Tag: Global Actions

  • The University of Manchester occupation in solidarity with Gaza

    University of Manchester Students in Occupation Over 150 University of Manchester students have occupied the main university administration building in a demand for a stronger and more proactive position from the university on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The students have proposed a set of demands on the university’s Vice Chancellor Alan Gilbert, including…

  • Urgent call to all social movements

    Open Gaza Borders! We reiterate the need for a call from Palestinian community based organisations and the over 130 grassroots NGOs in the Palestinian NGO Network for an immediate opening of all border crossings currently controlled by Israel and Egypt. Gaza is in the grip of a man-made humanitarian crisis. Thousands of tons of food,…

  • South African dock workers union decides not to offload Israeli ship

    Congress of South African Trade Unions In a historic development for South Africa, South African dock workers have announced their determination not to offload a ship from Israel that is scheduled to dock in Durban on Sunday, 8 February 2009. This follows the decision by COSATU to strengthen the campaign in South Africa for boycotts,…

  • Open letter to Haruki Murakami: don’t legitimize apartheid

    The following letter was issued by the Palestine Forum Japan on 29 January 2009: Dear Mr. Haruki Murakami: We ask you to withdraw from the Jerusalem Book Fair and receipt of the “Jerusalem Prize.” We have heard the news that you are going to participate in the 24th Jerusalem International Book Fair from 15 to…

  • SAPA: Workers to boycott Israeli ship

    Durban dock workers are expected to refuse to off-load an Israeli ship as part of a week of action against “apartheid” Israel, Cosatu and the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) said on Tuesday. Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven and PSC spokesperson Salim Vally said dock workers would refuse to off-load the ship arriving on Sunday, February 8,…