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Don’t Stand With Zionism!
Jun 15th, 2010 | Below is a statement from Arab queer organizations. You can help by writing a letter to the US Social Forum or emailing them. We, the undersigned queer Arab organizations, are appalled by the US Social Forum”s decision to allow Stand with Us to utilize the event as a platform to pinkwash […]
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Boycott Placebo: Activists
Jun 8, 2010 BEIRUT – LEBANESE activists called on Tuesday for a boycott of British rock band Placebo on the eve of its Lebanon gig for performing in Israel in the wake of the deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. ‘You are not welcome in Lebanon,’ Lebanese writer and editor Samah Idriss said at […]
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On boycotting the post-Tel Aviv Placebo concert in Lebanon
Strangely, there has been a lot of protest in Lebanon about holding Placebo to task for not respecting the call to boycott Israel. The following comes as a response to that: By Maya Mikdashi I will be boycotting the Placebo concert in Lebanon, and the reason is simple. Art is not a-political, and it never […]
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Thousands protest across Lebanon against flotilla killings
Palestinians, organizations march in support of Gaza aid convoy By Patrick Galey and Mohammed Zaatari Daily Star staff Tuesday, June 01, 2010 BEIRUT/SIDON: Thousands of activists gathered in Beirut, Tripoli and Sidon on Monday to lend their voices to the international outcry over Israel”s attack on an aid ship bound for Gaza, which killed at […]
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AUB Students Protest Zionist Companies at Career Fair on Campus
Here are the flyers they handed out: Here is one student’s account of the campus response to their protest: I am writing this email in protest of your actions today at the AUB career fair. Several friends and I decided to hand out flyers protesting three companies; Nestle, Veolia and L’Oreal. Many of the students […]
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Boycott H&M Graffiti in Beirut
BDS Lebanon has added BDS H&M graffiti to the walls and stairs of Beirut, Lebanon. More photos available in our Facebook group H&M, don”t buy into Occupation!
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“Week against Israeli Apartheid” at the AUB campus in Beirut
Film screenings, poetry readings, debates, workshops, roundtables, conferences and concert … that was the agenda of the Week against Israeli Apartheid held from March 1 to March 6 in several cities worldwide and for the first time in the Lebanese capital, at the American University of Beirut. For five days, these activities have sought to […]
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Israeli Apartheid Week: Beirut
by Daniel Drennan Two months ago a few students got together at the American University of Beirut and started planning a week of conferences, workshops, and actions based on the model offered by Israeli Apartheid Week which started six years ago in Toronto. A list of speakers was drawn up, and with nothing much to […]
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PROJECT: Boycott, Divest, Sanction Published as a supplement to al-Akhbar newspaper, Thursday, February 25, 2010
Objective: Jamaa al-Yad is a cultural association the aim of which is the research, implementation, dissemination, and reestablishment of various cultural manifestations including but not limited to craft, design, and art, by focusing on the local, vernacular, indigenous, and popular, using methodologies and means that ideologically reflect models of collaboration, co-operation, and communality, in the […]
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Activists protest outside Starbucks over ‘links to Israel’
BEIRUT: Young activists protested in the streets of Hamra, Beirut, Wednesday evening against Starbucks, a coffee shop they claim is supportive of Israel and Zionists. The protesters gathered in front of the coffee shop and raised Palestinian flags and banners condemning Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. They called for boycotting US products because they were linked […]
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