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Students & Universities across the globe are beginning to 'divest' from Israel. Many scholars, celebrities and government leaders are divesting from Israel. What is Divestment? It's the opposite of 'Investment'. Investing into corporations stocks and securities (or anything for that matter) that profit Israel directly or indirectly helps Israel to oppress the people in Palestine, it helps Israel to break International laws, it helps Israel to take advantage of human rights and moreover, it is supporting Israels gross violations of human rights as well as a slow and calculated genocide of the Palestinian people.
Not very nice to support an organization that murders and steals from people that do not have the broad resources to protect themselves from this 'school bully'. Israel is the school bully that steals your lunch money.
Here is the University that started it all and was successful in the Divestment from Apartheid South Africa. In comments section below, I will continue this model as well as post the list of impressive and well known people that support this and have done something about it.
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Traditionally, Hampshire College has advocated for the oppressed, taking unpopular stands when others have preferred to turn away. In 1977 Hampshire College was the first college in the US to divest from Apartheid South Africa. In 2001 Hampshire was the first college to object to the war in Afghanistan.
In this spirit and in light of the fact that the Israeli occupation is the longest ongoing occupation since World War II, we state our objection to the oppression of the Palestinian people. The Hampshire community hereby declares its commitment to work towards the end of this occupation. Furthermore we call upon Israel to end its policies of discrimination and to respect international law and Palestinian rights, including the right to self-determination. We support the Palestinian right to resist the occupation in accordance with international law. Our commitment includes the following policies ratified by Hampshire College:
• As an institution Hampshire College will not support, invest, or finance any individual, group or institution that directly profits from the occupation of Palestine. We call on other colleges and universities to enact similar policies.
• Hampshire College calls on the United States Government to stop financing Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
In addition to economic measures, Hampshire College as an institution and a community hereby expresses its commitment to support the autonomy and self-determination of the Palestinian people, including but not limited to the following:
• We support dialogue on our campus about the conflict as long as it is sincere and serious about its intentions to end the oppression of the Palestinian people.
• Due to our mandate as an institution of higher education, we are committed to support the Palestinian right to education, through exchange programs and academic support
• In solidarity with the Palestinian people, our educational program will provide a stage for unheard Palestinian voices.
Hampshire College, in accordance with its moral imperatives, will persist in this course of action until the end of the occupation as defined by UN resolutions.
Divestment Addendum
Due to numerous questions over the nature of divestment in the above call for divestment, SJP has added the following addendum to clarify what is meant by divestment.
Investments should not be made in any company that provides products or services, including financial services, to Israeli governmental or military bodies that are used to facilitate or undertake violent acts against civilians or violations of international law, or to Israeli or Palestinian organizations or groups that are used to facilitate or undertake violent acts against civilians or violations of international law.
For the purposes of this investment screen this would include companies that:(MORE BELOW & AT LINK)Students & Universities across the globe are beginning to 'divest' from... more
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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned senior officials on Monday not to help Tehran’s enemies after two former presidents expressed defiant opposition to the result of June’s disputed presidential poll.Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned senior officials on Monday... more
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With all of the hullabaloo of the struggling Blacks, no one seems to be aware that there is another group of people here who gets no media coverage, nor consideration in government. They are probably still considered as savages, while the only savages to inhabit this continent were European born and bred. No one in this world has been suffering more than the Natives of this land. The White Europeans moved in and started to steal their lands and massacred and slaughtered the natives until their multi millions were dwindled to probable hundreds of thousands and they were confined to wireless hot arid desert concentration camps. Even today the truths of the wars, broken treaties and the blatant slaughters from the past are rarely mentioned. No Black group has suffered the pain and torment of the Natives. The trail of tears will never go away but no tears flowed from the savage eyes as they continued their move westward, killing as they moved. The massare at the little Big Horn was only one success as Custer had provoked the many tribes to join together for the last battle, only it wasnt the last. the battle of wounded knee was another cruel expose of white savagery and the final straw was the slaughter of the Lakota's. But noone ever bothers to mention that, perhaps it is too bloody for the clean clear American culture. Our history books only cover the few good things that have happened in this culture, but it is no reflection of the total events of our real history. Since we have seen the first black man selected as a leader of this nation, I wonder if the day will ever come when they will select a native as the real leader of this nation? I doubt it since the natives are still under the control of the Feds.With all of the hullabaloo of the struggling Blacks, no one seems to be aware that... more
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Israeli soldiers admit to heavy-handed force by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza fighting earlier this year.Israeli soldiers admit to heavy-handed force by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza fighting... more
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I am typing up the contents of pafes 111, 112, qnd 113 from this great book. You will be stunned to hear the truth from this great writer (John Pilger) whom the Guardian has said that "the truth in his hands is a weapon, to be picked up and brandished nd used in the struggle aainst evil and injstice.'
