[PAA-Discuss] IMPORTANT---107 BDS VICTORIES Against Israel--Check it out

[Bob Carter]

Greetings all,     Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel is alive and well. Do whatever you can to keep it moving forward.     Good News. There were 107 victories from 2005 to 2015:
     36 Campus Victories     29 Academic and Cultural Boycotts     14 Faith Based Actions      8 Pensions and Other Investments Funds      9 Boycotting and De-Shelving Israel Products      5 Municipal Victories      6 Labor, Diplomatic, and Other Victories     107 TOTAL !!!!!
Namaste,Bob
      BDS at 10: Top 100 U.S. Victories!by Anna Baltzer, National Organizer
July 9th, 2015
By popular demand, below is a list of over 100 U.S. Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Victories, released to commemorate ten years since Palestinian civil society issued the call for BDS. Click on the social media icons far above to share this important resource with friends and followers.

Do you see something missing, or that needs to be changed? This is a work in progress and we need your help to keep it up to date. Please click here to let us know so we can add it!


Campus Victories
(See also Academic Boycott & Campus Labor Victories, listed separately)

June 22, 2015 - Columbia University divests from private prisons including G4S, following coalition-led campaign - Manhattan, New York
April 30, 2015 - Oglethorpe University student goverment passes resolution to divest from Israeli occupation - Atlanta, Georgia
April 29, 2015 - Princeton graduate students pass divestment referendum - Princeton, New Jersey
April 22, 2015 - Earlham Student Senate passes resolution in support of divestment from Israeli occupation - Richmond, Indiana
April 16, 2015 - Wesleyan University president agrees to divest university from prisons as first step when Wesleyan students call for divestment from fossil fuels, prisons, and Israeli occupation - Middletown, Connecticut

March 25, 2015 - Student Government of Loyola Chicago passes resolution to divest - Chicago, Illinois
March 2, 2015 - Toledo student government calls for University divestment by margin of 21:4 - Toledo, Ohio

February 19, 2015 - Northwestern University Student Government calls for university divestment - Evanston, Illinois
February 17, 2015 - Stanford divestment passes in a landslide victory - Stanford, California
February 8, 2015 - University of California Student Association -- representing hundreds of thousands of UC students statewide -- endorses call for UC divestment in support of Palestinian rights - State of California

May 29, 2015 - University of California at Davis Associated Students pass divestment bill - Davis, California

December 5, 2014 - Wesleyan University Dining Facilities Remove Sabra Following Successful Boycott Campaign - Middletown, Connecticut
November, 2014 - University of California at Los Angeles undergraduate student government passes divestment resolution - Los Angeles, California
August 9-10, 2014 - United Students Against Sweatshops Endorses BDS
May 28, 2014 - University of California at Santa Cruz student government passes divestment resolution - Santa Cruz, California
May 23, 2014 - DePaul student body votes for divestment despite Israeli government interference - Chicago, Illinois

May, 2014 - Wesleyan Students Association divests its student endowment from Israeli occupation, calls for full university divestment - Middletown, Connecticut
April, 2014 - More than 10,000 Univ. of South Florida students call for divestment -- largest petition in state's history - Tampa, Florida
April, 2014 - University of New Mexico Graduate & Professional Student Association vote for divestment from companies involved in human rights violations in Palestine and on U.S.-Mexico border - Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 5, 2013 - Oberlin College Student Senate passes divestment Resolution - Oberlin, OH

April,  2013  -  University of California at Riverside Associated Students Council pass resolution calling for divestment - Riverside, California
April, 2013 - University of California at Berkeley Student Senate passes divestment - Berkeley, California

March,  2013  -  University of California at San Diego Associated Students Council pass resolution calling for divestment - San Diego, California
November 14, 2012 - Brown University Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies calls on Brown Corporation to divest from the Israeli occupation - Providence, Rhode Island

November, 2012 - University of California at Irvine Associated Students unanimously pass resolution urging divestment from companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestine - Irvine, California
September 5, 2012 - Earlham College Dining Services Stops Selling Sabra in Response to Student and Faculty Concerns - Richmond, Indiana
June 5, 2012 - Arizona State University Student Government Votes to Divest from Israel - Tempe, Arizona
June 4, 2012 - The Evergreen State College Flaming Eggplant Cafe Announces Boycott of Israeli Products - Olympia, Washington
April 18, 2012 - UMass-Boston Student Government passes resolution to divest from Boeing - Boston, Massachusetts

