This Resolution was resoundingly passed at the November 11, Port Botany protest in Sydney.
For generations, Palestinians have been crushed by apartheid Israel and have courageously resisted. Now they are undergoing a genocidal assault in Gaza. We will not stand by in silence. Palestinians have called for us to support the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign to challenge Israel’s power. We commit to answering that call.
The ZIM shipping line is a major supporter of Israel and of the Israeli Defence Forces. ZIM ships regularly visit Port Botany.
As working people, union members and community supporters we stand against war, apartheid and colonisation wherever it occurs. There can be no pride in genocide, either in Palestine or here in Australia. Here, that means standing against ZIM.
Today we have come in numbers to show the strength and determination of our movement. We are many, and we are powerful.
We resolve to be here again as soon as we know a ZIM ship has docked. We commit to following the proud tradition of action for justice, peace and equality taken by workers around the world against the bloody forces of war, colonisation and racism, and we undertake to do everything to make that action as strong and powerful as possible.
We will fight to win our demands – no ZIM ships in Port Botany while Israel is carrying out a genocide!
Long live Palestine.
Endorsed by:
Palestine Justice Movement Sydney Australian Unionists for Palestine MUA Sydney Branch
How Israel’s occupation has gone global: Antony Loewenstein presents ‘The Palestine Laboratory’
“From Israeli spyware ending up on the phones of activists in Mexico to Israeli drones being used by the EU to “monitor” refugees struggling and often drowning in the Mediterranean, the public is recognising how the Israeli occupation is being exported, and the danger it poses.”
Award-winning investigative journalist, Antony Loewenstein will discuss his latest book, The Palestine Laboratory at this special BDS Australia event in Sydney.
What: How Israel’s occupation has gone global: Antony Loewenstein presents “The Palestine Laboratory” When: Thursday August 24 – 6.30pm – 8.30pm Where: Gumbramorra Hall, Addison Community Centre 142 Addison Road, Marrickville
“Government’s flock to Israel to buy weapons and surveillance equipment, happy to ignore that they’ve been lethally tried and tested in the ‘Palestine laboratory’”.
This book has generated huge interest worldwide as it shows just how pervasive Israel’s lethal technology is internationally. Detailing how Israel’s massive arms and security industry has been developed and exported on the back of its endless occupation of Palestine, ‘The Palestine Laboratory’ exposes how Israel’s weapons and surveillance technology has been tried and tested on Palestinians for decades and sold as ‘battle tested’ to any buyers, including equally oppressive far right regimes.
Copies of The Palestine Laboratory will be available for purchase, and the talk will be followed by a book signing.
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How Israel’s occupation has gone global: Antony Loewenstein presents ‘The Palestine Laboratory’
As Palestinians continue to struggle against Israel’s illegal land grabs, and companies like Ben & Jerry’s pledge to end involvement in illegal Israeli settlements, it’s time for all of us to step up the pressure on Puma to end support for Israeli apartheid.
Puma is worried about the growing boycott campaign.
In a leaked internal memo, Puma said Israel’s escalation of violence against Palestinians in May led to an increase in inquiries from its “business partners and ambassadors” about its complicity in Israeli apartheid. Global advocacy organization SumOfUs asked to meet with Puma about its support for illegal Israeli settlements. Not only did Puma accept, but even the agitated CEO joined!
As Palestinians continue to struggle against Israel’s illegal land grabs, and companies like Ben & Jerry’s pledge to end involvement in illegal Israeli settlements, it’s time for all of us to step up the pressure on Puma.
Join the #BoycottPuma Global Day of Action, September 18
ACTIONS
SIGN THE PETITION to demand these sports clubs support Palestinian human rights and sever their Puma sponsorships.
