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Letter to Pete Seeger From Over 40 Orgs
September 9, 2010 Dear Pete, As long-time admirers of your music and your commitment to social justice, and as justice-seeking activists ourselves, we were surprised and troubled to learn that you plan to participate in the event “With Earth and Each Other: A Virtual Rally for a Better Middle East” this November. As part of […]
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California Activists Launch Ballot initiative to divest from Israel
ISRAEL DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGN (IDC): Tuesday, September 7, 2010 “DIVEST FROM ISRAEL” CALIFORNIA BALLOT INITIATIVE LAUNCHES IN LA ON WEDNESDAY WITH A SIGNING CEREMONY IN FRONT OF ISRAELI CONSULATE California Israel Divestment Campaign www.israeldivestmentcampaign.org VISUALS: Giant petition to be signed by speakers; Posters of campaign logo LOS ANGELES, CA (Sept.7) –Californians committed to peace and justice […]
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Refusing to Normalize a Cruel Occupation: A PACBI Open Letter to American and British Artists Supporting the Cultural Boycott of Israeli Colonies
PACBI | 9 September 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 9 September 2010 — The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) warmly salutes the tens of American and British theater, film and TV artists for their recently published statement [1] supporting the spreading cultural boycott of Ariel and the rest of Israel’s colonial […]
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Julianne Moore, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Sondheim, Cynthia Nixon Support Boycott of Israeli Settlements
Andre Soares | Sep 8, 2010 Actors Boycott Ariel Settlement Theodore Bikel, Mira Nair, Julianne Moore, Harold Prince, Vanessa Redgrave, Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Sondheim, Cynthia Nixon, Tony Kushner, Mandy Patinkin, Eve Ensler, Jennifer Tilly, Ed Asner, Wallace Shawn, and James Schamus are some of the 150 American and British stage, screen, and television personalities that […]
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Sondheim, Moore, et al. Support Israeli Boycott
Wednesday, September 8, 2010; Posted: 05:09 PM – by BWW News Desk Jewish Voice for Peace has collected over 150 names of Obie/Emmy/Tony/Pulitzer and other prize- winning theater and film professionals in support of the Israeli actors’/playwrights’ boycott of Israeli settlements. The issue has exploded in Israel and now support for the boycott has gone […]
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Anna Baltzer: An Up-close Look At The Israeli Occupation Of Palestine
Wednesday, September 08 2010 @ 09:56 AM GMT+4 Contributed by: Christian Avard A visit to the occupied territories of Palestine can change one’s perspectives forever. Such was the case of Anna Baltzer. Baltzer is a Jewish-American granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. In 2005, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to teach English in Ankara, Turkey and […]
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US Campaign endorses push for divestment at TIAA-CREF
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 The US Campaign has endorsed an exciting petition at Jewish Voice for Peace (a US Campaign member organization), pushing US financial services giant TIAA-CREF toward divestment from companies involved in Israel’s theft of land and abuse of human rights. Check out JVP’s campaign page, sign the petition and get resources to […]
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Divestment: from the campus to the streets
Mohammad Talaat, The Electronic Intifada, 8 September 2010 Following a sharp increase in divestment efforts across North American college campuses last spring, this academic year promises an even greater number of initiatives. The success and near-success of efforts at several campuses last year, coupled with Israel’s attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla this summer, has […]
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Washing Away Labor’s War Stain
September 7, 2010 Why is Union Money Going Abroad? By STANLEY HELLER Organized labor is joining with the NAACP in a “One Nation” jobs rally in Washington on October 2nd. No doubt they will be expecting anti-war folks to flock to it Lots of peace organizations have already done so Trouble is the rally has […]
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CALIFORNIA “DIVEST FROM ISRAEL” BALLOT INITIATIVE LAUNCHED
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE When: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, noon Who: California Israel Divestment Campaign www.israeldivestmentcampaign.org Where: In front of Israeli Consulate, 6380 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048: Why: Press Conference – Launch Ballot Initiative Drive to Require Public Employee Systems to Divest from Certain Business Activities in Israel Media Contacts: Sherna Berger Gluck: 310-455-1028; […]
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