This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series BDS and South AfricaThis is part of a series of articles based on the program of the upcoming PennBDS conference. Check out this landing page to find out more. South Africa is so central to the BDS narrative that it’s warranted considerable coverage on this blog. While I’ll […]
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PennBDS: BDS 101
January 9, 2012 in Academic Boycott, BDS, Israel Boycotts, Israel Divestment, University Divestment 1
This is part of a series of articles based on the program of the upcoming PennBDS conference. Check out this landing page to find out more. Fortunately, the next item on the PennBDS agenda is the topic BDS 101, something I’ve written about in the Divest This Manual, although not something that’s appeared as a separate piece on […]
PennBDS: Delegitimization
January 8, 2012 in Academic Boycott, Apartheid Isarel, BDS, Israel Boycotts, Israel Divestment, Other, University Divestment 0
This is part of a series of articles based on the program of the upcoming PennBDS conference. Check out this landing page to find out more. “Deligitimization” is an ungainly word, one which even Israel’s defenders don’t much enjoy using. Descriptively, the term does the job in summing up a set of activities designed to deny to the […]
PennBDS: Pinkwashing
January 7, 2012 in Academic Boycott, BDS, Israel Boycotts, Israel Divestment, University Divestment 8
This is part of a series of articles based on the program of the upcoming PennBDS conference. Check out this landing page to find out more. BDS advocates, including nearly everyone who will be on stage and in the audience at the upcoming PennBDS conference, share a problem. For the overwhelming audience (and target list) for the BDS […]
PennBDS: Success? Challenges, Options…
January 6, 2012 in Academic Boycott, BDS, Israel Boycotts, Israel Divestment, University Divestment 3
This is part of a series of articles based on the program of the upcoming PennBDS conference. Check out this landing page to find out more. I’ve been seeing an uptick in BDS news stories, blog entries and the like (especially towards the end of the year) that seem to be going out of their way to […]
PennBDS: Mobilization
January 5, 2012 in Academic Boycott, BDS, Israel Boycotts, Israel Divestment, Strategy and Tactics, University Divestment 2
This is the first in a series of articles based on the program of the upcoming PennBDS conference. Check out this new landing page to find out more. With Palestinian workers defying boycott calls from their leaders, with those leaders investing twice as much in the Jewish state as they do their own proto-state, and […]
PennBDS: Well there goes January…
January 4, 2012 in Academic Boycott, BDS, Israel Boycotts, Israel Divestment, University Divestment 14
As some of you may know, the big US BDS event for the year will be taking place at the University of Pennsylvania, February 4th and 5th (mostly during Shabbat, of course). I’ve been batting around some ideas for addressing this stunning gathering of BDSholes from around the nation, but despite the occasional accusation that […]
Interlocutor
December 31, 2011 in Academic Boycott, BDS, Israel Boycotts, Israel Divestment, University Divestment 9
Interlocutor – Definition One who takes part in dialogue or conversation Having blogged about BDS for close to three years now, one of my greatest disappointments is the lack of BDS advocates ready to engage in a serious discussion or debate over their political project. Sites of organizations that advocate for BDS rarely allow comments, […]
Headlines
In case you haven’t visited there yet, I recommend you stop by and bookmark the new BDS Global Digest site which is doing a job this site’s never been able to do adequately: providing ongoing reports of BDS and BDS-related stories in the news. Two of their stories seem to point to the Israeli economy […]