Two items of importance: the fall 2007 Wheels of Justice bus tour (your
logistical and other support needed) and the Palestinian Civil Society Call
to Action (this remains a seminal document for all who seek peace with
justice)
1) FALL '07 WHEELS OF JUSTICE TOUR
The Fall '07 Wheels of Justice tour needs your active participation and
support.
The Wheels of Justice Tour has already covered 48 states and we spoke and
mobilized at hundreds of events but we must intensify our efforts at this
crucial stage. The new fall season begins September 10 as we see
significant changes in the political landscape regarding occupation in Iraq,
colonization in Palestine, and oppression of civil liberties here at home.
The bus team is growing and adapting to changing circumstances but with your
help will continue to offer the very best in compelling witness, testimony
and expertise on our roles and responsibilities as taxpayers and world
citizens. With your much-needed help (need volunteer hosts, organizers,
speakers, money etc), we will continue to speak and mobilize at more high
schools, more colleges, more churches, more community centers, and more
diverse audiences.
How you can help:
1) If you live in the areas along the route or know people there consider
hosting the Wheels Tour and participating fully. The tour kicks off in
Tucson, Arizona and on to Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM (need Phoenix and/or
Flagstaff in Arizona), then Denver, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and West to
Seattle, and down the West Coast into California.
2) Let us know if you know of good speakers with eyewitness accounts to
occupations in Iraq and/or Palestine.
3) Spread the word. Call and email people you know along the present rout
or people you think might be interested in being added o the route. Also
hold fundraising events and raise needed funds.
4) DONATE. It takes money to operate this educational platform. It takes
money for speaker travel costs, biodiesel, food, literature, mailing,
logistics etc. To donate send checks to Wheels of Justice, 740 Roundlake
Rd., Luck, WI 54853. On line donations via paypal can be made at
http://www.justicewheels.org/donation-and-endorsements (BTW, tax deductibe
donations can be made to the Progressive Foundation-For Wheels of Justice
and mailed to the address noted at the link above).
Contact Abigail Coburn abigail.coburn@gmail.com 510-384-9246 and visit
http://justicewheels.org for more details.
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2) Palestinian Civil Society Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
against Israel Until it Complies with International Law and Universal
Principles of Human Rights
First issued 9 July 2005
One year after the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) which found Israel's Wall built on occupied Palestinian
territory to be illegal, Israel continues its construction of the colonial
Wall with total disregard to the Court's decision. Thirty eight years into
Israel's occupation of the Palestinian West Bank (including East Jerusalem),
Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights, Israel continues to expand Jewish
colonies. It has unilaterally annexed occupied East Jerusalem and the Golan
Heights and is now de facto annexing large parts of the West Bank by means
of the Wall. Israel is also preparing - in the shadow of its planned
redeployment from the Gaza Strip - to build and expand colonies in the West
Bank. Fifty seven years after the state of Israel was built mainly on land
ethnically cleansed of its Palestinian owners, a majority of Palestinians
are refugees, most of whom are stateless. Moreover, Israel's entrenched
system of racial discrimination against its own Arab- Palestinian citizens
remains intact.
In light of Israel's persistent violations of international law, and Given
that, since 1948, hundreds of UN resolutions have condemned Israel's
colonial and discriminatory policies as illegal and called for immediate,
adequate and effective remedies, and Given that all forms of international
intervention and peace-making have until now failed to convince or force
Israel to comply with humanitarian law, to respect fundamental human rights
and to end its occupation and oppression of the people of Palestine, and In
view of the fact that people of conscience in the international community
have historically shouldered the moral responsibility to fight injustice, as
exemplified in the struggle to abolish apartheid in South Africa through
diverse forms of boycott, divestment and sanctions;
Inspired by the struggle of South Africans against apartheid and in the
spirit of international solidarity, moral consistency and resistance to
injustice and oppression,
We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international
civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to
impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel
similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era. We appeal to
you to pressure your respective states to impose embargoes and sanctions
against Israel. We also invite conscientious Israelis to support this Call,
for the sake of justice and genuine peace.
These non-violent punitive measures should be maintained until Israel meets
its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people's inalienable right to
self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law
by:
1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling
the Wall;
2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of
Israel to full equality; and
3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees
to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194.
Endorsed by:
The Palestinian political parties, unions, associations, coalitions and
organizations below represent the three integral parts of the people of
Palestine: Palestinian refugees, Palestinians under occupation and
Palestinian citizens of Israel.
link http://www.pacbi.org/boycott_news_more.php?id=66_0_1_10_M11
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
qumsiyeh.org
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