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Argentinians call for boycott of Israel
En una multitudinaria movilización convocada por las comunidades palestinas y árabes de Argentina, en conjunto con diversas organizaciones políticas y sociales, el pueblo argentino expresó su repudio y condena frente a la embajada sionista de Buenos Aires por la reciente masacre perpetrada por el Estado terrorista de Israel a la flotilla humanitaria que se dirigía […]
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New Yorkers Visit Max Brenner, Ricky’s, Aroma Espresso Bar With Boycott Message
SINGING AGAINST SIEGE, BELLOWING FOR BOYCOTT NEW YORKERS VISIT MAX BRENNER, RICKY’S, AROMA ESPRESSO BAR WITH BOYCOTT MESSAGE MEDIA CONTACTS: info[at] adalahny.org New York, NY – June 5, 2010 – As the MV Rachel Corrie, the second half of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, was towed into the Israeli port of Ashdod after another attempt to […]
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SJP releases “Facing Apartheid,” personal accounts of Palestinian students
A project by Students for Justice in Palestine at UC Berkeley, Facing Apartheid is part of an effort to educate the campus community on its connection to and responsibility for illegal military occupation and apartheid policies which directly and systematically impede access to higher education for Palestinian students in the West Bank, Gaza and 1948 […]
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SAMWU Declares, Every Municipality an Apartheid Israel Free Zone!
SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT. 04 June 2010. At its Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting Friday 4th June, SAMWU unanimously endorsed a motion to immediately work towards every municipality in South Africa to become an Apartheid Israel free zone. As part of the global Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions Campaign (BDS) SAMWU has agreed to engage every single […]
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Author Banks urges boycott of Israel after raid on flotilla
Elizabeth McMeekin 5 Jun 2010 Scottish author Iain Banks has called for a cultural and educational boycott of Israel after its troops boarded an aid flotilla bound for Palestine and killed at least nine people on Monday. The 56-year-old author, who lives in North Queensferry in Fife, has also asked his agent to turn down […]
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Israel protesters burn flags, throw shoes in Auckland
UPDATED 4:41p.m. Sat, 05 Jun 2010 3:06p.m. Hundreds of anti-Israeli protestors hurled old shoes at the US consulate in Auckland today in an “expression of outrage and anger” over clashes between Israeli armed forces and Gaza-bound aid workers. See photos of the Queen St protests against the Israel government The demonstration, organised by Global Peace […]
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You will have no protection
Alice Walker, The Electronic Intifada, 4 June 2010 You will have no protection — Medgar Evers to Civil Rights Activists in Mississippi, shortly before he was assassinated, 12 June, 1963 My heart is breaking; but I do not mind. For one thing, as soon as I wrote those words I was able to weep. Which […]
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Noam Chomsky: speaking of truth and power
One of the world’s major intellectual voices and a leading critic of Israel, Noam Chomsky has sided with the powerless throughout his career, while at the same time reminding the powerful of the inconvenient truths they would rather forget. He spoke to David Tresilian in Paris Known as much for his professional work in linguistics […]
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Global boycotts of Israel intensify after bloody Flotilla attack
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 4 June 2010 Israel’s bloody attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on 31 May killing at least nine and injuring dozens of activists carrying humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip, has already intensified global actions for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it respects international law and […]
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