Monthly Archives: March 2009

Lebanese Campaign for the Boycott of Zionism

Note: English follows Arabic بيان صادر عن أكاديميين في لبنان لقد هاجمت إسرائيل، في هذه الحرب الضارية الأخيرة التي تشنها على الفلسطينيين، جامعة، ووزارة التربية، ومدارس عبر قطاع غزة، والعديد من المدارس التابعة للأونروا. وليست مثل هذه الاعتداءات على مراكز

Posted in Boycott, Lebanese Academia

BNC Statement on Land Day – BDS Global Day of Action

Posted by OPGAI on Fri, 03/27/2009 – 13:26 Boycott Israel! Make it account for its crimes in Gaza! 30 March 2009 – Today, the Palestinian people scattered across the globe mark Land Day, commemorating the events of 33 years ago,

Posted in Boycott, Divestment, Palestinian Organizing, Sanctions

UMass Divestment

On Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 the Student Government Association of the University of Massachusetts Amherst passed a resolution calling for divestment from companies that profit from war and occupation! This is a great step forward!! Please consider thanking senators in

Posted in Divestment, Student Organizing, U.S. Academica

Boycott Apartheid Israel

By Natalie Abou Shakra – Gaza The concept of civil resistance is not new at all. This non-violent, unarmed, citizen oriented strategy of resistance in modern history played a role in the struggles against colonialism, and neo-colonialism especially in British

Posted in Boycott, Why Boycott?!

Australian Academic Boycott of Israel: Global BDS Day 30 March 2009

Responding to the CALL of Palestinian civil society to join the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, we are an Australian campaign focused specifically on a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions, as delineated by PACBI (Palestinian

Posted in Australian Academia, Boycott

Challenging Israeli Impunity: The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement

RADIO INTIFADA intifada=shaking off – oppression/silence Voices from Kolkata to Casablanca Voices of struggle, Voices for change Thursday, March 26, 2009 3-4pm PST KPFK/Pacifica Radio 90.7 fm, Los Angeles Streaming at kpfk.org available on audio archive for 90 days Following

Posted in Boycott, USACBI Event, USACBI in the News

West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign bins Veolia!

03/25/09 | Veolia West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes the decision made by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council not to consider further Veolia’s bid for the ‘Waste Improvement Plan’ contract, a contract worth £1 billion over 20 years. French multinational company

Posted in Economic Boycott

Ali Abunimah on Flashpoints discussing BDS

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Today on Flashpoints: Founder of the Electronic Intifada, Ali Abunimah, in the Flashpoints studio gives a postmortem on Gaza and talks about the possibilities for justice and freedom for Palestine; a report from northern Israel as

Posted in Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions, Why Boycott?!

Land Day 2009 And BDS Global Week Of Action Against The Crisis And War

Posted by RORCoalition on Wed, 03/25/2009 – 12:12 By Eileen Fleming [Countercurrents.org] 24 March, 2009 – The Global Week of Action; a call for BDS/Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions begins March 28th through April 4, 2009. March 30, 2009 will commemorate

Posted in Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions

Worried about apartheid? Too late, Mr Olmert, it’s already here

Tony Karon In one of her last acts as US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice had Nelson Mandela’s name removed from America’s terrorist watch list. Many Americans were shocked to learn that their favourite former political prisoner had ever been

Posted in Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions, South African Context