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Educating Stanley Jordan: Facebook Showdown Produces BDS Victory
By Rima Merriman | Palestine Chronicle | January 6, 2013
On January 5th, to everyone's surprise, noted American jazz/jazz fusion guitarist and pianist Stanley Jordan posted this news that was music to the ears of BDS activists everywhere: "My performance at the Red Sea Jazz Festival has been cancelled. I apologize for any inconvenience to anyone." Those who had been tracking the debacle will know that this is a reversal of his earlier decision, one in which he had announced he would go forward with his gig. Although he did not say why, or even attribute his own agency in his new announcement, the backlog on Facebook is telling.
On Dec. 24th, Jordan posted this update on his Facebook page explaining that he had "received several messages from people requesting that I cancel my performance at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Israel," for which he was billed as the headlining artist for the Israeli festival (his image was used to create publicity posters in Hebrew for the state-funded event). In that initial post, he wrote:
"I've received several messages from people requesting that I cancel my performance at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Israel. I promised a detailed response, so here it is. I would like to start a dialog right here to discuss this topic. Next to global warming the Middle East conflict is the biggest issue of our time, and it's too important for black-and-white responses that ignore the nuances. And we truly need an open dialog with a spirit of mutual compassion for everyone involved. For my part, I want to use my talents and energies in the best possible way for the cause of peace. This purpose is deeply ingrained in my soul's code, and I've known it since childhood. So the only remaining question is: How can I best accomplish this goal? I invite you all to weigh in. I'd like to start the discussion by recommending a wonderful book called, "Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East," by Rabbi Michael Lerner. I've been reading a lot on this topic but this book stands out for me because it resonates with my own feelings. I encourage everyone to read it as background for our discussion. And please keep your comments clean and respectful. Let's model the type of dialog that will eventually lead to a solution."
His invitation came on the heels of an unsuccessful attempt to secure the compliance of the academic and cultural boycott by another jazz musician, Native American poet Joy Harjo who rejected the call and went ahead with her performance at Tel Aviv University. In that case, the "dialogue" was derailed from the get go by both her obvious disingenuous claims to solidarity with the Palestinian people and the persistent efforts of Zionist trolls that ended up colonizing her Facebook timeline. As such, Jordan's announcement posed a challenge for all BDS supporters, especially those who work in concert with the Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). Like Harjo, Jordan – as his subsequent Facebook comments revealed – had cited the spirit of his art and higher consciousness as a major reason for not honoring the international boycott.
The ensuing discussion on Jordan's Facebook page was a remarkable drama for two reasons. For one thing, the hasbara trolls, who had plagued the discussion with Harjo, were nowhere to be found until after (indeed, immediately after) Jordan announced his decision to cross the picket line. That announcement came on January 1st in a status update that read:
"Our discussion revealed a crisis whose depth was even far greater than I had known, and I felt compelled to help. Like many others, I am deeply dedicated to the cause of world peace, and this situation goes against everything anyone with a heart could ever condone. However, after much consideration I concluded that the best way I could serve the cause would be to do my performance as scheduled, but separately organize an event in a major city in the United States to raise funds and awareness of the plight of the Palestinian people."
Only after close to 600 comments (out of over 800 on that one thread) were posted by activists seeking to educate Jordan on all aspects of the plight of the Palestinians and the nature and objectives of the BDS appeal did the artist reveal that individuals from the Zionist contingent were in fact pressing their case with Jordan via private messages, out of the sight of the BDS activists.
Second, the absence of (overt) trolling allowed for an exemplary demonstration of what well-informed, dedicated BDS advocates can do with a thread if they are not constantly fending off accounts spouting Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs talking points. The result was passionate well-reasoned and forceful advocacy for the Palestinian cause from a diverse group of people on several continents, many of whom were unconnected with one another or had just become Facebook friends as a result of the virtual encounter. Palestinians, Jews, Arabs, Christians, Muslims, Israelis, European-American settlers, Australians, Native Americans, and many others took part in the discussion which continued throughout New Year 's Eve across various time zones on the globe.
It is worth asking why Jordan, who once publicly endorsed the cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa, was ultimately not convinced by the extensive discussion in which he actively participated, and what, if anything, it tells us about the efforts of PACBI supporters. One also wonders what it was that made Jordan reconsider. It would be really useful if he were to make a full clear statement of support for BDS in the future.
The ebb and flow of the discussion, in what eventually turned out to be a long thread of over 800 posts, shows how well the activists' comments elaborated on and complemented one another. One person would drop an idea out there, and someone else would pick up on it. Great care was taken to remain respectful, as people tried to understand Jordan's frame of reference and engage him meaningfully within it without patronizing him. One turning point in the discussion was an explanation of what constitutes being "in solidarity" in the human and civil rights movements. "Being in solidarity," wrote Adrian Boutureira Sansberro, "entails being able to take direction from those one claims to be in solidarity with. Learning how to take direction, as to what is it that those we are in solidarity with wish us to do, is a huge aspect of shifting the relationships of power between the oppressed and the oppressor. It is also a way to really come face to face with our own true commitment and power issues."
