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Below is a list of Australian based unions and groups that are now endorsing the BDS campaign

 

CFMEU - Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union

NSW Branch

June 28, 2009
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Connex is the private contractor for suburban rail services in Melbourne Australia.  It has just failed to have it's contract renewed as a result of a strong BDS campaign.

 

 

 

 

connex

June 28, 2009
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[Stop the Wall] - A group of French activists from the BDS France campaign held a non- violent protest against the Israeli presence  at the Paris - Le  Bourget Air Show. Le Bourget Air Show is one of the largest weapons and aerospace technology fairs in the world. The protest took place outside the Israeli pavilion, where several Israeli arms companies had come to sell their military technologies to potential European buyers.

June 24, 2009
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[World Tribune] - The state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries has delivered its first batch of indigenous Kfir fighter-jets to the Colombian Air Force, Middle East Newsline reported. The delivery, which took place on June 22, was that of upgraded Kfirs, deployed by Israel in the 1970s and retired 20 years later.   ShareThis

June 24, 2009
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[Haaretz] - Around 20 people protested Saturday against the opening of an Israeli pavilion at the annual Paris Airshow.

The protesters, wearing green shirts emblazoned with the words "Boycott Israel", gathered in front of the Israeli pavilion, where they distributed leaflets and chanted against the Israeli presence before being dispersed by police.

June 24, 2009
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Text of report by Spanish newspaper ABC website, on 15 June

June 20, 2009
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[Stop the Wall] - Protests marked Caterpillar Corporation’s annual shareholder’s meeting in Chicago on June 10th. A number of peace and Palestine solidarity groups gained access to the meeting itself through the purchase of corporate shares, while others rallied outside the building, educating passersby about the crimes Occupation forces are committing with Caterpillar equipment. A supporting protest was also held outside Caterpillar offices in Portland Oregon (USA).

June 20, 2009