• The new movement against Israel’s apartheid

    Posted on February 28, 2009

    Eric Ruder looks at the new movement taking shape in this country and around the world–for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and its oppression of the Palestinian people. February 27, 2009 Some 5,000 people turned out in Los Angeles to demonstrate against Israel’s war (David Rapkin | SW) THE RUTHLESS assault on the 1.5 […]

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  • Prominent South African calls for sanctions against Israel

    Posted on February 27, 2009

    Ronnie Kasrils fought for decades against apartheid in his South African homeland, and with victory served in the governments of Nelson Mandela, and later Thabo Mbeki. On March 20, he will be speaking at the University of Strathclyde (6:00 p.m., P5.14, Graham Hills Building) on the need for a boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against […]

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  • Has Palestine Passed the Tipping Point?

    Posted on February 17, 2009

    Sovereignty and Settler Colonialism in South Africa and Israel-Palestine Virginia Tilley Scholars broaching comparisons of South African apartheid with Israeli policies regarding Palestinians invariably confront challenges that the two cases are not sufficiently homologous to justify comparison. Whether raised in good or bad faith, such challenges can be valuable for social sciences and history to […]

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  • The Tale of Two Apartheids

    Posted on February 10, 2009

    by Paul D’Amato / February 6th, 2009 In April 1976, John Vorster, president of the then-racist apartheid regime of South Africa, paid an official state visit to Israel, where he was given the red-carpet treatment. Israeli television showed him on his first day, visiting the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. At an official state banquet held […]

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