One of the many things on which Jordan was called up is the claim that he had no prior political involvement as a musician. It became apparent, however, that he had, in fact, made very clear, public, and political statements on the subject of playing Sun City with fellow artists in 1987. At the time, Jordan had supported the spirit of the boycott but was never put to the test. But in the discussion thread, he waived off the contradiction between the principled stand he took then (and his position in support of various other human rights causes) on the one hand, and his reluctance to take a comparable stand on the boycott calls on the other. At that point in time, he appeared to want to have it both ways.
After Jordan made his January 1st decision not to support the boycott, some suggested that the entire dialogue was intended to provide cover to a decision Jordan never intended reconsidering. Others have pointed to the difficulty of responding to arguments one cannot see. I believed that, although he did come to see the justice of the Palestinian cause and even to sympathize with it, Jordan simply did not wish to let go of his gig for financial reasons (what he described as "the reality of my situation"). At one point in the discussion Jordan asked Israeli boycott supporters, "why should we outsiders bare [sic] the economic brunt of the boycotts? You want me to quit my job, so then shouldn't you be quitting yours too? After all, any economic activity aids Israel and can be seen as de facto normalization." In answer to that, people, of course, pointed out that being asked to cancel a gig is not the same as quitting a job.
Anyone who studies the thread can easily see that, throughout the discussion, Jordan and his publicist (who eventually jumped into the discussion in his stead) were searching for a line that would validate his strong desire to keep the gig but that would also allow Jordan to sympathize or "ally" himself (as opposed to being in solidarity) with the Palestinian people (hence, the charity concert that would follow in the United States). At that time, Jordan kept insisting that, as a musician he had no political role to play (even as it was made crystal clear to him that he himself was, in fact, being played by Israel's politicians). He was just a guitar player. He felt his music went "to the heart of the subjective, interior dimension, and the world of all things spiritual" and had the power to "influence humans to be more humane", so he just wanted to perform and to leave it up to his Israeli audience to "decide for themselves how to use the inspiration".
Once his first frame of reference as represented by Lerner's book was summarily critiqued, Jordan kept introducing into the discussion therapeutic frameworks, such as Neuro-Linguistic Programming, the study of the structure of subjective experience. He ultimately turned away from Ali Abunimah's vision in One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse, which posits that a principled and sustained campaign to impose a cost for Israeli government abuses of Palestinians would, in fact, ease tensions. As Abunimah puts it, once "freed from the hardships of occupation, discrimination, and exile, and engaged by Israeli counterparts genuinely interested in building a tolerant, multicultural, multireligious society, the Palestinian majority would gladly, forgivingly, and open-mindedly choose the same course." To Jordan, it seemed that would never happen, unless people were "getting along first" – a catch 22.
Jordan's initial inability to grasp even rudimentary facts about the campaign turned his statement, "You're also educating me so that I can hopefully someday speak intelligently on this matter" into a farcical proposition. The Palestine Chronicle published an article I wrote after the January 1st announcement he would play, "Stanley Jordan: You Don't Get to Peace without Real Solidarity", in which this point was made: "Jordan is now trying to justify his decision by expressing inchoate beliefs about the power of his art to achieve "world peace" by "changing consciousness" while propounding the notion that the boycott undermines the freedom of the artist and limits the transformative power he possesses over his audience."
Now, in light of Jordan's January 5th announcement that he will not play, he has demonstrated his decision to stand on the right side of history. Still, it would be ideal if he would issue a statement that explains what finally lead him to respect the boycott. But regardless, BDS activists who worked tirelessly to educate Jordan can claim this a victory – and we can all surmise that it was his conscience that prompted him to do the right thing.
- Rima Merriman is a faculty member in the English department, Al Quds University in the occupied West Bank.
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South Africa's ruling ANC officially endorses Palestine's boycott movement
Al Akhbar | December 21, 2012
South Africa's ruling party has officially endorsed Palestine's Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign against Israel, making it the first major non-Muslim political faction to throw its weight behind the nonviolent resistance movement.
The African National Congress issued a resolution in support of the boycott campaign making it a part of its official policy, and specifically called for "all South Africans to support the programmes and campaigns of the Palestinian civil society which seek to put pressure on Israel to engage with the Palestinian people to reach a just solution."
A press release issued by activist group BDS South Africa called the move "the most authoritative endorsement of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign."
Previous moves to support Palestine's nonviolent resistance movement from state actors have restricted their backing to the boycott of Israeli settlements, shying away from targeting the Jewish state. In September, the Irish parliament voted to ban Israeli settlement imports. Earlier this month, an Israeli newspaper reported that the EU was looking into boycotting settlement goods, after Israel defied calls to stem construction of the illegal houses.
Another clause of the resolution lashed out at Israel's mistreatment of Africans, which culminated in the mass deportation of South Sudanese this year: "The ANC abhors the recent Israeli state-sponsored xenophobic attacks and deportation of Africans and request that this matter should be escalated to the African Union."
