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 [...]
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Danish Bank and Pension Fund Divest from Israel
Carleton University Divestment Campaign
Check out this video from Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) at Carleton University in Ottawa. They’ve recently launched a campaign to divest the university’s pension fund from 5 profiteering companies: Motorola, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, L-3 Communications and Tesco supermarkets. They’re also encouraging the university to adopt a Socially Responsible Investment plan.
Read more about their [...]
Local Guerilla ads highlight PG&E’s connections to Israeli Apartheid
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 [...]
Victory in Motorola Boycott!
Our friends at the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation have some good news this week: progressive cell phone service provider Credo Mobile has stopped offering Motorola phones to its customers!
Here’s what the US Campaign has to say:
Hang Up On Motorola organizers have been contacting Credo about joining our boycott for over [...]
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 [...]