March 30 ,  2012  -  National Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán (MEChA) Endorses Palestinian Boycott of Israel
May/November, 2011 - Majority of DePaul students vote to boycott Sabra Hummus; force ethical alternatives offered - Chicago, Illinois
June 2, 2010 - Evergreen State College student body votes for boycott of Caterpillar equipment, becoming "CAT-free campus"; Student Senate votes unanimously to support BDS

Spring, 2010 - Evergreen State College Student Body votes for divestment from companies involved in Israeli occupation - Olympia, Washington

February 12, 2009 - Hampshire College becomes first campus to divest from the Israeli occupation - Amherst, Massachusetts
2005, 2006, 2010, 2014 - University of Michigan at Dearborn Student Government passes divestment resolution - Dearborn, Michigan
April, 2003 - Wayne State University student council votes for divestiture - Detroit, Michigan



Academic & Cultural Boycott
May 4, 2015 - Lauryn Hill cancels performance in Israel in response to calls for boycott
May, 2015 - Black Lives Matter Co-founder Patrisse Cullors endorses BDS 
October, 2014 - Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and MacArthur "genius award" recipient Junot Diaz endorses BDS
May 26, 2014 - American Rapper Talib Kweli cancels Israel gig
Spring, 2014 - Public Enemy's Chuck D endorses BDS 
December 15, 2013 - Native American and Indigenous Studies Association endorses boycott of Israeli academic institutions
December, 2013 - American Studies Association endorses academic boycott of Israel by sweeping majority membership vote after national council passes unanimously
August 14, 2013 - Influential jazz drummer Chris Daddy Dave cancels participation in Red Sea Jazz Festival
July 11, 2013 - Rock band The Killers pulls out of of Tel Aviv concert
April, 2013 - General Membership of Association for Asian American Studies votes to support academic boycott of Israel
November 29, 2012 - Stevie Wonder cancels performance for Friends of Israeli Defense Forces in response to calls for boycott
October, 2012 - Hip Hop duo Rebel Diaz cancel performance at Creative Time Summit, 2012, due to sponsorship by Israeli government-funded institution
September, 2012 - Prominent academic Judith Butler reaffirms support for BDS
June 20, 2012 - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker refuses permission to Israeli publisher, Yedhiot Books, to publish The Color Purple
May 4, 2012 - Columbia University Prof. Franke boycotts conference with "featured nation" Israel & Israeli Ambassador keynote speech
February, 2012 - Singer-songwriter Cat Power cancels Tel Aviv concert
February, 2012 - American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson cancels performance at Holon International Women's Festival
February, 2012 - American Indie Pop Band "The Pains of Being Pure at Heart" cancels Tel Aviv show
January, 2012 - Tune-Yards band cancels gig in Israel; Merrill Garbus, lead singer, is a signatory of the Artists Against Israeli Apartheid pledge
Summer, 2011 - 11 Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists, including prominent intellectual & activist Angela Davis, unequivocally endorse BDS
June, 2011 - Basketball legend and actor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar cancels visit to Israel in response to "Nakba Day violence"
April, 2011 - Washington University Hip-Hop Program Revokes Invitation to Israeli Cultural Ambassador - St. Louis, Missouri
July 7, 2010 - Dustin Hoffman & Meg Ryan pull out of 2010 Film Festival after Mavi Marmara massacre
June, 2010 - Carlos Santana cancels concert in Tel Aviv following boycott calls
June, 2010 - The Pixies cancel concert in wake of Mavi Marmara massacre
May, 2010 - Renowned American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron cancels concert in Israel
November, 2009 - Prominent intellectual Sarah Schulman boycotts Lesbian & Gay Studies conference at Tel Aviv

August 17, 2009 - Amnesty International Withdraws from Leonard Cohen's Israel Concert Fund
July 23, 2008 - Snoop Dogg cancels performance in Israel


Faith-Based Actions
June 30, 2015 - United Church of Christ General Synod votes overwhelmingly to boycott and divest from Israeli occupation
July 31, 2014 - No Más Muertes endorses Palestinian call for BDS

