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Use Social Media to advance cultural boycott!: Tweet the Pixies to Cancel their Scheduled Performance in Tel Aviv!
Campaign Background What is Cultural Boycott? Academic and cultural boycott is one way of answering the 2005 Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. There are many varieties of cultural boycott, but one way to institute this strategy is to get artists to support the boycott by refusing to perform in Israel until […]
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Dell considering R&D center in Israel
Delegation from third-biggest computer company in world visits country, meets senior officials in Industry, Labor, and Trade Ministry and Finance Ministry. If plan come to fruition, center will be built in periphery, employing 100 workers, mostly engineers. Navit Zomer Computer powerhouse, Dell, the third largest computer company in the world, is considering building a research […]
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New York mobilizes!
As part of the Second Global BDS Day of Action for Palestine (http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=node/635) supporters of the Stolen Beauty AHAVA Boycott Campaign (www.stolenbeauty.org) are organizing protests in New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Montreal, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Ahava promises “Beauty Secrets from the Dead Sea.” And wait until you hear those secrets! […]
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Nordstrom: Live up to your socially responsible business promises!
On March 30, 2010, activists around the world will mark Land Day with coordinated BDS actions. There will be Stolen Beauty AHAVA boycott actions in NYC, D.C., Chicago, Montreal, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Our latest Stolen Beauty target is Nordstrom, a chain of department stores that touts itself as a socially responsible […]
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It is shameful that artists, for monetary gain, give legitimacy to a settler enterprize
Assaf Amdursky, Ivri Lider, Barry Sakharov, Shalom Hanoch, Arkadi Duchin and “The Friends of Natasha” are due to perform at the Mitzpe Shalem Settlement near the factory of the “Ahava” Company. It is shameful that artists, for monetary gain, give legitimacy to a settler enterprize. For monetary gain, well-known artists have agreed to participate in […]
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Basta: After veto of Berkeley divestment, the movement grows
The following is a communique from Berkeley SJP regarding ASUC President Will Smelko”s decision to veto last week”s successful divestment bill. March 25, 2010 Last night, UC Berkeley ASUC president Will Smelko vetoed “A Bill in Support of UC Divestment from War Crimes,” a bill which called on the ASUC and the UC to divest […]
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Will Smelko’s veto on SB118 – where do we go from here
Last night, UC Berkeley ASUC President Will Smelko vetoed ‘A Bill in Support of UC Divestment From War Crimes,’ a bill which called on the ASUC and the UC to divest funds from companies enabling war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, among other places, and which was passed by the student senate in a […]
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Send a letter to H&M!
Let H&M know what you think! Customers are in a powerful position to influence the decision of H&M to establish in Israel. By sending H&M a letter in an email or printed version you can make a difference for the Palestinian people! For a letter in English, click here For a letter in Swedish, click […]
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Take Action: On Land Day, Support Nonviolent Global Resistance to Occupation & Apartheid
The second annual International BDS Day of Action is right around the corner. Are you ready? March 30th has been known as Palestinian Land Day since 1976, when the Israeli military shot and killed six young Palestinian citizens of Israel as they were protesting the confiscation of their land. In the wake of last year”s […]
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Protest H & M clothes store on March 30
Join the Global BDS Day of Action 30 March 2010 The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on us to unite in our different capacities and struggles for the second Global BDS Day of Action on 30 March 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. […]
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