As Israel faces growing isolation and repercussions from an effective global Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Campaign, over the past month Canada has continued to deepen its economic, political, and ideological relationship with Israel.
The worldwide campaign to boycott Israel as an apartheid state took a giant Canadian leap forward last weekend with a three-day BDS Conference in Montreal (boycott, divestment and sanctions) that saw the coming together of separate and diverse initiatives into what a South African trade union delegate called "an unstoppable movement."
Dr. Norman Finkelstein is a renowned American political scientist who specializes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Zionism and political aspects of the Holocaust. An ardent critic of Israeli and U.S. policy and supporter of Palestinian human rights, Dr. Finkelstein has devoted his academic life to exposing and challenging spurious scholarship on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is the author of a number of notable books including Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, The Holocaust Industry and Beyond Chutzpah.
Whether protesting your university's pro-war investments or horrific conditions of workers in sweat shops sewing brand name clothes, a boycott is an effective way to send a message. It hits big business and local capitalist oppressors alike right where it hurts - the wallet. This guide will go over
What's a boycott?
Who can do it?
How to organize
What is it?
Sessions include:
"Palestinian Struggle: Liberation or Statehood?"
"Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Global Solidarity for Palestine"
"Canada and Israel: Settler-Colonial United Front"
The Palestinian Authority's "September statehood initiative" - in which the United Nations will be asked to recognize Palestine as a member state upon the convening of the UN General Assembly in September - has led to a great deal of discussion and media coverage about Palestine, self-determination and statehood. What does the statehood initiative really mean? What are its implications for the Palestinian struggle for liberation, and for the Palestinian people, inside and outside Palestine?
On July 19, 2011, activists from the Vancouver area gathered at Deltaport for an information picket targeting a major Israeli shipping company, ZIM. The action was in solidarity with the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. Video by Jase Tanner.
Join us for a public forum on:
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions:
The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
Speaker: Omar Barghouti
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