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(Video) TIAA-CREF: You can run, but you can’t hide!

By admin, on July 23rd, 2011%

Ithaca, NY. Activists across the nation are demanding that TIAA-CREF, one of the largest financial services in the US, stop investing in companies that profit off of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands and peoples.. Despite their slogan of “financial services for the greater good,” they have recently censored a shareholder resolution calling for an investigation . . . → Read More: (Video) TIAA-CREF: You can run, but you can’t hide!

Ithaca rally: Let the ‘AUDACITY OF HOPE’ continue to Gaza

By admin, on July 2nd, 2011%

Ithaca, NY was one of many cities across the U.S. whee activists rallied with only hours notice to call for the release of the Audacity of Hope. On Friday, July 1, 2011, the U.S. Boat to Gaza – The Audacity of Hope – was stopped by the Greek Coast Guard. After a stand off that unfolded over several hours a 2nd Greek Coast Guard boat arrived. This boat carried heavily armed Greek commandos and this shifted the dynamic. Soon after a decision was made to bring the boat back to a dock in Athens, not the same one the boat had previously been at. . . . → Read More: Ithaca rally: Let the ‘AUDACITY OF HOPE’ continue to Gaza

The Audacity of Hope —US Boat to Gaza

By admin, on July 2nd, 2011%

In 2010, the Freedom Flotilla took sail, sparking an unprecedented international human rights mission, dedicated to ending Israel’s blockade on Gaza. Joining Freedom Flotilla II is the first-ever U.S. Boat to Gaza, “The Audacity of Hope.” The individuals on this boat will be simply delivering LETTERS OF LOVE to the people of Gaza.
Thirteen of . . . → Read More: The Audacity of Hope —US Boat to Gaza

Mubarak Must Go! Standing in Solidarity with the Egyptian People in Ithaca, NY

By admin, on February 8th, 2011%

People gathered at the corner of Meadow and Clinton Streets in Ithaca, NY in solidarity with the Egyptian people on February 4, 2011, declared “Departure Day” (D-Day) by the protesters in Tahrir Square. . . . → Read More: Mubarak Must Go! Standing in Solidarity with the Egyptian People in Ithaca, NY

Media coverage of Ithaca June 1 protest of Israeli attack on Freedom Flotilla

By admin, on June 2nd, 2010%

WENY TV 36 Elmira NY —video and story by Katherine Underwood. WENY routinely covers Ithaca news. Past episodes can be viewed on http://wenytv.blip.tv/.

WHCU 870 AM also sent a reporter and we received a brief mention during Morning News . . . → Read More: Media coverage of Ithaca June 1 protest of Israeli attack on Freedom Flotilla

Gaza’s Dilemma: Dr. Mehr at the 1st Unitarian Church annex

By admin, on May 1st, 2009%

Dr. Ismail Mehr, an anesthesiologist and head of the department at St. James Hospital in Hornell, NY, organized and led a medical relief mission in Gaza just days following the attacks in Gaza last December and January which left upwards of 1,400-1,500 Palestinians dead and many more wounded, homeless, and without water. He was invited to . . . → Read More: Gaza’s Dilemma: Dr. Mehr at the 1st Unitarian Church annex

Ithaca, NY Protest against the Israeli War on Gaza

By admin, on January 1st, 2009%

On Dec. 30th, 2008, thirty people of Ithaca NY, including children gathered on the main artery Rt. 13, to protest the Israeli attacks on Gaza, holding banners as thousands of cars passed during rush hour in frigid weather for hours this afternoon. Many passed honking in support of the protesters and their message for Israeil to . . . → Read More: Ithaca, NY Protest against the Israeli War on Gaza

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