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Berkeley’s Response to ASUC Presidential Veto of Divestment Senate Bill 118A
Response to ASUC Presidential Veto of Senate Bill 118A UC Berkeley Divestment Task Force UCB Students for Justice in Palestine Introduction The following document is a response to ASUC President Will Smelko”s veto[1] of Senate Bill 118A, “A Bill in Support of ASUC Divestment from War Crimes.” SB 118A called on the UC Berkeley student […]
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Swedish consumer group urges Israel boycott
Published: 11 Apr 10 10:07 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/26010/20100411/ A consumer organization in western Sweden with some 350,000 members has called on the country’s Coop supermarkets to stop selling all goods from Israel. * Consumer group rejects Israel boycott call (12 Apr 10) * Swedish pension fund bars Israeli arms firm (30 Mar 10) * Jews […]
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Boycott Veolia: Complicit in Israeli War Crimes- Demo, London
Today’s demo at the Natural History Museum in London against the sponsorship of a wildlife photographic exhibition by Veolia, a French multinational company engaged in the occupation of Palestine through its collaboration with Israel in infrastructure work on the settlements and in running the Jerusalem Light Rail project.
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Selective Divestment from Companies that Profit from Human Rights Violations in Israel and Palestine: A Campaign to End Apartheid and Promote Peace
39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter, in his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, describes how “Israel”s continued control and colonization of Palestinian land have been the primary obstacles to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land.” Since the United Nations decided to partition historic Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state in 1947, Israel has […]
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Georgetown University Admits Complete Lack of Oversight of Endowment Investments
Yesterday morning, five members of the Georgetown, Divest! Coalition met with four Georgetown University administrators, Lawrence Kochard, the Chief Investment Officer, LaMarr Billups, Assistant Vice President of Business Policy Planning, Dan Porterfield, Senior Vice President for Strategic Development, and Jeanne Lord, Associate Vice President of Student Affairs. In a meeting that lasted for over an […]
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Coalition Seeks GU Stance on Israeli Human Rights Violations
By Matt Joseloff | Apr 09 2010 Following a growing international movement to curb human rights abuses in Israel and Palestine, students have formed a coalition demanding the university cut any assets traced to companies tied to such violations. Comprised of student groups such as the Georgetown Solidarity Committee and Students for Justice in Palestine, […]
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Georgetown, Divest! says ethics do not inform Georgetown’s investment decisions at all
In a press release provocatively entitled, “Georgetown University Admits Complete Lack of Oversight of Endowment Investments,” members of Georgetown, Divest!, the student coalition seeking University divestment in companies that perpetuate human rights abuses in Israel and Palestine, said that their Friday meeting with administrators revealed to them “that ethical concerns play no role in the […]
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Global Day of Action for Boycott Divestment Sanctions against Israeli Apartheid targets Mountain Equipment Co-op
Ending MEC’s support for Israel’s war machine March 30 was the Global Day of Action for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid and in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Activists across Canada targeted Mountain Equipment Co-op, calling on MEC to end it’s “partnerships” with Israeli factories, including Israeli military designer and contractor Source […]
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Does the OECD Know Where is Israel?
In May, Israel is expected to join the prestigious organization of developed economies, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Although the OECD claims to be an organization of democratic countries, in the past year it has accelerated efforts to invite Israel to become a member, despite Israel”s numerous violations of international law and […]
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Student group speaks out against profiting from Israel-Palestine conflict
By Crys Guerra and Anne Artley Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 With the hope of building a campus-wide movement, Brown Students for Justice in Palestine held their spring kick-off event, Education without Occupation, on Wednesday, presenting their campaign for divestment from companies profiting from what the group called the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The presentation, […]
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