Originally Published by Maren Mantovani and Michael Deas at The Electronic Intifada. The French corporation Veolia once appeared unassailable; today it is ailing. It is faced not only with the global economic crisis but also the growing impact of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against its involvement with Israeli apartheid infrastructure and transport […]
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Veolia, major target of Palestinian BDS campaign, in financial crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 8 August 2011 French multinational Veolia to cut back global operations after €67.2 million losses BDS campaign has cost Veolia large contracts across Europe over its illegal Israel project Losses comes on heals of Agrexco’s financial woes, another main BDS target Only days after losing out on another lucrative contract in […]
Australian activists launch campaign to derail Veolia/Connex
When the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) launched its campaign against the Veolia and Connex companies, all of Melbourne took notice. Australian visual artist (and PSC member) Van Thanh Rudd contributed a simple yet powerful work to the Melbourne exhibition, “Resisting Subversion of Subversion Resistance: Propositions towards urban (r)evolution exhibition.” Titled “Economy of Movement (a Piece […]