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Protest at Halton Caterpillar in Portland calling for divestment from Israel
Despite the rain on Wednesday morning, several intrepid activists picketed outside Halton Cat on Columbia Boulevard in Northeast Portland. The small, but spirited group of protesters held the action in solidarity with the national day of action against Caterpillar, timed to coincide with the company’s annual shareholder meeting. The purpose of the day of action […]
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UC Davis students move to cancel study abroad in Israel
By Yaman UC Davis AggiesUC Davis students have formed the EAP Equality Coalition (EEC), calling upon university administrators to discontinue a recently revived study abroad program in Israel. EAP is the UC sanctioned Education Abroad Program. Addressed to Eric Shroeder, the Summer Abroad faculty director at UC Davis, including Vice Provosts Jean-Xavier Guinard and William […]
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EAP Equality Coalition letter to UCD regarding Study Abroad in Israel
The Education Abroad Program (EAP) Equality Coalition, a group of concerned faculty and students at UC Davis, is today presenting a letter endorsed by 389 signatories to Vice Provost William Lacy requesting that the university discontinue its Summer Program in Israel, opened this year. The letter contains both individual signatures and endorsements from organizations such […]
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Don’t Buy Into Apartheid Join Us! Take Action!
Kickoff Actions to Deshelve Israeli Products Saturday, June 20th–World Refugee Day The tide of public opinion is turning against Israeli apartheid. The call for boycott, divestment and sanctions, which was initiated by Palestinian civil society in July 2005, has grown by leaps and bounds. It has been endorsed by over a dozen international labor unions, […]
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Supermarkets may face action on Israeli labels, say lawyers
* Afua Hirsch, legal affairs correspondent * guardian.co.uk, Sunday 7 June 2009 Retailers including UK supermarkets may be at risk of prosecution for misleading consumers by selling goods from the Palestinian Territories under the label “West Bank”, lawyers have warned. Fruit, wine and cosmetics originating from illegal Israeli settlements are among the goods that lawyers […]
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Motorola Drops Israeli Wireless Division MIRS
Motorola is looking to divest itself from its Israeli cell phone division, MIRS, according to a report in Israeli business newspaper, Globes. The announcement comes only two months after the US-Telecom firm announced it had sold a controversial unit that produced bomb fuses and other equipment for the Israeli military. Motorola”s dealings with Israel and […]
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Dexia Israel stops financing Israeli settlements
Complicit firms The Belgian-French financial group Dexia has announced it will no longer finance Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories through its Israeli branch Dexia Israel. Author: Martijn Lauwens – campaign “Israel colonises, Dexia finances” This is the result of a months-long campaign in Belgium, supported by NGO”s, political parties, local authorities, trade unions […]
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Protest against AHAVA brand, Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv
American peace group CODEPINK staged a a naked and muddy protest against the manufacturing of AHAVA in the occupied territories at the Hilton Hotel. http://www.flickr.com/photos/activestills/3610303523/ Walla (Israel news): American/Israel feminist group protests AHAVA in Tel Aviv (video)
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France: Launch of Broad Campaign against Agrexco
REFUSE THE INSTALLATION OF THE ISRAELI COMPANY AGREXCO IN SETE ! Not a single euro of public money should be used against the Palestinian people! Support the creation of jobs that respect Palestinian rights and protect Languedoc farmers In the middle of the war against the population of Gaza last January, Georges Fríªche, President of […]
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How-to-guide for boycotting Trader Joe’s
We’ll have this and many other resources on our don’t buy into apartheid Facebook page and our soon to exist website. Stay tuned and yalla deshelve!! p.s. don’t buy into apartheid facebook page (please subscribe your friends & let us know about actions): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86106513889&ref=mf JOIN US AND TAKE ACTION!! We know stores in your area […]
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