Don’t want to demonstrate? Here’s a local campaign you can join from home to resist. Reclaim Our Vote is a 501c3 non-profit.
On July 27 UUCM we will launch the next Reclaim Our Vote (ROV) postcard campaign to over 940,00 registered black voters in Virginia, a bellwether state for the 2026 midterms. To understand the impact of ROV postcarding, the historic comparison shows that “likely African-American” voters’ turnout in the 2024 primary was 16,992; in 2025 (after our ROV campaign) it was 44,374…more than double! Virginia has seen thousands of its citizens lose their jobs due to DOGE, and a 350% increase in immigrant arrests, more than any other state. You can read more about those stories in this article and in this one. Center for Common Ground/Reclaim Our Vote is one of the few national campaigns that works to turn out a group of voters that the opposition works overtime to suppress, because their vote makes a difference. To do this, CFCG purchases the data used to identify targeted voters.
Many of you have already ordered postcard packets of the Virginia General Election. (Each packet has 20 addresses, stamps, cards, etc.) If you want to participate let me know ASAP! We now spend $12 on each packet BUT the cost of stamps go up this Saturday (from $.56 to $.62.) increasing the cost of our packets to $13 each. Packets ordered through tomorrow (7/10/25) will cost $12 each. Packets purchased after 7/10/25 will cost $13 each. NOTE: because we don’t want the cost to keep anyone from joining the postcard campaign we have scholarships available for those who need $ help.
To order yours send an email to me at GOTV@uugrassvalley.org and tell me how many packets you want and if you can reimburse us for the cost. They will be available at UUCM starting July 27
NOTE: We will have 3 months to write. (July 27-October 20) THANKS
Ali Abunimah One Country: A bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, 2006.
Diana Allen (ed.) Voices of the Nakba: A living History of Palestine, 2021.
Norman Finklestein Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom, 2018
Rashid Khalidi The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017, 2020.
Gideon Levy (Haaretz) The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe, 2024.
Mahmoud Muna, Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture, 2024.
Ilan Pappé Ten Myths about Israel, 2017. The most contested ideas and fallacies concerning the origins and identity of the current state of Israel. Highly recommended, and The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, 2006. Thorough history of the events up to 1948 that culminated in the expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland.
Avi Shlaim, The Iron Wall, 2001.Another new Israeli historian, Shlaim presents a critical interpretation of the history of Zionism and Israel challenging Israel’s foundational myths.
Enzo Traverso, Gaza Faces History, 2024.Ben White, Cracks in the Wall–Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel, 2018.
From Ground Zero (Feb 2025, 1h 52m) 22 Gazan filmmakers to reveal untold stories of the current siege on Gaza. Available for purchase or rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Fandango At Home
Kids Under Fire: An investigation into Israeli soldiers shooting children (Mar 2025, 25 m)
Filmed by Abby Martin during the height of the Great March Of Return Gaza border protests from the end of March 2018 to December 2019. Thirty thousand participated in this largely non-violent protest over the period. More than 9,000 Palestinians were wounded and 223 killed by Israeli snipers.
Israelism (2023, 1h 24m)
American documentary about the portrayal of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in American Jewish institutions. When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns.
Available from Apple TV, YouTube, Roku, Google Play, Tubi
The Lobby, USA (2018, 3h 7m–full version; 1h 7m–abridged version)
A four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel’s covert influence campaign in the United States. Exposes the efforts of Israel and its lobbyists to spy on, smear and intimidate US citizens who support Palestinian human rights. https://bit.ly/2PCKgF0
A volunteer-driven Palestinian support of Palestinian families in need with food, clothing and other essentials. NC4P (see below) has donated to this organization.https://eleelnaelak.org
If Not Now Movement American Jews organizing to end U.S. support for Israel’s apartheid system and demand equality, justice, and a thriving future for all Palestinians and Israelis. https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/
International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
Direct action, documentation and education to challenge the Israeli regime and its violations of international law and human rights. https://palsolidarity.org/
Jewish Voice for Peace
Progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization, Intergenerational movement of U.S. Jews in solidarity with the Palestinian freedom struggle, guided by a vision of justice, equality, and dignity for all people”. https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)
These Gazan babies had to be removed from incubators because of the siege on fuel for electricity. Five have already died. Our military aid tax dollars at work. Ready to support a cease fire yet, or do you still want to debate the issue?
