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Australia BDS event!
AUSTRALIANS FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE IN PALESTINE PO Box 619, WODEN, ACT , 2606. ph. 0417 269 984 29 March 2010 MEDIA RELEASE STOP ISRAELI APARTHEID AJPP are participating in the Global Day of Action for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli apartheid with two actions on Tuesday 30 March 2010. The first will be […]
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WE GIVE YOU THE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BOYCOTT, PICKET AND PROTEST, ALL ISRAEL’S CULTURAL PARTNERSHIPS IN AUSTRALIA (see below) BEGIN TOMORROW!
Picket Israel”s JERUSALEM QUARTET recital Tuesday 17 November 2009, 7.00pm Melbourne Recital Centre, corner Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank Please help us distribute flyers half an hour before the recital begins. After Perth, Sydney and Adelaide, Melbourne is the Jerusalem Quartet”s next stop. This is your chance to join the worldwide boycott, divestment and […]
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Derail Veolia and Alstom Campaign
CityPass and the Jerusalem Light-Rail Project In 2002, the CityPass consortium won a tender put out by the Israeli authorities for a light rail transportation project worth around 500 million Euros. This light rail system would link with settlements in the Occupied West Bank. The path of the light rail follows the Apartheid Wall and […]
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Australian Groups Endorsing BDS
Below is a list of Australian based unions and groups that are now endorsing the BDS campaign CFMEU – Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union NSW Branch http://www.cfmeu-construction-nsw.com.au/ Maritime Union of Australia Western Australia Branch, Delegates Meeting University of Western Sydney Students Association www.uwssa.org.au Australians for Palestine www.australiansforpalestine.com Committee for the Dismantling of Zionism Australia Just […]
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Melbourne dumps Connex following boycott campaign
Press release, Australians for Peace, 28 June 2009 The following press release was issued by Australians for Peace on 25 June 2009: Connex has been dumped by the Victorian State Government as Melbourne’s train system operator. Moammar Mashni of Australians for Palestine said that after four months of campaigning and some 100,000 pamphlets distributed, Palestine […]
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A CALL TO AUSTRALIA’S ACADEMICS
There is no doubt that something is moving in Australia when it comes to boycotts, divestments and sanctions against Israel. It was a long time coming, but the momentum is definitely growing apace and is certainly buoyed by what is happening in the rest of the world. Nevertheless, an academic boycott still seemed unlikely until […]
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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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Australian boycott action against apartheid Israel
The campaign has been launched by The Coalition of Palestine Support Groups in Melbourne, Australia. Also attached is a roster for supporters who wish to volunteer their help in distributing “Dump Connex” leaflets. The first mass distribution will take place this Wednesday 25 March 2009, 7.00-9.00 am in Flinders Street under the clocks. The public […]
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Responding to the call to protest apartheid
Comment: Mike Marqusee An action by South African dockworkers is one of the most important in the growing international solidarity movement against Israeli apartheid, writes Mike Marqusee. March 17, 2009 SOMETHING SPECIAL took place in Durban last month when dockworkers, members of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), refused to unload a […]
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Boycott Israel! Boycott Max Brenner!
Fred Fuentes, Sydney | 14 February 2009 Palestine solidarity activists in Sydney have launched a campaign targeting Max Brenner Chocolates, a 100% Israeli-owned company belonging to the Strauss Group, as part of the growing international boycott Israel movement. The Strauss Group is the second-largest Israeli food and beverage company. On the “corporate responsibility” section of […]
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