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Caterpillar CEO Says, “Don’t like CAT’s practices? Then DIVEST.”
Last week, Caterpillar’s board members faced shareholders, including our allies from Jewish Voice for Peace, the Sisters of Loretto, and Chicagoans Against Apartheid in Palestine. The US Campaign’s National Organizer attended and spoke at the meeting as well, on behalf of shareholder Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights. Inside the meeting Matan Cohen of Hampshire College […]
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Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) Joins Campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel
Media Release June 16, 2009 Ottawa – Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) voted to join the growing international campaign in support of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, at its first Annual General Meeting this past weekend. This decision makes IJV the first national Jewish organization in the world to do […]
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Montreal: Israeli Apartheid on Trial
Bil”in, a Palestinian village in the West Bank, has become an internationally celebrated symbol of Palestinian popular resistance to the ongoing construction of the Israeli apartheid wall and settlements on their land. Since 2005, villagers have led weekly protests, with the active participation from both Israeli and international solidarity activists, in opposition to illegal Israeli […]
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Campaigners Urge Caterpillar to Halt Bulldozer Sales to Israel
Shareholders of the company Caterpillar have rejected an effort by human rights activists to stop the firm from selling bulldozers to Israel to be used to demolish homes in Gaza and the West Bank. At the company”s annual meeting last week, dissident shareholders submitted a resolution calling for a review of Caterpillar sales to militaries […]
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Protest at Halton Caterpillar in Portland calling for divestment from Israel
Despite the rain on Wednesday morning, several intrepid activists picketed outside Halton Cat on Columbia Boulevard in Northeast Portland. The small, but spirited group of protesters held the action in solidarity with the national day of action against Caterpillar, timed to coincide with the company’s annual shareholder meeting. The purpose of the day of action […]
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Caterpillar under Fire for Human Rights Abuses for Sixth Year in a Row
MR Zine, Chicago, IL (June 3) — For the sixth year in a row, members of Jewish, Christian, and human rights organizations will be present at Caterpillar, Inc.’s annual shareholder meeting to demand that Caterpillar end its complicity with violations of human rights and international law in the occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East […]
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Palestinian Students in Gaza Launch Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel
A Call from Palestine: Palestinian Students” Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) PSCABI-Gaza, Occupied Palestine 29 May, 2009 “Gaza today has become the test of our indispensable morality and common humanity.” Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee, 27 December 2008 Statement The Palestinian Students” Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) […]
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Who Profits Newsletter – Focus on Norwegian Pension Fund Investments
Who Profits from the Occupation May Newsletter: International Investment in the Occupation A Case Study: The Norwegian Government’s Pension Fund The economic interests in the Israeli occupation of Palestine are not exclusive to Israeli corporations. In a global economy, international corporations and investors are heavily involved in the manifold economy of the occupation. In our […]
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Norwegian MP: If investment in occupation acceptable, we must revise ethics guidelines
Bethlehem – Ma”an Exclusive – A Norwegian ethics committee is due to travel to Israel and the West Bank in two weeks to assess the investment of the world”s largest government pension fund, The Norwegian Government Pension Fund, in Africa Israel Investments. In advance of that visit, a delegation of seven members of the Norwegian […]
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