Join us for a virtual town hall on Wednesday, May 20th, at 7 PM Central Time to hear directly from organizers, healthcare workers, and activists. Learn more about what we’ve accomplished so far through this campaign, our upcoming June 6 action (swipe for the flyer), and the next steps ahead! RSVP: bit.ly/520abusafiya
On June 6th, we are calling on people across Chicago, the Midwest, and beyond to join us in protesting the American Medical Association as both the Board of Trustees and the House of Delegates meet at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
We are demanding that the AMA call for the immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and all detained Palestinian medical personnel.
It is time for the AMA to speak up, and we will not rest until Dr. Abu Safiya is FREE, until the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide ends, and until Palestine is free!
On this solemn day of commemoration, we remember and hold in our hearts habibitna Maisa Assata Abudayyeh, the daughter of Hatem Abudayyeh, chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network's (USPCN’s) National Coordinating Committee. Maisa passed away on January 28th, 2025, exactly one year ago today, after a courageous three-year battle with cancer.
Her vibrant and tenacious spirit taught us all what it looks like to stand tall against adversity, even when it sometimes seems overwhelming. With the unwavering support of her parents, Naima Saadeh and Hatem, and extended blood and chosen family, she focused on thriving under the most unfair conditions. She loved deeply—her parents, family, friends, community, and homeland of Palestine.
May all those who knew and cared for Maisa feel her essence and love around them today.
As we remember Maisa’s special life, we invite you to read these beautiful obituaries that capture her incredible spirit.
Countless prisoner testimonies reveal the sadistic torture practice called “Disco Rooms”, in which Palestinian prisoners are chained to a metal chair in an empty room, with extremely loud music blaring 24/7 while enduring other forms of torture at the same time.
TAKE ACTION NOW! We will not stand idle as our steadfast prisoners, the compass of our struggle, are enduring the most extreme forms of torture at the hands of a sadistic entity.
SHAME: OAKLAND FUNDS ISRAELI SURVEILLANCE COMPANY
In a flagrant betrayal of the people’s will, Oakland has approved of a $140,000 contract for OPD to continue using Cellebrite — an Israel-based digital forensics firm built on Zionist military intelligence.
By funding Universal Forensic Extraction Device (UFED) technology, Oakland is subsidizing a Zionist tool that has been tested through the surveillance and blackmail of Palestinians to bypass encryption and harvest the private lives, deleted messages, and location data of Oakland residents.
Cellebrite was founded by former members of Unit 8200, the infamous Zionist intelligence unit which has used the same technology to surveil, oppress, and blackmail Palestinians under the Israeli occupation. Already in the U.S., ICE has contracted with Cellebrite to facilitate detentions and deportations by mining the digital lives of immigrants here.
During the public hearing, every single community comment was in total opposition. Yet Oakland city counsel ignored their constituents and voted to bypass the bidding process and proceed with funding the phone-tracking contract and Israel’s surveillance regime.This decision to support Zionist tactics of repression against Palestinians and to use them against marginalized and over-policed communities in Oakland is a total betrayal of Oakland’s self-proclaimed progressive values.
While Oakland’s civilian airport continues to be used to send military cargo for Israel’s F-35 fighter jets, Oakland is further entrenching itself in Zionism, directly aiding in the occupation and genocide and importing its violence back home. Oakland must cut ties with Zionism, not create new ones.
Today student leader Layan Naser has been released from prison, where she spent more than 8 months with no trial or access to legal representation. She removed her shoes and ran to freedom despite occupation prison systems continues attempts to arrest and detain her.
Just 25 years old, this is Layan's third imprisonment, and second since October 7th. She has been systematically targeted for her organizing against the occupations brutal policies.
We celebrate Layan's release, and we remeber that there are thousands of women like Layan held occupation prisons who continue to experience systematic torture, deprivation, and humiliation form prison guards.
We demand the release of all Palestinian political prisoners!
