• Call to support PACBI members conference travel expenses

    Posted on July 16, 2010

    I am forwarding this message from BRICUP – please help if you can. Support is needed for a European initiative. AURDIP, BRICUP”s French sister organisation, is convening a conference on academic boycott in Paris this coming September 25-6. The aim is to bring together the several organisations in Italy, Catalonia, Britain and France now in […]

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  • Economy of the Occupation: BDS Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Part 2

    Posted on July 16, 2010

    The BDS movement: boycott, divestment and sanctions used to put pressure on Israel to respect the rights of the Palestinian people and to end the occupation, is rapidly growing around the world. This video examines the economic aspects of BDS. How did BDS evolve? Can it be an effective tool against Israel? Could it hurt […]

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  • Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman miss Jerusalem film festival after Gaza raid

    Posted on July 16, 2010

    ‘It was clear it had something to do with what had happened,’ says organiser after stars pulled out following flotilla attacks * Ben Child * guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 7 July 2010 12.17 BST Hollywood actors Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman cancelled plans to attend the Jerusalem film festival following Israel’s raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla […]

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  • Noam Chomsky Opposes Palestinian-Led Movement To Boycott Israel

    Posted on July 16, 2010

    By If Americans Knew 14 July, 2010 If Americans Knew In an interview on the Council for the National Interest internet radio program “Jerusalem Calling,” MIT Professor Noam Chomsky, author of The Fateful Triangle and other books on Israel-Palestine, said that he opposes boycotting Israel. In a July 8th interview with new CNI President Alison […]

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  • “˜God helps those who help themselves’

    Posted on July 16, 2010

    Norman Finkelstein is one of the world”s foremost public intellectuals writing about the Israel-Palestine conflict. He is the author of many books on the topic, most recently Beyond Chutzpah, an exhaustive account of Israel”s human rights record, and This Time We Went Too Far (reviewed in NLP), an analysis of the Gaza massacre and its […]

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  • We need 10,000 signatures for TIAA-CREF by Tuesday to Divest!

    Posted on July 16, 2010

    This coming Tuesday, July 20th, CREF will hold its annual meeting in New York City. This is the one time a year where the leadership of TIAA-CREF sits down with fund participants and listens in person to their concerns. We certainly have a concern about the Israeli occupation, and we want to make sure that […]

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  • Pride through solidarity

    Posted on July 16, 2010

    Amita Kumari writing from Toronto, Canada, Live from Palestine, 14 July 2010 As a young person with a nondescript sexual identity, I always found myself on the sidelines around issues of homo-nationalism; Pride Toronto’s decision to ban the term “Israeli Apartheid” from its festivities for 2010 has served as an important reminder as to why […]

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  • ‘Hope’ Floats: Hey Hollywood, Time to Put Your Money Where Your Morality Is

    Posted on July 16, 2010

    A coalition of nearly twenty American human rights and peace groups has joined the global justice community and numerous foreign governments in vowing to send more humanitarian aid ships to break the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza this coming Fall. The coalition, united under the mantle US To Gaza, includes activist organizations such as CodePink, […]

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  • BNC welcomes actions to mark fifth anniversary of BDS call

    Posted on July 15, 2010

    15 July 2010 Occupied Palestine – On July 9 2010, the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) marked the fifth anniversary of the Palestinian Civil Society Call for a campaign of BDS against Israel until it fully complies with international law and Palestinian rights. The BNC issued a statement highlighting the massive growth […]

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  • Take Action: TIAA-CREF in New York City

    Posted on July 15, 2010

    Thursday, July 15, 2010 Call for Next Thursday in NYC This coming Tuesday, July 20th, CREF will hold its annual meeting in New York City. This is the one time a year where the leadership of TIAA-CREF sits down with fund participants and listens in person to their concerns. We certainly have a concern about […]

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