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Gil Scott Heron announces cancellation of Tel Aviv concert: Artist won’t play in Israel “until everyone is welcome there”
Palestine Solidarity Committee’s contribution to the successful campaign below this statement. Gil Scott Heron Boycott Israel Campaign press release Fans of revolutionary poet and singer-songwriter Gil Scott Heron welcomed his decision tonight to cancel the concert he had been scheduled to play in Tel Aviv this May. Heron announced the decision during his set at […]
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Obama’s New Path To Mideast Peace?
David A. Love Philadelphia-based writer and Executive Editor, BlackCommentator.com Posted: April 21, 2010 10:39 AM Sometimes, desperate and difficult circumstances require that we change the game a little bit, shake things up, if you will. If recent reports are true, then President Obama plans to mint his own Mideast peace plan in an attempt to […]
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BDS Austin Activism – Ahava Protest
Codepink, PSC, and ICPR mobilized to engage in a protest at a local ULTA store that is carrying Ahava products; a brand that operates out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Supporters of the BDS Movement, Austin activists felt it necessary to have their voices heard in order to not support Israeli Apartheid.
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BNC calls on Trade Unions to urgently intervene with their governments to stop Israel from joining the OECD
Occupied Palestine, 22 April 2010 – In a few days Trade Unions will commemorate the achievements of the labor movement. The origins of the International Worker”s Day date back to the 1886 Chicago protests where police killed several workers marching to demand their rights. Every week, Palestinian human rights defenders march in their villages protesting […]
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WAC Maan letter to OECD Trade Union Advisory Committee
WAC Maan calls on OECD not to accept Israel as a member as long as it does not respect basic labour rights Assaf Adiv, WAC?National Coordinator?WAC Ma”an?Nazareth Israel?Office: ?4-6020680?Mobil: ?50-4330034?E mail: assafa[at]maan.org.il? Web site: www.wac-maan.org.il Dear friends Following is a letter sent recently to the Secretary General of the OECD Trade Union Advisory Committee John […]
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BDS is a long term project with radically transformative potential
by Ahmed Moor on April 22, 2010 I”m grateful to Jerry Haber for taking the time to engage me on the role of “liberal” Zionists in the BDS movement. Sometimes my tone borders on truculence, which is really just impatience. I”m impatient for “liberal” Zionists to discard the “Zionist” and become regular liberals like the […]
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Veolia tries to spin its involvement in the occupation
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 22 April 2010 By participating in the touring Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition, the French transnational company Veolia Environnement is attempting to spin its image that has been tarnished by the exposure of its involvement in the Israeli occupation. The UK Palestine Solidarity Campaign used the occasion of […]
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GUSA Roundup: Down on divestment, shoutouts for Voice
Apr 19 2010 Posted by: Galen Weber in News, Vox Populi, tags: Academic Working Groups, Adam Talbot, Ben Bold, Colton Malkerson, Crime, Diversity Requirement, Georgetown Divest!, GUSA, GUSA Roundup, Jackson Perry, Nick Troiano, Safety, Sexual Assault The majority of this week”s meeting of the Georgetown University Student Association Senate was spent considering the arguments of […]
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Bill Would Pave the Way to Peace
By Rick Sterling Special to the Daily Cal Friday, April 23, 2010 As a 21-year veteran UC Berkeley staff member, I was pleased to see the ASUC resolution calling for divestment from companies profiting from war crimes in general and Israeli war crimes in particular. As they debate overturning the veto and restoring the resolution, […]
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Berkeley Divestment Bill: A Step in the Right Direction
By Sumaiya Hashmi | Opinion | April 23, 2010 The UC Berkeley student senate voted 16-4 last month to pass Bill 118: A Bill in Support of ASUC Divestment from War Crimes. The vote followed intense campaigning and hours of deliberation which included testimonies from many on both sides of the issue. It underwent some […]
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