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Poet Remi Kanazi at Hampshire College BDS Conference

November 27th, 2009

Remi Kanazi is a Palestinian-American poet and writer based in New York City. http://poeticinjustice.net/v2.0.1/ He is the editor of the recently released collection of poetry, spoken word, hip hop, and art, Poets For Palestine. His political commentary has been featured in print and online media throughout the world, including Alternet, CounterPunch, ZNet, the Khaleej Times, News From Within and Radical Society. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, including outlets such as Al Jazeera English, BBC radio, GRITTv with Laura Flanders, WBAI, Dandana, the Struggle, and Citizens Radio. He is currently working on his first collection of poetry, due out next spring. He can be contacted at Remroum@gmail.com

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Q and A with Ali Abunimah: (BDS) Conference keynote speaker

November 26th, 2009

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Divestment Walk-through (BDS) 1-14

November 25th, 2009

This includes: breaking down by type and size of institution; examining steps for running a campus campaign; framing your campaign to on and off campus media; exploring various school structures and working with the trustees and administration; strategies for talking to your own campus and opposition about BDS; evaluating levels of support, sympathy, and opposition; different types of divestment campaigns; and more. Read more »

Filed under: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel (BDS), Civil Disobediance, Civil Rights, Gaza, Military, Palestine, racism | Comment (0) Article tags: Genocide, Human Rights, Israel, War Crimes

A Poem for Palestine by Remi Kanazi

November 24th, 2009

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Boycott National Committee Speech, Riham Barghouti

November 24th, 2009

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Ali Abunimah: Campus Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Against Israel(BDS) Conference keynote speaker

November 23rd, 2009

Ali Abunimah, co-founder of Electronic Intifada and author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Campus BDS Conference at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.

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A Debate on Ending Israels Occupation: BDS

October 23rd, 2009

Michael’s College, Colchester, VT - In the international peace community, the movement to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories through the use of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) has been controversial. Our speakers will debate both the fairness and effectiveness of BDS as a method of resolving the conflict. Arguing in favor of the motion: Omar Barghouti, Palestinian researcher, commentator, and human rights activist. He is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and a leader of the BDS campaign against Israel. Arguing against the motion: Dr. Steven Scheinberg, professor emeritus of History at Concordia College in Montreal and co-chair of Canadian Friends of Peace Now, a Zionist organization that works for peace between Israelis and Palestinians and monitors illegal settlement activity in the West Bank. Moderated by: Bill Wilson, Saint Michaels Emeritus Professor of Political Science. For more information, please contact Laurie Gagne at lgagne@smcvt.edu or 802.654.2205. Sponsored by the Peace and Social Justice Program at St. Michaels College, initiated and co-sponsored by Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel.

Filed under: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel (BDS), Civil Rights, Corruption, Gaza, Military, Palestine, Whistleblowers, racism | Comment (0) Article tags: Genocide, Israel, War Crimes

Stephen M. Walt: The Israel Lobby and the Prospects for Middle East Peace

October 23rd, 2009

10/22: Stephen M. Walt: The Israel Lobby and the Prospects for Middle East Peace Thursday, October 22, 7:30 PM Fleming Museum, Room 101, 61 Colchester Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvards John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine, co-editor of the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, and cochair of the editorial board of the journal International Security. His book The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, co-authored with John J. Mearsheimer, was a New York Times best-seller and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Sponsored by: UVM Departments of Political Science, Geography, History, and Middle East Studies and Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel.

Filed under: Civil Rights, Gaza, Government, Palestine, Whistleblowers | Comment (0) Article tags: Human Rights, Israel, War Crimes

Witness to War: Reporting from an Occupied Land under Siege

September 15th, 2009

FlynnDog, 208 Flynn Avenue, Burlington,VT - Presentation by Ayman Mohyeldin, Gaza Correspondent for Al Jazeera, in conjunction with the ArtHop 2009 exhibit, Gaza Burning: Photographs of the War Against Gaza, 12.27.2008 1.18.2009. Saturday, September 12 at 2:00 PM.

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A Message from the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

September 15th, 2009

RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women’s rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan since 1977. http://www.rawa.org/index.php

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Urgent: Stop the Wall offices raided
Eyewitnesses told Stop the Wall that yesterday night at 1 am some 10 military jeeps, hummers and an armoured bus belonging to the Israeli military and their intelligence services invaded Ramallah and came to the Stop the Wall offices. read more
Badil publishes paper on coporate accountability as BDS resource
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights has released new working paper under the title: “Principles and Mechanisms to Hold Business Accountable for Human Rights Abuses: Potential Avenues to Challenge Corporate Involvement in Israel’s Oppression of the Palestinian People.” � read more
Pressure continues on Veolia and Alstom to halt light rail project
Adri Nieuwhof [The Electronic Intifada] 5 February 2010 - French transport giants Veolia and Alstom are involved in the construction and running of a light rail line which connects West Jerusalem to several illegal settlements in or surrounding occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. � read more
Proposed measure calls for state divestment in Israel
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Israeli Ambassadors: “Economic Investments Are Also Central To National Security and the Political Field”
Israeli ambassadors identify the promotion of economic relationships at the highest level as a central pillar of their work, which can also assist them in advancing political relations. In a meeting with The Marker, they break their silence about the calls for boycott of goods from Israel, and talk about the struggle against them. � read more

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