Category: In the Media
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‘We Are The Accusers, Not The Accused’ : EDO Decomissioners victorious in court
Chloe Marsh | Palestine Monitor 3 July 2010 On 16th January 2009 seven U.K. peace activists broke into the premises of EDO MBM, suppliers of weapons components and in the words of one of them, Elijah Smith ’set out to smash it up to the best of our abilities’. It was an entirely accountable action…
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Israel to Reinvestigate the Shooting of US Activist Tristan Anderson
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 30 June 2010 The Israeli District Attorney announced last week that the police will revisit its investigation into the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson, who was critically injured by a high velocity tear gas projectile that was shot directly at him by an Israeli Border Police officer during an anti-Wall…
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SF Chronicle: Protesters prevent unloading of Israeli ship
David Baker | San Francisco Chronicle Hundreds of demonstrators, gathering at the Port of Oakland before dawn, prevented the unloading of an Israeli cargo ship. The demonstrators, demanding an end to Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, picketed at Berth 58, where a ship from Israel’s Zim shipping line is scheduled to dock later today.…
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Palestinian activist faces prison sentence
Amnesty International 13 June 2010 Amnesty International has urged an Israeli military court not to convict a Palestinian non-violent activist who has been detained since last July, after he took part in a protest against the Israeli built fence/wall on Palestinian land. Adeeb Abu Rahma has been charged with “being present in a declared military…
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Activists disrupt Caterpillar shareholder meeting
Kristin Szremski | The Electronic Intifada 11 June 2010 While pro-Palestinian activists and supporters of Israel lined opposite sides of South LaSalle Street outside the Northern Trust Building in Chicago on 9 June, James Owens, the outgoing CEO and Chairman of Caterpillar Inc., told a room full of shareholders the company was not responsible for…