June 20, 2014 - Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly divests from companies involved in Israeli occupation
June 12, 2014 - United Methodist Church divests from G4S in response to role in Israeli prisons
March 16, 2013 - Mennonite Central Committee unanimously adopts AFSC 29-company no-buy list for divestment
18 Victories spanning 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 - 18 Quaker Meetings Across 15 States Endorse Boycott, Divestment, and, in some cases, Both
September, 2012 - Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation divests from HP, Veolia

July, 2012 - Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly votes to boycott settlement products

May, 2012 - United Methodist Church General Conference votes to boycott settlement products
May, 2012 - Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation divests from Caterpillar
March 8, 2008 - American Friends Service Committee approves Israel-Palestine Investment Screen

October 21, 2007 - National Coalition of American Nuns Publicly Urges Boycott of Caterpillar
Summer, 2005 - United Church of Christ General Synod calls for the use of Economic Leverage -- including ending military aid and divestment -- to promote peace in Middle East
Dozens of Victories spanning 2005 - 2015 - 18 United Methodist Church Annual Conferences -- representing thousands of churches and hundreds of thousands of members -- adopt 30 resolutions and statements calling for divestment; several divest their own conference funds


Pensions & Other Investment Funds
(not otherwise listed above)

August 3, 2014 - Soros Fund Management drops SodaStream
June 6, 2014 - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation divests from G4S
Between July and November, 2013 - Pension giant TIAA-CREF divests Social Choice fund from Veolia
Between March and August, 2013 - TIAA-CREF divests from SodaStream
July, 2012 - Abigail Disney renounces shares of Ahava
June, 2012 - Morgan Stanley Capital International removes Caterpillar from socially responsible companies list
May/June, 2012 - Pension giant TIAA-CREF divests Social Choice fund from Caterpillar
September 12, 2009 - TIAA-CREF divests from Africa-Israel company due to violations of "human rights and international law"


Boycotting & De-Shelving Israeli Products
(not otherwise listed above)

April 21, 2014 - Earth Day Network cuts ties with Sodastream

January, 2014 - Hollywood Star Scarlett Johansson resigns as Oxfam International Global Ambassador due to deal with Sodastream
2014 - Balady Foods deshelves Sabra hummus - Brooklyn, New York
July, 2014 - Cambridge fixture Pemberton Farms stops selling Sabra following Boston BDS campaign - Cambridge, Massachusetts
December, 2013 - Harvest Coop deshelves Sabra following boycott Boston BDS campaign - Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts
January, 2012 - Lincoln-Way High School deshelves Sabra hummus - Chicago, Illinois
March, 2011 - National Cathedral gift store affiliated with Episcopal Church removes Ahava products after complaints from patrons - Washington, DC

July 15, 2010 - Olympia Food Co-op removes Israeli goods from shelves; first US store to institute boycott - Olympia, Washington
January 18, 2010 - Costco stops selling Ahava



Municipal Victories
December 3, 2014 - Baltimore Rejects Veolia following coalition campaign - Baltimore, Maryland

November, 2014 - Durham severs ties with G4S - Durham, North Carolina

January 8, 2014 - Veolia loses Massachusetts commuter rail contract - Boston, Massachusetts
October 29, 2013 - St. Louis Dumps Veolia - St. Louis, Missouri

January, 2013 - Veolia Withdraws from California Water Contract Bidding -Yolo County (Woodland and Davis), California


Labor, Diplomatic, & Other
March 3, 2015 - 60 U.S. elected officials publicly #SkiptheSpeech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, effectively boycotting him
December 10, 2014 - Members of University of California Graduate Student-Worker's Union UAW 2865 ratify resolution to join BDS movement - State of California

November, 2014 - Dream Defenders endorse BDS at National Conference

July 7, 2010 - California International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 Branch refuses to unload Israeli cargo ship - Oakland, California

October, 2008 - Oxfam International publicly denounces donor Lev Leviev due to support for Israeli settlements

June 21, 2008 - UNICEF severs ties with Israeli mogul Lev Leviev over settlement building


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Logo by Joel Reinstein

Thanks also to the BDS National Committee, Global Exchange Economic Activism for Palestine, American Friends Service Committee, Electronic Intifada, Steering Committee member Rahim Kurwa, and Rob Flahive for their research, reporting, and other contributions making this list possible.

Click here for other new resources released for BDS at 10!- See more at: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation : BDS at 10: Top 100 U.S. Victories!

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