From some allies up in Seattle:
American Apparel (AA) bills itself as a socially conscious producer and vendor of “hip” clothing but there’s nothing progressive or admirable about supporting Israeli apartheid. On AA’s web site it is proudly asserted that AA “is part Israeli, literally.” When a pro-Israel blogger produced a parody “Zionist Apparel” ad, AA’s [...]
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American Apparel = Zionist Apparel
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 [...]
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 [...]