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DePaul students to participate in historic vote on Sabra hummus referendum in election this week
by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) DePaul FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Student Government Association at DePaul allows a referendum on Sabra hummus for upcoming election ballot in response to a request from Students for Justice in Palestine. CHICAGO, IL (May 16, 2010)–Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at DePaul University has been campaigning for […]
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Wellness Warehouse Stop selling Ahava or face protest and criminal charges
Dr Sean Gomes CEO Wellness Warehouse Head Office 50 Kloof Street PO Box 3644 Cape Town 8000 By fax and email: 021 487 5455 and sean[at]wellnesswarehouse.com Dear Dr. Gomes WELLNESS WAREHOUSE VIOLATES THE MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT (17 OF 1941) AS AMENDED: URGENT REQUEST FOR RESPONSE BEFORE OR ON 02 OCTOBER 2010 Thank you for your […]
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Israel’s settlement industry under boycott pressure
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 23 September 2010 Palestinian activists in the occupied West Bank have called for the boycott of the popular Rami Levy Israeli supermarket chain which has several stores inside Israel’s illegal settlements. Activists say they will call on fellow Palestinians to “avoid supporting the occupation and settlements’ economy by boycotting Israeli goods […]
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BDS Campaign – Boycott Israel Movement Grows
By Eric Walberg 9-21-10 The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign moves ahead in Washington, California, British Columbia, Harvard and Brown Universities, and the Netherlands, notes Eric Walberg In July, in Rachel Corrie’s hometown of Olympia, Washington state, the popular Food Co-op announced that no Israeli products would be sold at its two grocery stores. Archbishop […]
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Campagne BDS í la braderie de Lille
Trí¨s forte affluence ce week-end au stand EuroPalestine de la braderie de Lille, oí¹ des centaines de personnes ont signé la pétition de soutien aux militants de Mulhouse appelés í comparaí®tre en procí¨s lundi prochain, et tenu í acheter les míªmes T.Shirts que ceux qu”ils portent. La preuve que les méthodes d”intimidation ont l”effet inverse […]
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Sephora! Pas de beauté sans liberté
Nous sommes réunis en solidarité avec les 5 militants du collectif Boycott de Mulhouse qui doivent comparaitre en justice lundi prochain et avec notre amie Sakina Arnaud de Bordeaux dont la comparution en appel aura lieu le 24 septembre. Cette judiciarisation de nos actions de solidarité internationale vise í nous intimider et í nous épuiser […]
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Israeli Beauty Products Company Ahava Complicit in the Sins of Occupation
By Alex Kane, AlterNet Posted on September 18, 2010, Printed on September 20, 2010 Walk into any Ricky’s store, a beauty shop chain in New York, and you will find a shelf filled with Ahava products. For $28, you can buy mineral toning cleanser; for $22, Dead Sea liquid salt; and for $9, purifying mud […]
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Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op debates Palestine politics
No matzo, no peace By Lien Hoang This article was published on 09.16.10. Matzo and bath salts are stirring up controversy over at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, where a fraction of its 12,000 owner-members is moving to boycott products that come from Israel. The boycott is being pushed by the Sacramento Boycott, Divestments, Sanctions […]
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Inauguration of H&M apartheid store
On 26 August 2010, H&M opened its fourth store in the apartheid state of Israel. To mark the occasion, BDS activists in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 8 September protested outside the local H&M flagship store. The protest theme was a satirical inauguration of the new apartheid store, with an inaugural speech, ribbon cutting ceremony, question competition, […]
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