Author: candice
-
CWRU (Case Western Reserve University) is expelling pro-Palestinian student activists. Between November 2024 and February 2025, 11 students and activists at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) were arrested and charged with multiple felonies for their role in a demonstration for Palestine. The protest involved painting buildings and posting flyers to highlight CWRU’s complicity in the ongoing genocide…
-
CPAC has endorsed six anti-genocide candidates for Cleveland City Council. At least 3,500 additional votes are needed to secure their win. All six candidates are actually fighting for Clevelanders, not the pockets of developers or special and foreign interest lobbies. Please support these candidates by visiting and sharing their websites, talking about them with your…
-
In early 2025, Reebok signed a sponsorship contract with the Israel Football Association (IFA), which includes in its official leagues teams in Israel’s illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land. The IFA actively advocates, together with the Israeli government, to maintain these teams. Palestinians are calling on Reebok to immediately withdraw from the contract, or face…
-
By Don Bryant The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza was a courageous feat that gave a huge boost to the morale of our movement. It was also a global embarrassment to Bibi Netanyahu, further exposing the inhumanity of the Zionist Israeli regime. At least 42 civilian boats carrying over 400 activists from 37 countries launched…
-
By Patrick Madison, MBA When we, as consumers, use our purchasing power to practice Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions (BDS), we assume that we are beingheard, but this is not always the case. For example, while McDonald’sdid attribute its drop in 2024 sales in the Middle East to Israel’s War inGaza, it blamed much of its…
-
By Don Bryant & Jenelle Vincent Last month, the Cleveland Palestine Advocacy Community joined organizers from across North America for the second annual People’s Conference for Palestine. We spent three days in Detroit learning from leaders in the Palestine movement and networking with other people and organizations in the struggle. The Cleveland contingent of over…
-
The People’s Distro is launching their first ever initiative rooted in connecting local and global struggles for food sovereignty, with a special spotlight on Palestine and Sudan. The next People’s Distro is on September 25 in Ward 12, which is home to may Palestinian and Sudanese families. These communities came here as refugees and asylum…
-
Here are some actions you can take today to oppose the starvation and genocide Israel is inflicting on Gaza: Donate to Ashraf’s Campaign Ashraf Abu Hamda is a 20-year-old aspiring nursing student who has been using money fundraised by CPAC to provide water trucks to the community in Gaza. He has helped more than 1,000…