• Thank You Letter to Gil Scott Heron From Over 50 Organizations

    Posted on May 7, 2010

    Dear Gil Scott-Heron, The undersigned artists and organizations would like to commend your principled stance on Israeli apartheid. By announcing the cancellation of your scheduled performance in Israel, you join the growing ranks of artists of conscience in solidarity with Palestinian civil society. As you recognized in your iconic anti-Apartheid anthem “Johannesburg,” when “brothers over […]

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  • The Meaning and Importance of Cultural Boycotts

    Posted on May 6, 2010

    By Cathy Gulkin This past September, just a few months after the bombardment of Gaza by Israel, John Greyson, Naomi Klein and 1,500 others including myself signed the Toronto Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation1 to protest the Spotlight on Tel Aviv at TIFF 2009. The controversy surrounding the Declaration conflated censorship, boycotts and political protest. […]

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  • “Israeli Technologies of Apartheid”

    Posted on May 6, 2010

    Boston Activists Disrupt Israeli Propaganda Event at the Museum of Science Boston, MA, May 3, 2010 Local activists protested the so-called Israeli Innovation Weekend (IIW) at the Museum of Science in Boston through multiple, disparate actions on Sunday. IIWs sponsors, including the Consulate General of Israel to New England, were left flummoxed by the activists […]

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  • Armatrading: Oppose Apartheid Israel as you would have opposed Apartheid South Africa!

    Posted on May 5, 2010

    Occupied Ramallah, 5 May 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is deeply troubled to learn that you are scheduled to perform in Israel on June 4th and 5th, in violation of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Call, [1] which calls on people of conscience throughout the world […]

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  • Chomsky and other scientists condemn Boston museum’s Israeli celebration

    Posted on May 4, 2010

    by Philip Weiss on May 4, 2010 What follows is an open letter to the Boston Museum of Science by leading scholars objecting to the museum’s sponsorship of an Israeli propaganda effort: We, the undersigned group of scientists concerned with human dignity and equality, condemn the Museum of Science”s decision to co-sponsor and host “Israeli […]

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  • Singing for Justice as a Life-long Commitment

    Posted on May 4, 2010

    by Marta Rodriguez / May 3rd, 2010 Recently, those of us who care about justice received with great joy and relief the news that Mr. Gil Scott-Heron canceled his scheduled concert in “Tel Aviv.” In view of the destruction and suffering the Palestinians have endured for the sake of that racist colonial enterprise known as […]

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  • Boston Activists Disrupt Israeli Propaganda Event at Museum of ScienceTuesday, May 4, 2010 7:00 AM

    Posted on May 4, 2010

    Local activists protested the so-called “Israeli Innovation Weekend” (IIW) at the Museum of Science in Boston through multiple, disparate actions on Sunday. IIW”s sponsors, including the Consulate General of Israel to New England, were left flummoxed by the activists” efforts and largely unable to prevent their successful, multi-pronged disruption of the event. Protesters targeted IIW […]

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  • Report on Protest of Israeli Dance Group on Mercer Island

    Posted on May 3, 2010

    Today, eight people of conscience took a nonviolent stand for justice and peace in front of the Stroum Jewish Community Center? on Mercer Island. The BDS action was called to protest the performance of an Israeli dance troupe that hails from a town built on the remnants of Qastina, a town violently ethnically cleansed of […]

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  • An Open Letter to Amitav Ghosh

    Posted on May 2, 2010

    1-May-2010 Fifty intellectuals write to Amitav Ghosh asking him to to reconsider accepting the Dan David prize (to be awarded on 9th May by Israeli president Shimon Peres) and to respond to their appeal to support the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions. Dear Amitav Ghosh, Many of us who count ourselves among your […]

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  • BOYCOTT! supports appeal to Greek musician, Demis Roussos

    Posted on May 1, 2010

    April 25, 2010 Association for Solidarity with the Palestinian People – Intifada Dear supporters of the Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation, We are of citizens and residents of Israel, members of BOYCOTT! Supporting the Palestinian BDS call from within, who are struggling to end the Israeli occupation and oppression of the Palestinians. We are […]

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