August | 2011

Join the picket outside the Royal Albert Hall in London on September 1st!

Action Alerts & Events | Posted on August 31, 2011

Out of Tune with Human Rights! BOYCOTT THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AT THE BBC PROMS Join the picket outside the Royal Albert Hall in London (Near the main entrance and box office) On Thursday 1st September 6-8pm. Directions: http://www.royalalberthall.com/visit/getting-here/default.aspx Facebook [...]

US raised academic boycott vote with Norwegian government, Wikileaks shows

News and Opinion | Electronic Intifada Posted on August 30, 2011

Cables released this week by Wikileaks show that the US government raised with the Government of Norway concern over a motion to boycott Israeli academic institutions at University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU) in Norway. A 10 November [...]

An open letter to Guilherme Botelho, choreographer and director of Alias-Cie

News and Opinion | Posted on August 27, 2011

Dear Guilherme Botelho, We are dismayed to learn that you are planning to present your performance « Sideways Rain » in Israel. You are one of the most prestigious choreographers in Switzerland. Your performances abroad open the doors to international [...]

VICTORY: Community radio broadcasters pass BDS motion across Canada

News and Opinion | Electronic Intifada Posted on August 24, 2011

Independent and community media makers in Canada have passed a groundbreaking national motion to join the Palestinian-led call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. This past June, the National Campus and Community Radio Association of Canada (NCRA) — an [...]

Tuba Skinny cancels show at jazz festival in Israel

News and Opinion | Electronic Intifada Posted on August 24, 2011

Tuba Skinny, a traditional jazz and blues band from New Orleans, planned to perform at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat, Israel on 21 August. The international campaign “Don’t Play Apartheid Israel,” and the Israeli group “Boycott From Within” [...]

One World, to Speak One Voice

News and Opinion | The Star Posted on August 18, 2011

How refreshing it was to see good sense prevail in an area of debate where it is so often trampled under the jackboots of bullies. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) were right last week to throw out every complaint [...]

Angela Davis commends SA students

News and Opinion | BDS South Africa Posted on August 17, 2011

Famous American Black Panther member, leading feminist thinker and [consistent] anti-apartheid activist, Professor Angela Davis, writes to South African students: "The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign that seeks to expose and isolate Israeli apartheid has garnered support all over the [...]