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Queers Against Israeli Apartheid to march in Toronto Pride
Quick item this. I read it first on Dr Dawg’s Blawg, under a little list headed The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The good: Toronto Pride, no doubt with the assistance of considerable pressure, reverses itself: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid will be permitted to march after all. And Jonathan Kay is having a hissy-fit, […]
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Call Rod Stewart to cancel upcoming concert in Israel
Please take 30 seconds to ask Rod Stewart to cancel Israeli concert in support of Palestinian Boycott call La version franí§aise suit… Later this week, singer Rod Stewart is scheduled to perform a concert in Israel. Nevertheless, in 2005, Palestinian civil society called for cultural boycott of Israel until Israel respects its obligations under international […]
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Under pressure, Pride Toronto reverses censorship of “Israeli apartheid”
Posted on June 24 2010 by Cecilie Surasky We”ve written extensively about the pressure campaign led in part by Canada”s B”nai Brith to ban the group Queers United Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) from all Pride Toronto events including the LGBTQI pride parade, the Dyke and Trans marches. B”nai Brith boasted in a May press release: […]
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What Next? The Freedom Flotilla and the Struggle to Break the Siege of Gaza
Rafeef Ziadah While people around the world are still in shock at the killing by Israeli commandos of innocent human rights activists on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, those who have been following Israeli state actions for some time are not surprised. This is an ongoing pattern of Israeli state terrorism and collective punishment. While […]
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Palestinian Boycott National Committee Statement on Repression in Canada
Boycott National Committee (BNC) Secretariat | 26 May 2010 Palestinian civil society condemns repression in Canada against Palestine solidarity campaigns and humanitarian efforts Occupied Palestine, May 26 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), strongly condemns the actions taken by Canadian state bodies, university administrations and pressure groups to defund, repress […]
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CAIA Province-wide Day of Action: Dalton McGuinty, Stop Doing Business with Israeli Apartheid!
CAIA Province-wide Day of Action Start: May 26 2010 12:00 pm End: May 26 2010 1:00 pm Dalton McGuinty, Stop Doing Business with Israeli Apartheid! The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) is calling on our allies to join us in telling Premier Dalton McGuinty that Ontario should not be doing business with Israeli Apartheid. This […]
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Open letter to Margaret Atwood to support Palestinian liberation
by Rob Maguire on May 6, 2010 Dear Ms. Margaret Atwood, Today, as systematic human rights violations continue to be committed by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people, we are appealing to you on behalf of the Montreal-based collective Tadamon! and Art Threat concerning your planned visit to Tel Aviv. We have learned that […]
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Canadian Union of Postal Workers Urges Canada to Block Israel’s OECD Membership
April 28, 2010 Prime Minister Stephen Harper House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Prime Minister Harper: Via mail and email On behalf of the 54,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, I am strongly urging you to block Israel”s membership to the Organization for Economic Co?Operation and Development (OECD) until it […]
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Hour: Canada and Israel Building Apartheid
April 26th, 2010 Hour March 2010 by Stefan Christoff. Yves Engler”s new book, Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid, is a stunning examination of the history of Canada-Israel relations and a key read for anyone interested in Canadian foreign policy of all political stripes. Engler”s commitment to critiquing injustices linked to Canadian government and corporate policy […]
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Labor for Palestine Canada Report from Labor Notes Conference
Monday, April 26, 2010 A report from Canada on Labor Unions’ efforts to support Palestine and efforts to end the occupation. Recorded at the Labor Notes Conference 2010 on April 23, 2010. The speaker, Katherine Nastovski of CUPE-Ontario, was 1 of 3 speakers during the meeting.
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