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GRITtv: Creative Activism for Palestine
lauraflanders – April 01, 2010 – Phyllis Bennis and Remi Kanazi discuss the way poetry, art and culture help change minds over the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. GRITtv with Laura Flanders brings participatory democracy onto your computer screen and into your living room, bridging the gap between audience and advocates.
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Open Letter to German Left Party (Die Linke)
Dear Friends, This letter is being sent to you by citizens of the state of Israel who are active in various Left groups and on a variety of topics throughout Israel and Palestine, including human rights, ecology, peace, support for refugees, social justice, workers” rights, feminism and queer struggles. We are struggling within our country […]
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Report Back: Dublin street action against pro-settlement Veolia
Videos can be found here. Dublin: Palestinian Land Day commemorate with protest focusing on Veolia”s complicity with Israel On the evening of Tuesday 30th March 2010 the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) in Dublin commemorated Palestinian Land Day by holding a solidarity picket outside the GPO on O”Connell Street from 5 – 7pm, during which […]
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Open Letter to Berkeley Students on their Historic Israeli Divestment Bill
Published on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by CommonDreams.org by Naomi Klein On March 18, continuing a long tradition of pioneering human rights campaigns, the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (ASUC) passed “A Bill In Support of UC DIVESTMENT FROM WAR CRIMES.” The historic bill resolves to divest ASUC’s assets […]
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Swedish Retirement Fund Boycotts Elbit Israeli Military Systems Company
The Israeli Army electronics company “Elbit systems” has been barred by the Fí¶rsta AP-Fonden pension fund, the biggest pensions fund in Sweden. The pensions fund decided to boycott Elbit on Ethical grounds. The fund said that Elbit systems is involved in the operation of the surveillance system installed on the Annexation Wall in the occupied […]
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Health workers and advocates support call for U of Arizona to divest
Press release, UA Health for Human Rights, 30 March 2010 The following press release was issued on 30 March 2010 by UA Health for Human Rights, an ad hoc group formed by the broader University Community for Human Rights, a student-led board leading divestment initiatives at the University of Arizona: A joint group of more […]
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Support Cal Students for Justice in Palestine
This spring has seen a flurry of divestment activity on campuses across the country. In late February the Student Senate at the University of Michigan – Dearborn passed a resolution calling for the university administration to appoint a committee to investigate the human rights implications of university investments. In March the Associated Students of the […]
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Montreal Israeli Apartheid Week 2010
6th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week summary On behalf of the organizing committee of Israeli Apartheid Week, we would like to thank everyone who attended or supported IAW 2010. This year”s week, the 6th annual edition, was a huge success!?? Panelists and presenters at IAW touched on many important themes throughout the week, such as recent […]
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Ireland report back (part I)
Derail Israeli Apartheid: Report of IPSC Boycott & Divestment Action targeting Veolia On Saturday 27th March 2010 the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) in Dublin staged the latest in a series of actions aimed at highlighting French multinational (and operator of the LUAS) Veolia”s complicity in Israel”s Apartheid regime. Between 1pm and 3pm, forty IPSC […]
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