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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.
Deals linked to settlements in occupied territories could be ‘criminal,’ UN expert warns
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BDS campaigner targeted by law firm with links to Israeli intelligence
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COSATU condemns G4S role in Palestine in statement on South African prison privatization
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151 Organizations Tell Ben & Jerry’s: Stop Selling in Israeli Settlements
The international campaign to end Ben & Jerry’s complicity in Israel’s occupation and illegal settlement regime continues to gain momentum. On...
Well-attended BDS conference organised by the Dutch Trade Unions and NGOs in Utrecht
On 28 September 2013, in Utrecht, the Dutch trade union ABVAKABO-FNV, together with the Dutch organisations Cordaid, A Different Jewish Voice,...
Italian Water Festival condemned over Veolia and SodaStream links
Among the sponsors of the Water Festival in L'Aquila, Italy, Sodastream and Veolia, companies complicit with Israeli human rights violations BDS...
Academic Freedom or Academic Privilege: In defense of the Academic Boycott of Israel
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) dedicated volume 4 (2013) of its Journal of Academic Freedom to the issue of academic...
Academic Freedom or Academic Privilege: In defense of the Academic Boycott of Israel
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) dedicated volume 4 (2013) of its Journal of Academic Freedom to the issue of academic...
Norwegian union ends G4S contract as "act of solidarity" with Palestinians
A major Norwegian trade union has terminated its contract with security company G4S in protest at the firm’s role in providing equipment and services...