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H&M Flashmobs in Sweden on July 10th
The fifth anniversary of the BDS call was marked in Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden, with BDS flashmobs visiting various shops that fund Israeli apartheid – including H&M. Activists were dressed in uniform coloured t-shirts with printed messages “Boycott Israel” and “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions”, and walked in line, silently, through the city streets and shops. […]
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IKEA contributes to a better everyday life for the many settlers
IKEA delivers goods to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. IKEA”s answer to the critique is that “IKEA stores have existed in Israel for the many people since 2001” and that “IKEA”s vision is to contribute to a better everyday life for the many people.” They are certainly many, the settlers. Half a […]
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Open Letter to John Lydon from Gaza: “˜Rise’ against the Racism
Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine, July.18.2010 Dear John Lydon, We are academics and students from Gaza representing more than 10 academic institutions therein. Our parents and grandparents are refugees who were expelled from their homes by the nascent Israeli army in the 1948 Nakba. We have since lived in the ghetto of the Gaza Strip refugee […]
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Stockholm report back
July 12, 2010 Stockholm marked the five year anniversary of the BDS call on the 10th since it was Saturday and thus the busiest day of the week on the streets of Stockholm. Around 30 people carried out a BDS Flasmob, dressed in red t-shirts with the message: “Boycott Israel” on the front and “Boycott, […]
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Interview With Swedish dockworker Erik Heldesson of the Swedish Dock Workers Union About Dockers Boycott Of Israeli Cargo
Interview With Swedish dockworker Erik Heldesson of the Swedish Dock Workers Union About Dockers Boycott Of Israeli Cargo http://www.laborforpalestine.net/wp/2010/07/04/voices-of-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-interviews-swedish-dockworker/ Interview with Swedish dockworker about boycott of Israeli ships and cargo The June 30, 2010 Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, of KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, featured an interview with Erik Heldesson of […]
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IKEA furnishing the occupation
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 5 July 2010 Swedish Radio reported on 23 June that home furnishings retail giant IKEA in Israel discriminately ships to Israel’s illegal settlements but not Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank. Swedish Radio’s correspondent in Israel, Cecilia Udden, explained that she was moving to the Palestinian city of Ramallah […]
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Swedish Dockworkers Block more than 500 Tons of goods to and from Israel
The Swedish Dockworkers” Union blockade of goods to and from Israel has ended. Altogether more than 500 tons of import and export goods were blocked. At 24:00 on Tuesday evening the 29th of June the Swedish Dockworkers” Union ended the week-long blockade against goods to and from Israel. The undramatic end of the action meant […]
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Swedish Civil Society Launch “IKEA, Don’t buy into occupation!” Campaign
Posted by RORCoalition on Fri, 07/02/2010 – 13:20 Click here to visit the Campaign page on facebook Open Letter from Palestine Solidarity Association of Sweden Swedish Radio has revealed that IKEA delivers furniture to illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, despite the fact that these settlements are illegal according to international law. Thus IKEA […]
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Swedish dockworkers boycott Israel
Swedish dockworkers have launched a week-long boycott of cargo to and from Israel to protest against the raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine people last month. About 1,500 members of the Swedish Dockworkers Union began the boycott on Wednesday across the country’s ports, which handle more than 95 per cent of Sweden’s […]
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Alternative H&M Price Tags in Sweden
In June 2010, clothes in H&M stores across Sweden have been labeled with alternative price tags. The new sticker price tags are similar in size and style to the original labels, and carry the message of the BDS against H&M campaign. Price tag text in English: Solidarity 0 EUR Israel is today criticised more harshly […]
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