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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.
US Quakers Divest from Veolia and Hewlett Packard!
September 24, 2012, Ann Arbor. Friends Fiduciary Corporation, the socially responsible investment firm serving over 300 Quaker institutions in the...
Danish organisations ditch G4S as company is targeted with creative actions
Boykot G4S! from janne wanne on Vimeo. Last week, September 10th, Danish grassroots went to the streets, commencing a campaign against security...
Youths from Gaza, Palestine send a message to student BDS activists
Young Palestinian activists in the Gaza Strip ask their peers in the United Kingdom and around the world to build the global Boycott, Divestment and...
No more tax deductables for funding settlements in occupied territory
Following advocacy-work and pressure from Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) and the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (NUMGE), the...
Palestinian youth shut down EU office in Ramallah
Occupied Ramallah, September 21 2012—On Friday, the youth group Palestinians for Dignity organized a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the ...
California’s Largest Student Union Votes to Condemn California Assembly Resolution HR 35, Tells the UC Regents to Stop Profiting from Israeli Human Rights Abuses
BERKELEY, CA - The University of California Student Association, which represents hundreds of thousands of students at all 10 UC campuses, passed a...
BDS roundup: Full cultural and academic boycott of Israel adopted at South African University
In this week’s roundup of news from the global boycott, divestment and sanctions movement: A South African university adopts a full academic and...
Activists convicted of weapons factory trespass vow to keep exposing illegal arms trade
When fellow activist Gavin Pidwell and I were convicted of aggravated trespass of EDO, an arms manufacturer, at a UK Magistrates court on 23 August,...
Adorn Butler with the Adorno Prize: She will add to its worth
Occupied Palestine, 10 September 2012 -- The Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees (PFUUPE), the General Union of...
Call on the European Parliament to reject new trade deal with Israel
On September 18 the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament is set to vote on a new trade agreement with Israel. If passed...