The U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCRP Action) is a left-of-center pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel activist organization. USCPR Action supports the “collective liberation” of the Palestinian territories from Israel ¹ and has called for a “summer of resistance” in 2024 against U.S. policy in Israel. ²

USCPR Action is the political arm of the left-of-center U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) and a fiscally sponsored project of left-of-center Tides Advocacy. ³

History and Leadership

U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action) was founded in 2023. ⁴

Ahmad Abuznaid is the executive director of USCPR Action. ⁵ Abuznaid is also the executive director of USCPR Action’s sister organization, the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights. He is the co-founder of the “revolutionary” Dream Defenders and the former leader of the National Network for Arab American Communities . ⁶

Activities and Funding

U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action) is a left-of-center pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel activist organization. The organization supports an end to U.S. military funding for what it calls “apartheid Israel” and demands that advancing Palestinian-related issues should be a non-negotiable part of the left-of-center agenda in the United States. ⁷ USCPR Action also supports other far-left issues including collective liberation, abolition, indigenous justice, and climate justice. ⁸

USCPR Action is the political arm of the left-of-center U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) and a fiscally sponsored project of left-of-center Tides Advocacy. ^{9 10}

The group has generated a U.S. Congressional scorecard that grades members’ support for the USCPR Action’s policy goals. ¹¹ As of June 2024, U.S. Representatives Cori Bush (D-MO), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Summer Lee (D-PA) had the highest ratings from USCPR Action. ¹² The scorecard’s methodology included the evaluation of positions on advancing Palestinian interests, ending military funding for Israel, making demands for a ceasefire in the post-October 7 attacks war, and support the end of what USCPR Action calls Israel’s “military occupation and blockade” of the Palestinian territories. ¹³

Since October 20023, USCPR Action has used input from members of the far-left Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) for tracking legislative developments related to Gaza. ¹⁴

Activism

U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action advocates for legislation, endorses political candidates, and targets political candidates who don’t agree with their Palestinian-related activism. ¹⁵ On Facebook, USCPR Action has called for a “summer of resistance” in 2024 against U.S. policy in Israel ¹⁶ and said that “Zionist politicians in [U.S.] congress are moving to arm the aggressive Israeli regime.” ¹⁷ The organization has also asked Democratic Party elected officials to reject the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) ¹⁸ and hosted events featuring left-wing Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour and U.S. Rep Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). ¹⁹

USCPR Action claims that it opposes the “imperialism of the U.S. government” and the “influential power of Zionist groups” such as AIPAC and Christians United for Israel. The organization has also launched election pledges for candidates, intends to endorse candidates running in 2024, and lobbies on Capitol Hill to end U.S. military funding to Israel. ²⁰

USCPR Action is a member of Reject AIPAC, a coalition of far-left organizations working to “take on AIPAC and its affiliated organizations across electoral, political, digital, and organizing strategies. ²¹

In 2024, USCPR Action co-signed a letter with left-of-center Muslim groups including American Muslims for Palestine, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Coalition for Justice in Palestine, Doctors Against Genocide, the Muslim Civil Coalition, Muslims for Just Futures, the Palestinian American Council, The Justice Coalition, and the United Holy Land Fund that declined to meet with the Biden administration to discuss the Israel-Hamas war. ²²

USCPR Action leads an effort to e-mail members of U.S. Congress to demand that they put pressure on Israel to end its fighting in Gaza and demand the restoration of funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to provide money to Palestinian refugees. ^{23 24 25}

Funding

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action) is a fiscally sponsored project of left-of-center group Tides Advocacy, part of the Tides Nexus. ²⁶

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2. “Facebook Post.” USCPR Action Facebook. Posted June 5, 2024. Accessed June 8, 2024. https://www.facebook.com/uscpraction/posts/pfbid027nk7kcCGEY85BBwmqRKsweeoxQryzpPkHEj82yxp89BtmSm7cxih8ZLngpKWyU7Yl.
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13. “Methodology.” USCPR Action. Accessed June 8, 2024. https://www.uscpraction.org/methodology.
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