IJohn Pilger challenges us in the West to 'look in the mirror' at the actions of 'or' governments for the true source of much of the world's fear and insecurity - and terrorism.
John Pilger's vivid eyewittness reporting, backed by meticulous research, blows away the secrets and lies of our rulers and turns a searchlight on events consigned to shadows and an unrecognised yet virulent censorship.
World–renowned journalist John Pilger looks at five nations (Palestine, Diego Garcia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Africa) that have undergone long and painful struggles for freedom, yet are still waiting for its realizationI am typing up the contents of pafes 111, 112, qnd 113 from this great book. You... more
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Saudi Arabia is in crisis. The secretive desert kingdom is being wracked by terrorist violence and ordinary Saudis are becoming victims. Meanwhile reformers and hardliners are battling over the future of the country.
Saudi Arabia controls 25 per cent of the planet’s oil, and offers spiritual leadership to 1.3 billion Muslims as custodian of the holiest sites in Islam. How the ruling Royal Family deals with the current crisis has profound implications for the entire world.Saudi Arabia is in crisis. The secretive desert kingdom is being wracked by terrorist... more
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Video: From Russia - US President Barak Obams's visit.
STRATFOR's CEO George Friedman provides analysis on U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to Russia.
Watch this video »
compliments of www.stratfor.comVideo: From Russia - US President Barak Obams's visit.
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Mexico: Economics and the Arms Trade
By Scott Stewart and Fred Burton
On June 26, the small Mexican town of Apaseo el Alto, in Guanajuato state, was the scene of a deadly firefight between members of Los Zetas and federal and local security forces. The engagement began when a joint patrol of Mexican soldiers and police officers responded to a report of heavily armed men at a suspected drug safe house. When the patrol arrived, a 20-minute firefight erupted between the security forces and gunmen in the house as well as several suspects in two vehicles who threw fragmentation grenades as they tried to escape.
When the shooting ended, 12 gunmen lay dead, 12 had been taken into custody and several soldiers and police officers had been wounded. At least half of the detained suspects admitted to being members of Los Zetas, a highly trained Mexican cartel group known for its use of military weapons and tactics.
Please feel free to distribute this Intelligence Report to friends, or if you repost on a website include a link to www.STRATFOR.com.
IMexico: Economics and the Arms Trade
By Scott Stewart and Fred Burton
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Since 1945, by deed and by example, the US has overthrown 50 governments, including democracies, crushed some 30 liberation movements and supported tyrannies from Egypt to Guatemala (see William Blum's histories). Bombing is apple pie. Having stacked his government with warmongers, Wall Street cronies and polluters from the Bush and Clinton eras, the 45th president is merely upholding tradition. The hearts and minds farce I witnessed in Vietnam is today repeated in villages in Afghanistan and, by proxy, Pakistan, which are Obama's wars.
Liberals say that the United States is once again a "nation of moral ideals", but behind the façade little has changed. With his government of warmongers, Wall Street cronies and polluters from the Bush and Clinton eras, Barack Obama is merely upholding the myths of a divine America.
Mourn On The 4th of July
By John PilgerSince 1945, by deed and by example, the US has overthrown 50 governments, including... more
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Netanyahu reaffirms commitment to racism and expansionism – thanks to US tax dollars
Saree Makdisi argues that if Israel is ever to agree to anything for the Palestinians other than “an amorphous entity lacking a definite territory, not allowed to control its own borders or airspace, shorn of any vestige of sovereignty ... and permanently disarmed”, then Americans must demand an end to their leaders’ indulgence of Israel.
