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Palestinian civil society welcomes Agrexco liquidation, calls for celebration of this BDS victory

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Palestinian civil society welcomes Agrexco liquidation, calls for celebration of this BDS victory

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Palestinian BDS National Committee

For Immediate Release – September 12, 2011

– Supporters of Palestinian rights claim victory as target Agrexco ordered into liquidation
– Court papers warn that company is Israeli symbol whose downfall will have ‘wider implications’
– Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls on the movement internationally to celebrate this victory and to intensify BDS campaigns

Campaigners for Palestinian rights are celebrating after the primary Israeli agricultural produce export company Agrexco, which has been a key target of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement in support of Palestinian rights, has been ordered into liquidation after being unable to pay its creditors.… Go to Article

Orchestrated campaign against Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions hits snag

The following comments were taken from a news item from Workplace Express, daily news updates for the Union/HR/IR mob.

Union protests not a secondary boycott, says ACCC

Protests by the MUA and Geelong Trades Hall outside Max Brenner chocolate shops as part of a campaign to boycott businesses with links to Israel were not secondary boycotts, according to the ACCC.… Go to Article

Memorandum on Libya: We, the leadership and members of the following organisations …

Memorandum on Libya Handed to British Consul-General in Cape Town by SACP and Allies by the South African Communist Party, Brian Bunting District

12th August 2011

The British Consul-General
The British Consulate
Riebeeck Street, CAPE TOWN

Cc: All Media Houses

Dear Sir,

We, the leadership and members of the following organisations the SACP, ANC, COSATU, SANCO, ANCYL, YCL, ANCWL, MJC and PASOP and all democrats and peace loving peoples of the African continent, demand that you convey to Her Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom our call for an end to the bombing by NATO forces of Libya.… Go to Article

Talisman Sabre

FROM OZ – It’s big, it’s ignorant, it’s dangerous … the U.S. military – “never heard of Bradley Manning”

Below is an email from an OZ friend Rod arrested non-violently resisting the huge ”Operation Talisman Sabre” exercises underway presently in central Queensland (near Rockhampton), Australia.… Go to Article

Communist party organised in Tahrir Square, Cairo, on 1 May 2011

Democratic Labour Party – under construction 0.1 May 2011
Constitutional statement, why the Labour Party?
[Translated from the arabic @ Iraqi Beacon

We announce today the establishment of the Labour Party … a Party, which includes leaders of labor unions from different places and their allies of the poor peasants, professionals, craftsmen and intellectuals ..… Go to Article