[Marxism] PALESTINIAN POPULAR CONFERENCE - August '08

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Al-Nakba: 60 Years of Catastrophe--60 Years  of Resilience

PALESTINIAN POPULAR  CONFERENCE 
Chicago, Illinois 
August 8-10, 2008

Efforts to  convene a popular conference for Palestinians in the United 
States on August 8,  2008 continue unabated. It has been little over a year 
since 
the call for a  popular conference for the Palestinian people in the US was 
circulated. Since  then, the response has been, for the most part, 
enthusiastic. 
More meetings were  convened. More ideas were exchanged. Students, youth, 
workers, housekeepers,  artists, and teachers who spearheading this endeavor 
recognize the imperative of  holding a community-wide meeting of Palestinian 
Americans for the purpose of  making our community's contribution to the 
Palestinian 
struggle more effective  and united. 

The conference will be an arena for the larger sector of our  community to 
assert its voice for a Free Palestine, and is support of persecuted  
Palestinians, whether they live in Gaza, Haifa, Nablus, Nazareth, Baghdad,  
Lebanon, 
Chicago, or Tampa. Equally important, the conference will prove wrong  those 
who 
are urging the Palestinian people to forfeit its legitimate national  and human 
rights due to an unfavorable balance of power. 

Palestinians in  the US are doubly obligated to assume a central role in the 
struggle for a Free  Palestine--they constitute one of the most affluent 
Palestinian communities in  the shataat, and their country of residence, the 
United 
States, has been  actively engaged in subverting and destroying the 
Palestinians' rights,  aspirations, and lives. 

Therefore, we call on our fellow Palestinians  and their supporters in the US 
to join this much-needed effort to unite and  maximize the effectiveness of 
our community. It is time for us to transcend the  self-destructive 
fragmentation and inter-organizational animosities that  continue to afflict 
our ranks, 
taking as our terms of reference the common  aspirations of our people, whether 
in exile or under occupation-- self  determination, equality, implementation 
of the right of return, and ending the  occupation and colonization of 
Palestine. 

Get involved and participate in the efforts to  organize the Popular 
Conference. For more information:  
Web: _http://www.palestineconference.org/_ 
(http://www.palestineconference.org/) 
Email: _palestineconferenceusa@xxxxxxxxxx 
(mailto:palestineconferenceusa@xxxxxxxxx)  
Call:  Monadel Herzallah at (408) 849-7977.

Donate and help us with conference-associated  expenses, including ensuring 
wide community participation. Make a secure  donation, using your credit card, 
through Paypal.. Click on: _http://www.palestineconference_ 
(http://www.palestineconference.org/donate.html) _.org/donate.html_ 
(http://www.palestineconference.org/donate.html)  and  follow the instructions.

Alternatively, send your donation to: USPCN (US  Palestine Conference 
Network)* P.O. Box 22518 San Francisco, CA  94122

Register for the conference.  Please, click: _http://www.palestineconference_ 
(http://www.palestineconference.org/register.html)   _.org/register.html_ 
(http://www.palestineconference.org/register.html)  ,  or send an email to 
_palestineconferenceusa@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:palestineconferenceusa@xxxxxxxxx) 

Endorse the Popular Conference. Email your  organization's endorsement to 
_conference@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
(mailto:conference@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) 

The  Popular Conference Coordinating Committee 
Jamilah Shami, Monadel Herzallah,  Mazin Qumsiyeh, Khairi Shadeed,
Emad El-Khatib, Noura Erekat, Magdi Odeh,  Hatem Abudayyeh,
Abbas Hamidah, Samir Tuffaha, Hesham  Tillawi
_____________________________
*The US Palestinian Conference  Network (USPCN is registered with the 
State of Illinois. Its application for  recognition of its 501 (c) (3),
tax-exempt status is pending final  approval).

**List of endorsers:

Organizations
Aidoun/Returnees (Lebanon) 
Aidoun/Returnees  (Syria)
Ajras Al-Awda (Syria)
AJYAL Center (Lebanon)
Al-Khalisa  Association (Lebanon)
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition  (USA)
(USA)
American  Muslims for Palestine (USA) 
Association of Women for Jerusalem  (Lebanon)
Badil Resource Center (Palestine)
Children of the Land Center  (Syria)
Defending the Right of Return Committees (Syria)
Farah Association  (Syria)
General Union of Palestinian Students, SFSU (USA)
Jafra Center  (Syria)
Jaridat Sawt Al-Wihda--Voice of Unity Newspaper (Lebanon)
Justice  For Palestinians (California, USA) 
Palestine Solidarity Group  (USA)
Palestine Youth Organization (Syria)
Palestinian American Congress  (USA)
Palestinian American Federation (USA)
Palestinian Arab Center  (Lebanon)
Palestinian National Democratic Unions (Syria)
Palestinian  Popular Gathering (Lebanon) 
Tarshiha Youth Movement (Lebanon)
The One  Democratic State Group (Palestine)
Union of Women Committees  (Syria)




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