demonstrations have taken place in many Arab countries, in Europe, and the in the U.S. On April 4, nearly 10,000 rallied in New York City.

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