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HAPPENING TODAY

ALL OUT TO DC!! DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF FLOTILLA PARTICIPANTS!!

On May 18th and 19th, the zionist entity hijacked 54 boats in international waters which were sailing to Gaza to break the siege and deliver life-saving aid. Zionist occupation forces illegally abducted 496 crew members on board and their fates are currently unknown.

The flotilla missions terrify zionists as they materially threaten Israel’s continued siege of the Gaza Strip and its suffocation of Palestinians there. The flotillas demonstrates the power of coordinated action in the hands of the masses to deliver material wins where international actors and governments have failed.

Rally at the State Department to demand the immediate and unconditional release of all detained crew members, including 21 US citizens, and demand the US condemn and sanction Israel for its illegal abduction of the crew members and war crimes across Palestine.


Tune in to WPFW tomorrow at 2pm to hear PYM DMV’s Nakba day radio broadcast for Radio Free Palestine.

You will hear about our upcoming Nakba 78 rally and exhibit as we renew our commitment to the struggle for liberation and return. We will also hear from members of the VRS: No Pensions for Genocide Campaign; a local arms embargo campaign demanding divestment from war, and ending with a reading and discussion of a piece from the New York War Crimes: Palestinian prisoners day edition. WPFW will be doing all day programming for Radio Free Palestine along with stations across the globe from 5am to 7pm.

Make sure to tune in tomorrow at 2pm at 89.3FM or online at wpfw.org!


A children's program will also be offered, featuring dynamic traditional storytelling, music, and art activities. We encourage people of all ages to attend to learn from the exhibit and to bring stories of resilience and resistance from their own families.

📆 Saturday, May 16
Rally
⏰ 12:30 PM
📍US Capitol, E Capitol St NE & 1st St
🔗 Orgs endorse: https://bit.ly/nakba78-dc
Exhibit
⏰ 3-6 PM
📍Washington City Church of the Brethren, 337 North Carolina Ave SE


RALLY AND COMMUNITY EXHIBIT FOR NAKBA DAY!
Nakba Day first emerged as a day to not only commemorate the process of the Nakba in 1948, but also as a day to renew the Palestinian and Arab people's commitment to resisting the ongoing genocide, illegal siege, and displacement at the hands of the Zionist entity. 78 years later, we remain committed to return and liberation, a road paved by the blood of martyrs, the leadership of our prisoners, and the ingenuity of our people.

In DC, we will begin the day by rallying at the US Capitol. We will end the rally at Washington City Church of Brethren where we will host a community panel and exhibition highlighting our people’s steadfastness against Zionism dating as far back as the first Zionist settlements in Palestine in the 1880s to the present day.


Tune in to WPFW tonight at 7 pm to hear from VRS Divest from Weapons & War campaign. Researchers of the new groundbreaking report “Uncovering the Financial Ties between Virginia and the Weapons Supply Chain to Israel” will share more about the campaign, the research that went into the report, and what next steps people can take to divest their tax dollars and pension funds from weapons and war.

On Friday, as part of May Day programming across the nation, PYM DMV will be on to share more about the role of labor in the struggle for liberation. We will update this caption once the time is set.

You can tune in at 89.3FM or online at wpfwfm.org.


Репост из: VRS: No Pensions for Genocide
30+ organizations have signed onto the VRS Divest from Weapons and War campaign! This coalition of organizations represents the growing united front demanding that the VRS abides by its financial and ethical obligations to its stakeholders and divests from the war machine. Join us in the fight for divestment and for a world where our retirement funds are not fueling genocide and forever wars!

🔗 vrsdivest.org/endorse


Репост из: VRS: No Pensions for Genocide
Todays release coincides with the VRS’ monthly Board of Trustees meeting in which they review the investment portfolio and plan future investments. To date, they have dismissed the campaigns demands, arrested a firefighter for delivering the petition, invited a notorious war criminal to their yearly retreat, and further collaborated with war profiteers. This report demonstrates that divestment is both justified and achievable. The question that remains is whether the VRS will choose to act.

🔗 Read the report: vrsdivest.org/report

✉️ Contact: vrsdivest@gmail.com
✏️ Sign the petition: bit.ly/vrsdivest
✊ Organizations endorse: vrsdivest.org/endorse

📣 Press Conference today at the Board of Trustees Meeting, 1pm 901 E Cary St in Richmond, VA


Репост из: VRS: No Pensions for Genocide
A new report by the VRS Divest campaign uncovers $394 million of Virginian pensions and tax dollars invested in the Israeli supply chain of death. The report outlines how the Virginia Retirement System, the largest financial institution in the Virginia government, has invested the financial futures of hundreds of thousands of public workers in the weapons supply chain to Israel.

We affirm that the VRS’ investment decisions do not exist in a financial vacuum, but carry political and ethical consequences. The VRS has an obligation to respond to the ethical demands of their stakeholders by reevaluating their investment practices and ending their financial complicity in war and genocide. The VRS Divest campaign represents a critical opportunity to apply public pressure to the Board of Trustees and demand meaningful change.

Virginia public workers provide decades of service to their communities. We are fighting for a Virginia that reflects that service, not corporate interests and bloodshed.


Репост из: VRS: No Pensions for Genocide
On April 8th, hours after Iran announced a ceasefire deal that included Lebanon in its terms and displaced Lebanese began returning to their homes in anticipation, Israel launched over 160 airstrikes into Lebanese territory, targeting at least 44 municipalities across Beirut, Southern Lebanon, Beqaa, and Baalbek. The Lebanese Civil Defense Ministry confirms that these airstrikes have killed at least 254 Lebanese, injured over 1,165 more, and many remain trapped under rubble.

