Demonstrators from the BDS campaign in Brazil (boycotts, divestments and sanctions) showed their solidarity with Palestine last week when they staged protests at the LAAD Fair. The LAAD fair (The Latin American Aerospace and Defence Exhibition) took place at the RioCentro in Rio de Janeiro from the 9 – 12 April and had been dubbed […]
Category: In Solidarity
Anonymous hackers unite to attack Israeli websites in solidarity with Palestine
Last week the hacking group Anonymous launched a cyber-attack campaign dubbed #OpIsrael replacing Israeli homepage messages with anti-Israel slogans and causing massive disruption to government, academic and private sites. The attach reached its peak on Sunday with high-profile government systems such as the Foreign Ministry, the Bank of Jerusalem, the Israeli Occupation Ministry, the IOF […]
WSF Palestine Updates
Let’s stand together in solidarity with Gaza! Let’s build solidarity for a free Palestine! Probably never before have the last weeks of preparation for a WSF event been marked by such a strong sense of urgency and importance: Now more than ever we need to stand together, organize and show the strength of global solidarity […]
From Norway – in solidarity with Gaza
From Norway â in solidarity Gaza demonstrations November 17th The Palestine Committee of Norway arranged several big and small demonstrations in support for our friends in Palestine, and especially the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, Saturday November 17th. In the main cities, Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsø, Lillehammer, Hamar, Narvik, but also in smaller towns, people […]
“Boycott businesses that profit from Israeli settlements” – UN Special Rapporteur
NEW YORK (25 October 2012) â The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, today called on the UN General Assembly and civil society to take action against Israeli and international businesses that are profiting from Israeli settlements. Highlighting the activities of Caterpillar Incorporated (USA); […]
28 de septiembre acción Mundial por Palestina (FSM PL)
Foro Social Mundial- Palestina Libre Llamado a la acción simultánea de solidaridad, 28 noviembre-1 diciembre 2012 Del 28 de noviembre al 1 de diciembre, miles de activistas, organizadores, jóvenes, grupos religiosos, sindicatos, músicos, académicos y muchos más, se darán cita en Porto Alegre, Brasil en el primer Foro Mundial Social dedicado exclusivamente a Palestina. Para […]
Newsletter (August ed.): World Social Forum – Free Palestine
Here is what's new for the WSF Palestine. Please share with your networks and see you in November 2012! Key Facts to join the WSF Free Palestine From November 28 to December 1 2012 the World Social Forum “Free Palestine” will be held in Porto Alegre (Brazil). This is a historic event that brings together […]
In response to the coup of the Colorado Party against Fernando Lugo, the President of Paraguay. Tuesday 26th June 2012
Elected pledging to hand over large swathes of land to the landless peasants of one of the most impoverished countries in Latin America, Lugo offered a challenge to the 70 year rule of the Colorado Party, and the interests of the business oligarchy who have subjected the country, and indeed the whole continent, to their […]
Herak Shababi Mustakil Call for the World Social Forum: Free Palestine
From November 28 to December 1 2012 the World Social Forum "Free Palestine" will be held in Porto Alegre (Brazil)´. This is a historic event that brings together solidarity, human rights and social justice movements and organizations from across the globe to develop and debate ideas, share experiences, network and plan strategies and campaigns to […]
Roger Waters supports World Social Forum Free Palestine
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) on tour with his "THe Wall Live" show in Brazil today issued his support for the World Social Forum Free Palestine: "Since visiting Israel and the occupied territories in 2006, I have been part of an international movement to support the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom, justice […]