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Don’t let Armatrading play us as supporters of Israeli racism and apartheid
by Women of Color in the Global Women”s Strike, Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid Joan Armatrading”s statement posted on her homepage calling on leaders of Israel and Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Meshal, to “take that step” to solve “the problem” is a backwards way of acknowledging protests of her recent […]
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Boycott of Israeli Goods
?Thanks to Phan Nguyen, the original author, and Works In Progress, the original publisher. 1. Boycott is a tactic, not a principle. This concept was most eloquently detailed by Nelson Mandela. A boycott is initiated to create change. It is not a tool of rejection, retribution, punishment, or disgust. When workers go on strike, it […]
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Iran Steps up Anti-Israeli Boycott
Saturday, August 7, 2010 The Iranian government has upped its boycott of Israeli goods, saying it will closely monitor the enforcement of a ban on Israeli products. “No state- or non-state-owned company is allowed to sell Israeli products in the Islamic republic and the government closely monitors the matter,” said Iran’s Vice President for Parliamentary […]
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“˜NYT’ piece from Dead Sea “˜kibbutz’ ignores int’l boycott of its products
by Nancy Kricorian on August 6, 2010 In “As it Shrinks, the Dead Sea Nourishes Promises of an Economic Bloom,” [New York Times, yesterday, p. A8], Isabel Kershner presents a rosy picture of what she calls the Israeli “kibbutz” of Kalia, situated on the shores of Dead Sea. Kalia is, in actuality, an illegal Jewish-only […]
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“Check the Label” Campaign to Boycott Israeli Dates in the UK
[vodpod id=Video.4184276&w=425&h=350&fv=] “Check the Label” Campaign to Boycott Israeli D…, posted with vodpod Don’t let your money go towards entrenching Israel’s occupation of Palestine Check the label. Do not buy dates that come from: Israel, West Bank or Jordan Valley Dates have been Israel’s leading fruit export and account for about 15% of export from […]
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BDS Tour: Avignon
A partir du 10 juillet prochain, nous allons sillonner les routes de France et faire étape dans 16 villes, pour sensibiliser la population í la situation en Palestine, au blocus de Gaza, í la colonisation galopante, et í la nécessité d’une réaction citoyenne face í ces violations du droit international qui nous concernent tous, car […]
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Imaging Apartheid – Poster Project for Palestine
call for submissions: Montreal July 2010 http://imagingapartheid.org/downloads/imagingapartheid_call.pdf As the global movement in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation continues to grow, we are calling on graphic designers and artists to submit their work to IMAGING APARTHEID: the Poster Project for Palestine. Twenty-one posters will be selected from submissions collected from around the world to […]
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To Know Is Not Enough
http://toknowisnotenough.info [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.962482&w=425&h=350&fv=] To Know Is Not Enough, posted with vodpod a short documentary about the Hampshire College campaign for divestment from the occupation of Palestine. Hampshire is often credited with being the first US college to divest for the occupation, and this video attempts to understand the group and the campaign that made it […]
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Academic Boycott on Israel Flexes Its Muscles
WRMEA, August 2010, Pages 44-45 Southern California Chronicle Academic Boycott on Israel Flexes Its Muscles By Pat and Samir Twair WERE IT not for the eagle eyes of Nur Marsalha, a professor of religion and politics in England, perusing the program for the biennial conference of the International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS), Israel might […]
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