intifada=shaking off – oppression/silence
brought to you by SWANA, the South/West Asia and Northern Africa Collective
Thursday, January 21, 2010 2:30-3pm PST
In the few years since Palestinian civil society issued a call for an international BDS campaign, the movement has grown by leaps and bounds – even here in the US. Today we will be focusing especially on the economic and cultural boycott campaigns and divestment campaigns on college campuses with our two guests:
Nada Elia, a 3rd generation Palestinian refugee from Jerusalem, teaches Global Studies at Antioch University in Seattle. She chairs the anti-militarism/anti-occupation taskforce of INCITE: Women of Color Against Violence and serves on the Organizing Committee of US Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Fayyad Sbaihat is a writer, blogger, and activist. He is the former spokesperson for the Palestine Solidarity Movement and a national coordinator with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel movement and the author of “Fighting the New Apartheid.” a handbook based on his experience leading the University of Wisconsin Divestment from Israel Campaign.
Produced and hosted by Sherna Berger Gluck of SWANA (South and West Asia and Northern Africa) Collective
