• Letter to Canada Post on Israel stamp

    Posted on April 26, 2010

    April 26th, 2010 Canadian Union of Postal Workers letter to Canada Post, April 2010 Moya Greene President and Chief Executive Officer Canada Post Corporation 2701 Riverside Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0B1 I am writing to you on the eve of Canada Post issuing a joint stamp with Israel. A recent article in Canada Stamp Detail […]

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  • Call for Margaret Atwood to Join Cultural Boycott of Israel

    Posted on April 18, 2010

    The Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott Initiative (PACBI) has issued a statement encouraging Margaret Atwood not to accept the Dan David prize, which is based at Tel Aviv University (TAU). The PACBI statement is reproduced below. At the same time, the Palestinian Students Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) issued an open letter […]

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  • Artists on Israeli Apartheid

    Posted on April 17, 2010

    Artists speak out on Israeli Apartheid: in their own words Hundreds of Montreal artists have united in solidarity with Palestine, launching a public declaration this February signed by 500 artists from the city. Artists in Montreal from diverse disciplines, from dancers to poets, musicians to filmmakers, have issued the first major statement by artists in […]

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  • Global Day of Action for Boycott Divestment Sanctions against Israeli Apartheid targets Mountain Equipment Co-op

    Posted on April 11, 2010

    Ending MEC’s support for Israel’s war machine March 30 was the Global Day of Action for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid and in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Activists across Canada targeted Mountain Equipment Co-op, calling on MEC to end it’s “partnerships” with Israeli factories, including Israeli military designer and contractor Source […]

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  • Will Margaret Atwood boycott Israel?

    Posted on April 8, 2010

    by Ezra Winton on April 7, 2010 Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, activist and general rabble-rouser, has been awarded the Dan David Prize at Tel Aviv University. As an outspoken advocate on everything from censorship to poverty to women”s equality to gay rights to arts funding, many human rights activists around the world are hoping Ms. […]

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  • Global Boycott Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) Day of Action against Israeli Apartheid (Montreal)

    Posted on April 4, 2010

    On March 30, 2010, as the world watches Israel ramp up its construction of illegal Jewish-only settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank with apparent impunity, Montrealers took to the streets as part of the Global BDS Day of Action against Israeli apartheid. The protest in Montreal takes place alongside similar actions in Egypt, […]

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  • Montreal activists defy the cold to say NO to apartheid

    Posted on March 31, 2010

    A lively chant at the Montreal Land Day/BDS action, March 30, 2010 in front of “The Bay” that carries Ahava products manufactured in the illegal settlements in the Palestinian West Bank.

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  • Boycott Israel campaign hits Chapters and Mountain Equipment Co-op

    Posted on March 31, 2010

    On March 30, 2010 the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) marked the Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Day of Action with flash mobs at Chapters Indigo and Mountain Equipment Coop (MEC). BDS Day of Action In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called on people of conscience around the world to join a […]

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  • Montrealers join Global Day of Action to Boycott Israeli Apartheid

    Posted on March 30, 2010

    Press release-Global Day of Action to boycott Israeli apartheid With East Jerusalem under attack, Montrealers join Global Day of Action to Boycott Israeli Apartheid Who: Members of Montreal Palestine solidarity groups and community organisations What: Global Day of Action for the campaign to boycott Israeli apartheid When: Tuesday, March 30, 4pm-6pm Where: Phillips Square, across […]

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  • Report Back: Fantastic Toronto Flash mob for BDS Day of Action!

    Posted on March 30, 2010

    On March 30, 2010 the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) marked the Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Day of Action with flash mob protests at Chapters Indigo and Mountain Equipment Coop (MEC): http://www.youtube.com/user/NoApartheid#p/a/u/0/MsYS2iLHhHg BDS Day of Action In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called on people of conscience around the world to […]

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