At the India International Centre Auditorium, New Delhi, India, September 22nd - 23rd, 2010--------------------------------------------
Dear friends and allies,
On October 22 to 24, 2010, a historic conference will take place inMontreal which aims to consolidate and move forward the movement forBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid.
Press release – for immediate release
August 24, 2010
Opponents of Israeli occupation greet truckers at port of Vancouver
Norwegian government pension fund excludes more Israeli companies
In just a few years the Palestinian campaign to boycott Israeli goods has become truly global writes Omar Barghouti for The Guardian 12 August 2010.
call for submissions: Montreal July 2010
http://imagingapartheid.org/downloads/imagingapartheid_call.pdf
As the global movement in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation continues to grow, we are calling on graphic designers and artists to submit their work to IMAGING APARTHEID: the Poster Project for Palestine.
Today, Thursday 29th July 2010, at 1pm, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) delivered a petition to Dunnes Stores signed by 6,000 shoppers across Ireland. The petition demands that Dunnes Stores stop stocking Israeli products, until Israel respects Palestinian rights and international law.
Occupied Palestine, 26 July 2010 – Palestinian farmers unions, agricultural organizations and popular committees struggling against Israel’s colonial Wall and settlements warmly salute the historic decision taken on July 15th [1] by the Olympia Food Co-op to remove all Israeli products from its shelves.
Just last week the Board of Directors of the Olympia Food Co-op took thecourageous step of instituting a boycott of Israeli goods, the firstgrocery boycott of Israel in the US. Already, there is a movement afoot tocondemn the Co-op for taking this important stand. Board and staff arereceiving aggressive emails and phone calls, and we need to show them thatthere is local support for the boycott.
IKEA delivers goods to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.
IKEA’s answer to the critique is that "IKEA stores have existed in Israel for the many
people since 2001" and that "IKEA’s vision is to contribute to a better everyday life for
the many people."
Palestinian BDS National Committee marks five years of Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions
Take a look at the great actions take took place on July 9 to mark five years of BDS: http://bdsdayofaction.net/.
On 9 July 2010, the fifth anniversary of the civil society BDS call, an alliance of Basque trade unions and organisations has issued a BDS manifesto.
The text of the manifesto reads:
[Motion passed by FGTB Centrale Generale/ABVV Algemene Centrale on 3 June 2010]
Decent work is impossible under military occupation