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Margaret Atwood, Say NO to Prizes from the Israeli Apartheid!
OPEN LETTER March 30, 2010 Dear Margaret Atwood, We are Israeli citizens and residents, Jews and Palestinians, who are committed to the Palestinian struggle for justice and freedom. We heard with dismay that you are set to attend this spring an apartheid-complicit[1] Tel Aviv University’s symposium, where you are to receive a prize. We urge […]
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BOYCOTT! supports Sarah Schulman’s boycott of Israeli Universities
OPEN LETTER March 30, 2010 Dear Sarah Schulman, We at BOYCOTT![1] would like to praise you for your important decision to boycott state-run and apartheid-complicit Tel-Aviv University[2] and Ben Gurion University of the Negev[3], who invited you to their “Sex Acher 10” conference in Israel this year. By engaging in the academic institutional boycott of […]
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Jerusalem Quartet London concert halted!
Press release from Brighton and Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign Monday March 29th FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Protesters disrupted a lunchtime performance by the Jerusalem Quartet in London today. The concert at the Wigmore Hall was being broadcast live by the BBC. They were protesting that the Quartet, who are cultural ambassadors for the State of Israel, […]
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Use Social Media to advance cultural boycott!: Tweet the Pixies to Cancel their Scheduled Performance in Tel Aviv!
Campaign Background What is Cultural Boycott? Academic and cultural boycott is one way of answering the 2005 Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. There are many varieties of cultural boycott, but one way to institute this strategy is to get artists to support the boycott by refusing to perform in Israel until […]
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West-Eastern Divan Orchestra: Undermining Palestinian Civil Resistance and Violating Palestinian Cultural Boycott Guidelines
PACBI | 23 March 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 23 March 2010 — A recent article criticizing PACBI’s position on the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO) [1] is based on false premises, misunderstanding and/or misrepresentation of PACBI’s boycott criteria, and a misconception of the recent history of civil resistance in Palestine. Since the article insinuates that PACBI’s position […]
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Boycott Israel! At Seattle Jewish Film Fest
Consul General of Israel for the Pacific Northwest region Akiva Tor was making an appearance. Voices of Palestine sends a message: “Real Change Instead of Reel Change.” Boycott Israeli products, including movies. bdsmovement.net
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UPDATED: Israel Wants Reel Change, We Want Real Change
Voices of Palestine is calling on people of conscience to join us for two nights to protest the inclusion of Israeli films in the Seattle Jewish Film Festival. The screening of Israeli films, along with funding by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, violates the 2004 call of “Palestinian academics and intellectuals” […]
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Israel: Image Management Crisis!
by Doug Minkler To All Academics, Artists and Entertainers: Israel Needs Your ENDORSEMENT! Doug Minkler: “Corporations want artists to glorify their wars, their products & their philosophies. I make posters for my own preservation, that is, planetary preservation. My prints are inspired not by rugged individualism, but by the collective humor, defiance, & lust for […]
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ISRAEL: Activists urge musicians not to perform in Israel
Babylon & Beyond: Observations from Iraq, Iran, Israel, the Arab world and beyond March 17, 2010 | 6:42 am Israelis are already buying tickets, psyched to see a long list of international artists billed to perform in Israel in coming months. But as Israelis prepare to rock, political campaigners are on a roll and the […]
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Israel Wants Reel Change, We Want Real Change: Protest at Seattle Jewish Film Festival
Voices of Palestine is calling on people of conscience to join us for two nights to protest the inclusion of Israeli films in the Seattle Jewish Film Festival. The screening of Israeli films, along with funding by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest, violates the 2004 call of “Palestinian academics and intellectuals” […]
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