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International statement in support of banned Israeli Apartheid Week in Paris

February 22, 2012 in BIAC News, Statements and Articles

 BIAC signed on to the following international statement, organized by the Paris 8 Palestine Collective, denouncing the action of the President of the University Paris 8, cancelling an Israeli Apartheid Week event at the university. We urge that the conference is reinstated and that student rights must be protected. The direction of the University Paris 8 [...]

No Love on Valentine’s: Palestine Activists protest Lavan’s Tainted Love

February 14, 2012 in Actions, BIAC News, Features, Past Events

Palestinian rights activists took to the streets of Vancouver on Sunday, February 12, 2012 for an early Valentine’s Day greeting to Lavan Vancouver, bringing hearts, balloons, flowers – and the Apartheid Wall of No Love.

Against the expansion of the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement

February 14, 2012 in BIAC News, Features, Statements and Articles

Last fall, the Conservative government announced plans to expand the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA), a set of policies that serves to further legitimize Israeli occupation and apartheid, and deepen Canadian corporate and state involvement in Israeli racism and colonialism.

BIAC endorses campaign of non-cooperation with Canadian spy agency

February 14, 2012 in BIAC News, Features, Statements and Articles

The Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign – Vancouver endorses the Campaign of Non-Cooperation with CSIS launched by the People’s Commission Network in Montreal, and endorsed by over 70 organizations based in Canada.

Israeli Apartheid Week coming to Vancouver

February 4, 2012 in BIAC News, Features, Upcoming Events

Israeli Apartheid Week 2012 is coming to Vancouver! Look for a series of events coming to the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Vancouver metro area.

Ghetto Palestine: Jon Elmer brings strategic analysis of Palestinian resistance to UBC

December 6, 2011 in BIAC News, Features, Past Events

Students and community members filled Woodward Library 1 at the University of British Columbia on Friday, December 2, 2011 to hear Canadian writer and photojournalist Jon Elmer speak about his analysis and experience of “Ghetto Palestine.”