WEEKLY RALLY OUTSIDE GENERAL DYNAMICS - ARMS EMBARGO NOW When: Fridays at 2:30pm / Where: 291 North Street, Saco, Maine
Join us in Saco for our weekly rally to call attention to the fact that General Dynamics in Saco builds components for the bombs being dropped on Gaza. General dynamics is the sole manufacturer of bombs used by Israel, according to a recent article published in the Portland Press Herald. The plant in Saco makes guidance systems for the MK-80 series warheads that have been dropped on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and refugee camps from Gaza to Lebanon. People of conscience in so-called Maine demand that General Dynamics leave the state and that GD execs be held accountable for profiting off genocide. More information here: Instagram post: Maine Coalition for Palestine (@mainecoalition4palestine) • Instagram photos and videos
Brunswick Stand-Out, Fridays 5:00 - 6:00 PM, Maine Street opposite Walgreens Pharmacy, 156 Maine Street Brunswick, ME (map) Join PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick, Maine on Friday at their weekly Vigil for Peace as they call for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. For more information, call 725-7686
Camden Stand-Out, Fridays 5:00 PM 6:00 PM, Camden Village Green, 29 Chestnut Street, Camden, ME (map) - A weekly stand-out held by the people of Camden.
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🕯️VIGIL AND MARCH FOR THE JOURNALISTS🕯️
Join the Coalition for Palestine in an action honoring over 269 journalists targeted by Israel. Gaza has become the most dangerous place to be a journalist and mainstream media remains silent.
Where: Congress Square Park in Portland, Maine
When: Friday August 22nd from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
The action will begin with a reading of the 269 names published by @aljazeeraenglish after their entire team of 5 journalists, including Anas Al-Sharif, was killed August 10th in an air strike targeting their tent outside Al Shifa Hospital. Local Maine journalists will deliver speeches before leading a march around the city, stopping outside several media headquarters.
The complicity of news outlets like the New York Times has been called out by the movement for Plaestinian liberation including a recent exposé by @wawog_now. The people demand that journalists around the world speak out against the targeting of their colleagues in Gaza and the ongoing genocide and starvation of Palestinians.
(3) Instagram / @mainecoalition4palestine