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BDS at UC Berkeley: The Campaign, The Vote, and The Veto by Youmna Derby and Dina Omar*
“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation […]
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USACBI DEMONSTRATES AGAINST RECOGNITION of SETTLER COLONIAL UNIVERSITY by ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
USACBI campaign members were joined by 15 members of Anti-Racist Network, USC SJP, Women in Black, the National Lawyers Guild and assorted individuals to protest recognition of settler colonial Ariel University by ISIS (International Society for Iranian Studies). Despite an ongoing campaign, including a Joint Letter by 120 academics, ISIS refused to drop the Ariel […]
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British Academic Union Makes BDS History, Severing Links with Histadrut and Boycotting Ariel College
PACBI | 30 May 2010 Ramallah, Occupied Palestine 30 May 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)expresses its profound appreciation for the courageous positions in support of Palestinian rightstaken by the membership of the University and College Union (UCU) at its Congress today inManchester. The UCU has again firmly […]
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BNC warmly welcomes Deutsche Bank’s divestment from Israeli arms co. Elbit
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) Deutsche Bank announces divestment from Elbit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27 2010 For more information contact: In Palestine: Jamal Juma”, BNC Secretariat, Stop the Wall Coordinator +972-598921821 / global[at]stopthewall.org In Europe: Michael Deas, BNC Europe Coordinator +447794678525 / bnc.europe[at]bdsmovement.net · Deutsche Bank announces divestment from Israeli arms manufacturer […]
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Solidarity campaign with Palestinian people launched
By Madiha Luqman A campaign of solidarity with the Palestinian people was launched in Lahore earlier this year which is now gathering momentum. Campaign founders, including Amanullah Kariapper, Qalandar Memon, and Dr Magid Shihade, a Palestinian scholar teaching at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), discussed the initiative “Pakistanis for Palestine” at the Lahore […]
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BDS BOYCOT ISRAEL PRODUCTEN Aha!
Met een campagne voor Boycot, Desinvesteren en Sancti es (BDS) willen wij de Israí«lische regering onder druk zett en om: ? zich te houden aan het internationaal recht en om de legiti emerechten van het Palesti jnse volkte erkennen; ? een einde te maken aan hetbeleg van de Strook van Gaza en de bezetti ng […]
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Call for an international campaign to Stop the Jewish National Fund
To join the campaign and endorse this statement, contact: stopjnf [at] bdsmovement.net Organizations who have joined the campaign are listed below The Jewish National Fund (JNF)[1] was instrumental in the ethnic cleansing[2] of Palestine in the 1948 Nakba, and continues to play a central role in maintaining Israel’s regime of apartheid.[3] The JNF provided political, […]
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BDS Is Vital For Palestine’s Freedom
2010 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Mustafa Barghouthi, tells PSC that an international campaign of boycott, sanctions and divestment on Israel is vital if Palestine is ever to be free of occupation. Dr Barghouthi, who heads the Palestinian National Initiative, also describes how the movement of non-violent resistance in the West Bank is challenging Israel”s occupation. […]
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Deutsche Bank: “We are out of Elbit”
Occupied Palestine – Germany”s biggest bank Deutsche Bank has divested the bank”s 2% stake in Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms company that supplies the Israeli military and provides components for the Apartheid Wall in Occupied Palestinian Territory that was found to be in violation of international law by the International Court of Justice.[i] The announcement […]
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BDS National Committee preps for 2nd conference
Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee will hold its second national conference in Nablus startiong on Monday, and preparations for the event were concluded just days before, organizers said. The conference follows up on the 2005 call for a Palestinian national boycott and divestment movement supported by some 170 unions, […]
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