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US Aid to Israel: How Much is Your Share?

How much military aid to Israel do you provide? Between 2009-2018, the United States is scheduled to give Israel (the largest recipient of U.S. aid) $30 billion in military aid.

Find out what your share is with this interactive map!

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Resist 2010: Eight Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics (VIDEO)

With the 2010 Winter Olympic Games officially kicking off this past weekend, it’s important to look past all the glitz and glamour being portrayed in the mainstream media and get right down to the behind-the-scenes corruption, deceit, and destruction taking place in Vancouver.

The video below is an excellent short film (appx. 15 mins.) focusing on the negative impacts of the 2010 Olympic Games being held in Vancouver, and the ongoing resistance by Indigenous, human rights, and other social movements.

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Gaza Freedom Marchers issue the “Cairo Declaration” to end Israeli Apartheid

Gaza Freedom Marchers approved today a declaration aimed at accelerating the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli Apartheid. Roughly 1400 activists from 43 countries converged in Cairo on their way to Gaza to join with Palestinians marching to break Israel’s illegal siege. They were prevented from entering Gaza by the Egyptian authorities.

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What can we do? Boycott!

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The first thing we can do to stop oppression is to stop aiding it. I would like to tell you to boycott taxes, but the movement is just not there yet. The best strategy at this point is to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of [...]

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