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UC Berkeley Student Senate Set to Vote April 28th on Historic Divestment Bill
***For Immediate Release*** For More Information Contact Ali Glenesk. 805.610.3889. ali.glenesk[at]gmail.com from: Students for Justice in Palestine Dina Omar. 510.283.8487. dinnaomar[at]gmail.com [Berkeley, CA] – On Wednesday April 28th, the UC Berkeley Student Senate will make a final attempt to pass a bill calling for divestment of University funds from companies that profit from Israel”s war […]
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Open letter to Gare St Lazare Players Ireland: Cancel Tel Aviv University!
PACBI | 23 April 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 23 April 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges through this letter the Irish touring theatre company Gare St Lazare Players Ireland to cancel their scheduled performance of Samuel Beckett”s “First Love” at Tel Aviv University on May 26, 2010. We […]
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STUC REAFFIRMS ISRAEL BOYCOTT
Thursday 22 April 2010 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Media Release The Scottish Trades Union Congress reiterated its commitment to a campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel at it annual meeting in Dundee yesterday, just days after a BBC poll described international attitudes to the country as “widely negative”. The motion, presented by the […]
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Letter to Gil Scott-Heron
Rap pioneer Gil Scott-Heron is scheduled to go to Israel for one performance on May 25 in Tel Aviv’s Barbie club. Dear Gil, We write to urge you not to perform in Israel next month. This is done in the name of millions of Palestinians living under an Apartheid system no different (and probably worse) […]
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My Investment in Israel
April 21, 2010 Are You an Anti-Semite? By VIJAY PRASHAD I”m not Israeli. I”m not Palestinian. Nor Jewish, nor Arab, nor Muslim. I”ve never been to Jerusalem, nor Ramallah. I”m not sure if I”ll ever go there. I have no relatives who live there, no family who ever went there, or came from there. I […]
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15 Arrested in Protest, Lockdown at Caterpillar, “Israel’s Weapon of Choice”
Midnite update: Some arrestees are set to be released from jail on $200 bail; others are choosing to remain; arraignments appear to be set for 8:30 Wednesday morning at 425 Grove, St. Paul. Charges are trespassing, failure to obey a lawful order, and unlawful assembly–all misdemeanors. || View photos 5 MACALESTER STUDENTS LOCK DOWN TO […]
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Take Action – Ireland Can Stop Apartheid Israel’s Membership of the OECD
Dear friends, The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) is urgently requesting your support for a last minute attempt to try and stop Israel”s membership of the OECD. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is scheduled to convene in May 2010 in order to take a formal decision on Israel”s application for membership in […]
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Palestine Solidartity Association of Sweden (PGS) new website
Dear friends, The Palestine Solidartity Association of Sweden (PGS) has launched a campaign site against Israeli membership in OECD. This is not meant to be a coordinated campaign but an encouragement for others to act against the Israeli membership, and to coordinate engaged organizations. – Are you working with the OECD issue or sympathize with […]
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The BDS Movement: Talk and Discussion with Omar Barghouti
The BDS Movement (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) is an effective voice bringing attention to the injustices of Israel”s treatment of the Palestinian community in the Middle East. Omar Barghouti is a founder of the BDS movement. In part 1 Mr. Barghouti provides his personal struggle to bring the movement forward and includes a very personal insight […]
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Gil Scott-Heron: don’t go to the moon
Matthew Cassel, The Electronic Intifada, 20 April 2010 Dear Gil Scott-Heron, I’ve always defended your track “Whitey on the Moon” to fellow white Americans who dismissed the song as racist. I argued that considering the centuries of enslavement of your African ancestors, and the continued oppression of and racism against Black Americans, it’s not unfair […]
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