Posted by StopTheWall on Tue, 03/24/2009 – 09:16
Palestine – Many demonstrations are planned to commemorate March 30 as the Palestinian Land Day with a special focus on the national BDS campaign.
Worldwide – Activities are already planned in over a dozen countries around the globe.
Join in these activities or organize your own.
Please promote this day of action on your websites and to your mailing lists. For more information, see:
http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/314
ENDORSE:
All social movements, organizations, networks and political parties around the globe are invited to join us by endorsing the Palestinian civil society Call for BDS.
Sign on at: www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/52.
If you can sign on by March 28, your name will be included in the endorsement declaration for March 30.
If you can, please add a link to this BDS endorsement page on your organization”s home page.
And please pass this request along to other groups and help publicize BDS to your members, constituents, and the general public.
Click here to see the full call for March 30 in Englsih, Spanish, Italian and French.
Click here to see our guide to BDS action.
List of Global Actions
March 30: Palestinian Land Day celebrated as the First Global BDS Action Day
UK/Scotland
Glasglow, March 29: Supermarket boycott action organized by the PSC.
Edinburgh, March 30: Supermarket boycott action organized by the PSC.
Across the UK, March 30: Mass call to Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets” customer service to complain about the sale of Israeli products on March 30 across the UK.
Spain and the Basque Country
Bilbao: details to come
Italy
Milan, Turin, Pisa, Bologna, Rome, and Naples, March 28: Sit in at various shopping centers in the listed cities. Organized by Forum Palestina.
Rome, March 30: Palestine contingent joining trade union demonstration. Organized by Forum Palestina.
Norway
Kristiansand, March 30 Debate: “How to sanction Israeli human rights violations? Boycott, divestment, sanctions and other mechanisms.” Organized by the Socialist Youth of Norway at the University of Agder.
Oslo, March 30: Three BDS events will be held in Oslo. The Norwegian Association of NGO’s for Palestine (FuP) will hold a debate and workshop entitled, “Boycott, divestment and sanctions – which tools can we use to pressure Israel?” In selected neighborhoods of Oslo, the Socialist Youth will engage in a face to face boycott action, going door to door and informing inhabitants about the BDS campaign, which products to boycott, and how they can get involved. Finally, the Palestine Committee and others will hold a joint BDS demonstration at the Israeli embassy in Oslo.
France
Nantes, March 26: Film screening of ” The Iron Wall” and debate organized by Young Muslims in France
Lille, March 28: Demonstration at 3.30 pm at Euralille organized by AFPS
Manosque, March 28: Conference for the Land Day with Nidal Shiwani and Rene Brackman organized by AFPS
Le Mans, March 28: Day of solidarity with the Palestinian People organized by AFPS
St Brieuc, March 28: Film screening of “The Iron Wall” and debate organized by AFPS
St Denis (near Paris), March 28/29: Conference on the Right to Return
http://www.france-palestine.org/article11335.html
Paris, March 28: Demonstration í 2 pm, Place du Chatelet organized by a coalition of organizations
Paris, March 28: Concert at 7.30 pm at the Palais des Congrí¨s de Paris. (Métro : Porte Maillot Périphérique : sortie Porte Maillot, St Denis (near Paris) organized by AFPS
Marseille, March 30: Panel discussion at 7 pm at the CRDP, Amphi Paul Cezanne (Metro Saint-Charles)
. Speakers: Mme Alima Boumediene-Thiery, Maitre Gilles-Devers, spokesperson of the NGO coalition that has brought a case against Israel in front of th International Criminal Court , M.Nabil El Haggar, vice president of the university in Lille.
Press conference with the speakers at 5 pm.
Brazil
Across Brazil, March 30: Various BDS actions and demonstrations
Sao Paulo, March 30: Demonstration in support of BDS and against the Mercosur – Israel FTA organized by Frente de Solidariedade ao Povo Palestino
Venezuela
March 30, Caracas:
Morning – Demonstration before the UN representation in Venezuela, in order to express popular discontent with the UN’s failure to defend the right to self determination and the human rights of the Palestinian people. A letter condemning the lack of action taken to enforce UN resolutions and 2004 ICJ advisory opinion will be handed over.
Afternoon – Global action day activity will be held in the Teatro Municipal, Caracas, with music, film and speeches. The Event will show solidarity with peoples oppressed by war and imperialism, particularly in Iraq and Palestine, and promote the Global BDS Palestinian call in Venezuela.
Organized by the local solidarity movement with Palestinian people’s struggle.
USA
San Diego (California), March 30: Commemoration of Land Day and film screening of Wounds of the Heart: An Artist and Her Nation sponsored by San Diego Coalition for Justice in Palestine and the San Diego Chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
New York (New York), March 30: New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel (NYCBI) launch of a city-wide boycott Motorola campaign.
Los Angeles (California), March 30: “From la Frontera to Gaza: Chicano-Palestinian Connections.” Focuses on links between Mexico and Palestine, History of Palestine, Boycott as a Non-Violent Tool, and The Right to Education. USACBI event sponsored by the USC Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, Chicano and Latino American Studies, and USC Students for Justice in Palestine.
Santa Cruz (California), March 29: “We are all Gazans” program consisting of screening Dispatches: The Killing Zone, speakers recently returned from Gaza, and discussion of BDS actions in Santa Cruz.
Kentucky, March 28: ‘What Really Happened in Gaza?’ The Louisville Committee for Peace in the Middle East organizes an afternoon with plays, spoken word and testimonies on the siege and attack on Gaza.
New Jersey, March 30: Street action to support the March 30 Day of Global Action on Boycott Divest and Sanction Israel. Meet at Corner George & Albany St from 5 to 7 pm.
Canada
Toronto, March 30: “Resisting War from Gaza to Kandahar” George Galloway talk organized by the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War (note: Galloway has been banned by Canadian authorities from entering the country).
Montreal, March 30: Demonstration in front of the Israeli consulate organized by CJPP.
Greece
Crete, April 2: Demonstration in support of sports boycott and protest of the Greece – Israel soccer match in Heraclion.
Belgium
March 28 – 31, The Hague – Brussels: Cycling event calling for suspension of the EU – Israel Association Agreement. Bicyclists will begin at the International Courts of Justice at The Hague on the 28th and arrive at European Parliament in Brussels on the 31st to deliver petition to European MPs. Organized by The Peace Cycle
India
Delhi, March 30: Exhibition, poetry and film commemorating Land Day.
Netherlands
The Hague, March 28: Start of The Peace Cycle in The Hague at the International Court of Justice, passing by the International Criminal Court. That cycling event from The Hague to Brussels calls for suspension of the EU – Israel Association Agreement. Support the petition and see http://www.thepeacecycle.com/
Utrecht, March 28: Conference from Friends of Sabeel.
Vlaardingen (near Rotterdam), March 29: Memorial meeting from Al Awda, Netherlands Palestine Committee and others.
Utrecht, March 30: Political debate GreenLeft Party.
Australia
March 30, Melbourne: The launch of the “The Sack Connex, Boycott Israel” campaign will be launched by the Coalition of Palestine support groups.
