VIDEO: Captive Youth: Palestinian Political Prisoners and Human Rights
Jeff Pickert, an American representative from the Palestinian Solidarity Project and the Youth Bail Fund, will present on the effects of child arrests and home raids on Palestinian families and society. CLICK PHOTO FOR VIDEO
VIDEO: The Zionist Response to BDS
Prof Sarah Schulman discusses how she was introduced to the movement, the LGBT delegation to Palestine, PinkWashing, and ideas on how to brand BDS. Max Blumenthal examines the topic of legislating repression. CLICK PHOTO TO WATCH
VIDEO: Lessons from the South African Struggle
Anti-Apartheid activists Bill Fletcher, Jr., Helena Cobban, and David Wildman discuss the parallels between the Palestinian struggle and that of blacks in Apartheid South Africa, and they compare the BDS movement to the anti-Apartheid movement. Moderated by Prof Amy Kaplan. CLICK PHOTO TO WATCH
VIDEO: BDS, Palestine, and the Media
Journalists Philip Weiss, Max Blumenthal, and Helena Cobban discuss the mainstream media and its claims to “objectivity” and completeness around the issue of Palestine. They explore discourse-suppression organizations and the endemic weakness of the MSM in its coverage of the Palestinian struggle. CLICK PHOTO TO WATCH
VIDEO: BDS, Hillel, anti-Semitism and the Jewish Communtiy
Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace, Rebecca Vilkommerson, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, and Liza Behrendt of Young Jewish and Proud tackle the sensitive issue of BDS advocacy in the Jewish Community. They explain why BDS is in line with Jewish values and why “the Occupation is not kosher!” CLICK PHOTO TO WATCH
VIDEO: Archbishop Desmond Tutu endorses PennBDS
Nobel Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu sends his greetings to us from South Africa. He weighs in on the role of BDS in the South African anti-apartheid struggle and offers his encouragement to the organizers and participants of the PennBDS Conference. CLICK PHOTO TO WATCH
To the editor of the NYT
150+ professors ask the Editor of the New York Times to join them in condemning a hateful advertisement run by the newspaper on April 24, 2012. The ad, paid for by the David Horowitz Freedom Center, targets and smears academics who have voiced their support for the BDS call.