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Boycott Apartheid Israel
By Natalie Abou Shakra – Gaza The concept of civil resistance is not new at all. This non-violent, unarmed, citizen oriented strategy of resistance in modern history played a role in the struggles against colonialism, and neo-colonialism especially in British colonies of Africa, in Apartheid South Africa, India, and the Middle East, particularly Palestine. We […]
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Australian Academic Boycott of Israel: Global BDS Day 30 March 2009
Responding to the CALL of Palestinian civil society to join the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, we are an Australian campaign focused specifically on a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions, as delineated by PACBI (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel): In light of Israel’s persistent violations […]
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Challenging Israeli Impunity: The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement
RADIO INTIFADA intifada=shaking off – oppression/silence Voices from Kolkata to Casablanca Voices of struggle, Voices for change Thursday, March 26, 2009 3-4pm PST KPFK/Pacifica Radio 90.7 fm, Los Angeles Streaming at kpfk.org available on audio archive for 90 days Following in the footsteps of the BDS movement against the South African apartheid regime, citizens around […]
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West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign bins Veolia!
03/25/09 | Veolia West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes the decision made by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council not to consider further Veolia”s bid for the ‘Waste Improvement Plan’ contract, a contract worth £1 billion over 20 years. French multinational company Veolia is complicit in the continued Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. Veolia is a leading […]
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Ali Abunimah on Flashpoints discussing BDS
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Today on Flashpoints: Founder of the Electronic Intifada, Ali Abunimah, in the Flashpoints studio gives a postmortem on Gaza and talks about the possibilities for justice and freedom for Palestine; a report from northern Israel as Israeli settlers, backed by security forces, threaten Palestinians with death in a violent public demonstration. […]
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Land Day 2009 And BDS Global Week Of Action Against The Crisis And War
Posted by RORCoalition on Wed, 03/25/2009 – 12:12 By Eileen Fleming [Countercurrents.org] 24 March, 2009 – The Global Week of Action; a call for BDS/Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions begins March 28th through April 4, 2009. March 30, 2009 will commemorate the 33rd annual Land Day nonviolent solidarity demonstrations and actions in Palestine and the diaspora. […]
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Worried about apartheid? Too late, Mr Olmert, it’s already here
Tony Karon In one of her last acts as US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice had Nelson Mandela”s name removed from America”s terrorist watch list. Many Americans were shocked to learn that their favourite former political prisoner had ever been deemed a terrorist. That is because they had forgotten, or were too young to know, […]
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Emergency appeal to UNESCO to exclude Israel from its membership and a call for joining the cultural and academic boycott of Israel
The Arabic version of this article, translated by Samah Idris, is available at http://www.adabmag.com/node/178. * The author, Rahela Mizrahi, signed the Palestinian call for the cultural boycott of Israel in 2006. She has a 1st degree in fine arts from the Betzalel Academy in Jerusalem and is currently completing her 2nd degree writing on the […]
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List of global Actions for March 30 – BDS Action Day
Posted by StopTheWall on Tue, 03/24/2009 – 09:16 Palestine – Many demonstrations are planned to commemorate March 30 as the Palestinian Land Day with a special focus on the national BDS campaign. Worldwide – Activities are already planned in over a dozen countries around the globe. Join in these activities or organize your own. Please […]
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Divestment campaign gains momentum in Europe
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 24 March 2009 The Swedish national pension fund AP7 is the latest institution to follow the socially responsible investment example of Dutch ASN Bank by excluding the French transportation giant Alstom from its portfolio. Alstom was excluded because of the company’s involvement in Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. Activists and […]
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