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Oakland Demonstration Hailed A Success For BDS
Palestine Monitor 25 June 2010 The Freedom flotilla, whilst unsuccessful in reaching its destination, raised an important message along with its sails: that the siege on Gaza must end. Now, through the efforts of international solidarity campaigns and Trade Unions, Israel”s own ships are being used to raise protests against Israel”s blockade. In the early […]
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Asian left: `Lift the siege on Gaza! Support boycott, divestment and sanctions on apartheid Israel’
Statement by Asian left organisations [To add your organisation”s endorsement, please email: international[at]socialist-alliance.org.] June 25, 2010 — As Israel stands increasingly isolated following its manufactured confrontation on May 31, 2010, with the peace flotilla in which nine Turkish activists on the Mavi Marmara were murdered, now is the time to increase the pressure on Israel […]
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Don’t buy Israeli dates for Ramadan
Dutch initiative for fifth anniversary The Dutch BDS platform is working on the “Don”t buy Israeli dates for Ramadan” campaign. This platform consists of representatives of about 20 organisations, church and mosque related groups and other groups and individuals that work together on the BDS campaign. The BDS platform has local organizers in over 15 […]
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Turkish Dock Workers Union Joins Boycott against Israel
June 23, 2010 From www.sendika.org The working class movement in Turkey is starting to join the Boycott Against Israel Campaign. While the working class movements around the world has escalated the campaign against Israel by refusing to unload Israeli cargo ships, the Dock Workers Union “Liman-Is” is the latest union in Turkey joining the anti […]
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Swedish dockworkers boycott Israel
Swedish dockworkers have launched a week-long boycott of cargo to and from Israel to protest against the raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine people last month. About 1,500 members of the Swedish Dockworkers Union began the boycott on Wednesday across the country’s ports, which handle more than 95 per cent of Sweden’s […]
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New bill seeks to outlaw boycott – both of settlements and of Israel
If passed, the bill will lead to heavy sanctions on Palestinian authorities and individuals, as well as Israeli and foreign activists By JNews Monday, 21 June, 2010 – 22:26 A new bill (full translation below), the third in a series of proposed laws seeking to restrict the activities of peace activists and human rights organizations […]
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Law of Boycott Prohibition
Note: The following article ignores said law”s implications on Palestinians. To read a compressive article on that, I recommend Band Annie”s Weblog. Israelis calling for support of the Palestinian call for BDS are under attack from all sides. Whether it be the media, private people in the name of some seriously disturbing organizations [Hebrew], government […]
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Boycott from Within
Boycott from Within is a group of Israeli citizens that supports the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). The AIC sat down with Israeli activist Ofer Neiman to discuss the Boycott from Within movement, its goals and what impact he thinks it will have on ending the Israeli occupation. For more information, visit […]
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US Social Forum cancels exploitative Zionist workshop
Press release, “Al-Awda, NY”, Arab American Action Network, Arab Resource and Organizing Center, Arab American Union Members Council, Arab Youth Organization, Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid, Desis Rising and Moving, Palestine Youth Network, US Palestinian Community Network, Middle East Children’s Alliance, South West Asia North Africa Bay Area Queers, General Union of Palestine […]
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PGFTU message to San Francisco Bay Area trade unionists
To our respected sisters, brothers and comrades in the trade unions, labor councils and workers” organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area Dear Brothers and Sisters, Since the beginning of the workers” struggles in your country – the United States of America – international solidarity has been a constant part of workers” organizing and struggle […]
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