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A new leftist, wide coalition for BDS was launched in Turkey
In line with the boycott campaigns against Israel a platform is formed in Turkey with the participation of several trade unions and political organizations. On the anniversary of the Gaza bombardment the platform was declared and the start was given for intensive campaign activities. On this occasion a march was held in which 500 people […]
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Press Statement By The South African Palestine Solidarity Movement and COSATU
STATEMENT BY SA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT AND COSATU 7 January, 2010 PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED JOINTLY BY THE South African Palestine Solidarity Movement and COSATU We salute the gallant and heroic actions of over 1,400 people from around the world – especially the South African delegation – who went to Cairo to embark on the historic […]
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Turkish demonstrators call for boycott and international isolation of Israel
A Turkish coalition protested in Istanbul on December 27, 2009, marking the anniversary of the occupation assault on Gaza, calling for the isolation and boycott of Israel. Over 500 attended the rally, supported by a wide array of leftist and labor forces, calling for a full military, commercial, economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel. […]
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“˜Electrifying’ tour calls for Israel boycott
by John Rose [Socialist Worker] 15 December 2009 – Leaders from South Africa”s freedom struggle joined a key Palestinian activist for an electrifying tour of meetings last week. Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC) and Cosatu, the South African trade union federation, spoke alongside Omar Barghouti, Palestinian spokesperson for the call for Boycott, Disinvestment […]
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Why we must cut ties to Israel
January 6, 2010 U.S. trade unionists began circulating an open letter in December to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, challenging his attack on the movement for boycott, sanctions and divestment (BDS) against Israel and explaining why the BDS movement is necessary, especially in the wake of Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza a year ago. While the […]
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South African Transport Workers’ Union international secretary calls for isolation of Israel
transcript Zico Tamela (at demo in front of UN in Cairo, Monday 28th Jan) ——— “I always say, remember in South Africa we also fought for the isolation of the racist labour movement from the international labour movement. So what is the difference now? It’s not a question of fighting Jewish workers, no, no, it’s […]
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Labor for Palestine: Response to Defamatory Attacks and Call to Action
Please post and forward widely Labor for Palestine”s Response to Defamatory Attacks and Call to Action December 21, 2009 Labor for Palestine”s December 14 “Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel” has met with an overwhelmingly positive response. Posted at, http://www.laborforpalestine.net/wp/2009/12/19/trumka-letter/, the Open Letter supports the growing international […]
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This is what accountability looks like.
Thursday, December 17, 2009 What does accountability for human rights abuses and violations of international law look like? Maybe like this: Following a letter from Oxfam to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown which “raised humanitarian concerns about the impact of the occupied Israeli territories on the Palestinian people,” the UK is requiring retailers to clearly […]
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Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel
To endorse this statement, click here. To donate to Labor for Palestine, click here. Labor for Palestine Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel December 4, 2009 “Sanctions alone cannot eradicate apartheid; that task is ultimately left to the people of South Africa themselves. But economic pressure and […]
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Israel, the Palestinians and Apartheid: The Case for Sanctions and Boycott
4th December 2009 The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – University of London On 4th December 2009, the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) and SOAS Palestine Society organised a public meeting putting forward the case for sanctions and boycott of Israel. Amongst the speakers were several from the South African […]
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