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Palestinian Unions Endorse Dockworker Unions’ Call to Action on October 30th
The Palestinian labor movement endorses the call for a day of struggle on October 30th against militarisation and genocide organised by a collective of dockworkers’ unions and calls on all global port, transport and related unions to join it. We also call on grassroots and civil society organizations that can support this mobilization to do so following the unions’ leadership and context-specific directions.
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No Room for Genocide Campaign Day of Action - 27th September
UN Tourism observes 27th September as World Tourism Day focusing on the “role of tourism in the international community.”
Jewish group challenges retirement fund TIAA-CREF's attempt to keep Israeli Occupation resolution off ballot
[New York, April 21, 2011] Jewish Voice for Peace today responded to retirement giant TIAA-CREF’s efforts to thwart a shareholder resolution asking...
Seattle billboard campaign calls to an end to US aid to Israel
April 20 - Local human-rights activists are launching a billboard campaign as part of a continuing effort to expose the misuse of U.S. taxpayer...
51 Canadian filmmakers protest festival’s normalization with Israel
Today 51 Canadian filmmakers issued a statement of protest to Hot Docs documentary film festival stating “as members of the film and arts community...
Jewish group challenges retirement fund TIAA-CREF's attempt to keep Israeli Occupation resolution off ballot
[New York, April 21, 2011] Jewish Voice for Peace today responded to retirement giant TIAA-CREF’s efforts to thwart a shareholder resolution asking...
"Hypocrisy-seeking missile": Omar Barghouti’s "BDS" reviewed
“Our South Africa moment has finally arrived,” said Palestinian author-activist Omar Barghouti in a series of speeches delivered in 2010. With the...
"Hypocrisy-seeking missile": Omar Barghouti’s "BDS" reviewed
“Our South Africa moment has finally arrived,” said Palestinian author-activist Omar Barghouti in a series of speeches delivered in 2010. With the...
Costs of arming Israel can no longer be ignored
Israel may be forgiven for failing to realize the current fiscal woes of the United States. After all, US military aid to Israel not only sailed...
Foreword: five years of BDS
This article was written in 2010 as a foreword to a BNC e-magazine commemorating the 5th anniversary of the BDS call in July 9th 2005. Click here to...
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS): The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
“I have been to Palestine where I’ve witnessed the racially segregated housing and the humiliation of Palestinians at military...
Artists Violating Cultural Boycott of Israel: Moral Inconsistency and Logical Incoherence
As the cultural boycott of Israel gains pace around the world, some artists, writers and cultural workers are finding it increasingly difficult to...