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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.
Derailing Injustice:Palestinian Civil Resistance to the “Jerusalem LightRail”
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Queers Respond to Tel-Aviv Homophobic Violence, Call for BDS against Israel
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Can we talk? The Middle East "peace industry"
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On the Boycott of Israel
Neve Gordon [Opinion - LA Times] 20 August 2009 - Israeli newspapers this summer are filled with angry articles about the push for an international...
BlackRock Bank Divests from Settlement Construction
The British bank BlackRock has divested from Lev Leviev settlement projects on West Bank. The divestment follows pressure by three Norwegian banks...
Amnesty International Withdraws from Leonard Cohen’s Israel Concert Fund
New York, NY [PACBI / USACBI] August 18 – Amnesty International has announced today that it will abstain from any involvement in the Leonard Cohen...
Boycott movement takes hold in British unions
Asa Winstanley, [The Electronic Intifada], 14 August 2009 - The international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel has...
More than One S in Resistance
Nadia Hijab [Agence Global] 10 August 2009 - The American administration is hoping that this week’s Fatah conference will strengthen their peace...
With grateful thanks to Al-Qaida and the Taliban
[Globes] - As Western armies grapple with the changing nature of warfare against terrorists, business is booming for Israeli lighweight armored...
Video: Who profits from the Israeli occupation?
[The Real News Video Below] - Boycotted by activists, the Israeli company AHAVA is backed by one of Israel's most powerful families After...