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“Sí, se puede!” : Palestinian civil society salutes US Chicano/Latin@ youth for their principled stand in support of BDS
The Boycott National Committee issued the following statement saluting MEChA for their resolution in support of BDS: Occupied Palestine, 29 March 2012 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the broadest coalition of Palestinian political parties, trade unions, NGOs and networks, warmly salutes the National Movímíento Estudíantíl Chícan@ de Aztlán (M.E.Ch.A), the […]
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Palestinian rights activists join BDS Global Day of Action commemorating Land Day
The following statement was issued by the Boycott National Committee: Occupied Palestine, 31 March 2012 – Supporters of Palestinian rights across the world have taken action in support of the campaign for boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law to mark Palestinian Land Day on March 30. Land Day, […]
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Press Release: Gaza is Dying
Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine–We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Israeli war crimes committed against our people in the Gaza Strip. We call on the international community and the Arab and Islamic worlds to take up their responsibility to protect the Palestinian people from this heinous aggression and immediately terminate the continuing Israeli policy […]
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South African-Palestinian music video celebrates common struggle against racial intolerance
Published by Ali Abunimah at the Electronic Intifada: In a first ever musical collaboration between South Africa and Palestine, South African band, The Mavrix and Palestinian Oud player, Mohammed Omar, have released a music video called “The New Black.” The song is taken from The Mavrix”s upcoming album, Pura Vida, set for release in June. The […]
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Colonization of the Mind: Normalize This!
Published first in the Palestine Chronicle. By Samah Sabawi (Full Transcript. Excerpts from this speech were presented at the University of Sydney Australia during Israeli Apartheid Week 2012.) I would like to talk about normalization. I found the best definition of the word normalization on the Palestinian Campaign for Cultural and Academic Boycott”s website: “Normalization […]
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Philly BDS asks local artist McCoy Tyner to cancel Israeli gig
The Philly BDS Coalition sent the following letter to artist McCoy Tyner, calling upon him to cancel his planned gig in Petah Tikva and respect the BDS Call: Dear McCoy Tyner, We are a group of Philadelphians who support the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. We oppose our involvement in Israel”s policies of ethno-racial […]
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INCACBI Appeal to Vikas Swarup: Boycott the International Writers Festival 2012 in Jerusalem!
Dear Vikas Swarup, We understand that you are scheduled to participate in the International Writers Festival to be held in Jerusalem (Mishkenot Sha ananim) from May 13-18, 2012. We, a group of academics, activists and artists in India, came together in June 2010 to campaign against yet another apartheid regime by extending support to the […]
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PACBI: Appeal for Action – End Cornell Collaboration with Technion
The Palestinian academic community was deeply disturbed by the recently revealed plan of collaboration between Cornell University and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The two institutions have won a multi-billion-dollar competition held by the City of New York to establish “a 2 million square foot engineering and applied sciences university campus” on Roosevelt Island, […]
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Adalah-NY plans protest of Batsheva Dance Company
Protest Batsheva Dance Company’s 2012 performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Wednesday, March 7, 2012 – 6:45pm – 7:45pm Save the Date! Join Adalah-NY to protest a performance by Batsheva, “Israel”s leading cultural ambassador”. In an exchange of letters with Adalah-NY, Batsheva’s host, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, tried the excuse that Batsheva’s performance won’t “further a political agenda”, but there’s no denying it’s […]
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Occupy Oakland overwhelmingly endorses BDS
On February 1, 2012, Occupy Oakland, in a major step forward for the US occupy movement’s recognition of BDS and Palestinian rights, endorsed the BDS campaign with a 135-1 vote. See the video below: For more coverage of the Occupy Oakland vote, please seeAllison Deger’s piece at Mondoweiss or Nora Barrows-Friedman’s article at the Electronic […]
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