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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.
British Trade Union Congress strengthens support for BDS
[Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK] Britain's unions have thrown their weight behind a campaign of disinvestment and boycott from companies which are...
The Palestinian Civil Society Campaign for Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Marks 5 Years
In meeting rooms and conference halls, on high streets and university campuses, the Palestine solidarity movement is changing. In the dozen years...
CEO of Israeli Cosmetic Firm Ahava Rattled by Growing Boycott
[CommonDreams.org] In a recent, quietly circulated letter from the desk of Yaacov Ellis, CEO of Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories—a company at the center...
Activists Target Hewlett Packard: “Shoppers, don’t support Israeli Apartheid!”
[USACBI] On Labor Day, September 6, 2010, about 40 local activists took part in the growing consumer boycott of Israeli goods with lively “back to...
A conference in the service of colonialism and de-development: the case of the Rehovot conference on ‘inclusive and sustainable development’
Occupied Ramallah - September 13, 2010 The Weitz Centre for Development Studies, which was founded by the Jewish Agency and enjoys a long-standing...
California divestment initiative launched in Los Angeles
[IDC] The Israel Divestment Campaign (IDC) is the first citizens’ effort in the US to appeal directly to voters to hold Israel accountable for...
Refusing to Normalize a Cruel Occupation: A PACBI Open Letter to American and British Artists Supporting the Cultural Boycott of Israeli Colonies
Occupied Ramallah, 9 September 2010 -- The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) warmly salutes the tens of...
Boycott the 26th Haifa International Film Festival
Occupied Ramallah, 8 September 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges filmmakers and...
Boycotting Ariel: Missing the Forest for the Trees
This piece was published as the PACBI Column in the September 2010 issue of the BRICUP Newsletter. Provoked by the recent announcement...
PACBI: TEDx is Equating the Colonizer and Colonized
[PACBI] - It has come to our knowledge that TED, a non-profit organization carrying the slogan “Ideas Worth Spreading” has started a program called...