http://windowintopalestine.blogspot.com/2009/07/netanyahu-reaffirms-commitment-to.htmlNetanyahu reaffirms commitment to racism and expansionism – thanks to US tax... more
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Independence, Interdependence And Humanity
By Eileen Fleming
http://www.countercurrents.org/fleming050709.htm
I imagine the best good any of us can do at this time is be a like a gnat in the eye, a mosquito on the neck, a thorn in the side and a voice of conscience that speaks truth to power, for words can be the most powerful weaponsIndependence, Interdependence And Humanity
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Israeli occupation forces kill girl in Gaza :
A 17-year-old Palestinian girl has been killed in Gaza by Israeli fire.Israeli occupation forces kill girl in Gaza :
A 17-year-old Palestinian girl has... more
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Another Example of U.S. Censorship of Mainstream Media:
It appears that the U.S. Mainstream media is going to ignore this story even though Cynthia McKinney was once a Congresswoman from Georgia and a Presidential candidate. How odd. What does this say about the news we receive daily from the mainstream media.Another Example of U.S. Censorship of Mainstream Media:
It appears that the U.S.... more
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Oil And The Iraq “Withdrawal”
By James Cogan
http://www.countercurrents.org/cogan300609.htm
It is fitting that today’s deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq’s cities coincides with a meeting in Baghdad to auction off some of the country’s largest oil fields to companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and British Petroleum. It is a reminder of the real motives for the 2003 invasion and in whose interests over one million Iraqis and 4,634 American and other Western troops have been killed. The Iraq war was, and continues to be, an imperialist war waged by the American ruling elite for control of oil and geo-strategic advantageOil And The Iraq “Withdrawal”
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Robert Fisk's World: The jury is out on the Iranian model of religion and politics
So what of the famous revolution? Was it a return to the basic values of Shia Islam?
Saturday, 27 June 2009
The most nauseous photograph to come out of the Iran tragedy was not the bloodied demonstrators in Tehran, but a Reuters picture of former Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, "fighting back tears" in Washington as he declared that Neda Agha Sultan, the young woman shot dead by Ahmadinejad's thugs a week ago, "was now for ever in my pocket". I bet she is, by God! "I have added her to the list of my daughters," the son of the brutal and merciless late Shah, told the world.Robert Fisk's World: The jury is out on the Iranian model of religion and... more
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I Want My Money Back! (Pres. Obama!)
By Marie Marchand
Betrayal is a part of life. After awhile, you just come to expect it. Yet, the initial shock always hits you as a surprise. Alas, the nature of betrayal. Humans are vulnerable to being betrayed because underneath our husky shells, our pain and hardened hearts, we are soft and trustful creatures. We want to believe in people.
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I gave $20 a week for seven months, plus $60 every once in a while for a t-shirt and sticker. I gave of my modest purse joyfully. Once I add that all up, it makes a grand total of... $106 billion?! Wait a minute, I thought I was supporting change I could believe in, not more of the same bloodshed and war!
Betrayal is a part of life. After awhile, you just come to expect it. Yet, the initial shock always hits you as a surprise. Alas, the nature of betrayal. Humans are vulnerable to being betrayed because underneath our husky shells, our pain and hardened hearts, we are soft and trustful creatures. We want to believe in people.
I'm not that young, so I possess some cynicism. But I'm not that old either, so I manage some idealism. Sure, I am used to being betrayed by my government. But I thought my days of calling the White House in tears were over. To think that Barack Obama preyed on this naive hope in me and millions like me is unforgivable.
I expect the Republicans to throw money at the Military Industrial Complex. Yet, from the Democrats, I was promised a different direction (like OUT of the Middle East). Regrettably, there has been miniscule change. There is still nothing to believe in.
It is against my religion to say the Pledge of Allegiance. (I am a Christian so I pledge allegiance only to God.) I did, however, pledge my time and treasure to Barack Obama. On November 4, 2008, I danced in the streets waving the American Flag, feeling proud to be an American. I was pathetically close to bustin' out some Toby Keith ditties.
It's not just the $106 billion that makes me feel betrayed. It's not just the fact that Gitmo probably won't be shut down after all. It is not even the president's assurance to Republicans that he will not release the photos of detainee abuse.
It is the rumors of intimidation and strong-arming that are, to me, the greatest betrayal.I Want My Money Back! (Pres. Obama!)
By Marie Marchand
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CIA Crucified Captive in Abu Ghraib Prison
By Sherwood Ross
"A forensic examiner found that he (the prisoner) had essentially been crucified; he died from asphyxiation after having been hung by his arms, in a hood, and suffering broken ribs," the magazine's Jane Mayer writes in the magazine's June 22nd issue. "Military pathologists classified the case a homicide."CIA Crucified Captive in Abu Ghraib Prison
By Sherwood Ross
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Cool collaboration between an exiled Iranian artist and Bon Jovi in support of the resistance movement in Iran.Cool collaboration between an exiled Iranian artist and Bon Jovi in support of the... more
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UN public hearing in Gaza broadcasts accounts of war victims:
"In a single instant we had all of our joys replaced with blood," he said. "There was a severe whistling in my ears and a pillar of smoke and dust and that obliterated what happened. When I looked up I found I had lost both my legs. I was sprawled over the body of my own brother. I looked for my father and others, and I found them motionless. Most of them were dead."UN public hearing in Gaza broadcasts accounts of war victims:
"In a single... more
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