BDS

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions : the Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights

Author: Omar Barghouti
ISBN: 9781608461141

?I have been to Palestine where I've witnessed the racially segregated housing and the humiliation of Palestinians at military roadblocks. I can't help but remember the conditions we experienced in South Africa under apartheid. We could not have achieved our freedom without the help of people around the world using the nonviolent means of boycotts and divestment to compel governments and institutions to withdraw their support for the apartheid regime. Omar Barghouti's lucid and morally compelling book is perfectly timed to make a major contribution to this urgently needed global campaign for justice, freedom and peace.”?Archbishop Desmond TutuTHIRTY YEARS ago, an international movement utilizing boycott, divestment, and sanction (BDS) tactics rose in solidarity with those suffering under the brutal apartheid regime of South Africa. The historic acts of BDS activists from around the world isolated South Africa as a pariah state and heralded the end of apartheid.Now, as awareness of th

Publisher: Haymarket Books
Publish Date: 2011

Subjects: History / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, Political Science / Peace, Political Science / Human Rights

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