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Cesar Chavez Day and Global Israeli Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Action Day
From la Frontera to Gaza: Chicano-Palestinian Connections Monday March 30 2009 12.00-3.30 pm Taper Hall of the Humanities (THH) 101 Free and open to the public During the Israeli offensive on Gaza, it was often asked, “What if a terrorist group were lobbing rockets into San Diego out of Tijuana?” The analogy was tendentious and […]
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MSA submits boycott call to ASI
Randi Johns Published: Thursday, March 19, 2009 Updated: Friday, March 20, 2009 Associated Students Inc. listened to the first reading, as well as passionate public comments, of a new resolution regarding the Gaza Strip at Wednesday”s ASI Senate meeting. The Muslim Student Association (MSA) brought to the senate a resolution calling for an end to […]
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To Boycott or Not to Boycott, That Is the Question
Editor’s Note: This anti-boycott editorial by Stanley Fish is posted below, in part to elicit further comments and responses to his article in The New York Times and in part to highlight the eloquent response of David Lloyd, a member of our Organizing Committee. Stanley Fish| March 15, 2009, 10:00 pm | The New York […]
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Teach in Gaza 2009: The latest chapter in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine
Presented by the Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid-Southern California Public Teach-in Sunday, March 15 3 pm – 5 pm Culver City Veterans” Memorial Center 4117 Overland Avenue, at southwest corner of Culver and Overland Abundant parking, enter from Culver Boulevard map Guest Speaker: Mohammed Abed, Assistant Professor, CSULA. His recent research has focused on ethical […]
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Students say: No business with apartheid Israel
A divestment teach-in at Temple University on March 5 put technology to use for Palestine as students here spoke directly with students from the Hampshire College divestment movement in Massachusetts through the power of Skype, an Internet telephone program. Temple Students for Justice in Palestine hosted the teach-in as part of Boycott Israeli Apartheid week. […]
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USC students protest for Palestine
By John Osmand | March 13, 2009 LOS ANGELES–Students held a memorial on March 4 for Palestinians killed in Gaza and elsewhere, and delivered a letter to the president of the University of Southern California (USC), demanding academic freedom for Palestinians, scholarships for 10 Palestinian students and educational supplies to be delivered to universities in […]
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Standing up for Palestine at UMass
By Mark Clinton and Elizabeth Clinton | March 11, 2009 AMHERST, Mass.–Pro-Palestinian activists turned out to counter several hundred Zionists, some of them bused in from New York City and Boston, who occupied the Amherst Common on March 8 in a rally called by the Student Alliance for Israel (SAFI). Billed as a “Rally for […]
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ASB defeats motion to remove investment
9 March 2009 | The Daily Mississippian By Tim Summers Assistant News Editor After more than two hours of debate, the ASB senate voted not to pass a resolution that would withdraw the university”s investment funds from companies which sell arms to the Israeli military Monday night. Resolution 09-05 was defeated by a vote of […]
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Columbia students fight for divestment
By David Judd | March 9, 2009 NEW YORK–Pro-Palestinian activists at Columbia University kicked off their campaign for divestment from the Israeli occupation with a teach-in and a speak-out on March 4-5. One hundred thirty people turned out, packing the teach-in to overflowing. Although administrators only allowed 65 people into the room, dozens more stayed […]
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PRIORITY CALL FOR PHYSICIANS WORLDWIDE TO SIGN OPEN LETTER TO WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION RE: THEIR NEW PRESIDENT YORAM BLACHAR
Dear colleagues, We need your support for a potentially influential open letter of protest regarding the inauguration last November of Dr Yoram Blachar, longstanding President of the Israeli Medical Association (IMA), as President of the World Medical Association (WMA). The WMA is the official body tasked with overseeing the ethical behaviour of doctors worldwide. For […]
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