Tag: BDS
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Israeli Apartheid: A Socialist View
John Greyson – filmmaker, writer, queer activist and professor at York University in Toronto – recently produced Vuvuzela. This short video cleverly portrays the growing participation of musicians in the … Keep reading »
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This Is What Complicity Looks Like: Palestine and the Silencing Campaign on Campus
The campaign to silence Palestine solidarity reaches its annual crescendo during Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). As IAW 2011 approaches, we need to prepare for another round of silencing. This means … Keep reading »
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What Next? The Freedom Flotilla and the Struggle to Break the Siege of Gaza
While people around the world are still in shock at the killing by Israeli commandos of innocent human rights activists on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, those who have been … Keep reading »
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What Kind of Palestinian State in 2011?
In December 2007, the Palestinian National Authority (PA), in close consultation with donor states and institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, proposed the Palestinian Reform and … Keep reading »
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Call for Margaret Atwood to Join Cultural Boycott of Israel
The Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott Initiative (PACBI) has issued a statement encouraging Margaret Atwood not to accept the Dan David prize, which is based at Tel Aviv University (TAU). … Keep reading »
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Myths of Progressive Zionism
Moderated by Herman Rosenfeld. Presentations by: Katherine Nastovski – Graduate student, Social and Political Thought, York University; Labour for Palestine, Toronto Dana Olwan – Asistant Professor of Gender Studies, Queen’s … Watch video »
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A View From Toronto – A Hub of ‘Israel Delegitimization’
As a Palestinian refugee, the city of Toronto has always been a place of exile to me. I usually think of it as a large (rather cold) waiting room on … Keep reading »
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Israel Is an Apartheid State and That is Why They Are Losing Legitimacy
Before Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) even began members of the Ontario Legislature and the Canadian Parliament are falling all over each other to denounce it. I can’t remember another time … Keep reading »
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Ontario MPPs Ignore International Denunciations of Israeli Apartheid
On February 25, a group of Ontario Members of Provincial Parliament (MPP) voted unanimously on a motion to “denounce” this year’s Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). Claiming to send a message … Keep reading »
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Carleton’s War Portfolio: Students Demand Divestment from Apartheid
General Dynamics. Shell. Apache Corporation. Philip Morris. Pfizer. These are weapons manufacturers, oil companies, mining corporations, tobacco companies, and pharmaceutical giants. Notorious war profiteers, environmental destroyers, and human rights violators. … Keep reading »
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Zionist Claims of Solidarity with the Iranian Protesters are Absurd
On October 27, the Canada-Israel Committee (CIC) held a conference titled “Democracy in Action: The Protests in Iran” in Ottawa. The purpose, according to the CIC website, was to “mobilize … Keep reading »
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Is Canada More pro-Israel than the U.S.?
In June, Israel began barring some North Americans with Palestinian-sounding names entry through Ben Gurion Airport. Forced to reroute through a land-border crossing that connects the West Bank with Jordan, … Keep reading »