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Integrating Palestine into the Progressive Left
by: Noura Erakat As progressive forces in the United States prepare to convene the second U.S. Social Forum from June 22 – 26 in Detroit, Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor Noura Erakat comments on the gap between Palestinian and Arab dreams of an America committed to justice and the reality of the work it would take to […]
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Illinois Methodists vote to divest from the occupation
by Adam Horowitz on June 17, 2010 The Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church just voted to divest all holdings in three international corporations that profit from the Israeli occupation. The press release announcing the action says, “this action is in response to a plea by Palestinian Christians for action, not just words.” […]
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Darfur was a no-brainer for divestment by TIAA-CREF– why not the occupation?
by Philip Weiss on June 17, 2010 Yesterday, Jewish Voice for Peace announced a major new divestment campaign aimed at convincing TIAA-CREF, the huge retirement fund that serves workers in the academic, cultural and medical fields, to divest from companies that serve the occupation of Palestine. JVP already has 250 signatures on its new petition, […]
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BDS: a moral strategy
June 17, 2010 This is from the Israeli Occupation Archive by Stéphane Hessel, “diplomat, former ambassador, French resistance fighter and BCRA agent. Born German, he obtained French nationality in 1937”. It is an article decrying the inaction and even connivance of western governments with regard to Israel’s criminality and suggesting what can be done about […]
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TIAA-CREF Divestment Campaign
We are participants and investors in TIAA-CREF funds who are deeply concerned that TIAA-CREF invests in many companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Some of these companies provide weapons and covert surveillance supplies that maintain the occupation by force. Others take or exploit Palestinian […]
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Gaza Flotilla: Global Citizens Must Respond Where Governments Have Failed
Stéphane Hessel Holocaust survivor, Human rights activist, Diplomat Posted: June 15, 2010 01:09 PM Israel’s illegal and immoral attack on the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid convoy, which left at least nine dead and dozens injured, has rightfully stunned the world. The all-civilian convoy of 6 ships carried over 10,000 tons of critically-needed humanitarian aid and […]
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Palestinian boycott coordinator: “The movement has a huge impact”
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 14 June 2010 Hind Awwad, national coordinator of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), recently toured Europe to support the growing worldwide campaign. The movement aims to end the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the discrimination against Palestinian citizens in Israel, and calls […]
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Jewish challenges to Zionism on the rise in the US
Gabriel Ash, Emily Katz Kashawi, Mich Levy, Sara Kershnar, The Electronic Intifada, 14 June 2010 In June 2010, two opposite ends of the Jewish political spectrum will vie for one historical moment. As Israel and the Zionist movement struggle to maintain their century-long pull on Jewish minds, a new project is emerging to rechart the […]
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