Joan Armatrading’s statement posted on her homepage calling on leaders of Israel and Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Meshal, to “take that step” to solve “the problem” is a backwards way of acknowledging protests of her recent concert in Tel Aviv, Israel. When she plays SF at the Palace of Fine Arts on Tuesday Aug 10 we want her to know that to flagrantly disregard the Palestinian call for academic and cultural boycott is to take a stand with racism and apartheid.  

Read the full alert here >>> OR see it published in the San Francisco Bayview>>>

“To Know is Not Enough” How Hampshire became the First to Divest

a short documentary about the Hampshire College campaign for divestment from the occupation of Palestine. Hampshire is often credited with being the first US college to divest for the occupation, and this video attempts to understand the group and the campaign that made it happen. The video is constructed from interviews with over a dozen student activists from Hampshire College’s ‘Students for Justice in Palestine.’
Film completed 2010 by Will Delphia (a Hampshire Student). Runtime: 30 min.

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Please forward far and wide – all welcome (queer and straight) - all needed!

Don’t PINKWASH Israel’s Crimes

Apartheid — Occupation — Invasion — Murder — Racism — Ethnic Cleansing

For the first time since 2007, the Israeli Consulate is a sponsor of the San Francisco LGBT Film Festival. Queer communities have been targeted by the “Brand Israel” campaign as a receptive audience, and a useful cloak for Israel’s oppressive policies. But we are not so desperate for acceptance that we will ally ourselves with racists and murderers.

Join the demonstration at opening night of the Film Festival

Thursday June 17, 6 p.m.

Castro Theater, San Francisco

We will not be used. Israeli government out of our film festival!

Sponsored by Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!)
endorsed by Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), SouthWest Asian and North African Bay Area Queers (SWANABAQ)

for info: www.quitpalestine. org; quitpalestine@ yahoo.com

ADs seen around the Castro:

Israel Out of Our Festival 1

Israel Out of Our Festival 2

Israel Out of Our Festival 3

Israel Out of Our Festival 4

May 31st, 2010, Israel attacked an aid flotilla to Gaza. 700 kidnapped, 9 murdered and Israel says it is the victim. Sound familiar? Same story since 1948.

END THE BLOCKADE OF GAZA AND HOLD ISRAEL ACCOUNTABLE!

May 31st 2010 Israel Attacked Aid Flotilla to Gaza

Flotilla Attack Poster - Pic 2

And more on the continuing siege and strangulation of Gaza:

Gaza = 1.5 million Palestinian people trapped illegally by Israel in an open air prison.

In the face of injustice, civil actions are obligatory.

DEMAND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL

Gaza = Open Air Prison Pic 1

Gaza = Open Air Prison Pic 2

More than 40 percent of Norwegians are already boycotting Israeli products or are in favour of doing so, according to a poll published Wednesday, two days after Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

>>> Read the full article here

From the Jerusalem Post:

UK-based indie rock band Klaxons and popular audio-visual innovators Gorillaz Sound System have canceled their performance at the PicNic festival in Tel Aviv on Saturday, possibly in reaction to Monday’s flotilla fiasco, it was announced Friday.

Both bands were scheduled to perform alongside pop-rock megastars Placebo and up-’n-coming New Yorkers Hank ‘n Cupcakes.

While Placebo have already landed in Israel and are scheduled to perform as planned, the cancellation will do doubt come as a hard blow to concertgoers who paid a high price for an evening of performances by international acts who will headline Europe’s top festivals this summer.

 

>>> Read the Jerusalem Post article here

FREEDOM FLOTILLA –

ATTACKED BY ISRAEL, CIVILIANS KILLED!

Join the world in condemning Israel’s violent attacks on the Freedom Flotilla, an international effort to deliver essential humanitarian aid to the population of Gaza, which has been under Israeli siege for four years.

The Flotilla, including ships carrying Turkish, Greek, American, and Irish flags, was attacked in international waters. Israeli commandos raided the ship at dawn and immediately opened fire on the unarmed passengers.

News agencies have reported the following:

• 19 Civilians Killed

• 50-80 Wounded

• Flotilla Was Carrying Food, School Supplies, Medical Aid, and Cement

• 800 passengers from 40 countries on board

JOIN THE WORLD

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

4:30 – 6:30

Israeli Consulate

Dear BACEIA supporters,

The past two months have been filled with amazing BDS actions including the student’s divestment resolution at UCB, many calls to celebrities to adhere to the academic and cultural boycott, and more culture jamming! Looking forward, BACEIA is excited about tabling this Saturday at the Malcom X Jazz festival and then in June we will be participating in the 2010 US Social Forum. It is going to be an important time for BDS and the larger movement for social justice.

BACEIA

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AFTER

Check out the H&M boycott page: http://bdshm.org/