Massachusetts Peace Action’s partners at BDS Boston are mobilizing for a very important Cambridge City Council hearing for Palestine solidarity. On Monday May 24th, the Cambridge city council will hold a historic vote on Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) of Israeli apartheid Policy order #109. This policy order calls upon the Cambridge City Manager […]
Register to join on Zoom: https://bit.ly/noihraevent Facebook Live: https://facebook.com/usacbi Join the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel for an informative webinar on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) “working definition” of anti-Semitism and its use by pro-Israeli apartheid organizations to attempt to […]
Massachusetts Peace Action members asked Senate President Karen Spilka to cancel her plans to lead a trip to Israel this December, in a letter released today and delivered to Spilka’s office last week. The trip, which Spilka has encouraged Senate colleagues to participate in, is […]
Increasing U.S. Economic and Military Support of Israel and Curbing the Right to Boycott S.1 (Rubio (R-FL)). Cosponsors: Total : 12. Passed the Senate Feb. 5, 2019, 77-23; both Massachusetts Senators voted No. H.R.336 (McCaul (R-TX)) Cosponsors: Total: 25 This legislation would continue U.S. military […]
TELL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE: DON’T UNDERMINE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF ANOTHER COUNTRY! On June 28 the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced and passed a brand new version of the federal Israel Anti-Boycott Act, HR 1697. This new bill (sometimes referred to […]
Testimony presented at hearing on Anti-BDS Legislation, S.1689/H.1685, July 18, 2017 Thank you to the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight for holding this hearing. Thank you in particular to Committee Chairs Jennifer Benson and Walter Timilty. My name is Andrea Burns and […]
Testimony presented at hearing on Anti-BDS Legislation, S.1689/H.1685, July 18, 2017 My name is Eva Moseley and I oppose An Act to Prevent Discrimination in State Contracting because it aims to suppress criticism of Israel by those engaged in BDS. I oppose it as an […]
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