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AMARC: World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Joins BDS Movement

Recently, in La Plata, Argentina, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)  joined the BDS movement. See below for the AMARC statement and a solidarity statement from Tadamon! Montreal. AMARC 10 motion to support Palestinian civil society call for

Posted in Argentine Organizing, BDS Success, Boycott News, Canadian Organizing, Cultural Boycott

Tourism Minister: U.K., Spain to boycott OECD tourism conference because it’s in Jerusalem

Palestinians pressure Europe to shun October conference on sustainable tourism, which normally takes place in Paris. By Irit Rosenblum Britain and Spain will not send delegates to the OECD’s biannual tourism conference on October 20-22, because it will be held

Posted in BDS Success, Boycott News, British Organizing, Spanish Organizing

Spain, Britain to boycott Jerusalem tourism confab

October 6, 2010 MADRID, Spain (JTA) — Spain and Britain will boycott an international tourism conference being held in Jerusalem. The two countries will not send delegates to attend the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s biannual tourism conference to

Posted in BDS Success, Boycott News, British Organizing, Spanish Organizing

PRESS RELEASE – SA UNIVERSITY: Conditional termination with Israeli institution

29 September 2010 This afternoon, after what was described as a “most tense” Senate meeting, UJ’s highest academic body voted to conditionally end its Apartheid-era relationship with Ben-Gurion University (BGU). A fact-finding investigation conducted by the University confirmed BGU’s links

Posted in BDS Success, Boycott, Boycott News, South African Academica, South African Organizing

Gaza Academics and Students: U. of Johannesburg’s Decision to Condition Ties with Ben Gurion University, a Step in the Right Direction

Besieged Gaza, University Teachers’ Association Palestinian Students Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel 30.September.2010 Gaza Academics and Students: U. of Johannesburg’s Decision to Condition Ties with Ben Gurion University, a Step in the Right Direction University Teachers’ Association in

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South Africa Champions the Academic Boycott of Israel

PACBI | 30 September 2010 We can easily be enticed to read reconciliation and fairness as meaning parity between justice and injustice. Having achieved our own freedom, we can fall into the trap of washing our hands of difficulties that

Posted in BDS Success, Boycott, Boycott News, Palestinian Organizing, South African Academica, South African Organizing

BNC welcomes cancellation of visit by settlement mayors to Netherlands

Occupied Palestine, 23 September 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), on behalf of its constituent organizations and unions representing the majority of Palestinian civil society, warmly salutes the decision taken by the Association of Netherlands

Posted in BDS Success, Boycott, Boycott News, Dutch Organizing, Palestinian Organizing

Israel’s settlement industry under boycott pressure

Report, The Electronic Intifada, 23 September 2010 Palestinian activists in the occupied West Bank have called for the boycott of the popular Rami Levy Israeli supermarket chain which has several stores inside Israel’s illegal settlements. Activists say they will call

Posted in BDS Success, Boycott, Boycott News, British Organizing, Cultural Boycott, Economic Boycott, U.S. Organizing

Boycott Israel? The Big Story Special On The Global BDS Movement [Press TV]

Posted in BDS Success, Boycott, Boycott News, British Organizing, Cultural Boycott, Divestment, Economic Boycott, Sanctions

BDS Campaign – Boycott Israel Movement Grows

By Eric Walberg 9-21-10 The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign moves ahead in Washington, California, British Columbia, Harvard and Brown Universities, and the Netherlands, notes Eric Walberg In July, in Rachel Corrie’s hometown of Olympia, Washington state, the popular Food

Posted in BDS Success, Boycott, Boycott News, Cultural Boycott, Divestment, Economic Boycott, U.S. Organizing