MECA-owned Alliance Graphics voted "Best Printer with a Purpose"

"BEST PRINTER WITH A PURPOSE

Raising your fist is all well and good, but if your arm gets tired, you'll want that rebel yell printed on your T-shirt for good measure. After helping to found the Mission's community screen-printing shop, Mission Gráfica, radical artist Jos Sanches opened Alliance Graphics in 1988. He needed a place where he could continue to churn out his poster print protests against the world's various sources of evil (capitalism, neoimperialism, commercialism, and a busted justice system, to name some of his faves) — and still be a resource for the progressive causes that to this day need a voice on the street. Does your war cry scream out to be monogrammed on a bumper sticker, backpack, or umbrella? Alliance can get the job done right, with union labor and made in the USA products to boot."

-Excerpt from the Best of the Bay 2010 Editors Picks

Alliance Graphics, a union screen-printing business, is owned by the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA). They produce quality products for unions, community groups, schools, and businesses. Their profits help support MECA's work, while providing union employment and a much-needed service to the Bay Area community.

Visit them online at www.unionbug.com or call 510-845-8835 to use the "Best Printer with a Purpose."

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Feb 2, 2012
Congress defunding Palestinian 'Sesame Street'

There will be no Big Bird, Elmo, Bert, or Ernie for Palestinian children as long as their leaders continue their quest for United Nations recognition. That’s the latest message Palestinians are receiving from Congress. Though while freezing humanitarian aid, the United States continues to support Palestinian Authority security forces by funding training and equipment. This reinforces the notion that Washington is interested solely in maintaining Israel’s security.

 

Jan 23, 2012
Cell 36: Palestinian children are locked up in solitary confinement in Israel's Al Jalame prison

Important video highlighting the stories of 2 Palestinian boys who were held in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison in violation of international law. 

Jan 22, 2012
Child Dies of Wounds Suffered 3 Years Ago During Israeli Attacks on Gaza

Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday that Hanin Kamal Abu Jalala, 16, died of wounds suffered during the Israeli offensive on Gaza three years ago. The child was severely wounded by phosphorous shells fired by the Israeli army into civilian areas in Gaza.

Dec 30, 2011
Gaza Three Years Later: Reflections from the Ground

“When I wake in the morning the first thing I do is remember my children.  I come and sit outside and picture them where they used to play. I don’t want to go out and interact with other people anymore. I largely stay inside the home.”-Iman Hamdan, who lost her three children during Israel's 2008-2009 assault 

Dec 30, 2011
Ilan Pappe: Confronting intimidation, working for justice in Palestine

If we had a wish list for 2012 as Palestinians and friends of Palestine, one of the top items ought to be our hope that we can translate the dramatic shift in recent years in world public opinion into political action against Israeli policies on the ground.

Dec 30, 2011
DCI: A Child Held in Solitary Confinement

On 24 October 2011, a 17-year-old boy from Haris village, in the occupied West Bank, was arrested by Israeli soldiers at 2:00 am and taken to Al Jalame interrogation centre, inside Israel. He was held in solitary confinement for 24 days.

Dec 19, 2011
Overcrowded living

The overcrowding in Jabalia Refugee Camp, Gaza affects all aspects of family life, but for this family's 9 children the effect is crippling. When the children return home it is dark and, given the constant power cuts, lack of space, and loud noise from electrical generators the children are unable to study. As a result, two of the Abu Rashad children have failed a year in school and been kept back.

Dec 19, 2011
Freedom for 55 children – But 106 children remain detained

55 Palestinian children age 14-17 were released yesterday in part 2 of a prisoner exchange but more than 100 children still remain in Israeli detention. 

Dec 15, 2011
Israel’s threat to cut Gaza water supply would be "complete catastrophe"

"Currently 95 percent of the ground water is undrinkable, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO has detected levels of nitrates, believed to be carcinogenic, higher than 330 milligrams per liter of water, far exceeding the 50 mg/l accepted levels."

Nov 30, 2011
Palestinian Youth Deliver “Thirsting for Justice” Petition to European Diplomatic Representations

“Without water justice we cannot have a dignified life, European governments should do more to pressure Israel to respect our rights,” said a representative of the Jerusalem Youth Parliament.