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Australian churches urge boycott of Israeli goods
Wednesday, 28 July 2010 AUSTRALIA (ICEJ News) – The National Council of Churches Australia (NCCA), the nation”s largest ecumenical body, met last week for its 7th Triennial Forum, which resulted in a statement asking Australians to consider boycotting goods produced by Israeli settlements in the West Bank in solidarity with Palestinian Christians. “We are asking […]
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BDS Brisbane
Boycott Divestment Sanctions Campaign Action Brisbane Australia July 2010. Activists disrupt the Seacret Cosmetic stall (Made in Israel) in the Myer Centre on the Queen Street Mall. BDS is the global movement combating Israeli Occupation and Apartheid.
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A call for a national Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference
Building Solidarity, Combating Occupation & Apartheid Melbourne, 29 – 31 October 2010 – activism in support of Palestine – As supporters of the Palestinian struggle for justice and self-determination, we have come together to initiate a call for a two and half day national Australian BDS conference to be held in Melbourne on October 29- […]
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Boycott, divestment and sanctions in Australia, five years on
Sonja Karkar, The Electronic Intifada, 9 July 2010 It is five years since Palestinian civil society first made the call for a global boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against the apartheid state of Israel. At the time, introducing such action in Australia seemed impossible when the public barely knew anything about the Palestinian struggle for […]
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Australia MUA Locals Passed Resolutions In Support Of Labor Boycott Of Israel in 2009
Submitted by solidarity on Sat, 2010-07-10 14:39 http://www.mua.org.au/news/union-peace-plan-for-middle-east/ Union peace plan for Middle East 9 APR 2009 Paddy Crumlin, MUA national secretary and ITF executive board member will be visiting the Middle East later this year, to promote the International Transport Workers’ initiative to bring the workers of Israel and Palestine together. “It’s the working […]
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11 unions back campaign to boycott Israel
Sun 27 Jun 2010 The international campaign for boycott, sanctions and divestment against Israel is starting to gain leverage in Australia, especially since the recent killings of nine Turkish solidarity activists. Since the May 31 attack on the flotilla of peace activists who were attempting to break the siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid, […]
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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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Unions must boycott Israel
By John Passant – posted Monday, 7 June 2010 To the Australian Council of Trade Unions, I am writing this to you in your capacity as the peak body of trade unions in Australia. The Australian trade union movement has a proud history of opposing oppression in Australia and around the world. It joined the […]
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Australia: Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) Adopts BDS
The CFMEU (Construction Forestry, Mining and Electricity Union) national executive have a adopted a position supporting selective BDS. This means the union has become first Union in Australia to adopt a national postion on BDS. Palestinian Resolution of the CFMEU National Executive Committee – May 12, 2010 The CFMEU National Executive in October 2009 discussed […]
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Boycott Action: Max Brenner Chocolates
Posted by Tamil Justice Brenner boycott @ Newtown 8th April The global Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) is getting stronger by the day. All over Africa, the Americas and parts of Europe and Asia, more and more people are initiating and creating campaigns that aim to put pressure on companies, organisations, institutions and artists that deal with or […]
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