Audio: From Sharpeville to Gaza
Audio recording opening Quebec Boycott Divestment & Sanctions BDS conference
Photo: Paul Di Stefano. Opening panel @ Quebec/Canada wide BDS conference.
This panel will present and assess the achievements and aims of the BDS movement internationally and in Palestine over the past 5 years, and speak to the challenges ahead for the BDS movement in Québec, Canada and around the world.
Featuring Omar Barghouti, Coordinator, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Boycott National Committee (BNC), Palestine Areej Ja’fari, Coordinator of the Palestine Freedom Project, West Bank Stephen Faulkner, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).
download audio recording from CKUT community radio Montreal.
BDS Quebec 2010 Conference
From October 22nd to 24th, artists, activists, academics, and community members will converge for a historic conference aiming to build momentum for the global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. The conference aims to provide a space to reflect on recent successes, assess current challenges, and chart future directions to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom and self-determination. The BDS movement traces its’ origins to the Palestinian call to boycott in 2005, endorsed by over 170 civil society organizations.
