**** PLEASE FORWARD ****
Please join the Los Angeles Chapter of Movement for a Democratic
Society (MDS) in launching a local boycott, divestment and sanctions
campaign in support of the Palestinian people.
WHEN ? Saturday, October 14 , 2006 1 PM to 3 PM
WHERE ? United Teachers of Los Angeles Headquarters
3303 Wilshire Blvd ( 2 blocks west of Vermont at
Berendo, parking in the rear of the building )
Los Angeles, CA 90010
WHY ?
To support the Palestinian people in their decades long struggle
against Israeli aggression, dispossession and oppression . The
Israeli government has systematically and continuously violated UN
resolutions and international law in its treatment of the
Palestinian people. When Israel was created in 1948, 75% of the
Palestinians were forcibly dispossessed of their lands and forced
into exile. Then in 1967, Israel illegally occupied Palestinian
territories in the West Bank, Jordan Valley and Gaza. Palestinians
within Israel are forced to live as third class citizens without
civil rights and face legal, economic and social discrimination.
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories fare even worse since
Israel illegally subjects them to demolitions, closures, curfews and
checkpoints ; extra-judicial detentions, kidnappings and
assassinations ; military attacks against towns and camps ; racist ,
apartheid policies and programs. In addition, Israel continues to
illegally seize Palestinian land and annex it to Israel and
currently is constructing an immense concrete wall to protect
illegal Israeli settlements and to isolate and divide Palestinian
towns.
Israel's apartheid and racist system of oppression closely
resembles that which South Africa once had but which was eventually
abolished in large part due to an international grassroots, activist
movement to stop financial support of the regime.
HOW ?
A similar campaign to support the Palestinian people has been
endorsed by over 150 organizations world-wide. We in Los Angeles can
join this world-wide effort to bring justice to the Palestinian
people through :
Boycott ( not buying Israeli products/services and boycotting
companies that are invested in Israel or Israeli owned companies
with a presence in Los Angeles )
Divestment ( stopping capital investment by companies doing business
in Israel and by stopping trade unions , local / state
governments ,churches and universities from investing their
pension / endowment funds in Israeli companies , US companies
invested in Israel or companies supplying Israel with military
weapons )
Sanctions ( working to end US government foreign and military aid to
Israel and impose a trade embargo )
Meeting Sponsored by : Los Angeles Chapter of MDS
Meeting Endorsed by :
Los Angeles Palestine Labor Solidarity Committee
Cafe Intifada
Meeting Hosted by : UTLA Human Rights Committee
For More Info : Call Larry Lambert , MDS member , at 818-
761-3320
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