Geographers on the Move

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A world-wide campaign demanding the relocation of the regional conference of the International Geographers’ Union (IGU) outside Israel is an inspiring model that PACBI wishes to highlight in this column. Sustained campaigns arguing for the academic ...

We cannot be neutral on a moving train! Open Letter to the International Geographical Union (IGU)

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As geographers, faculty, students, and people of conscience, we are profoundly dismayed by IGU’s decision to hold its July 2010 regional conference in Tel Aviv, in violation of the widely endorsed Palestinian civil society call for Boycott, Divestmen...

Open Letter to the International Geographical Union: Enforcing Geographies of Justice

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The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is deeply disturbed by the decision of the International Geographical Union (IGU) to hold its regional conference in Israel next July. We urge the IGU to relocate this confere...

Swedish dockworkers boycott Israel

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Swedish dockworkers have launched a week-long boycott of cargo to and from Israel to protest against the raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine people last month. About 1,500 members of the Swedish Dockworkers Union began the boycott on Wednes...

Vitória no porto de Oakland: barco israelense tem a sua descarga bloqueada

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Gloria La Riva Em nossa época esta é uma ação histórica e sem precedentes. Mais de 800 ativistas sindicais e comunitários bloquearam o cais de Oakland durante a madrugada, o que permitiu que os estivadores se negassem a cruzar as linhas do piquete ...

Israeli Minister of Interior Prevents Ameer Makhoul from Leaving the Country

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22 April 2010 This morning [22 April 2010], the Israeli Border Police prevented Mr. Ameer Makhoul, the Director of Ittijah – Union of Arab Community-Based Associations inside Israel, from leaving the country. Makhoul, who also serves as the head of...