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Divestment movement breakthrough

Read the account of what happened at the Jul 20 meeting with the TIAA-CREF leadership.
See what some of those that were at the meeting had to say.

The Tablet: Divestment Campaign Targets Settlements

Group petitions TIAA-CREF at board meeting

By Mark Bergen | Jul 21, 2010

Haaretz Reports on our Campaign

The Olympia Food Co-Op boycott is only a tiny part of an effort that the BDS (boycotts, divestment and sanctions) movement is mounting on US companies.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency : Jewish group petitions TIAA-CREF to divest from Israel

(July 20, 2010) WASHINGTON (JTA) -- A Jewish grass-roots organization is petitioning a major financial services provider to divest from holdings in companies it says profit from Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.

Jewish Voice for Peace Response to TIAA-CREF’s Statement

(July 20, 2010) Last month TIAA-CREF responded to our campaign requesting that the fund divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation. On the occasion of the meeting of the CREF leadership, we have some questions in response to their statement.

JVP-Florida protests against Veolia

JVP-Florida held a protest in front Veolia Environmental Services in West Palm Beach, FL.

Date: Friday, July 9, 2010
Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Veolia Environmental Services, 363 Tall Pines Rd., West Palm Beach

JVP Advisory Board Member Rabbi Gottlieb's letter in support of Caterpillar divestment

July 1st, 2010

A letter in support of Presbyterian divestment of Caterpillar

TIAA-CREF responds to our campaign

On June 24 TIAA-CREF issued its first reply to our campaign. That's good news. We launched with fewer than 300 signatures, and TIAA-CREF is already paying attention. We are increasing the number of people signing up to our petition -- including many more TIAA-CREF participants!

If you have not signed our petition, what are you waiting for?
Stay tuned for more details about how you can others to sign in your local community.

Echoes From The Warsaw Ghetto In Gaza

An Interview with Cecilie Surasky by Christiana Voniati, Countercurrents.org

Echoes From The Warsaw Ghetto In Gaza

An Interview with Cecilie Surasky
by Christiana Voniati

19 June, 2010
Countercurrents.org

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