The forces of apartheid demonstrate limitless capacity for barbarism!
Address by COSATU President, Sidumo Dlamini, to the Gaza Report-back Rally in Lenasia
(via MECA)
Here’s an excerpt from an address given by the president of South Africa’s largest trade union federation, COSATU:
COSATU has, on several occasions, been asked by opportunists why is it interested in a matter [...]
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“Soweto yesterday, Gaza today…”
Danish Bank and Pension Fund Divest from Israel
Via the US Campaign to End the Occupation:
Yesterday we reported that Dankse Bank has decided to exclude Elbit Systems and Africa Israel from its investment portfolio due to the companies’ involvement in the Israeli occupation.
Now there’s more good news–one of the largest Danish pension funds has divested from Elbit as well as two U.S. companies [...]
good definition of apartheid
While we may disagree with certain points (and the general argument) of this article by Henry Siegman in a recent issue of The Nation, he nonetheless offers a very clear and useful definition of apartheid:
Olmert was mistaken in one respect, for he said Israel would turn into an apartheid state when the Arab population in [...]
Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Landmark Apartheid Reparations Case
Black South African victims of the South Africa’s nearly 50-year-long system of apartheid have filed suit against US companies who they claim were complicit in human rights abuses occurring during the time they did business in apartheid South Africa. The companies include Daimler AG, General Motors, Ford Motor Company and IBM. The success of such [...]
The Cairo Declaration
Oops — we’re posting about this about a week late, but we wanted to post the Cairo Declaration, which came out of the Gaza Freedom March. In summary, it is a call put out by more than 100 Gaza Freedom Marchers to support the BDS movement. We’re re-pasting it below in its entirety — click [...]