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Pixes Could Croon for Apartheid
The Pixies have a concert booked in Tel-Aviv, Palestine-Israel. The concert announcements makes no mention Apartheid Israel”s ongoing colonial dispossession and discrimination against the Palestinian people, and as such would break the Cultural Boycott of Israel. Israeli activists from the group Boycott! from Within (BFW) initiated a campaign requesting that the Boston band honor the […]
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7 ways to stop musical “˜ambassadors’ for Israel
Sarah Cobhma | 29.03.2010 20:17 | Palestine Protesters in London disrupted a Live Radio 3 broadcast of the Jerusalem Quartet. They drew attention to the Quartet”s strong links to the Israeli Army, Israel”s crimes against the Palestinians, particularly its illegal occupation of Palestinian land, its ethnic cleansing of East Jerusalem, the apartheid nature of the […]
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Swedish Retirement Fund Boycotts Elbit Israeli Military Systems Company
The Israeli Army electronics company “Elbit systems” has been barred by the Fí¶rsta AP-Fonden pension fund, the biggest pensions fund in Sweden. The pensions fund decided to boycott Elbit on Ethical grounds. The fund said that Elbit systems is involved in the operation of the surveillance system installed on the Annexation Wall in the occupied […]
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Boycott Israel campaign hits Chapters and Mountain Equipment Co-op
On March 30, 2010 the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) marked the Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Day of Action with flash mobs at Chapters Indigo and Mountain Equipment Coop (MEC). BDS Day of Action In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called on people of conscience around the world to join a […]
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Israeli Boycott Campaign- Set to Kick off on 30th March
A coalition of Palestinian solidarity movements are tightening their plans for a major Israeli boycott campaign, set to kick off on Tuesday 30th March. Consumers will be urged to boycott all Israeli products as part of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, in protest of the government’s expanding Zionist policies, which has seen tensions […]
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Health workers and advocates support call for U of Arizona to divest
Press release, UA Health for Human Rights, 30 March 2010 The following press release was issued on 30 March 2010 by UA Health for Human Rights, an ad hoc group formed by the broader University Community for Human Rights, a student-led board leading divestment initiatives at the University of Arizona: A joint group of more […]
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Nordstrom Fails on Social Responsibility By Selling Products from Illegally Occupied Territory
Nordstrom promotes itself as a socially responsible company that supports “quality business principles” but is it really socially responsible when it profits by selling AHAVA products that are made from stolen resources in a factory on occupied land? Confronting Nordstrom”s support and sale of AHAVA products is our current action to “boycott, divest and sanction” […]
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Support Cal Students for Justice in Palestine
This spring has seen a flurry of divestment activity on campuses across the country. In late February the Student Senate at the University of Michigan – Dearborn passed a resolution calling for the university administration to appoint a committee to investigate the human rights implications of university investments. In March the Associated Students of the […]
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Montrealers join Global Day of Action to Boycott Israeli Apartheid
Press release-Global Day of Action to boycott Israeli apartheid With East Jerusalem under attack, Montrealers join Global Day of Action to Boycott Israeli Apartheid Who: Members of Montreal Palestine solidarity groups and community organisations What: Global Day of Action for the campaign to boycott Israeli apartheid When: Tuesday, March 30, 4pm-6pm Where: Phillips Square, across […]
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