Tag: Apartheid

  • A call to endorse: U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

    U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel 30 March 2009 In solidarity with the International Global Day of Action for Palestine, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel announce the endorsement of over 300 US academics and cultural workers, and the affiliation of over 20 organizations. As educators…

  • The concept of civil resistance

    Natalie Abou Shakra | Moments of Gaza 31 March 2009 How can I affect what is happening and how can the world respond? The concept of civil resistance is not new at all. This non-violent, unarmed, citizen oriented strategy of resistance in modern history played a role in the struggles against colonialism, and neo-colonialism especially…

  • List of actions in Palestine for Land Day and Global BDS Day

    Stop the Wall | Global BDS Movement 30 March 2009 The people in Palestine are mobilizing for the 32nd annual commemoration of Land Day, happening March 30. Land Day marks the date of the Palestinian demonstration that occurred in the Galilee against a wide-scale land confiscation, when Israeli forces killed 6 Palestinians, injured 96 and…

  • BDS global day of action

    Boycott National Committee | Global BDS Movement 30 March 2009 Boycott Israel! Make it account for its crimes in Gaza! Today, the Palestinian people scattered across the globe mark Land Day, commemorating the events of 33 years ago, when Israeli security forces shot and killed six young Palestinian citizens of Israel and injured many. These…

  • Solidarity demonstration in Ni’lin

    Tristan Anderson, a 38 year old American citizen, was critically injured during a demonstration in the village of Ni’lin after being shot in the head with a tear-gas canister from Israeli forces. Being unable to visit Tristan in the hospital in Tel Aviv, Ni’lin villagers decided to dedicate the demonstration on the 20th of March…