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Washing Away Labor’s War Stain
September 7, 2010 Why is Union Money Going Abroad? By STANLEY HELLER Organized labor is joining with the NAACP in a “One Nation” jobs rally in Washington on October 2nd. No doubt they will be expecting anti-war folks to flock to it Lots of peace organizations have already done so Trouble is the rally has […]
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Boycott the 26th Haifa International Film Festival
Occupied Ramallah, 8 September 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges filmmakers and cultural workers to boycott the 26th Haifa International Film Festival (HIFF) running from September 23 to 30, 2010. PACBI believes that this festival, as with similar cultural initiatives supported by Israeli state institutions, is designed […]
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The Boycott of Israel is “Gaining Speed” – An Analysis (9/7/10)
On September 5, 2010 the Israel newspaper Haaretz published an article the headline of which read “Anti-Israel Economic Boycotts are Gaining Speed.” The subtitle went on to state that “the sums involved are not large, but their international significance is huge.” Actually, what seems to have triggered the piece was not international. Rather, it was […]
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IPSC TV: Derek Graham (Gaza Freedom Flotilla) explains basics of Boycott
At a public meeting in Dublin after his release from Israeli captivity, Derek Graham of the Free Gaza Movement and Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, who was first mate on the MV Rachel Corrie, explains the basics of the Boycott Campaign – using potatoes. Video date: Saturday 12th June 2010
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Global BDS Against Israel Is Working
by Stephen Lendman / September 7th, 2010 In July 2005, a coalition of 171 Palestinian Civil Society organizations created the Global BDS movement for “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal Principles of Human Rights” for Occupied Palestinians, Israeli Arabs, and Palestinian diaspora refugees. The Tel Aviv-based Reut […]
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CALIFORNIA “DIVEST FROM ISRAEL” BALLOT INITIATIVE LAUNCHED
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE When: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, noon Who: California Israel Divestment Campaign www.israeldivestmentcampaign.org Where: In front of Israeli Consulate, 6380 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048: Why: Press Conference – Launch Ballot Initiative Drive to Require Public Employee Systems to Divest from Certain Business Activities in Israel Media Contacts: Sherna Berger Gluck: 310-455-1028; […]
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Boycotting Ariel: Missing the Forest for the Trees
PACBI | September 2010 This piece was published as the PACBI Column in the September 2010 issue of the BRICUP Newsletter. Provoked by the recent announcement of the inauguration of a cultural center in Ariel, the fourth largest Jewish colony in the occupied Palestinian territory, 150 prominent Israeli academics, writers, and cultural figures have declared […]
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U.S. actors back Israeli boycott of West Bank theater
More than 150 American actors, writers, directors and other artists sign letter of support for the Israeli actors who said they would not perform in Ariel. By Chaim Levinson More than 150 American actors, writers, directors and other artists signed a letter of support for the Israeli actors who declared they would not perform in […]
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Vanessa Redgrave, Tony Kushner and other American artists support Israeli artists’ Ariel boycott
Press Release 6 September 2010 Following the movement of Israeli theater professionals who authored a letter refusing to perform in the settlement of Ariel on August 27th,and the attack on them that ensued, American counterparts have come together with their own statement of support. Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, a national Jewish-American organization, the […]
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