Derelict of Justice, Bill Barr 1. The DOJ dropped an investigation against his client as soon as he took over. Reuters broke the story that Attorney General Bill Barr, while working at Kirkland & Ellis, represented Caterpillar in a billion-dollar tax case that miraculously was dropped by the DOJ one week after Barr took over the […]
Students hold a protest calling for an end of Israel’s occupation on Gaza at Leeds University, UK on 5 May 2018 MEMO | November 5, 2018 In the first move of its kind, a UK university has divested from companies that supply military equipment to the Israeli army following a student campaign. The University of […]
NEW YORK — As Israeli soldiers gun down unarmed Palestinian demonstrators in the Great March of Return, their lethal operations depend on an array of contractors and suppliers, many of them companies based outside Israel.
PEORIA, ILLINOIS — The corporate website proudly informs its readers:
At Caterpillar, we are committed to respecting internationally recognized human rights throughout our global operations. While this policy is uniquely our own, we considered principles described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in its development.”
The New Orleans City Council passed a resolution backed by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) advocates, pledging to examine investments and contracts with companies whose practices may violate human rights.
The resolution, which was supported by the New Orleans Palestinian Solidarity Committee, recommends removing corporations that violate the city’s social and ethical values from the city’s list of corporate securities and contractual partners.
New Orleans became the first city in the US south to adopt a pro-BDS resolution.
Press TV – September 28, 2017 The United Nations human rights office has reportedly threatened to blacklist nearly 150 Israeli and international companies for operating in the Israeli occupied territories, including the West Bank, East Jerusalem al-Quds and Golan Heights. Israeli daily Haaretz cited anonymous Israeli officials as saying on Wednesday that UN High Commissioner […]
Why do churches let themselves become ensnared in inter-faith ‘friendships’ with extremists? How does it help the quest for peace and harmony?
by Stuart Littlewood
Pro-Palestinian campaigners are cock-a-hoop over the Presbyterian Church USA’s vote to divest from Caterpillar Inc, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions. Hailed as amazing, brave and miraculous in some quarters, it was actually a very close-run thing: 310 to 303 against, with no abstentions.
Image above: Joshua Lott for The New York Times
The American Studies Association said the reason behind its decision was that the Israeli institutions were “a party” to policies “that violate human rights” as Israel’s “violation of international law and UN resolutions” continues and the “impact of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian scholars and students” is well-documented.
DePaul students don’t want their tuition dollars invested in weapons manufacturers who supply the Israeli government, army and prison services
