This year on Land Day people around the world are coordinating actions to boycott Israeli products that are made illegally in the Occupied Territories. Refusing to buy products that break international law is one way we can put our money where our values are - in justice and in tikkun olam, repairing the world, rather than destroying it.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
“HE wanted to do a book signing and SHE wanted to arrest him” was the lead story on KCBS in Los Angeles last night. Dozens of supporters and activists came out to see Karl Rove in Beverly Hills, who is currently on tour to sell his new book: Courage and Consequence: My Life As a [...]
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Nordstrom promotes itself as a socially responsible company that supports “quality business principles” but is it really socially responsible when it profits by selling AHAVA products that are made from stolen resources in a factory on occupied land? Confronting Nordstrom’s support and sale of AHAVA products is our current action to “boycott, divest and sanction” [...]
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee occupied the Washington Convention Center this past weekend importing a culture of uncertainty and paranoia into the Capitol. Most AIPAC attendees came to the conference uncertain about American-Israeli relations. Besides condemnation from Vice-President Joe Biden, even General Petraeus testified a couple weeks ago that Israeli actions put American troops [...]
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Last Friday, NPR prematurely declared that the 7th anniversary of the Iraq war passed without little notice. A few hundred tea party activists and the HCR reconciliation bill hogged the headlines. Yet, thousands of protesters turned out all across the country to protest the wars and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, calling on the White [...]
Friday, March 19, 2010
Originally published at CommonDreams by Sarah Lazare and Clare Bayard Think back seven years ago to this day. Where were you on March 19th, 2003, when the invasion of Iraq began? Did you see “Shock and Awe” footage of the orange explosions in the clear Baghdad sky, piped in grainy TV shows, lit at night [...]
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
2 Comments