Here’s an exciting story from Mondoweiss — one that happened in our neck of the woods:
An ad campaign of sorts ran in Berkeley and San Francisco at the end of 2009 drawing attention to Pacific Gas & Electric’s relationship with the Israeli company Solel and the growing BDS movement. Several of PG&E’s “Solar Power” bus [...]
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Local Guerilla ads highlight PG&E’s connections to Israeli Apartheid
US Labor: “Boycott Apartheid Israel”
Wednesday, Dec 16th, 2009 by hkornst1 | 0 Comments
Filed under: Take Action!, news & analysis, other BDS campaigns
Filed under: Take Action!, news & analysis, other BDS campaigns
Labor for Palestine just put out an open letter to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, protesting his speech denouncing the Palestinian BDS movement, and highlighting his own support for the BDS movement of apartheid South Africa.
>> Union members: endorse the letter here!
Here’s an excerpt:
Support for BDS has grown rapidly, especially since December 27, 2008, when Israel [...]
Christians & Academics
Monday, Dec 14th, 2009 by hkornst1 | 0 Comments
Filed under: news & analysis, other BDS campaigns, resources
Filed under: news & analysis, other BDS campaigns, resources
Electronic Intifada has reported on two exciting documents that were released this week: the Kairos Palestine Document and a report from the Alternative Information Center documenting Israeli academic institutions’ role in the ongoing oppression of Palestinians.
Here’s a snippet on the Kairos Palestine Document:
Kairos is an ancient Greek term meaning the right or opportune moment. The [...]
Columbia Sportswear markets to settlers
Mondoweiss and Coteret have posted an ad by Columbia Sportswear targeting Israeli settlers with their fleece jackets:
The Israeli franchisee of Columbia Sportswear, a large Portland-based manufacturer of outdoor clothing, with an impressive Corporate Social Responsibility portfolio and what appears to be a rather progressive domestic client base, rather the following ad in the November 27 [...]
Report-back: Omar Barghouti at SFSU
Monday, Nov 23rd, 2009 by hkornst1 | 0 Comments
Filed under: SF events, news & analysis, other BDS campaigns, resources
Filed under: SF events, news & analysis, other BDS campaigns, resources
Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) has been gaining ground and achieving a number of successes recently… but the US is lagging behind.
That was the message of Omar Barghouti’s frank and motivational talk at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Those of us at BACEIA were very excited to co-sponsor his talk [...]