PROJECTS & CAMPAIGNS

How the No to Veolia Action Group won

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On4 February 2013, at the Crossroads Women's Centre, six activists described their campaign against the multinational Veolia which profits from and supports the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and withdrew froma £4.7 billion contract with the North London Waste Authority.

Telling us how it was done, in spite of opposition, sabotage and interference, first of all from Zionist organisations, was Yael Kahn, Chair, No To Veolia Action Group (No2VAG), Irfan Akhtar, Spokesperson, Waltham Forest Council of Mosques, Caroline Day, Spokesperson, No2VAG, Ann Dyas, Vice Chair, No2VAG, Rob Langlands, Engineer & Secretary, No2VAG, and Izzat Ismail, Internet Comms, No2VAG (right to left in the photo).

Inspiredby the Palestinian struggle, already it has encouraged similar campaigns in South Wales (which won a £1.1 billion victory) and Davis, California (which won a $325 million victory).

Selma James (Global Women's Strike & IJAN) chaired the meeting (centre in the photo). The meeting was hosted by the Global Women's Strike and Payday men's network.

IJAN-Argentina apone el Centro Simon Wiesenthal, los bombardeos de Gaza y Mekerot

La Red Judía Antisionista Internacional (IJAN) en Argentina trabaja en conjunto con la Federación de Entidades Argentino Palestinas (FEDERPAL) para la promoción en Argentina de la campaña por el Boicot, Desinversión y Sanciones (BDS) contra el apartheid israelí y para la realización del Tribunal Ético contra la Ocupación y el Colonialismo por Israel en Palestina. Las instituciones sionistas, en particular el Centro Simon Wiesenthal (que posee una de sus sucursales en Argentina), presionó al gobierno argentino para que desistiera de la aprobación del uso de la Biblioteca Nacional para la realización del Tribunal. Como resultado de esto, y de una campaña de difamación lanzada a través de los medios de prensa, donde se intentó caracterizar al Tribunal con las tradicionales acusaciones de "antisemitismo", el tribunal tuvo que ser cancelado y reprogramado para el año 2013. La denuncia de IJAN fue publicada aqui.

World Social Forum Free Palestine Report Back

The first thematicWorldSocial Forum to focus on Palestine tookplace in Porto Alegre, Brazil from 28 November - 1 December 2012.The Forum featured over 125 workshops and a large march and rally insupport of Palestine. It was an important gathering of Palestinianand solidarity activists to continue to strengthen the movement forPalestinian liberation and self-determination.

IJAN sent adelegation of six to the forum including members from Canada,Argentina and the U.S. Most of us attended as part of the U.S.-CanadaJoint Struggle Delegation - adelegation of 25 activists working in grassroots struggles for theliberation of people and land, which IJAN played a central role inorganizing.

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