US Palestinian Community Network

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US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) شبكة الجالية الفلسطينية في الولايات المتحدة

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Joined October 2009

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    Nov 20

    💥🛠⚙️🇵🇸JOIN US Nov. 28th to commemorate the Detroit Arab worker’s strike for Palestine! Featuring a panel of 3 speakers who will discuss what took place during the strike, the political context & organizing that made it possible, & important lessons for our movements today! ✊🏼

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  2. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 “The Name of the game is organization. We must support and join uspcn- because of our organization’s politics, vigor and work - I ask our community to get into the hard work of building organization” -George Khoury

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  3. “I have a missing part in my heart for . The work does with the Palestinian movement via in Chicago stretches across cities” -Mike Elliot

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  4. “The Arab American community and society would be different if we did not do what we did back in those plants! We did what we could do then. It’s up to the new generation to carry on the fight”- George Khoury

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  5. 🔥🔥🔥 “We can’t duplicate actions in the 70s - we crippled the capitalist system with our strikes [given our conditions] we need to look at what will cripple the capitalist system TODAY” - Jerome Scott

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  6. “We knew we need to unite with all different caucuses and orgs happening in the plant, because we know that our enemy is one. And we need to unite to free us all!” -Jerome Scott. Follow live:

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  7. 14 hours ago

    Learning some important history about Black/Arab solidarity in Detroit. You can't miss this!

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  8. “The students helped keep the Arab community and workers in cohesion, because they came from different areas of the Arab world and had access to a lot of households. Because of them, we were able to garnish a lot of support for our work in the plants” -George Khoury

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  9. Jerome Scott on student and labor organizing at that time (in 1973): “The students were inspired by the workers and the workers were inspired by the students. It was the best time for us to work together. With all oppressed people regardless of the where they studied or worked”

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  10. Mike Elliot: “We made the connection with our struggles here and Palestinian people. We read about Palestine in Black Panther papers and others. We were exploited and oppressed here, and yet our union dues was going to buy Israeli bonds. This was a no-no for us! We had to fight!

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  11. Up next is Mike Siviwe Elliot, former Detroit autoworker and a leader in United Auto Workers Local 551. He is a leader in Follow live:

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  12. “Organizing in the auto plants got some of us fired and I was blackballed from working in any auto plants in the entire country” -Jerome

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  13. “We stood with the Palestinian cause because we stood with all liberation struggles around the world! The Palestinians were one of the most oppressed and brutalized people in the world” -Jerome

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  14. Up next: Jerome Scott, founding member of League of Revolutionary Black Workers, which inspired the Arab Workers Caucus to go on strike! He is also a board member of the Follow live:

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  15. “We said, ‘How can we be a part of a union that is investing in the occupation of our homelands. We organized and walked out of the assembly line.” “Our strike became a first step in building w/ Black workers and students.” -George Khoury Follow live:

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  16. Up Now is our very own George Khoury, speaking about his experience as one of many Arab workers at a GM plant in Detroit at a time when his union, United Auto Workers was investing in Israeli bonds Follow live:

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  17. 🔴 LIVE NOW: USPCN & ’s webinar commemorating the 1973 United Auto Workers - Detroit Arab Workers’ strike aka first successful BDS victory in the states! Follow Live:

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  18. 18 hours ago

    . will be hosting a livestream discussion about this historic event in a few hours w/ some amazing speakers

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  19. 🚨REMINDER: Our webinar commemorating the historic strike of 2,500 Arab auto workers is TODAY! You don’t want to miss out on this 🛠🔥 🔗Join us at 4pm central time today here:

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  20. Nov 27

    🔥🛠💥JOIN US tomorrow 4pm CT in commemorating a historic strike led by 2,500 Arab workers. The strike resulted in a shutdown of production at Chrysler’s Dodge Main assembly plant near Detroit and the FIRST ever “BDS” victory in US history! 🇵🇸 🔗RSVP @

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  21. Nov 25

    The 1973 Detroit Arab Workers Strike was a crucial moment in Arab labour politics - deteriorating relationships between Arab working classes across the US (Youngstown, for eg) and the PLO on one hand, and US trade unions and Dem Party on other. Join us, Sat 28 Nov, 5pmEST!

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