Decades of Displacing Palestinians

Al-Shabaka Policy Brief 18 June 2013 Munir Nuseibah Overview Most discussion of Palestinian dispossession – including by Palestinians themselves – focuses on the 1948 Nakba and the forced exile of more than 700,000 Palestinians by Zionist forces intent on creating an...

Sightseeing in the Apartheid State

Sightseeing in the Apartheid State : From Ben Gurion to the West Bank Portside Date:  June 13, 2013 Author:  Cynthia Franklin   This May, I traveled with nine other U.S. faculty members to East Jerusalem and the West Bank . Part of a region where every millimeter...

The Return to Iqrit

The return to Iqrit Descendants of those expelled from one Palestinian village during the creation of Israel are trying to reclaim the land. Jonathan Cook Al-Jazeera English June 9, 2013   Walaa Sbeit (right) has helped lead the reclamation of Iqrit's land Jonathan...

The Oslo Illusion

by Adam Hanieh The Oslo Accords weren’t a failure for Israel — they served as a fig leaf to consolidate and deepen its control over Palestinian life. Illustration by Erin Schell This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords between the...

Stifling Student Voices

  Stifling student voices By Yvonne Abraham  |  Globe Columnist   June 13, 2013 It’s not the ’60s anymore. Colleges used to be hotbeds of political activity, combative marketplaces of ideas. Now they’re overpriced country clubs with climbing walls, sushi, and a...

WESPAC Speakers Bureau

WESPAC can offer speakers on a wide range of topics including youth organizing, food justice, Israel/Palestine, safe energy and much more.  This page is currently under construction but please feel free to contact the office if you would like to invite a speaker.

Criminal Justice

WESPAC Foundation is concerned about the criminal justice system.  We work in solidarity with other groups and organizations in Westchester County to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws, to eliminate racial profiling, and to address the structural and institutional...

Public Banking Press Conference in Albany

“Public banking will give New York State influence over the process of financial intermediation and will allow the government to use the banking industry as a lever to advance its economic development efforts.  A Public Bank is a strong step towards enabling a...

An Evening to Support Youth Activism

Come and hear Bronx public school teacher Ayesha Hoda, who developed her activist roots at WESPAC, and Hany Massoud, Democracy Now! Producer, talk about their direct action program for youth, Justice by the Pen.   Sign up for the event on facebook:...

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