CALL ON PUMA SPONSORED AUSTRALIAN TEAMS to #BootPuma by taking a photo while holding a #BoycottPuma sign, post it on social media with the caption:
Until @Puma ends their complicity in Israeli Apartheid, I demand [INSERT @NAME OF CLUB] to #BoycottPuma and #PumaFam
REBRAND YOUR PUMA GEAR by writing “boycott” over the logo or tape over it, post a photo on social media with the caption:
I bought @Puma gear before I knew Puma supports illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. Until Puma ends their complicity in Israeli Apartheid, I’m supporting Palestinian teams calling to #BoycottPuma and I will #RebrandPuma. Goodbye #PumaFam!
BOYCOTT AS A TEAM by organising a Zoom meeting with your sports team, and take a screen capture of each team member holding a sign that reads #BoycottPuma, post it on social media with the caption:
@Puma supports illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land. Our team supports Palestine so we #BoycottPuma and #PumaFam
BDS Australia is pleased to host this important forum featuring Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) co founder, Omar Barghouti with key First Nations and Palestinian Australian speakers discussing the shared experience of dispossession, state-based discrimination and racism and how to counter it.
Don’t miss this unique event – REGISTER HERE – ZOOM FORUM SATURDAY AUG 29, 7.30PM EST (SYD, CANBERRA, MEL)
Speakers:
OMAR BARGHOUTI – Palestinian writer and founding member of the BDS campaign AMY MCQUIRE – Darumbal and South Sear Islander journalist and academic DR RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH – Palestinian author, academic and former lawyer PROFESSOR TONY BIRCH – Indigenous Australian author, academic and activist HIBA FARRA, Moderator – Palestinian lawyer and activist
A presentation by the renowned Palestinian writer, scholar and commentator, Dr Abu Sitta in Sydney whose work has meticulously documented the Palestinian Nakba.
What: BDS for the Right of Return – Why? When: Wednesday October 9, 6.45pm-8pm Where: Redfern Town Hall.
Dr Abu Sitta is an author, scholar and commentator. He has meticulously documented the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe). No-one can speak more authoritatively than he on that momentous event’s impact on the Palestinian people, nor on how to remedy the more than 70 years of the dispossession of their lands and the loss of their rights to self-determination and freedom.
Salman Abu Sitta was born in Palestine in 1937, not far from Beersheba. As a schoolboy when Israel was established in 1948, he was forced, with his family, to move from home to the Gaza Strip. He was educated in Palestine, Cairo and (at university) in London. Abu Sitta is a former member of the Palestinian National Council, the general coordinator of the Right of Return Congress. Abu Sitta is also the founder and President of the Palestine Land Society, London, dedicated to the documentation of Palestine’s land and people. Website www.plands.org.
He is the author of six books on Palestine including the compendium Atlas of Palestine 1917- 1966, English and Arabic editions, the Atlas of the Return Journey in Arabic, English and Hebrew and over 300 papers and articles on the Palestinian refugees, the Right of Return, history of al Nakba and human rights.
His most well known book is the “Mapping my Return: A Palestinian Memoir” which had strong reviews internationally. Dr Abu Sitta is active in many academic, legal and human rights groups.
Wednesday 28 August – Wednesday 4 September is our first national week of action to encourage consumers face-to-face not to buy HP products (laptops, scanners, printers and ink) while HP technology underpins Israeli occupation and apartheid. All are welcome to help out leafleting shoppers and passers by.
Events confirmed so far include:
Friday 30 August in Melbourne, 1-5pm in Bourke St Mall, outside the GPO Friday 30 August in Adelaide, 6-7:30pm outside JB Hi-Fi in Rundle Mall Saturday 31 August in Sydney, 1-3pm outside JB Hi-Fi, 37 George St, Parramatta Saturday 31 August in Melbourne, 1-5pm in Bourke St Mall, outside the GPO Tuesday 3 September in Adelaide, 12-1:30pm outside JB Hi-Fi in Rundle Mall Wednesday 4 September in Sydney, 11am-1pm outside Officeworks, 1 Ross St (corner Parramatta Rd), Glebe – opposite Sydney University
For more information, including for leaflets to organise your own event, email [email protected]
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