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MSU: A Call to Boycott, Divest and Sanction
By Aminah Galal on May. 10, 2010 Every May, the Muslim Student Union (MSU), with the support of many progressive and diverse student organizations, presents a week-long series of events dedicated to sharing the story of a people subjected to 62 years of statelessness and oppression. Because the mainstream media rarely portrays the plight of […]
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BOYCOTT THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BOYCOTT
The artists who refuse to honour the cultural boycott against apartheid in Israel need a wake up call…… THEIR DVD”s, cassettes, videos and wherever else their works appear must be boycotted, perhaps then they will get the message. Artists that have performed in Israel in the past year include… Paul McCartney Paul Anka The Pet […]
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University of California execs say they’ll only divest from occupation if US gov’t finds genocide
by Jeff Blankfort and Phil Weiss on May 11, 2010 Yesterday Weiss wrote that Elena Kagan’s nomination calls on American Jews to recognize our prominence in the elite of American society. Here’s some more evidence. According to wikipedia, Marc Yudof, an educator who is president of the University of California, is Jewish and has sterling […]
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The Yudof Doctrine: No divestment from Israel until genocide
“The U.S. has not made any declaration regarding the State of Israel and, therefore, we will not bring a recommendation before the Board to divest from companies doing business with the State of Israel.” – UC President Mark Yudof, UC Regents Chairman Russell Gould, and UC Regents Vice Chair Sherry Lansing UC President Mark Yudof […]
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Open Letter to UC President – Mohammad Talaat
Received May 11, 2010 Dear UC President Yudof, I received your enclosed message and statement, “UC Statement on Divestment,” and was saddened and disappointed. Not because I disagree with your position and the UC Board of Regents” – that”s human – rather because of the thin rationale and less-than-honest language it employs. Let me elaborate. […]
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Lettre de l’AURDIP aux lauréats du prix de la fondation Wolf 2010
29 Avril 2010 | AURDIP, BRICUP, Campagna Diritto allo Studio e Libertí Accademica in Palestina, CUNCAP | Téléchargez cette lettre au format PDF Download the letter as a pdf file Sir David Baulcombe? (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Britain) Professor Shing-Tung Yau? (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA) Professor Dennis Sullivan? (Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY […]
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Atwood and Amitav Accept Soiled Money
Yesterday, Canadian author Margaret Atwood and Indian author Amitav Ghosh accepted the one million dollar Dan David Prize, funded by a wealthy Zionist philanthropist. Palestinian civil society urged them not to accept the prize. They did. They crossed the picket line, arguing that novelists and authors have a unique right to cross picket lines under […]
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Ghoshwood’s Mendacity
by Robin Yassin-Kassab and Claire Chambers. Novelists Amitav Ghosh and Margaret Atwood have accepted the Dan David prize at Tel Aviv University, an institution at the heart of Israel”s military-industrial complex. By doing so they have spurned Palestinian civil society”s call for boycott, divestment and sanctions on the Zionist state. Atwood has specifically ignored this […]
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A Letter to Elton John: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel
The following letter was sent recorded delivery to Elton John via the following contacts: Elton John’s Management: Twenty-First Artists, Ltd., 1 Blythe Road, London, W14 OHG – Phone: 44-207-348-4800 Elton John’s Agent: Howard Rose, The Howard Rose Agency, Ltd. – 9460 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 310, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 – Phone: 310-858-3838 Elton John’s Publicist: […]
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Open Letter to Margaret Atwood: Reject Tel Aviv University Prize
Raymond Deane for Salem-News.com Some say Palestine is the ultimate test of honesty. (DUBLIN) – I realise that I am too late to contribute to the messages calling upon you not to accept the Dan David Prize. There is an ironic reason for this: I have admired your fiction, poetry and ethical stance for so […]
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