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CALL FOR ENDORSEMENTS AND DONATIONS FOR 2010 BDS QUEBEC CONFERENCE
Dear friends and allies, On October 22 to 24, 2010, a historic conference will take place in Montreal which aims to consolidate and move forward the movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid. In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations, from trade unions to women”s groups to refugee organizations, issued a […]
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Activists tell shipping firm Zim — Israeli ships not welcome in Vancouver
By Boycott Israeli Apartheid Coalition | August 24, 2010 Vancouver – Port truck traffic slowed to a crawl along the Deltaport causeway as a group of about 50 protesters approached drivers with leaflets containing information about the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza. They also offered the drivers coffee and muffins in a gesture of solidarity. […]
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Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) Joins Campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel
On 17 June 2010 Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) voted to join the growing international campaign in support of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, at its first Annual General Meeting this past weekend. This group joins a growing number of faith-based responses to the global BDS call.
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Artists Against Apartheid – CUTV News
We look at Artists Against Apartheid, Muslim Fest, and the Montreal Oil Spill.Stefan Christoff outlines the message behind Artists Against Apartheid. It is a forum where artists who take part in the struggle for social justice can come together. He is proud to live in a city where artists aren’t just creating for money, but […]
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Why We Boycott Israel
August 6, 2010 A REPLY TO THE U.S. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY A LeftViews article by Art Young When Israeli commandos attacked the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters on May 31, murdered nine humanitarian aid workers and seized the cargo of badly needed supplies for Gaza, they touched off an international storm of outrage that […]
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Tadamon! Statement in solidarity with Al Adab MagazineӬ
6 aoí»t 2010 | August 2010, Montreal, Quebec The Tadamon! collective wishes to express its full solidarity with Mr. Samah Idriss, editor of Al Adab (“Literature”) Magazine. About Al Adab Since its inception in 1953, this important Arabic cultural magazine has played a key role in encouraging progressive thought and debate in the Arab world. […]
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B.D.S. Les trois lettres de la résistance pacifique palestinienne
6 aoí»t 2010 | Lorraine Guay, Juillet 2010 Dans un récent reportage í TV5, un habitant d”une colonie de peuplement juif, installée illégalement en plein cÅ“ur du territoire palestinien, traitait de « terroristes » de jeunes palestiniens faisant du porte-í -porte auprí¨s de leurs concitoyens pour leur demander de boycotter les produits fabriqués dans cette colonie […]
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Victories as N. American boycott movement gains momentum
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 26 July 2010 On 15 July, a food co-operative with two locations in Olympia, Washington, voted to become the first grocery stores in the United States to ban Israeli-made items from its shelves. The Olympia Food Co-op’s board of directors last week resolved to publicly join the international boycott, divestment and […]
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Pride through solidarity
Amita Kumari writing from Toronto, Canada, Live from Palestine, 14 July 2010 As a young person with a nondescript sexual identity, I always found myself on the sidelines around issues of homo-nationalism; Pride Toronto’s decision to ban the term “Israeli Apartheid” from its festivities for 2010 has served as an important reminder as to why […]
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Statement by Faculty for Palestine and College and University Workers Union
July 9, 2010 Time for Action: A Response to Israeli Violations of International Law, issued on the 5th Anniversary of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign A Joint Statement of the BDS working group of Faculty for Palestine (F4P, Toronto) and College and University Workers United (CUWU, Montreal) The Israeli attack on a humanitarian […]
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