>From the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. <div>About the Rachel Corrie ship being pirated.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:uscampaign@endtheoccupation.org">uscampaign@endtheoccupation.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM<br>Subject: Let the MV Rachel Corrie Go!<br>To: <a href="mailto:kmedina@illinois.edu">kmedina@illinois.edu</a><br><br><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:x-large"><span style="color:rgb(255, 0, 0)"><u><span style="font-weight:bold">Let the MV Rachel Corrie Go!</span></u></span></span><span style="font-weight:bold"><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana">This morning we learned that the <b>Israeli military has illegally boarded the <i>MV Rachel Corrie</i></b><i>, </i>the final boat in the <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7Euhfe%2F5zZcmoeKf5G%2B13wIbkxDxCIQj" target="_blank">Gaza Freedom Flotilla</a>, and has abducted the passengers of the boat.</span></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Take action now</span></span></b><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> by <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=J48BENighpCP8qVxMojMJwIbkxDxCIQj" target="_blank">clicking here</a>!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana">The <i>MV Rachel Corrie</i> is named in honor of the U.S. activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army operated Caterpillar bulldozer while she attempted to nonviolently protect a Palestinian home from demolition in the Gaza Strip. </span></span><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Rachel's parents, Cindy and Craig Corrie, <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=34RCkXnrA5Dh9L12IPDGiAIbkxDxCIQj" target="_blank">have called</a> for a full investigation of the attacks on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the unimpeded entry into the Gaza Strip of the ship named after their daughter</span></span><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana">.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o%2BKzPFOk9iAILPbsypUIowIbkxDxCIQj" target="_blank"><b>Take action</b></a><b> to honor Rachel Corrie</b> by emailing the White House and Congress calling for a full investigation of these attacks on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, the release of all passengers and supplies, and an end to the siege of the Gaza Strip.</span></span><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><br>
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</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana">You can also </span></span><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oTQuMzncq1fE81KY0JzxbAIbkxDxCIQj" target="_blank"><b>click here</b></a></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> to download a template letter</span></span></b><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> that you can give to your Member of Congress demanding an investigation into violations of the Arms Export Control Act; and <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=p3LwI9W7iKhHnyqX7VDcWYf3t2FHl8z6" target="_blank">click here</a> to </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">find an emergency rally or protest near you. </span></b></span></p>
<p>There's another way to honor Rachel's memory as well. The student body of her alma mater, <b>Evergreen Colleg</b><b>e</b>, voted this past week to <b>divest from Israel's illegal occupation</b> of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem, and to establish a "Caterpillar free" campus. <b>Support the students and their divestment efforts</b> by <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SDkDe4OPwby8t%2FxfCbFazwIbkxDxCIQj" target="_blank">clicking here</a>, and find out more about the campaign against Caterpillar and other boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) by <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MbCf30LOqYdvmQYhXI0TjEMql4I0a8Tj" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.</p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:small">You can also find resources for protests and media action on our </span></span><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cwxE4Va9OK3PyzQiBUWi4QIbkxDxCIQj" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:small">Gaza Freedom Flotilla web section</span></span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:small">.</span></span><span style="font-size:small"><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Protests continue across the United States--join one near you, or organize your own using our </span></span><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2ByoTd5A6KoFwBkniDrLtugIbkxDxCIQj" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Gaza Freedom Flotilla resources</span></span></a><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> and register your action with the </span></span><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rb3W3x3IZO99HLCcz%2By%2BCAIbkxDxCIQj" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Gaza Freedom March website</span></span></a></span></span>.</p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:small"><b>Thank you for everything that you are doing to protest Israel's actions against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, its immoral blockade of the Palestinian Gaza Strip, and its illegal 43-year military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip! We'll be in touch soon.</b></span> </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span><b><u><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="font-weight:bold">Respond to Israel's Attack on the MV Rachel Corrie</span></span></span></u></b></span></span><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> </span></p>
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