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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.
Financial Times editorial criticises SodaStream and illegal Israeli settlement firms
On January 31, leading international business newspaper the Financial Times published an editorial criticising SodaStream and illegal Israeli...
Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam role following public outcry
Scarlett Johansson has today announced that she is resigning her role as Oxfam ambassador following a huge outcry over her role as the public face of...
Applause for the academic boycott of Israel
Israel's reflexive defenders have reverted to their customary blunt cudgel: the charge that critics of Israeli policies are anti-Semitic. Their...
Cartoonists to Angouleme Festival: Drop SodaStream
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014-- Over forty cartoonists and illustrators from a dozen countries around the world released an open letter today to Franck...
Palestinians ask Rome council to boycott Mekorot
Palestinian civil society organizations highlight that the proposed collaboration between Rome's water company ACEA and Mekorot amounts to a...
"Paths to Peace": Normalizing Israel’s Collective Punishment of Gaza!
Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine 28. January. 2014 It has come to our knowledge that Paths to Peace,[i] a program that...
Palestinian civil society to Oxfam: “match words with action”, break ties with Scarlett Johansson
Occupied Palestine, January 27 - The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian...
Vijay Prashad in Washington Post: Understanding the boycott of Israel’s universities
The growing movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions of Israeli universities has struck a chord in Israel. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said...
UN year of solidarity with the Palestinian people begins with boycott success
In November of last year, the UN General Assembly designated 2014 as the UN International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. Just three...
Another Italian Council condemns Pizzarotti over A1 train
The Italian Coalition Stop That Train calls on the Italian government to following the example of other European countries and discourage Italian...