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ANC Leaders Speak About Sanctions Against Israel – Omar Barghouti
Manchester University, England. 7th December 2009. A public meeting takes place organised by the British Committee for Universities in Palestine (BRICUP). This clip features of Omar Barghouti (Boycott National Committee) making his opening speech. The aims of BRICUP are stated in a press release announcing a national tour by South African ANC leaders in support […]
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ANC Leaders Speak About Sanctions Against Israel
Manchester University, England. 7th December 2009. A public meeting takes place organised by the British Committee for Universities in Palestine (BRICUP). These clips feature remarks by Tom Hickey, national executive member of the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) and BRICUP, Ronnie Kastrils, and British NGO War on Want Spokesperson Yasmin Khan responding to questions. The […]
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More investors abandoning Lev Leviev and Africa-Israel
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 9 December 2009 Last month, the second-largest Dutch pension fund PFZW joined an already impressive group of investors that have divested from Africa-Israel. Africa-Israel is the target of an international boycott campaign by Palestine solidarity activists because of its involvement in the construction of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied […]
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Excuse me, Geek Squad? My Motorola phone seems to be supporting apartheid!
Not only is the international campaign for boycott, divestment, and sanctions to end Israeli occupation and apartheid growing, it’s also getting more creative! Our spoof of the new commercial for Motorola’s ‘Droid’ phone is making the internet rounds, as is this great video of US Campaign member group New York Campaign for the Boycott of […]
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Bill Fletcher, Jr. Addresses UN General Assembly on Israeli Apartheid
On November 30, 2009, in commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People addressed the UN General Assembly. Among the speakers who were invited to present was US Campaign Steering Committee member, trade union activist and anti-apartheid […]
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The Interview Ha’aretz Doesn’t Want You To See
Rehaviya Berman conducted an interview with Ali Abunimah, for Ha”aretz, a few weeks ago. The Interview was never published. Berman decided to publish it on his blog [Hebrew] and I decided to translate it, for your reading pleasure: Exclusive: One On One with the Leader of the Electronic Intifada Rehaviya Berman Meet Ali Abunimah, the […]
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Abunimah: There is a tremendous struggle to be waged, to force Israeli introspection, and change
by Ali Abunimah on December 4, 2009 Nearly two weeks ago we reported on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, the highlight of which was a speech by Ali Abunimah. We posted video, and kept promising to get a transcript up. What follows is text of the body of Abunimah”s […]
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Montreal: Carrying Forward the Momentum Against Israeli Apartheid
Announcing a Quebec and Canada-wide BDS conference Montreal, October 15th-17th 2010 endorsed by the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Campaign National Committee (BNC) of Palestine Since 2005″s historic call from Palestine for a comprehensive, international movement for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid, we have seen many important victories for this movement in both […]
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Like Jim Crow and South Africa before it, Israel must be pressured to abandon apartheid
by Bill Fletcher Jr. on December 1, 2009 The following speech was given on November 30, 2009 at the United Nations as part of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. President, Excellencies: Let me begin by expressing my appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the […]
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BDS roadshow
November 30, 2009 Israel, the Palestinians and apartheid: the case for boycott and sanctions * UK wide speaker tour 4 – 9 December * 2009 has seen a groundswell of popular support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel until it complies with international law. Join a renowned panel of international speakers […]
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