Activists demonstrate against the revisionism of the ‘Mayo Tapestry’ hung at Bank of Ireland, College Green. Social media was aghast at the recent closure of the Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaigns bank accounts by the suits in Bank of Ireland. This take place in the context of a wider coordinated, attack on Palestinian rights and pro-BDS organisations in Europe. Daniel Lambert takes a look for rabble. The Ireland Palestine Solidarity … Read More
Turning Paper Promises Into Practical Politics.
Eamonn McCann delivered this blazing speech at Saturday’s Dublin demonstration in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The Derry firebrand, who came to prominence during the birth of the Northern Irish civil rights movement and the Derry Housing Action Committee, argued that Palestine was on the historic front line of global justice today. Core to his speech was how to make the BDS campaign take off: “To make the boycott, … Read More
A Retail Of Regret.
Ireland’s leading retail magazine ‘Retail Times’ has announced its regret in allowing a right to reply to the Israeli Ambassador, Boaz Modai, to an article by Trócaire (an Irish-based international charity) about boycotting goods from illegal Israeli settlements. While Trócaire doesn’t endorse complete Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions it does make the feature’s readers aware that under European and International law the goods they find in their shops are not … Read More
Help For Gaza Begins At The Till.
Activists carried out some actions in solidarity with the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) movement which targets Israeli apartheid. Ronan Burtenshaw sent us this report from those involved. As Israel’s massacre in Gaza intensifies, activists carried out BDS actions after yesterday’s Dublin demo. Here they explain their motivations and encourage others to join the boycott campaign against Israel: This morning, after massive demonstrations of solidarity around the world with the … Read More
Scarleh for Oxfam
Scarlett Johansson has decided to drop Oxfam for the filthy lucre of Sodastream. The Sodastream advertising campaign that Johansson fronts hides the dirty reality behind the Israeli company. A factory built on Palestinian land in an illegal settlement exploits Palestinian workers in the daily humiliation that we see so little of in our media. She’s dropping her affiliation with Oxfam just in time for her Sodastream advert during the Superbowl, … Read More
Academic boycott of Israel called by Irish teachers union
The Teachers Union of Ireland has taken a step that will be noted by sister unions across Europe. This morning at Annual congress they unanimously passed a motion calling for the academic boycott of Israel. The bold step makes them the first European academic union to call for such a boycott in line with the calls by Palestinian civil society for a campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) until … Read More