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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.
Los Angeles activists block unloading of Israeli cargo ship for two days
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Cairo donor conference: Palestinian civil society calls for public scrutiny of aid and zero complicity with Israeli violations of international law
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Nobel laureates and 60,000 others call for military embargo on Israel
More Than 60,000 Signatories, Including Nobel Prize Laureates, Celebrities and Religious Organizations, Call For Military Embargo on Israel Ahead of...
Palestinian Civil Society Salutes California Dockworkers and Endorses their “Block-the-Boat” BDS Action
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SodaStream: is BDS hitting where it hurts?
This morning, the Israeli-based fizz merchant SodaStream announced miserable preliminary financial results for the quarter ending September 30. Its...
G4S loses out on Irish government contract
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today hailed the Irish government’s decision to award the lucrative JobPath state contract to tender...
Palestinian students call for Barclays boycott over Elbit investment
The Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI), a group of Palestinian students in Gaza dedicated to the...
Hollywood, Israel and the New McCarthyism
The Israeli government and its lobby groups around the world have responded to the 2005 Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS),...
Why is the United Nations doing business with G4S, notorious prison supplier?
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European investors continue to divest from Israeli apartheid
First the good news: the Palestinian-led campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel has made considerable progress. Earlier this...