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Carleton students launch divestment campaign
February 24th, 2010 view Carleton University divestment campaign video on-line Carleton students have released a report detailing how the Carleton University Pension fund invests in companies involved in violations of human rights and of international law. The report was created by Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA Carleton), who are launching a campaign to end Carleton”s […]
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University of Michigan-Dearborn Student Government Passes Divestment Resolution
Thursday, 25 February 2010 University of Michigan – Dearborn Student Government General Assembly Resolution # 2010-003 Whereas, this wise body has been known to be one of strong moral and social conscience and has in the past supported justice and international law, and Whereas, U.N General Assembly Resolution 194 resolves that the Holy Places – […]
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UA: An honorable history of divestment
By Gabriel Schivone Published: Thursday, February 4, 2010 After an intensive anti-sweatshop campaign last spring led by students in the Sweatshop-Free Coalition and University Community for Human Rights, President Robert Shelton had the UA divest our financial holdings in the Russell Corporation due to the company”s singularly cruel labor abuses in its factories in Honduras. […]
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Human rights violations: UA group calls for President Shelton to sever UAPD-Motorola contract
By Jennifer Koehmstedt Published: Monday, February 15, 2010 UA administrators are resisting a recommendation by UA students to terminate the university”s contract with the Motorola Corporation. Students say the company is complicit in human rights violations because of contracts they have with the Israeli government, which is militarily occupying Palestinian lands. In 1999, the University […]
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Divestment campaign gains traction at U of Arizona
by Philip Weiss on February 16, 2010 Divestment is biting at the University of Arizona. Several articles about the campaign in the student newspaper. Here”s the lead: UA administrators are resisting a recommendation by UA students to terminate the university”s contract with the Motorola Corporation. Students say the company is complicit in human rights violations […]
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Supporting SAIA, Students Against Israeli Apartheid at Carleton University
February 7th, 2010 Dear Friends at SAIA, Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Carleton, We are a group of Palestinians and Jews, citizens and residents of Israel, who are struggling to end Israeli apartheid and the decades-long occupation and oppression of the Palestinians. We are writing to express our unequivocal support of SAIA’s admirable divestment campaign […]
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Boycott and divestment gets mainstream attention in church, on campus
Thursday, February 4, 2010 It’s good news to see that boycott and divestment campaigns against companies profiting from Israeli occupation and apartheid are becoming increasingly mainstream. Here’s a couple of recent examples. The National Catholic Reporter ran a great article about the Kairos Document produced by the Palestinian Christian community, calling for churches around the […]
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First Anniversary of Divestment 2009 coming up!
February 7th marks the anniversary of Hampshire College’s divestment from the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, the first institution of higher education to wash its hands of the systematic exploitation of the Palestinian people by the Israeli state. To remember the occasion, Students for Justice in Palestine urges you to talk, inform and celebrate this historic […]
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Students Against Israeli Apartheid Launch Divestment Campaign
SAIA – For the past several months, Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Carleton (SAIA), a student group at Carleton University in Ottawa that is committed to supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom, has been conducting research on Carleton”s investments in Israeli apartheid. The Carleton Pension Fund currently lacks any ethical guidelines, with its only mandate […]
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Israeli Apartheid Week 2010 to open in Toronto
Bethlehem – Ma’an – The 6th annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will take place in Toronto from 1 March to 7 March 2010, organizers announced on Monday. IAW will feature lectures, film screenings, cultural activities, and demonstrations aimed at “raising awareness about Israel’s apartheid policies toward Palestinians,” a statement said. Organizers hope to gather support […]
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