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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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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.
BNC oral statement at UN Human Rights Council
Human Rights Council, HRC 32, June 2016 Oral statement, item 7 (OPT) Presented by Badil* Mr. President, Badil, al Haq, al Mizan and the Palestinian...
Report: Practices and Policies of Racial Discrimination by the Occupying Power in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Over time, and increasingly, the term “apartheid” has been used to describe the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). It is hardly...
Free speech and justice: Defending the rights of the BDS movement
Jana Tamimi, a 10-year-old journalist-in-the-making from the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied Palestinian territory, asked me during the latest...
Europe still funding Israeli torture, drones and racial profiling
As European leaders are gathered in Brussels to discuss the future of the EU, they would be well advised to put into effect values of accountability...
US Churches
Presbyterian Church (USA) calls for studying Palestinian BDS call and engage with its authors in a landslide vote 54% of...
I’m Jewish, and I want people to boycott Israel
In 2009, I was living in Tel Aviv during Operation Cast Lead. During that offensive, Israel killed about 1,400 Palestinians in Gaza. When small...
Andrew Cuomo’s BDS Blacklist Is a Clear Violation of the First Amendment
G overnors have significant authority in issuing executive orders, and in many situations, they do so to circumvent legislative roadblocks. But...
Kuwaiti social security fund divests from security company G4S following BDS pressure
The Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) in Kuwait has decided, as reported in the Kuwaiti media, to divest its funds from G4S, a...
Training Activists in the Social Media War Against BDS
Sitting in a Classroom at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, a group of some 30 North American undergraduate students watched a news flash...
UK high court rules in favour of local councils who support boycott of Israeli occupation
UK High Court rules in favor of local councils taking action in solidarity with the Palestinian people. French local council near Paris votes to...