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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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No Room for Genocide Campaign Day of Action - 27th September
UN Tourism observes 27th September as World Tourism Day focusing on the “role of tourism in the international community.”
20 Highlights of BDS Impact in 2019
The anti-Palestinian Trump Administration and Boris Johnson government are more than ever directly engaged in Israel’s desperate war of repression on...
Boris Johnson follows Thatcher's example with McCarthyite plan to ban local council boycotts and divestment against apartheid Israel
In 1988, Thatcher banned local councils from boycotting apartheid South Africa. Now Johnson wants to ban them from boycotting apartheid Israel....
Trump's Executive Order Abuses Federal Funding to Bully Universities Into Suppressing Freedom of Speech in Support of Palestinian Rights
Trump’s announced executive order (EO) would continue his dangerous attacks on hard-fought democratic rights. Abusing federal funding to bully...
The full menu of rights
“I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of...
AXA, divest from Israel’s climate apartheid: Day of Action Roundup
The second global AXA Day of Action included mobilizations all around the world. This Day fell on the UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian...
Brown University corporate responsibility committee votes to divest from companies connected to Israeli occupation
Michael Arria On Dec 2, Brown University’s Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies (ACCRIP) voted to recommend that...
Belgian trade mission to Israel and Palestine has been cancelled
(MENAFN - Palestine News Network) The mission, which would have taken place between the 8th and 11th of December, will not continue. A lot of...
50+ academics and activists condemn Indian Consul-General’s call for Israeli model in Kashmir, and call for military embargo on Israel
In a private event held in New York City last Saturday, 23rd November, Consul General of India in New York Sandeep Chakravorty made the outrageous...
Tell AXA: Stop financing Israel’s climate apartheid
The 4th global Climate Strike today falls on the same day as the UN Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People. This coincidence reflects an important...
Columbia College Student Council votes to hold student divestment referendum
By Defne Egbo and Katriel Tolin | November 25, 2019 Three years after the ballot initiative was first introduced to the Columbia College Student...