By John Wight | American Herald Tribune | February 2 ,2016 Was he the great businessman, politician, patriot, and visionary his admirers claim, a man who did more than any other to develop an African continent which in the 19th century was imprisoned behind walls of primitiveness, barbarism, superstition and under-development? Or was he in […]
Ma’an – January 30, 2016 BETHLEHEM – The Hamas movement hailed on Saturday the announcement that academics from 50 Italian universities had signed a petition calling to boycott Israeli universities and research institutes. According to prominent Italian publication L’Espresso, more than 160 Italian academics came out in support of the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions […]
By Cassandra Dixon | Dissident Voice | January 28, 2016 The worst worries of a child’s school day should be homework. Maybe a lost book, or an argument with a friend. No child’s walk to school should routinely involve armed soldiers and fear of sometimes being chased and assaulted by angry adults. But for the […]
MEMO | January 24, 2016 An Israeli law firm with links to Mossad has lost a case it brought against the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), after the trade union endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement at its national convention in August 2015. A report on the UE website […]
Reporting by Gail Ablow and John Light | Moyers & company | January 20, 2016 (Video still from Mary Anne Grady Flores’ press conference before reporting to jail. Via YouTube.) Mary Anne Grady Flores is in jail today and American citizens everywhere can surely breathe a sigh of relief that we are safe from her […]
Palestine Information Center – January 21, 2016 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – Mercator, Slovenia’s largest supermarket chain, has removed Israeli products from its shelves – including pomelos, dates and avocados, following pressure from the BDS movement, Ynetnews newspaper reported Wednesday. The Slovenian ambassador to Israel was summoned this week for a discussion at the Foreign Ministry in […]
MEMO | January 21, 2016 It has taken just three days for 200 Brazilian academics to sign a letter in support for the academic boycott of Israeli institutions, in protest against Israel’s ongoing policies of occupation and discrimination. Professor and former UN rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro and physician and pharmacologist B. Boris Vargaftig are among […]
teleSUR | January 16, 2015 Members of a local Californian branch of United Auto Workers said Friday they were appealing a controversial decision by the larger union to overrule a pro-Palestine resolution backed by rank and file members. The United Auto Workers Local 2865 (UAW 2865) made history in late 2014 when its members voted […]
MEMO | January 12, 2016 Spain’s United Left party has adopted the call for the global boycott of Israel (BDS), with the support of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, as members of the Castrillon City Council in the Asturias province voted in favour of the campaign. Having reviewed the reasons for adopting the BDS campaign, […]
RT | January 11, 2016 Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has backed a mass Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) rally opposing the renewal of Britain’s Trident nuclear arsenal amid a flurry of resignations and threats from right-wing shadow ministers. Corbyn told the BBC on Monday that Britain could play a part in achieving a nuclear-free […]
