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October 29, 2010 ___________________________________________________________________________ We have a small window of opportunity to cut off Israel's supply of Caterpillar bulldozers before the Obama Administration allows the deliveries to resume. Earlier this week, Israel's Channel 2 News reported that Caterpillar is withholding delivery of tens of D9 bulldozers-valued at $50 million-to the Israeli military. The report speculated that this"sounds like an American military sanction."  For aJerusalem Post report about this, click here. This comes in the midst of a civil trial in Israel brought by Cindy and Craig Corrie, of the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, a US Campaign member group. The Corries' daughter Rachel was killed by the Israeli military ...

NOVANEWS PSG calls for South Africans to boycott the Cape Town Opera Company for refusing to reconsider their performance in Israel On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 Steve Zeltzer <lvpsf@igc.org> wrote: PSG Opposes Cape Town Opera’s Singing of praise to Israel    29 October 2010 PRESS RELEASE: PSG Opposes Cape Town Opera’s Singing of praise to Israel The Cape Town Opera has chosen to go ahead with its controversial singing assignment in Tel Aviv, Israel in defiance of calls by international and local organisations as well as prominent individuals such as Nobel prize-winner, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu. This act of defiance to the global boycott and disinvestment call against Israel is effectively an endorsement by Cape Town Opera to the ongoing violent oppression of Palestin...

NOVANEWS The War of the Olive Harvest October 29, 2010 by crescentandcros It is ritual of autumn, like homecoming or leaf peeping in more decorous parts of the world: Come fall, Palestinians go out to harvest their olives. And Israeli settlers come down from the hilltops to stop them. “There! There! All these olive trees were burned,” says Bureen mayor Ali Eid, with an angry gesture that takes in a hillside once colored with the dusty green of ancient trees, and now charred after the settlers had come through. “We have lost more than 16,000 olive trees by cutting or burning since 2005. Every year is worse than the year before.” The Israeli military concurs. The current harvest is the most violent in years, with settler attacks on Palestinian property largely to blame. A senior officer...

NOVANEWS Anarchists Against The Wall (AATW) have joined Palestinian villagers in a joint popular struggle which has been a potent tool in the hands of Palestinians and a focus of much of the solidarity movement. This struggle has remained steadfast for over 7 years and continues to be one of the most effective ways to resist Israel's construction of the wall and settlements. AATW are in the midst of a fund raising tour in North America. They are raising funds to pay for legal defense for hundreds of Palestinians and Israeli activists who are arrested and put on trial for their part in the resistance. For details about tour locations and dates please see http://tour.resist-il.org/confirmed     awalls            

NOVANEWS Dear, The government is getting ready for a huge sell-off of our national forests to private firms. This could mean ancient woodlands are chopped down and destroyed. Walkers and endangered animals, like red squirrels and owls, would have to make way for Center Parcs-style holiday villages, golf courses, and logging companies. [1] We need to stop these plans. Ancient forests like the Forest of Dean and Sherwood Forest are national treasures - once they’re gone, they are lost forever. A huge petition will force the government to rethink. If we can prove how strongly thousands of us are against this, we can make them back down. Please click here to add your name to a petition saying “save our forests”: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/save-our-forests The government needs to get new laws ...

NOVANEWS Another terrific action video (about 5 minutes)--'support the boycott' of Sabra (a Strauss product) and Tribe (an Ossem product) product.   Keep up the great work guys and gals, and may you inspire many others to take up the call! Dorothy Support the Boycott action in Philly (worth watching) Peace, This is very inspiring! I have seen several of these in different cities and it is bringing results. Injustice is eventually to its final resting place.......in the garbage bin of history! Cheers. Ibrahim CLICK TO VIEW...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6dO9eVOY2I

NOVANEWS Thanks Irit.  Check it out indeed.  It's less energetic than the previous one, but it's in a mall, so probably is witnessed by many more people, some of whom are seen taking the flyer.   Also roughly 5 minutes. Dorothy October 27, 2010 Subject: Re: [alef] Fw: [bfw] Fw: [AL-AWDA-News] Support the Boycott action in Philly (worth watching) Check out this one: CLICK TO VIEW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jkZ4HqMzyk

NOVANEWS Dear friends, Many whales are among the 1/3rd of all life on the planet that is being driven to extinction. World governments are meeting this week to consider a bold plan to protect 20% of the world's oceans and lands by 2020.We have 4 days left, and a global public outcry could tip the balance. Click to sign the petition for the 20/20 plan and forward this email:   There are only 300 northern right whales left, and 99% of blue whales have been wiped out. These majestic giants are endangered species, and their case is being played out across the world, time and again. In fact, one third of all life forms on the planet are on the brink of extinction.The natural world is being crushed by human activity, waste and exploitation. But there is a plan to save it -- a global ag...

NOVANEWS نصيحة 25 Oct 2010 اKHALID BARAJ مضحك و مبكٍ في آنٍ معاً عندما تستذكِر القيادات اليسارية و الشيوعية الحالية في المهرجانات الحزبية و المؤتمرات التضامنية المتنوعِة المشارب و الأهداف المثقّفين و المقاومين الشيوعيين و اليساريين الذين سقطوا غدراً على أيدي التنظيمات و العصابات الإسلاموفاشية في الفترة الممتدة بين 1985 و 1988 في كلّ من بيروت و الجنوب. المضحك في الأمر أنّ هذه القيادات الحالية من أمناء عامين و أعضاء مكاتب سياسية و لجان مركزية و مجالس وطنية لأحزابٍ و تنظيمات (و التي أصبحت عملِياً فارغة من محازبيها و مناضليها) تقف الأن في صفّ هذه التنظيمات الإسلاموفاشية و تدافع عنها و تبرِر لها أعمالها من تهديدٍ دائم لسياسيين و أحزاب و صحافة مكتوبة و مرئية وصولاً إلى الغمز الشبه اليومي لجهة إستمال "السلاح الميليشيوي" لفرض الرأي بالقوة إذا لزم الأمر. و المضحك الثاني في الأمر هي كمِية المعو...

NOVANEWS modernityblog 25/10/2010   Tags: Anti-Muslim Bigots, Anti-Muslim Racism, antifascism, EDL, English Defence League, neo-fascism, Neo-Nazi, Racism, YouTube | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p4XPG-2o1 A rather good video clip on the EDL has been released: