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Northern Illinois Conference votes to divest from companies that benefit from the occupation of Palestine
CONTACT: CONNIE BAKER, 630-363-7713 End the Occupation, Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church ST. CHARLES, ILL. June 15, 2010 – At its annual conference, the Northern Illinois Conference (NIC) of the United Methodist Church (UMC) voted to divest all holdings in three international corporations that profit from the occupation of Palestine. This action […]
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Integrating Palestine into the Progressive Left
by: Noura Erakat As progressive forces in the United States prepare to convene the second U.S. Social Forum from June 22 – 26 in Detroit, Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor Noura Erakat comments on the gap between Palestinian and Arab dreams of an America committed to justice and the reality of the work it would take to […]
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From birthright to boycott
by Josh Levinger on June 14, 2010 A recent post by Adam Horowitz asked what it will take for liberal Zionists to come around and support a boycott. My mind was changed by going to Israel on a Birthright trip and seeing firsthand the effects of the wall and checkpoints. However, I doubt that a […]
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Activists disrupt Caterpillar shareholder meeting
Kristin Szremski, The Electronic Intifada, 11 June 2010 While pro-Palestinian activists and supporters of Israel lined opposite sides of South LaSalle Street outside the Northern Trust Building in Chicago on 9 June, James Owens, the outgoing CEO and Chairman of Caterpillar Inc., told a room full of shareholders the company was not responsible for the […]
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Ann Arbor City Council is hit with Boycott-Israel Resolution:
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 At their June 7, 2010 public meeting… Ann Arbor City Council members refused to vote on this resolution to boycott all products from Israel. This was just 1 week after Israel shot its way onto a humanitarian aid ship, killing 9 passengers. The proposed boycott resolution is 8 words long: “Ann […]
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Labor for Palestine Condemns Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre, Supports Worker Action to Boycott Israel
June 7, 2010 To endorse this statement, click here. To donate to Labor for Palestine, click here. “Gaza today has become the test of our universal morality and our common humanity. During the South African anti-apartheid struggle, the world was inspired by the brave and principled actions of dockworkers unions who refused to handle South […]
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BDS in the USA, 2001-2010
Noura Erakat Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and adjunct professor of international human rights law at Georgetown University. On April 26, 2010, the student senate at the University of California-Berkeley upheld, by one vote, an executive veto on SB 118–the student body resolution endorsing divestment of university funds from General Electric and United […]
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Culture Jam Against the Blockade of Gaza and Attack on the Flotilla
Wow! More moving ads in SF. May 31st, 2010, Israel attacked an aid flotilla to Gaza. 700 kidnapped, 9 murdered and Israel says it is the victim. Sound familiar? Same story since 1948. END THE BLOCKADE OF GAZA AND HOLD ISRAEL ACCOUNTABLE!
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New Yorkers Visit Max Brenner, Ricky’s, Aroma Espresso Bar With Boycott Message
SINGING AGAINST SIEGE, BELLOWING FOR BOYCOTT NEW YORKERS VISIT MAX BRENNER, RICKY’S, AROMA ESPRESSO BAR WITH BOYCOTT MESSAGE MEDIA CONTACTS: info[at] adalahny.org New York, NY – June 5, 2010 – As the MV Rachel Corrie, the second half of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, was towed into the Israeli port of Ashdod after another attempt to […]
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San Francisco Green Party Boycotts Israel
Boycott Israel 06/01/10 By: SF Green Party Source: SF Green Party Resolved by the San Francisco Green Party: Because all other nonviolent and diplomatic means of resolving the crisis in Palestine/Israel have consistently failed for over four decades, the San Francisco Green Party sees a worldwide boycott and divestment of Israel as the only remaining […]
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