On March 30, local boycotts against Connex and Motorola were launched respectively in Melbourne and New York City, building on larger, established campaigns. The boycott of Connex and Veolia for their roles in the Jerusalem light rail has achieved a series of victories in Europe, while the Motorala boycott is a nation-wide initiative of the […]
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Student shot with live bullets at Land Day protest
Friday saw the wrapping up of Land Day activities in the Bethlehem and Ramallah areas. This week villages joined together in protest, and one person shot with live ammunition. People gathered in Irtas to plant trees before joining the weekly Maâsara demonstration. In Niâlin and Biâlin organizers finished out the week around Land Day with […]
List of Global Actions for March 30
List of Global Actions March 30: Palestinian Land Day celebrated as the First Global BDS Action Day ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, March 30: Commemoration of Land Day as a shared history of land confiscation in both Argentina and Palestine and film screenings organized by Ya Basta! association. AUSTRALIA Melbourne, March 28: âDump Connexâ Campaign action. Also, […]
Friday anti-Wall protests commemorate Land Day
Large numbers of participants was a feature of this Fridayâs actions, which were held in commemoration of Land Day. Protests against the Wall were held in the usual locations of Jayyous, Niâlin, al-Maâsra and Biâlin. After a brief hiatus last week, violence is escalating again in Niâlin, where a local youth was shot with live […]
List of Actions in Palestine for March 30 – Land Day and Global BDS Day
The people in Palestine are mobilizing for the 32nd annual commemoration of Land Day, happening March 30. Land Day marks the date of the Palestinian demonstration that occurred in the Galilee against a wide-scale land confiscation, when Israeli forces killed 6 Palestinians, injured 96 and arrested 300. ***image2***Today, the Land Day protests of the people […]
Friday protests continue against the Wall
This past Friday, people in Niâlin, Maâsara, Jayyous and Biâlin held their weekly demonstrations. Hundreds turned out; some on the occasion of Motherâs Day and others in support of the American activist wounded the week prior in Niâlin. Demonstrations in Wadi Rasha have halted for the time being, as Occupation forces have temporarily halted uprooting […]
Greek neighborhood committees take up BDS
Neighborhood committees created to oppose price rises in Greece joined the call for a boycott of Israeli products. The decision to support the boycott movement, taken in response to the attack on the Gaza Strip, illustrates the global linkages that can and should be made between struggles against oppression in different parts of the world. […]