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Joan Armatrading and her Lack of Conscience
The Israel Palestine conflict is a convoluted situation, entrenched by years of reinforcement, but this is a problem that we know can be solved. In apartheid South Africa, many people worked hard to put an end to a situation that looked hopelessly unendable, but it took two men to make that final and defining step […]
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The day the world became Gaza
By Ali Abunimah Since Israel’s invasion and massacre of over 1,400 people in Gaza 18 months ago, dubbed Operation Cast Lead, global civil society movements have stepped up their campaigns for justice and solidarity with Palestinians. Governments, by contrast, carried on with business as usual, maintaining a complicit silence. Israel’s lethal attack on the Freedom […]
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Small step towards a boycott of Israel
* The Guardian, Thursday 3 June 2010 Following the murderous attack on the Gaza-bound convoy, is it not time to revisit the idea of a full cultural and educational boycott of Israel (Report, 2 June)? The sports boycott of apartheid South Africa hit the Afrikaners where, arguably, they felt it most and helped them understand […]
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Women of Colour call on Joan Armatrading not to play Apartheid Israel
Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike Crossroads Women’s Centre 230A Kentish Town Road London NW5 2AB Tel: 44 (0)20 7482 2496 womenofcolour[at]allwomencount.net www.globalwomenstrike.net We call on Joan Armatrading, as a woman of colour who wrote a tribute to and performed for Nelson Mandela, and whose website says, “South Africa has always been close […]
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Note to Elvis Costello’s Wife Diana Krall: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel!
Diana Krall, wife of Elvis Costello who recently chose to abide by the cultural boycott and not play in apartheid Israel, is scheduled to perform there later this summer. Krall would do well to heed her husband’s moral decision not to support an apartheid regime by performing there.
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Is Bob Dylan Embracing a Silent Boycott of Apartheid Israel?
In January Ynet reported Bob Dylan’s May 27th concert date in the apartheid state. Now his website shows no sign of any stop in apartheid Israel.
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Singer’s boycott of Israel a matter of conscience
JASON KOUTSOUKIS May 24, 2010 Pro-Palestinian activists gather at the Sarayburnu port to send off the Mavi Marmara cruise ship sponsored by Turkey’s Islamic and pro-Palestinian rights group.Click to play video Palestinian support groups take their protest of Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip to a new level as they board ships destined for the […]
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Art, theory and action: Udi Aloni interviewed
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 24 May 2010 On 10 May, Udi Aloni spoke at a public debate on the Palestinians and Israel in Bern, Switzerland about his support for the Palestinian civil society call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). Aloni told the public that the recent arrests of respected Palestinian leaders in Israel […]
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TAKE ACTION: Boycott Alert at the Seattle International Film Festival
Attention all Seattle-area people: Here is a film in the upcoming Seattle International Film Festival that demands a protest: Films & Events Blood Relation * Kirvat Dam * Average User Rating: Be the first to review this film! * Country: Israel * Year: 2009 * Running time: 75 Minutes * Genres: Documentary, Political, Social Issues […]
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