Monthly Archives: June 2007

The move, to be considered by delegates representing the TGWU’s 800,000 members at their annual meeting next week, could result in millions of trades unionists coming under instructions to impose an embargo. Such actions have already been approved by the [...]

These motions contained # Severe condemnation of Israel, # A commitment to boycott and divestment and # Support for Trade Union Friends of Palestine and the Enough campaign against Israeli Occupation. NIPSA has been at the forefront of the campaign [...]

The major argument for boycotting Israel is that it is the right thing to do. And it is. But for those of us who live off wages and depend on public services, it is also the smart thing to do [...]

Why did the apartheid regime fall, and why at that point in time? An internal struggle for equality was ongoing for several decades. But in the ten years preceding the collapse of apartheid the international economic boycott gradually closed in. [...]

A statement issued by delegates meeting in Brighton read: "The conference believes that ending the occupation demands concerted and sustained pressure upon Israel including an economic, cultural, academic and sporting boycott". In addition, delegates called on the British government to [...]