Why the World Bank Must Divest from Fossil Fuels
The World Bank should do the math and step up to the challenge of climate change.
Divesting from All Occupations
Activists should expand the boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign that targets Israel to include Morocco
LETTER: Which Direction for the Mideast?
Responding to the New York Times’ article “The Third Intifada is Inevitable,” Phyllis focuses on the potential power of the Boycotts, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) movement.
Challenging U.S. Support for Israeli Occupation and Apartheid
Meet speakers Phyllis Bennis, an Institute for Policy Studies Fellow and independent Palestinian commentator Omar Barghouti in an informal setting to discuss Palestinian Civil Society calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel until it complies with international law, and universal principles of human rights.
Egypt: Tear Gas May Be Non-lethal But It’s Lethal to Democracy
Egyptian protesters outraged by military’s use of U.S. tear gas.
On Heels of Anti-BDS Bill, Israel’s Right-Wing Parties Seek to Further Limit Dissent
Flush with victory from the passage of the anti-BDS bill by the Knesset, Israel’s two main parties are pushing new bills to limit dissent and debate within Israel.
Pennsylvania Divests Itself of Companies Working With Iran, Sudan; Somehow Overlooks Israel
Pennsylvania divestment bills are unlikely to have much impact on Iran or Sudan, but they provide fodder for moral pieties by politicians.
Changing The Subject
A response to Kevin Funk and Steve Fake: Divestment will help to end the Genocide in Darfur.
Efficacy, Wind-Blowing, and the Favored Villain
A response to Daniel Millenson: The divestment movement from Sudan still makes clear “the failures in our intellectual culture”
Divestment: Ending the Genocide in Darfur
From rallying and letter writing, the Save Darfur movement is now taking a page from history and looking to divestment to end the atrocities in Darfur.
The Democrats’ War
After January 3, the Democrats will have to do something about Iraq. Early signs are not positive, unless the anti-war movement kicks it up a notch.