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The BNC Applauds the University of Michigan-Dearborn Student Government for its Decision to Promote Divestment
Palestine, 24 March 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) congratulates the student government of the University of Michigan-Dearborn – an institution with 8,600 enrolled students in metropolitan Detroit – for its efforts to secure the university”s divestment from companies that support the illegal Israeli occupation and oppression of the Palestinian […]
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Ali Abunimah – Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions: Strategies for a Just Peace in Palestine-Israel
Co-founder of the Electronic Intifada, Ali Abunimah, talks about the prospects for a just resolution to the conflict in Palestine-Israel, the debate over one-state or two-state solutions, and the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions campaign to bring an end to the illegal Israeli occupation in the West Bank, and the blockade of Gaza. Ali Abunimah spoke in Portland, Oregon, […]
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URGENT ACTION: Support of UC Berkeley student divestment needed
If you have a moment thank the UC Berkeley Senate in their decision to approve the divestment resolution and express support to the President who is going to sign this bill. We need you to SEND LETTERS OF SUPPORT to the Senate as well as the President because they are receiving a LOT of hate […]
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Response to Alan Dershowitz’s “Lets Have a Real Apartheid Education Week”
by Ziyaad Lunat / March 19th, 2010 Alan Dershowitz recently wrote an op-ed in the Huffington Post attacking Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). He argues that “radical Islamic students” are behind the event and their sole purpose is to “demonize Israel”. After painting the organizers as “extremists”, Dershowitz (a self-proclaimed “moderate” who supports torture and Israeli […]
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Wave of Divestment Resolutions Destroys Israel’s legitimacy on campus!
Compiled by Blaine Coleman University of California at Berkeley Student Senate votes for divestment against Israeli war crimes UC Berkeley student senate passes divestment resolution Press Release From UC Berkeley SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) March 18, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Download the text of the UC Berkeley Divestment Bill here. For the first […]
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Should California Divest from Israel?
Two new ballot initiatives were cleared for circulation this week by the Secretary of State’s office. This is the stage where backers must get over 400,000 signatures from Californians to qualify for the ballot. Of the two, the most notable one would prohibit state retirement funds from investing in Israel. Specifically, the Public Employees” Retirement […]
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Add Hewlett Packard to your Divestment List
Below are more guerrilla bus stop poster art from our team in the San Francisco Bay Area. These are some of the many companies that need to be divested from and boycotted. Click here to see more guerrilla bus stop poster art.
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UC Berkeley student senate votes in favor of divestment
Dina Omar, The Electronic Intifada, 19 March 2010 Early yesterday morning, the University of California Berkeley Student Senate (ASUC) passed a bill to divest from companies that provide military support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Debate began the night before at 9:00pm and ended and six hours later when the vote was held at […]
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Book review: Higher education under occupation
Marcy Newman, The Electronic Intifada, 19 March 2010 Gabi Baramki’s Peaceful Resistance: Building a Palestinian University under Occupation (Pluto Press, 2009) is a memoir of Palestine’s flagship university, Birzeit, by its former acting president. The memoir is an indispensable tool for teaching Westerners about the ways in which Palestinian education exists and flourishes under a […]
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BDS Day of Action – March 30, 2010
BNC Call for Action Join the Second Global BDS Day of Action 30 March 2010 The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles for a Global BDS Day of Action on 30 March 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions […]
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