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BDS victory: Veolia loses yet another contract in the UK

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 08/04/2011 - 06:42
“Veolia is paying a high price for its complicity in Israel’s occupation and violations of international law,” stated the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on Wednesday, after the French urban systems corporation lost yet another contract this time in Ealing, London.

Palestinian queer groups: "major BDS victory" as int'l queer youth group withdraws meeting from Israel

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Tue, 08/02/2011 - 06:28
IGLYO, the international queer youth and student organization, recently announced its decision to withdraw its General Assembly from Israel. Palestinian queer groups welcomed the announcement, but urge IGLYO to take further steps in support of human rights by heeding the BDS call.

Indian artists boycott show at Tel Aviv art museum

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 20:58
Indian artists, invited by the curators of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art to participate in an exhibition of work from India next Spring, have refused the invitation in solidarity with the Palestinian-led call for boycott, divestment and sanctions.

"Irvine 11" now "Irvine 10" as charges are dropped for one student in ongoing free speech case

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 22:19
A judge removes the prosecution’s lead investigator and two deputies from the case brought by the Orange County District Attorney’s office, which has been intent on criminalizing Muslim students who nonviolently disrupted a speech by an Israeli official in 2010. Meanwhile, charges against one of the students are dismissed.

Palestinians to UN and UNESCO: Stop destruction of Mamilla cemetery for "Museum of Tolerance"

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 21:34
Palestinians from Jerusalem and those with Israeli citizenship, supported by a legal team from the Center for Constitutional Rights, once again urged the United Nations and UNESCO to take action to stop the destruction of the ancient Mamilla cemetery in Jerusalem.

VIDEO: The BDS movement and strategic actions for justice

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 17:55
Remi Kanazi, professor Sunaina Maira and Ali Abunimah lay out the current strategies of the current global BDS movement led by Palestinian civil society, and analyzed the movement’s gains as well as the mounting backlash against BDS actions and activists.

US trade unionists support Palestinian call for military sanctions on Israel

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 01:36
Following last week’s call by Palestinians for immediate military sanctions on Israel, “similar to that imposed against apartheid South Africa in the past,” US trade union members released a statement announcing full support of the call, BDS, and the right of return.

European anti-arms trade network supports Palestinian call for arms embargo against Israel

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 20:34
Days after Palestinians called for comprehensive military sanctions against Israel, the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) came out in public support of the arms embargo and for the Palestinian-led boycott (BDS) movement.

Activists in "fly-in" action to Tel Aviv arrested, detained; Palestinian civil society orgs call for military embargo on Israel

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Sat, 07/09/2011 - 21:52
Activists are detained and arrested while trying to enter Ben Gurion airport during the “fly-in” action; while Palestinian civil society groups officially call for a full military embargo against Israel.

Building the BDS movement: Punks Against Apartheid say "It's bigger than Jello Biafra"

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 21:46
Following on the heels of punk rock icon Jello Biafra’s last-minute — however reluctant — decision to respect the Palestinian-led call for BDS, Punks Against Apartheid say they’ve just begun their work with the global BDS movement.

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