Campaigns

BOYCOTT CHAPTERS/INDIGO
Cut the Ties with Israeli Apartheid!

BIAC is part of a cross-Canada campaign to boycott Indigo Books & Music Inc. and demand an end to the financial ties between the majority owners of Chapters/Indigo and the Israeli Military.

Heather Reisman and Gerry Schwartz - majority owners of Chapters and Indigo bookstores - are the founders of the “Heseg Foundation for Lone Soldiers,” which provides scholarships and other financial support to soldiers in the Israeli Military on the basis of need and military ‘achievement’. At its peak, the foundation will distribute up to $3,000,000 annually to former ‘Lone Soldiers’ - individuals without family in Israel who have chosen to join the Israeli military and remain in the country after the completion of their military service. As Israeli soldiers, they participate in a military that enforces the illegal occupation of Palestinian land, and has a well-documented history of human-rights violations and war crimes.

=> Watch a video of Heather Reisman being confronted by activists with the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid in Toronto by clicking here.

HOW TO SUPPORT THE BOYCOTT

*Stop buying from Indigo, Chapters, World’s Biggest Bookstore, SmithBooks, Coles, The Book Company or Indigospirit until their controlling owners publicly announce that they will cut all financial ties to Heseg.

*Tell your friends and family about the campaign, and encourage them to join the boycott.

*Print the following protest letter and mail/fax it to Indigo Books and Music Inc. corporate headquarters (contact information is included in the letter).

*If you are in Vancouver, join our weekly pickets at Chapters on Saturdays from 1-3pm. We are at the Robson & Howe location the 1st Saturday of every month, and the Broadway & Granville location the 2nd and 3rd Saturday of every month. If you are not in Vancouver, click here to find out what’s going on in other cities.

*Visit our resources page to download pamphlets and other materials to distribute in you workplace, union or community.

* Email us at boycottapartheid[at]gmail.com to learn more about how to get involved.