Passionate attachment: how people are using stickers for activism
27 September 2012
One of those ubiquitous tools of the activist trade is the sticker. I’ve seen or imagined it being deployed in many atypical ways to achieve a variety of effects.
Activism and BDS Beat
Protests expected as FC Barcelona extends VIP invite to Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit
26 September 2012
Shalit “represents” the Israeli army and shouldn’t be at Barcelona stadium, say activists.
Danish clients dump G4S because of security company's ties to Israeli occupation
26 September 2012
After pressure from BDS activists, several Danish clients have terminated contracts with British-Danish security company G4S for the company’s role in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The Chili Pepper paradox: how can Pussy Riot supporters embrace Israel?
26 September 2012
The Red Hot Chili Peppers weren’t always into crossing picket lines. And if they’re not careful, they’ll find themselves behind the trend.
Quaker socially responsible investment fund divests $390,000 from Hewlett-Packard, Veolia
25 September 2012
The Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation has become the first US fund to divest from Hewlett-Packard and Veolia Environment, having already pulled investments from Caterpillar earlier this year.
Will other countries follow? Norway bans tax deductions for donations to Israeli settlements
21 September 2012
In a precedent-setting move, Norway has ended tax-deductions for organizations that finance Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
“We’re counting on you”: In video, students in Gaza call on world peers to intensify BDS
21 September 2012
“Every BDS success makes us feel like we made a stride forward towards freedom, justice, equality and return”
Professional BDS in South Africa overpowers pro-Israel lobby, says former AIPAC man
19 September 2012
Former AIPAC lobbyist says that the South African boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is overpowering the pro-Israel lobby.
Israeli settlement products are illegal, says European Parliament's second biggest group
19 September 2012
The Socialists and Democrats (S&D) grouping issued its statement in response to the narrow defeat of an effort to block a new EU-Israel trade pact
Los Angeles activists put Veolia's complicity with Israel's human rights violations in the spotlight
18 September 2012
Boycott campaigners confronted Los Angeles city officials and urged them not to renew contracts with Veolia because of the company’s involvement in Israel’s human rights violations.