Today marks 78 years since the Nakba: the violent expulsion and dispossession of the Palestinian people through the zionist colonization of Palestine in 1948. More than 750,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes, hundreds of villages were destroyed, and an entire people was turned into refugees in order to establish and expand the zionist, settler colonial state, built through ethnic cleansing, occupation, and war.
Today, we witness that ongoing Nakba in Gaza, where the U.S.-backed zionist occupation carries out genocide, starvation, siege, and mass displacement before the eyes of the world. We witness it in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem through military raids, settler violence, land theft, annexation, imprisonment, checkpoints, and attacks on Palestinian holy sites, foremost among them Al-Aqsa Mosque. The occupation also continues its assault on Palestinian refugees through efforts to dismantle UNRWA, erase the right of return, and permanently sever Palestinians from their homeland.
The zionist project does not threaten Palestine alone. It functions as a colonial outpost for Western imperialism across the region, threatening the peoples of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and the broader Arab nation while deepening repression, militarization, and war. The continued aggression of the occupation over 78 years remains a stain on every government, institution, and power that enables, protects, normalizes, or remains silent before its crimes — including the complicit Arab regimes that collaborate with imperialism, criminalize solidarity, suppress resistance, and pursue normalization while the Palestinian people endure occupation and genocide.
Nakba Day is not only a day of mourning. It is a day of resistance and political commitment: a commitment to reject normalization, defend the right of return, expand boycott and divestment campaigns, and stand in unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle for liberation.
Bay Area Nakba Day Program Announcement! Join us on Sunday May 17th for this year’s cultural gathering and commemoration of the 78th year of the Nakba. This is a family-friendly event, and light refreshments will be provided.
⏰ SUNDAY MAY 17 | 1:30–4 PM
📍Hummingbird Farms: 1669 Geneva Ave, SF
This event will feature:
Culture and Art Programming
History of the Palestinian Struggle Exhibit
The Palestinian Youth Ensemble
Dabke Performance
Zaatar Making (***Bring a container or tupperware***)
Join us this year to ground ourselves in culture, family stories, and performances that embody Palestinian resistance to erasure and the right of return. This Nakba Day, we affirm that no amount of cultural erasure and attempts at annihilation will break our bond to our homeland and our right to return to Palestine.
Thank you to everyone who showed up to the Pontiac city council tonight. Unfortunately, all 5 resolutions passed despite FANUC Americas and Williams Internationals failure to share concrete evidence that they have ever benefited Pontiac residents in the decades that they’ve been present in the community, nor were they able to refute their involvement in the ongoing escalations in Palestine, Lebanon and Iran. They continue to profit off false hope, false promises, destruction and death both here and abroad.
The fight isn’t over; it has only been made a higher priority to fight back against these war profiteering companies.
Wherever FANUC and Williams International go, we will be there to confront them for their participation in genocide.
We hope to see you all at the International Day of Action tomorrow outside of Fanuc’s Pontiac facility at 4 pm.
2031 Centerpoint Pkwy
Pontiac, MI 48341
United States
🇵🇸🇵🇸 MICHIGAN! The masses will gather on Friday, May 15 at 6:30 PM at Dearborn East Peace Park to commemorate the 78th Nakba, the mass displacement and ethnic cleansing of over 750,000 Palestinians in 1948.
We demand an end to the ongoing Nakba! We will continue the struggle until the full liberation of our people and return. SEE YOU THERE!
UNITY, LIBERATION, RETURN 🇵🇸🇵🇸
THE PEOPLE’S NEWSLETTER — Sign the petition to receive newsletter updates from the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo campaign!
From shutting down the Oakland Airport to making our voices loud and clear at the port commision meetings, to creating a newsletter to reach the masses! Over 22,000 people and counting have signed on demanding an end to military cargo shipments being sent to Israel through OAK. Sign and share our petition at ArmsEmbargoNow.com/Petition
Thank you to our partner and endorser @theshawarmaji for supporting our campaign and generously sponsoring lunch for our mass meeting! Go show Shawarmaji some love at 2100 Franklin Street in Oakland.
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