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Organize for boycott Israel day of action
Appeal, Secretariat of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee, 19 February 2009 In December 2008, Israel decided to mark the 60th anniversary of its existence the same way it had established itself — perpetrating massacres against the Palestinian people. In 23 days, Israel killed more than 1,300 and injured at least 5,000 Palestinians […]
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Global boycott movement marks its successes
Jeff Handmaker, The Electronic Intifada, 20 February 2009 Responding to the many calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, solidarity movements around the world have marked many successes. It is important for human rights advocates to build on this momentum and seize the opportunity to do what is within their power to try […]
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Support St Andrews University Students in Occupation
Please send your messages of support to the students at St Andrews University who have just began their occupation in protest at the University’s complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people: campaign [at] scottishpsc.org.uk Student are also asking for anyone living or working in the area to visit them – show your support! Having […]
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Official Statement from Take Back NYU!
Feb 21st, 2009 by Take Back NYU! Take Back the Balcony!, Thursday night, Bob Burdalski From 10 pm on February 18th 2009 to 2 pm on February 20th, students of Take Back NYU! occupied the Kimmel Center for University Life in a historic effort to bring pressure on NYU for its administrative and ethical failings […]
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Open Letter from University of Toronto Faculty
OPEN LETTER TO President Naylor, Dear President Naylor, January 16, 2009 Shortly after launching the attack on Gaza, Israel’s jets bombed the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG). The Israeli state claims that the IUG is a “cultural symbol” of Hamas. Neither this nor any other justification of Israel’s disrespect for human life and breaches of […]
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Significance of Dockworkers’ Refusal to Offload Israeli Cargo
Report by Azad Essa Published here: 15/02/09 11 February, 2009 countercurrents.org When COSATU and its affiliate SATAWU made it clear that their dockworkers would not be offloading the Johanna Russ, in palpable solidarity with the Palestinian people last week, a largely irrelevant port in the Southern tip of Africa called Durban was making history across […]
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Support this worldwide Divestment and Boycott Campaign Against Israel and Apartheid” appeals Palestinian Labor Leader in SF Speech
Monday, 16 February 2009 “We actually don’t have any other way to exercise international pressure except calling our friends and supporters in the trade unions around the globe to call for this Boycott and Divestment.” stated Manawel Issa Abdellal, member of the Executive Committee of the 250 thousand member Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions […]
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NYU administration thuggishly breaks occupation
Continuous updates on Twitter: http://twitter.com/takebacknyu Today New York University has shown its true face more than ever. Claiming to be a “private university in the public service,” it is clearly not even in the service of those students whose tuitions allow it to exist. Earlier today, NYU cut power to all outlets in the occupied […]
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Boycott promotes debate
Protest takes nonviolent approach toward preserving intellectual freedom in Israel. David Lloyd, Ph.D. Published: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 At the height of Israel”s ruthless assault on Gaza, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution offering its total and uncritical support to Israel. This deeply biased resolution, reputedly drafted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and […]
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