March 30 day of action Credit: . Date: April 2nd, 2009.
On March 30, people across the world organized film screenings, sit-ins, demonstrations and new boycott campaigns on the first global BDS action day. Some highlights included South America, which is quickly taking up the BDS call, and Italy, which has mobilized on an unprecedented level.
The day was part of the “Global Week of Action against Capitalism and War” from March 28 to April 4, 2009, that was launched by the Social Movements Assembly at the WSF in Belem. This included mobilization against the G20 in Europe and protest in Latin America under the call "We won't pay your crisis!" The link between military and economic aggression was central, and Palestine figured strongly into the agenda of social justice movements.
Above: Activists speak out for Palestine at a demonstration in São Paulo, Brazil, against layoffs of Brazilian workers. Support for BDS is spreading in Central and South America, with organizations in Chile, Argentina, Venezuela and Ecuador participating on March 30.
Above: In Caracas, a demonstration was organized in front of the UN offices in Venezuela in an expression of popular discontent at the UN's failure to defend the right to self-determination and the human rights of the Palestinian people. A number of Venezuelan solidarity organizations are now responding to Palestinian call for BDS.
Above: Boycott apartheid Israeli poster in Madrid, Spain. These posters appeared across the city on March 30.
Above: Demonstrators gather outside Motorola offices, kicking off the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel (NYCBI) launch of a city-wide boycott of Motorola.
Above: Students in Sardinia, Italy set up an exhibit and distribute material about Gaza and boycott. University students across the world were key actors on March 30.
Above: In Rome, activists swarmed into supermarkets and collected Israeli products. Similar activities were organized in over a dozen cities across Italy.
Above: Passers-by look at a modified advertisement at a bus stop in Berkeley, California. Actions and events for Land Day were organized across the state.
Above: A banner in Malaga, Spain.
Above: Australians launch their “Dump Connex” campaign in Melbourne as part of the global campaign against the Jerusalem tramway.
Above: Activists with Friends of Palestine visit food shops in Trondheim, Norway promoting the consumer boycott. Other activities took place in Oslo, Kristiansand, and Drammen.
