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Open Letter to the Labor Research Association: Don’t Honor Israeli Apartheid
As longtime labor and anti-apartheid activists, we strongly disagree with the decision to honor Stuart Appelbaum at tonight”s annual dinner of the Labor Research Association in New York City. The LRA”s dinner program praises Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, for building “relationships with community organizations in an effort to expand […]
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Arab and international farmers conference calls for boycott of Israel
The agricultural unions and non-governmental organizations present at the conference on “The agricultural sector in Gaza between reality and challenges”, organized in Amman in March 2009, have called in their final declaration, among others, for the world to impose sanctions, to start all forms of boycott campaigns and to withdraw investments from Israel. FULL TEXT: […]
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Palestinian workers and activists call on trade unions around the globe to increase solidarity
Release the Palestinian Activists Arrested in al-Ma”sara! After arrests and injuries on Workers Day, On May 1, people from the village of al-Ma”sara and the neighbouring villages in Bethlehem area commemorated Workers Day with a march in protest against the Apartheid Wall. The Wall continues to encroach on their land and isolates their villages. The […]
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Scottish Trade Union Congress Joins BDS Campaign!!!
Posted by RORCoalition on Thu, 04/23/2009 – 11:45 Scotland today joined Ireland and South Africa when the Scottish Trade Union Congress, representing every Scottish trade union, voted overwhelmingly to commit to boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. This is the third example of a national trade union federation committing to BDS and is a clear […]
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Responding to the call to protest apartheid
Comment: Mike Marqusee An action by South African dockworkers is one of the most important in the growing international solidarity movement against Israeli apartheid, writes Mike Marqusee. March 17, 2009 SOMETHING SPECIAL took place in Durban last month when dockworkers, members of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), refused to unload a […]
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Movement spreads to boycott Israel
By Kathy Durkin Published Mar 7, 2009 6:23 AM The Palestinian Unified Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel is taking hold and growing in unions, universities and among political forces on many continents. A worldwide focus is organizing for March 30–Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Action Day–when progressive forces are being asked […]
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Histadrut: Israel’s racist “trade union”
Tony Greenstein, The Electronic Intifada, 10 March 2009 Histadrut has always been a strange creature. In most countries one joins a trade union which is affiliated to a national trade union federation. In Israel one first joins Histadrut and then one is allocated to a union. It is only outside Israel that Histadrut is seen […]
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Sustaining global solidarity after Gaza
Jamal Juma’, The Electronic Intifada, 3 March 2009 The Israeli invasion of Gaza, which has now claimed more than 1,400 lives, generated serious popular backlash the world over. The overwhelmingly weak official positions and statements, especially in the Arab world, stood in stark contrast to the outpouring of rage that was witnessed in the streets […]
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MIDEAST: Israel Boycott Movement Gains Momentum
By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, Mar 3 (IPS) – “Standing United with the People of Gaza” is the theme of this week’s Israel Apartheid Week (IAW), which kicked off in Toronto and another 39 cities across the globe Sunday. A movement to boycott Israeli goods, culture and academic institutions is gaining momentum as Geneva prepares to […]
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Why We Should All Support Israeli Apartheid Week
The B u l l e t Socialist Project “¢ E-Bulletin No. 190 March 2, 2009 Shourideh Molavi This is the fifth consecutive year of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). Launched in Toronto, this week-long initiative hosts a string of lectures, film screenings, panels, demonstrations, cultural performances and other events across campuses and community centers around […]
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