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CAIA Condemns Canadian Government for defunding pro-Palestinian Organizations
The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) condemns in the strongest terms the recent actions of the Canadian government to defund and slander various pro-Palestinian organizations. In what looks like a full-fledged war that the Harper Government has declared on everything and everyone related to Palestine, the Harper Government continues to cut funding and restrict the […]
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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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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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Video: Students Against Israeli Apartheid (Ottawa, Canada) Divestment Campaign
January 2010, Ottawa, Ontario – SAIA demands that Carleton University immediately divest its stock in BAE Systems, L-3 Communications, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, and Tesco, and adopt a Socially Responsible Investment policy. More information: http://carleton.saia.ca
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Will Harper criminalize criticism of Israel?
6 December 2009 | rabble.ca by Murray Dobbin Ever since the Israeli invasion of the Gaza strip last December the global debate surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has intensified with both sides upping the ante, and the stakes of the framing battle increasing almost daily. One of the most recent – but almost totally unreported – […]
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Montreal: Carrying Forward the Momentum Against Israeli Apartheid
Announcing a Quebec and Canada-wide BDS conference Montreal, October 15th-17th 2010 endorsed by the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Campaign National Committee (BNC) of Palestine Since 2005″s historic call from Palestine for a comprehensive, international movement for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid, we have seen many important victories for this movement in both […]
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What can I do to support CAIA’s boycott of Indigo Books and Music Inc?
CAIA (Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid) launched the campaign to boycott Indigo Books and Music Inc. in December 2006 with the demand that its controlling owners, Heather Reisman and Gerry Shwartz, publicly cut all financial ties Heseg – Foundation for Lone Soldiers. Since then the campaign has grown in Toronto and across Canada with Chapters and […]
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French Union CNT Joins BDS Campaign
French Union CNT Joins BDS Campaign Confederation Nationale du Travail joins BDS campaign – press release November 2009 – Through the intermediary of its international Secretary, the National Work Confederation (Confederation Nationale du Travail or CNT), a French anti-capitalist internationalist union involved in social class struggles, has joined the campaign labeled “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions […]
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Sounds and struggle: Solidarity through music
Tyler Nadeau, The Electronic Intifada, 18 November 2009 On Wednesday, 11 November, more than 200 persons packed into La Sala Rossa, a slightly operatic Montreal venue. Three sets of musicians fascinated listeners with a dance of ouds followed by a soft and multi-dimensional interplay of harp, cello, pedal steel, percussion and flute. The experience was […]
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