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Activism and BDS Beat

News about popular struggle, international solidarity and boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activism

Watch: BDS campaigner Omar Barghouti lecture and conversation with Amy Goodman in Santa Fe

These are great videos to watch and share whether you know a lot or a little about the Palestinian BDS movement.

Alice Walker, Roger Waters, and activists to writer Antonio Muñoz Molina: Don't cross the picket line

Spanish writer Antonio Muñoz Molina is due to accept the Jerusalem Prize from Israeli President Shimon Peres this weekend, despite calls from a wide range of activists to respect the boycott call.

UK supermarket sells fruit from illegal settlement as "made in Israel"

Israeli companies lie so routinely about the origin of their produce that EU plans to introduce new labeling guidance will probably prove unworkable.

Alice Walker backs Brooklyn College against Zionist bullying over BDS event and you can too

Internationally-acclaimed author and poet Alice Walker is among the most recent persons to sign on to a statement expressing support for free speech at Brooklyn College in the face of a campaign of defamation and threats by Zionist organizations and politicians.

Israel steps up SodaStream marketing in attempt to greenwash Israeli settlement crimes

The Israeli government’s use of SodaStream to greenwash the occupation may have fooled politicians and mainstream journalists, but activists aren’t duped so easily.

Hyundai equipment used for new Israeli demolitions in Silwan, while company distances from local dealer

Israel destroyed Palestinian property in Silwan for the development of a “national park” on Monday. Meanwhile, Hyundai announced it has ended a deal with an Israeli agency.

Palestinians condemn EU for new conditions tying humanitarian aid to joint projects with “Jews and Arabs”

The EU betrays its Israel-centric perspective when it defines Palestinian refugees as the “problem” instead of Israel’s refusal to comply with international law.

BDS roundup: boycott campaign overwhelmingly endorsed by grad student association at Canadian university

Concordia University’s Graduate Students’ Association overwhelmingly votes in favor of BDS resolution, a South African toy store cuts ties to the Jewish National Fund, and much more!

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