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Palestine
The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee (PSCC) has joined ACORN International as its affiliate branch in Palestine West Bank. The PSCC was formed by prominent activists in the popular committees from across Palestine and the political spectrum. These committees represent a unique form of community-based organizing and resistance in the tradition of the first Palestinian Intifada, leading non-partisan community resistance to Israeli settler colonialism through various forms including marches, strikes, demonstrations, direct actions, legal campaigns, and supporting boycott, divestment, and sanctions.
PSCC facilitates communication between different popular committees from villages such as Bil’in, Ni’ilin, and al Maasara—known for their struggle against the wall. They connect communities from the Jordan Valley and South Mount Hebron facing attempts of ethnic cleansing to other communities resisting Israeli conquest, including Tulkarem, Nablus, Qalqilya, and West Ramallah. While providing a wider base for strategic thinking, they maintain each popular committee’s independence and uniqueness in the movement to decolonize Palestine.
Focus Areas
- Nonviolent resistance
- Community protection
- Support for farmers
- Youth empowerment
- Educational development
Key Initiatives
- Faz3a Campaign: Launched in 2019, this initiative provides peaceful protection for Palestinian local harvesters by mobilizing volunteers to accompany farmer families to their fields during harvest season
- Youth Capacity Building: Training Palestinian youth activists with legal protection knowledge, safe online activism skills, and community protection strategies
- Dafa Campaign: Since 2020, this winter campaign provides essential educational materials and infrastructure support to children in ‘Area C’ to improve learning conditions
Core Beliefs
- Power of popular struggle to overcome systems of domination
- Importance of grassroots Palestinian resistance
- Value of international community support
- Effectiveness of non-partisan community organizing
- Independence of local popular committees
ACORN Palestine West Bank continues the PSCC’s work in encouraging and strengthening grassroots Palestinian resistance while building international support networks for the struggle for liberty in Palestine.
CONTACT
Address: Bethlehem, Palestine
Phone: +972 59-958-6004
WhatsApp: +972 59-958-6004
Email: mahmoud_zwahre@yahoo.com
News From PSCC
- Defending the Harvest: Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee Stands Strong Against Colonial Violence in Palestine.
The Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee moved into the final month of the olive harvest in Palestine, and their campaign of support against colonial violence against the harvesters. They are working hand in hand with other local organizations such as the Center for Jewish Nonviolence, Youth of Sumud, and the International Solidarity Movement. Together, they are working to keep this… Read more: Defending the Harvest: Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee Stands Strong Against Colonial Violence in Palestine. - Popular Struggle Committee Gains Global Attention for Olive Harvest Crisis in Palestine
The Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee is continuing their rally for international support and awareness to defend the olive harvest in Palestine. This month, the former mayor of Barcelona and two members of European Parliament traveled to Qusra to bring exposure to the injustices. So far, three farmers have been detailed for attempting to harvest their own olives, and… Read more: Popular Struggle Committee Gains Global Attention for Olive Harvest Crisis in Palestine - Popular Struggle Committee Calls for International Solidarity to Protect Palestine’s Olive Harvest
The Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee is calling for international support to defend the olive harvest in the West Bank, a critical source heritage and community power, as well as vital source of food and economic mobility for Palestinians. - Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee Builds International Solidarity for Palestine
The Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee has continued their essential work documenting and spreading awareness of the atrocities in Palestine, utilizing social media and other online resources to build international andvocacy and solidarity. - Welcoming The Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee to ACORN International: United for Non-Violent Resistance Across Palestine.
We are thrilled to announce that The Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee has joined ACORN International! The PSCC was born from informal cooperation and shared mobilization across grassroots groups in the early 2000s that came together to form the PSCC; a steering body for diverse local efforts united in their desire for non-violent resistance across Palestine.… Read more: Welcoming The Popular Struggle Coordinating Committee to ACORN International: United for Non-Violent Resistance Across Palestine.
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Updates from the Field
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- Living Rent Members in Troglen Secure Victory: Action Against Damp, Mould, and Unsafe Living Conditions Leads to Immediate Results!Living Rent members at Sanctuary Housing in Troglen banded together out of concern for damp and mould in their homes, clogged gutters, and woodlice on the balconies. Residents banded together and took action- submitting a petition with over 70 signatures demanding a meeting with Sanctuary’s Housing Director, and marching on the central office. Within a week,… Read more: Living Rent Members in Troglen Secure Victory: Action Against Damp, Mould, and Unsafe Living Conditions Leads to Immediate Results!
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