These massacres would not be possible without the U.S. supply chain of weapons to Israel, in which the Virginia Retirement System invests over $300 million of pension funds and tax dollars. We cannot stand by while public agencies like the VRS tie our money to the genocidal Zionist entity and its crimes against Palestinians and Lebanese. A total arms embargo is urgent. Demand the VRS divest from weapons and war: vrsdivest.org


For Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, the People’s Center for Palestine is hosting a webinar in collaboration with the Freedom for Palestinian Political Prisoners Campaign. It is taking place Sunday, April 12 at 4pm EST.

The webinar will feature journalist Khaled Mahajneh, who reported from inside Sde Teiman detention camp, and a speaker from the campaign. At a time when prisoners are facing a genocide behind bars and under the threat of execution, we must take action and build consciousness around the conditions our prisoners face.

🔗 Register here: bit.ly/prisonersapril17


🚨WASHINGTON DC TOMORROW: EMERGENCY
PROTEST AGAINST WAR ON IRAN

Trump has given a deadline for genocide — either Iran surrenders by 8pm, or the country's "whole civilization will die tonight". The people of conscious need to take a stand and say — we reject Trump's threats for genocide! Join us TOMORROW to protest Trump's genocidal assault on Iran and demand an end to the war now!

🗓️TOMORROW, April 8, 6 pm
📍White House


As Trump threatens that “a whole civilization will die tonight” join us at an emergency rally against the imperialist war on Iran at the White House TONIGHT at 6pm!


This is the third Easter in Gaza observed under ongoing U.S.-Zionist genocide. Israel has obstructed access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, considered the holiest site in Christianity as it is identified to be the place of Jesus’s crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. In Southern Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes have destroyed some of the oldest churches in Christian history and have assassinated faith leaders. From Taybeh, West Bank to Alma Al-Shaab, Southern Lebanon, Israel seeks to ethnically cleanse thousands from lands belonging to the oldest Christian communities in the region.

This Easter, we re-affirm our demand for the VRS to divest from the supply chain of weapons arming the Zionist-imperialist war against the Palestinian, Lebanese, and Iranian peoples for resisting a brutal empire in the name of justice and dignity—as Jesus teaches all his followers to do. vrsdivest.org


The VRS Divest campaign wishes a blessed Easter to all who celebrate.


HAPPENING TMRW 🏀Join PYM DMV on April 4th at Audrey Moore Rec Center for a basketball fundraiser to raise funds for Dr. Badar Khan Suri’s lawyer fees as he faces unjust deportation. To learn more, please visit: bit.ly/helpsuri

⏰ April 4, 1PM - 5PM
📍Audrey Moore Rec Center 8100 Braddock Road, Annandale, VA
💵 Minimum $25 fee per each individual player.
🎟️ Register at: bit.ly/pym-basketball

**We recommend players be 16+ to register.


Репост из: VRS: No Pensions for Genocide
The VRS held its Annual Board of Trustees meeting last week. On the speaker list was General David Petraeus, notorious commander of forever wars in the Middle East. Thousands have called on the VRS Board of Trustees to divest from weapons manufacturers, not to deepen its ties with the military-industrial complex. This invitation comes in the midst of yet another an escalating endless war in the Middle East. We refuse to stand by as the ruling elite attempt to repeat the playbook of the early 2000s. We reject our pensions and tax dollars being used to beat the drums of war. Join the arms embargo. vrsdivest.org


Join us on Friday March 27th at the Angelika Film Center & Café at Mosaic for the 7:15 pm screening of Palestine 36. The showing will be followed by a brief discussion facilitated by the Palestinian Youth Movement and the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival. Go to bit.ly/Palestine36dmv to purchase tickets (case sensitive).

Palestine 36 is a historical drama directed by Annemarie Jacir that brings to life the 1936-39 Palestinian revolt against British colonial rule, a key moment in the history of Palestinian struggle.

📅 Friday March 27th, 2026
⏰ 7:15 PM
📍 Angelika Film Center & Café - 2911 District Ave, Fairfax, VA 22031


Tune in to PYM DMV's 4th radio broadcast, Tuesday, March 10th at 7pm on WPFW 89.3FM. The show will feature an episode of the Popular Cradle Podcast for an in-depth discussion on the Board of Peace. We will also discuss how this board is being used as a tool for imperialism in Gaza under the guise of "peace". You'll also hear about how we can take action locally against these power grabs by the billionaire class through the Virginia Retirement System: No Pensions for Genocide campaign.

You can tune in at 89.3FM or online at wpfwfm.org. You can listen to the popular cradle episode wherever you listen to podcasts or at bit.ly/popularcradle1.


Join PYM DMV and Kanaan Collective for a suhoor night and fundraiser at Detour Coffee! Join us for coffee, cards, and tatreez as we take a moment to connect with one another in Ramadan.

With the support of Detour Coffee donating 10% of all purchases, this event will be a fundraiser to help Dr. Badar Khan Suri’s family in covering his legal fees after being abducted and imprisoned by ICE for two months.

Grab a board game and cards, bring a tatreez project or start a new one, and bring a friend to spend suhoor with us!

📅 Saturday March 14th, 2026
⏰ 10 PM til close
📍 Detour Coffee - 946 N Jackson St, Arlington, VA 22201


Join the Palestinian Youth Movement and VRS Divest Campaign for a community meet-up at Souq Social! As we connect with one another in community and support our local businesses, we will reflect on ways to continue supporting the steadfastness of our people in Gaza, who are observing their third Ramadan under siege and genocide. Join the VRS Divest telegram to meet up with us!

🗓️ Thurs, March 12
🕚 11 PM - 3 AM
📍 6805 Industrial Road, Springfield VA
📱 Join @VRSDivest on Telegram

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