Tag: BDS
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Palestinian Popular Resistance: Building (BDS)/ Student Movement
Toronto — 12 January 2016. A new generation of Palestinians is marching on the footsteps of previous generations, rising up against Israel’s brutal, decades-old system of occupation, settler colonialism and … Watch video »
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Why is the Canadian Media Ignoring Evidence of 1948 Massacres?
The better part of a decade ago, I described the Toronto Star‘s Mitch Potter as “a canary in the mineshaft of liberal Canadian racism.” A piece on 1948 Palestine published … Keep reading »
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Palestine: A Political Travelogue
Palestine has long been central to colonial and anti-colonial imaginaries – of the Ottoman and British empires, and Zionist and Arab nationalisms, before becoming a key site of inspiration for … Watch video »
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Solidarity with the Palestinian Popular Resistance!
Boycott Israel now! Whether the current phase of Israel’s intensified repression and Palestinian popular resistance will evolve into a full-fledged intifada or not, one thing is already evident – a new … Keep reading »
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Signs of Regression: The NDP and Palestine
A friend recently expressed his confusion about the outrage over the death of Ali Dawabsheh, the 18-month-old Palestinian toddler who was killed last month when Jewish settlers firebombed his home … Keep reading »
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Canada’s Bloody Political Consensus on Israel and Palestine
A year ago this month, Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge, their third major assault on the Gaza strip since 2008. The response from Canada’s political parties was a swift and … Keep reading »
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Israel: Fortress Racism
Israel sinks deeper and deeper into an abyss of strident chauvinism and endemic racism. Among its Jewish population there is an almost complete consensus that since Israel lives in a … Keep reading »
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Disinformation and Repression Against BDS
Palestinian Civil Society Condemns Canadian Government Disinformation and Repression Against Boycott Movement The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition of Palestinian civil society organizations that leads the boycott, divestment … Keep reading »
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68 Years of Struggle and Resistance for Peace, Justice and Freedom
When I was invited to speak at today’s forum, the attacks in Paris against the magazine Charlie Hebdo and the kosher super market had not taken place. In light of … Keep reading »
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Not In My Name
I am proud to join more than 250 Jewish Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors in condemning “the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza” and “the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian … Keep reading »
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All Out for Gaza
Toronto — 10 August 2014. Stop the assault. End the siege. Boycott Israel. Israel’s criminal war on Gaza has killed over 1,600 people in just three weeks, and shows no … Watch video »
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The Gaza Ceasefire with Dan Freeman-Maloy
The Ossington Circle is an internet talk show hosted by Justin Podur in Toronto. In this episode, recorded during the 72-hour ceasefire at the end of a month of Israel … Watch video »