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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 [...]

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.

Open Letter to Co-Op Radio Board and Members: Supporting BDS is necessary

December 8, 2011 in Features, Statements and Articles

Adopting a BDS resolution is a position that is consistent – and indeed, necessary – to the principles of community radio.

In Memoriam: Bob Rosen

November 23, 2011 in Features, Statements and Articles

The Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign mourns the sudden death of Bob Rosen. Bob was a strong supporter of BDS and participated in both the Deltaport ZIM actions and spoke strongly in favour of BDS on the Labour for Palestine committee.

Sign on: Defend Lebanese BDS Activists – Stand in Solidarity

October 24, 2011 in Features, Statements and Articles

BIAC has signed on to the following call to defend Lebanese BDS activists against an effort to use the courts to stifle their call for cultural boycott. Please do sign on, and email rania.z.masri@gmail.com with your signatures: Samah Idriss, director of Dar al-Adab publishing house, received a court summons [recently] from Beirut’s commerce court. Idriss [...]