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Chomsky, scientists: Technion develops death tech
Senior academics from Tel Aviv University, Weizmann Institute, and other top institutions around world denounce Boston Science Museum’s sponsorship of Israeli exhibit, calling it propaganda campaign. ‘This is an attempt to distract from Israel’s war crimes and human rights violations,’ they say Yitzhak Benhorin Published: 05.06.10, 21:04 WASHINGTON – Professors from Tel Aviv University and […]
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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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Fifty-Seven organizations and artists thank Gil Scott-Heron for heeding Palestinian call to boycott Israel
MEDIA CONTACT: info[at]adalahny.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY, May 5, 2010 – More than 50 organizations and artists from eight countries have written to legendary political singer and poet Gil Scott-Heron to thank him for his decision to drop Israel from his current tour. The letter, facilitated by Adalah-NY, highlighted the parallels between the […]
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Thank You Letter to Gil Scott Heron From Over 50 Organizations
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
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”
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!
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
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
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
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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