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OECD letter to New Zealand Prime Minister
To: The Prime Minister, John Key Cc: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully The Organisation 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. For the reasons listed below we call upon you to cast New Zealand”s vote […]
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Will liberal Zionists come around to BDS?
by Adam Horowitz on April 18, 2010 The divestment debate taking place at Berkeley is creating waves. It is not only helping to build diverse and powerful coalitions on campus, but it is also sparking conversations in places that have, at least to this point, been allergic to BDS. Jerry Haber has an important post […]
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Open Letter to Amitav Ghosh from Vijay Prashad
Dear Amitav, I had written to you enthusiastically after reading “Relic of a Disputed Past,” when you took yourself out of the running for the Commonwealth Prize, 2001. It was not only the politics that I appreciated and seconded, but also that this withdrawal was for The Glass Palace, a book that is so superb […]
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Write to Amitav Ghosh and ask him Not to accept the Dan David Prize
Please consider sending a short note to Amitav Ghosh asking him not to accept the Israeli Dan David prize. Below is my letter, below, and that sent by a friend from Lahore. For those of you who know his work, it is particularly galling since he has done some excellent writings on colonialism, exile, and […]
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Call for Margaret Atwood to Join Cultural Boycott of Israel
The Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott Initiative (PACBI) has issued a statement encouraging Margaret Atwood not to accept the Dan David prize, which is based at Tel Aviv University (TAU). The PACBI statement is reproduced below. At the same time, the Palestinian Students Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) issued an open letter […]
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Interview with Hedy Epstein on Divestment on Flashpoints
Support continues to build for a global movement against Israeli apartheid in Palestine, today we feature anti-apartheid activist and Nazi holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein talking about why she supports the campus divestment movement. LISTEN ONLINE: Download this clip Play this clip in your Computer”s media player Guests: Hedy Epstein, activist
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Listen to Organizers of Berkeley’s Divestment Campaign on Flashpoints
UC Berkeley students talk about the university”s bill to divest from companies that profit from the injustices of Israel”s occupation of Palestine. –––––– LISTEN ONLINE: Download this clip Play this clip in your Computer”s media player Guests: Nairi Shrinian, UC Berkeley undergraduate and member of Students for Justice in Palestine
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News from Georgetown, Divest!
From The Georgetown Voice: Saxa Politica: Immoral Investments: “While divestment is non-negotiable to administrators, it appears that Georgetown”s Jesuit and Catholic identity is.” Misguided idealism of Georgetown, Divest!: “The string of reports coming from the Middle East appear to confirm the assertions aired by the newly formed coalition Georgetown, Divest! that the human rights situation […]
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Open Letter from Boykot Israel Denmark
Boykot Israel Denmark claims: No to Israel”s membership of the OECD – Membership of OECD would reward Israel for its crimes of war Israel”s application for membership of the OECD (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) will be decided on the meeting of OECD in May. The decision requires unanimity. During the negotiations with […]
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Gil Scott Heron replaces Stacey Solomon
Well not quite. Stacey will not now be performing for the UK Zionist Federation’s celebration of the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians that began in earnest in November 1947. Gil Scott Heron, on the other hand, is intending to appear in Tel Aviv some time in May, according to Ynet: Poet, singer, musician, and renowned […]
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