Pat Ryan: Listen to Hudson Valley Voters, Not AIPAC Donors.
https://patryanrecord.org/
Pat Ryan: Listen to Hudson Valley Voters
From Ground Zero - Part 1
David Rovics live in Woodstock
Please put this in your calendar and tell people about it. David’s songs are powerful testimonies about Gaza, Palestine, and social justice here and everywhere. His songs are not only good music, they are insightful, entertaining and informative. David is a very prolific activist songwriter in the tradition of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie.
Note: There will be plenty of tabling space for all you activists.
Students had questions
I only had two students who didn't take a flyer. Quite the opposite, a number of students had questions. Here is Eli talking about Gaza. No security asked us to leave.
Film: "The Teacher" on Sunday, September 28
SUNDAY, September 28, from 2:00 - 5:00 PM at the Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St., Kingston, NY. Showing of the international, award winning film “The Teacher," a story about a Palestinian educator who struggles to reconcile his commitment to political resistance with the chance for a new relationship. Free admission and community reflection/discussion after the film. Cosponsored by: Middle East Crisis Response mideastcrisis.org, Mid Hudson Valley DSA, Rally Middletown, JVP Hudson Valley, Peace Education Center, and Veterans For Peace, Women In Black - New Paltz. Contact: mecr@mideastcrisis.org or 845 876-7906
Two campaigns to free Palestine
These two campaigns deserve our special attention. It is too bad the titles sound very similar. But all that we are asking is two phone calls. I just made them myself, and it took about three minutes. -Fred
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"Block the Bombs to Israel" campaign:
Since the beginning of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza in
October 2023, the US has given more than $30 billion in taxpayer-funded weapons to Israel to enable its atrocities. The US is not only complicit in Israel’s killing of more than 60,000 Palestinians–our weapons make us partners in crime.
Rep. Ryan's office reports they're not hearing much from constituents about the Block the Bombs to Israel Act (HR3565) - but your voice can change that. Constituent pressure is working. Representatives who were always pro-Israel and take AIPAC money are now co-sponsoring this bill because voters called their offices and put pressure on them. 37 House Democrats have already signed on.URGENT: Call Rep. Pat Ryan's DC Office About HR3565 (Block the Bombs Act).
Call Rep. Ryan: (202) 225-5614
As Israel escalates its genocidal violence by killing and starving Palestinians, and by driving them from their homes, it’s time to Block the Bombs!
https://www.blockthebombs.org/
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"Break the Bonds" campaign:
You can call Comptroller DiNapoli at either of the following phone numbers:
NY City Office: 212-383-1600
Albany Office: 518-474-4044
This campaign is sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace.
Learn More & Sign the Petition
https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/btb-nys/
The Encampments showing in Rhinebeck
The Encampments
Trailer Review
Starr・Rhinebeck
Friday, August 29: 5:15 PM
Saturday, August 30: 5:15 PM
Sunday, August 31: 5:15 PM
Monday, September 1: 5:15 PM
Tuesday, September 2: 7:45 PM
CLICK ON SHOWTIME TO PURCHASE TICKETS, THEATER AND ACCESSIBILITY INFO
https://www.upstatefilms.org/the-encampments
The Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University began with 50 students pitching tents in the campus’s designated protest zone, then soon became an international movement demanding university administrations divest from Israel and weapons manufacturing. This stirring film’s protagonists include the personable Mahmoud Khalil (who was arrested in March as part of an effort to deport pro-Palestinian student activists). The strength of the film is that it avoids getting caught up in polemics, instead focusing solely on the encampments and the people who led them. (dir. Kei Pritsker, Michael T Workman, U.S., 2025, 83 min.)
“The Encampments is not just critical in capturing the real-time makings of a movement, but in laying bare the consequences of this response.” — Hollywood
The Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University began with 50 students pitching tents in the campus’s designated protest zone, then soon became an international movement demanding university administrations divest from Israel and weapons manufacturing. This stirring film’s protagonists include the personable Mahmoud Khalil (who was arrested in March as part of an effort to deport pro-Palestinian student activists). The strength of the film is that it avoids getting caught up in polemics, instead focusing solely on the encampments and the people who led them. (dir. Kei Pritsker, Michael T Workman, U.S., 2025, 83 min.)
“The Encampments is not just critical in capturing the real-time makings of a movement, but in laying bare the consequences of this response.” — Hollywood
Beacon Farmers' Market this Sunday
Beacon Farmers' Market
Sun, August 24 in Beacon at 11 am
(223 Main Street, Beacon)
This is the last scheduled Farmers' Market event for August in Dutchess County. It is our chance to get out there and talk to people about Gaza and about free speech. Our right wing government as well as our college presidents would like us to believe that criticizing Israel is antisemitic. But we the people see how this word is being used to defend the barbarous mass murders we see in Gaza.
We pass out watermelon slices (a symbol of a free Palestine) and flyers, so we get to talk to a lot of people from 11 am to 12 noon. Our group, https://mideastcrisis.org/ is setting up the table. But we hope that others can join us for a morning of truth telling.
Free, Free, Free Palestine!
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