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Twitter Alert: Tell Jello Biafra to Honor the Boycott!
After building a career on his opposition to racism and oppression, Jello Biafra has unbelievably decided to violate the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel by performing with his current band, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, in Tel Aviv on July 2. See appeals to Jello from Palestinians, solidarity activists, and his fans. […]
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Red Card Israeli Apartheid! Tell UEFA to cancel under-21 tournament in Israel
“Sports contact with any country practising apartheid in sports condones and strengthens apartheid” – International Convention Against Apartheid in Sports ON JUNE 22, UEFA President Michel Platini received a letter signed by 42 football clubs and dozens of team captains, managers and sports personalities in Gaza, demanding that European football’s governing body reverse its decision […]
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Twitter Alert: Tell the Doors Not to Perform in Israel!
Will you tell The Doors to cancel their trip to Israel? We are asking BDS supporters to get the word out and tell Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger of The Doors to cancel their July 5th performance in Israel! See the letter urging them to respect Palestinian rights and not cross the international picket line:http://bit.ly/BDSdoors […]
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Open letter from Lebanon to Moby: “Come to Lebanon, and not to Israel: “˜Make Love, Fuck War”™!
30 May 2011 Dear Moby, Knowing that you honor your legacy to Herman Melville, as is evident in your stage name, we call on you to consider what your ancestor wrote in his journal in 1857: “all who cultivate the soil in Palestine are Arabs.” While in Palestine, his writings illustrated his respect for the […]
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International Gay and Lesbian Youth Organization Out of Israel!
AlQaws, Aswat and Palestinian Queers for BDS have launched an important online campaign to urge the International Gay and Lesbian Youth Organization (IGLYO) to move its General Assembly out of Israel, to stop being an active participant in Israel’s cynical Pinkwashing campaigns, and to stop ignoring Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid policies, and violations of international […]
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Sign on: Stop Scabbing for Apartheid – Withdraw From Israel Bonds “Celebration”
The following call for labor signatures to boycott Israel Bonds was launched by Labor for Palestine: Click here to sign on!, or email info@laborforpalestine.net “[All of Palestinian labor] calls on trade unions around the world to actively show solidarity with the Palestinian people by. . . . divesting from Israel Bonds and all Israeli and international […]
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KPFT Boycott Campaign calls for BDS at Houston Pacifica station: Sign Petition
The KPFT BDS Campaign has launched an online petition for BDS at KPFT, the Pacifica Radio outlet in Houston, TX. The KPFT BDS campaign began when the local Israeli consulate was given a show on the station, a station previously rooted in a progressive, public-oriented, pro-peace perspective. Sign the KPFT online petition HERE. Learn more […]
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Take Action: Call on SF International LGBT Film Festival to Reject Israeli Sponsorship
A call from Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!): PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FAR AND WIDE For the second year in a row, the San Francisco International Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Trans Film Festival has accepted Israeli sponsorship and money. This is unacceptable to queers who are committed to promoting human rights for all people, not just narrow civil rights for some […]
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Tell Bob Dylan: Don’t Play in Occupied Palestine
USACBI is circulating the following call from activists on Facebook, calling upon Bob Dylan to respect the cultural boycott of Israel. Please participate: Tell Bob Dylan about Occupied Palestine; he is going to play in Tel Aviv on June 20 Facebook group for the campaign: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191605100881827 Bob Dylan’s Birthday is May 24, 1941. We’re asking […]
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“Damning” report on University of Johannesburg’s relations with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University
Today, a fact-finding report commissioned on the University of Johannesburg”s relationship with Israel”s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) was released. The report, titled, “The UJ-BGU Report”, is attached to this media release and can be accessed at www.ujpetition.com. The UJ-BGU Report reveals “damning” evidence of BGU”s active collaboration with the Israeli military, its discriminatory practices, contributions to human […]
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