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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.
Hiding Behind Governments: Artists Undermining the Boycott of Israel
Even while many artists, musicians and cultural workers refuse to entertain apartheid Israel, there continues to be those who try to find currency to...
TIAA-CREF Censors their Investors
TIAA-CREF is a retirement fund giant that bills itself as “serving the greater good”, in part, they claim, by engaging with companies that behave...
British Prime Minister ends ties with JNF
Prime Minister David Cameron has quietly terminated his status as an Honorary Patron of the controversial Jewish National Fund (JNF). His office...
ULU: Why We Voted for Boycott
The week just gone has been an excellent one for student activism for Palestine in the UK. The NUS executive council finally adopted a policy that...
BDS Works: Israeli Businessmen Plan Peace Initiative to Head off BDS, “South Africanization” of Israel
The Hebrew online news site Calcalist reports that some of Israel’s most senior and powerful businessmen conducted a meeting last week to begin...
Crashing The JNF Fundraiser to "Plant a Tree for Palestine"
On Monday May 16th, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) held a fundraiser at the Lincoln Center featuring the Broadway play "Scottsboro Boys". Since the...
Crashing The JNF Fundraiser to "Plant a Tree for Palestine"
On Monday May 16th, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) held a fundraiser at the Lincoln Center featuring the Broadway play "Scottsboro Boys". Since the...
McGill and Concordia Must Boycott Technion
In the wake of successful/ongoing divestment campaigns at Hampshire College, UC Berkeley, Carleton University, and the University of Johannesburg, a...
DePaul students vote to boycott Sabra Hummus
"The vast majority of students who voted in DePaul University’s student election last week were in favor of ending the sale of Sabra hummus in campus...
Lessons from Marrickville for BDS Activists
On April 19th, the Marrickville Council in Sydney’s inner west, Australia, met to debate and eventually overturn its four months old motion...