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Support Student Divestment at the University of California!
April 13th, 2010 Tomorrow the Associated Students of the University of California Berkeley (ASUC) will cast its final vote on whether to divest from two corporations profiting from Israeli occupation and apartheid. This means that you have one last chance to support the divestment resolution by asking ASUC student senators to overturn their president’s veto […]
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British trade union federation launches campaign against Israeli products from West Bank
12 April 2010 The British umbrella body of trade unions, the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has launched a campaign calling for an import ban for goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The campaign was launched together with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, an anti-Israel group that advocates a complete economic boycott of Israel […]
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The Georgetown, Divest! forum on University investment in Palestine and Israel
On Tuesday night, the new student group Georgetown, Divest! presented their case for University divestment from companies that they say profit from human rights violations in Israel and Palestine. The campaign”s kick-off event came days after an April 9 meeting with officials from the Investment Office who, according to a Georgetown, Divest! press release, said […]
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Hold Israel Accountable
Click here for the link to the official page of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) dedicated at preventing Israel’s normalization in official world forums until it abides by its obligations under international law.
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International Attention Focused on ASUC Divestment Vote
By Allie Bidwell Contributing Writer Wednesday, April 14, 2010 International attention will descend on the ASUC Senate meeting tonight as senators consider upholding the passage of a controversial bill urging the student government and the University of California to divest from two companies that have provided war supplies to the Israeli military. The bill names […]
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Richard Falk Salutes UC Berkeley Divestment
April 13, 2010 To the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (ASUC): I am writing to encourage renewed support for Senate Bill 118A (“A Bill in Support of ASUC Divestment from War Crimes”), including the override of ASUC President Will Smelko’s veto on March 24, 2010. The earlier passage of […]
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Noam Chomsky endorses Berkeley divestment
Letter to the ASUC Senate in support of SB 118A, the divestment bill I would like to express my support and appreciation for the principled statement of the ASUC Senate calling for divestment from US corporations providing military technology for Israel to use in the occupied territories and in its past and possibly future invasions […]
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You Will Not Be Alone
Comment By Judith Butler April 13, 2010 Editor’s Note: What follows is the text of a speech Professor Butler will give on Wednesday, April 13, to the students of the University of California, Berkeley. On March 18, Berkeley’s Student Senate voted 16-to-4 to divest from General Electric and United Technologies because of their role in […]
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Target Miami: Take Action Sunshine State BDSers
Aroma Israel opens 1st Miami café Coffee chain plans to inaugurate five additional branches in southeastern Florida city, Yedioth Ahronoth reports. Max Brenner expanding in US too Navit Zomer Israeli coffee chains continue to expand in US: Four years after Aroma Israel opened its first branch in the United States, in New York City’s SoHo […]
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Say NO to ‘Out in Israel’
‘Out in Israel’ is a month-long festival taking place throughout the Bay Area during April 2010. It is a celebration of LGBT Israeli culture that is set to include film series, literary readings, musical performances, dance, and panel discussions on LGBT culture in Israel and from Zionist perspectives. We, Palestinian Queer activists, living inside Israel […]
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