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Great video from Canadian Filmmaker John Greyson (who helped initiate the protests at the Toronto International Film Festival last year) to Elton John. It’s a great use of humor (and the spirit of humanity) to make the case.
Read USACBI’s letter to Elton John here!
Another inspiring Land Day action, this time from Utrecht, Netherlands: “Follow Me, do as I do: Don’t buy Israeli Apartheid.”
Following that great article by Rafit Kassis, we wanted to share two videos that we think do a great job of explaining the reasoning behind the call for BDS.
The first is from Democracy Now!, and features Omar Barghouti, one of the organizers for the BDS National Committee (note: opens in new window):
The second video comes [...]
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 [...]
[Note: while this isn't explicitly related to Palestine or the BDS Movement, we feel it's important to occasionally share events or news from related movements for indigenous rights and social justice.]
The Olympics will take place on unceded indigenous land from February 12-28, 2010. Far from being simply about sport, the history of the Olympics is [...]
