Join us in a Silent Visual Vigil *Saturday, February 28 · 6:45 - 8:00 pm**UCLA Humanities Plaza, behind Royce Hall* The Batsheva Dance Company of Tel Aviv is coming to UCLA in violation of the 2004 Palestinian call to comprehensively boycott all Israeli academic and cultural institutions, and the 2005 call of 171 Palestinian civil society organizations for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
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Join us in a Silent Visual Vigil *Saturday, February 28 · 6:45 - 8:00 pm**UCLA Humanities Plaza, behind Royce Hall* The Batsheva Dance Company of Tel Aviv is coming to UCLA in violation of the 2004 Palestinian call to comprehensively boycott all Israeli academic and cultural institutions, and the 2005 call of 171 Palestinian civil society organizations for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
Ramallah, Occupied Palestine25 February 2009 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) applauds CUPE-Ontario‘s University Workers Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) for its principled support for the cause of justice in Palestine by adopting, at its annual conference on 22 February 2009, significant steps in the direction of applying effective pressure on Israel and holding it accountable for its colonial and apartheid policies which violate international law and fundamental human rights.
Jeff Handmaker [Electronic Intifada] 20 February 2009 - Responding to the many calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, solidarity movements around the world have marked many successes. It is important for human rights advocates to build on this momentum and seize the opportunity to do what is within their power to try and hold Israel accountable for its abuses of human rights and other international laws.
Fred Fuentes [Green Left - Australia] 14 February 2009 - Palestine solidarity activists in Sydney have launched a campaign targeting Max Brenner Chocolates, a 100% Israeli-owned company belonging to the Strauss Group, as part of the growing international boycott Israel movement. The Strauss Group is the second-largest Israeli food and beverage company.
Jay Dow [CBS] - A food fight is heating up in Brooklyn. The 15,000 member food co-op in Park Slope is considering a ban on Israeli products because of the conflict in the Mideast. Officials there are now debating making an international statement after a member's proposal to take a symbolic stand against Israel. So far the co-op staff has identified just four products from Israel, but they say it's possible there are others out of the 10,000 products offered at the co-op.
Adrian Morrow [Toronto Star] - University workers in the Canadian Union of Public Employees have passed a controversial motion calling for an academic boycott of Israel, and union members from at least one Toronto university are planning to pressure their school to cut any financial ties with the country.
Stuart Littlewood [Palestine Chronicle] - God whispered in the Church of England's ear and it dumped its shares in Caterpillar. This House of God had about £2.5m invested in a company that manufactures one of Israel's weapons of mass misery and destruction.
Stuart Littlewood [Palestine Chronicle] - God whispered in the Church of England's ear and it dumped its shares in Caterpillar. This House of God had about £2.5m invested in a company that manufactures one of Israel's weapons of mass misery and destruction.
Sumoud Political Prisoners Solidarity Group - Today New York University has shown its true face more than ever. Claiming to be a "private university in the public service," it is clearly not even in the service of those students whose tuitions allow it to exist. ======== For Background on the NYU Student Action click here ========
Fresnes Prison, 29th January 2009 [Sumoud Political Prisoners Group] - In the canteen of the prison of Fresnes (French State) there is the chance of buying some Israeli products. We, Basque political prisoners, refuse tot buy these products in order to show our solidarity with Palestinian people.
A panel discussion featuring:Andrew Ross, chair, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, NYUElias Khoury, acclaimed novelistNir Harel, Anarchists Against The Wall TUESDAY MARCH 3, 20097PMNYU KIMMEL CENTER, ROOM 80260 WASHINGTON SQUARE SOUTH