The move is the latest in a series of actions by the ANC to pressure Israel into ending the Jewish state's racist policies, particularly against indigenous Palestinians.
This August, South Africa's Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim advised South Africans not to travel to Israel "because of the treatment and policies of Israel towards the Palestinian people."
Palestine activists have long worked to draw attention to parallels between South Africa's apartheid period and Palestinian repression under Israel's ethno-religious-exclusive government system. Palestine's BDS movement is said to be largely inspired by South Africa's own boycott movement, which is credited with playing a major role in dismantling apartheid in that country in 1994.
South African Apartheid was declared official policy in 1948, the same year the state of Israel was created and thousands of Palestinians were expelled or put under martial rule.
In 2005, Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights. The launch followed a historic ruling at the International Court of Justice that Israel's apartheid wall, which greatly restricts movement in the West Bank and expropriates large swathes of Palestinian land, be demolished.
The BDS movement has garnered support from activists and labor unions worldwide, as well as from a growing list of artists, including Roger Waters, Elvis Costello, Santana, Cat Power and the late Gil Scott Heron.
Full BDS South Africa Press release
MEDIA RELEASE: S. Africa's ruling party, the ANC, reaffirms boycott of Israel resolution
South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), at its 53rd National Conference, reaffirmed a resolution supporting the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign.
In October 2012, the ANC's International Solidarity Conference (ISC) declared its full support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign (ISC Declaration, page 2, point 10).
Today, Lindiwe Zulu (member of the ANC's International Relations Sub-Committee and special advisor to President Jacob Zuma) announced at the ANC's 53rd National Conference plenary session, the ANC's official endorsement, as captured in Resolution 39 (b), of the ANC's October International Solidarity Conference (ISC) and all its resolutions, which includes a resolution on BDS. Giving muscle to resolution 39 (b), the ANC has committed to set up a steering committee to implement these ISC resolutions.
In addition, the ANC adopted resolution 35 (g) that specifically called for "all South Africans to support the programmes and campaigns of the Palestinian civil society which seek to put pressure on Israel to engage with the Palestinian people to reach a just solution." In 2005 Palestinian civil society issued a call to the international community for a program and campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) to be applied against Israel as a way to pressure Israel to end its violations of international law, respect Palestinian human rights and engage in fair negotiations for a just peace.
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi of BDS South Africa welcomed today's decision: "This reaffirmation by the ANC's National Conference, its highest decision making body, is by far the most authoritative endorsement of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign. The ANC has now taken its international conference resolutions, and officially made it the policy of the ANC. We look forward to working with the ANC and specifically the ISC steering committee to expedite its implementation."
Another hard-hitting decision on Israel that was adopted by the ANC was resolution 35 (j): "The ANC abhors the recent Israeli state-sponsored xenophobic attacks and deportation of Africans and request that this matter should be escalated to the African Union". In June this year Israeli anti-African protests turned into full-fledged race riots. Israeli racism and xenophobia against Africans is shared and even encouraged by Israeli politicians including the Israeli Prime Minster, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has said: "If we don't stop their [African immigrants'] entry, the problem that currently stands at 60,000 could grow to 600,000, and that threatens our existence…and threatens the social fabric of society." Israel's Minister of Interior, Eli Yishai, has said that African immigrants "think the country doesn't belong to us, the white man." And the Israeli parliamentarian, Miri Regev, has publicly compared Sudanese people to "a cancer".
Finally, in a blow to the Israeli lobby, the ANC also adopted resolution 35 (c) stating: "The ANC is unequivocal in its support for the Palestinian people in their struggle for self-determination, and unapologetic in its view that the Palestinians are the victims and the oppressed in the conflict with Israel." In the build up to the ANC's National Conference the Israeli lobby, including the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, demanded a "balanced" and "nonpartisan" rather than a decisive and solidarity role by the ANC in the Palestinian-Israeli issue.
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Palestine Abandonned By Its Own Leadership? Letter From Paul Larudee to Al Awda List
The OtherSite | September 24, 2012
Introduction by Gabi Weber
Paul Larudee, the co-founder of Free Palestine Movement and one of the leading Pro-Palestinian activists in America, posted the following text on Al Awda list. It seems as if BDS has given up on the most essential Palestinian principles.
While BDS was initially defined as opposition to colonisation of all Arab land, the current BDS statement merely opposes only the colonisation of Arab land occupied in 1967.
The following text raises serious questions. Perhaps one of our readers can provide the answers.
Dear friends,
It is with great sadness that I must propose withdrawal of al-Awda endorsement from the BDS Campaign led by the BNC until the change in its mission statement has been corrected and until a public explanation is provided for the reasons for the change as well as the procedure by which the change was implemented. A more transparent public explanation of BNC finances is also recommended.
Obviously, this is not a proposal to stop boycott, divestment and sanctions. However, BDS actions and practices do not require endorsement of a particular movement. Everything that undermines the racist Zionist state deserves our support. Nevertheless, under no circumstances can we support any statement or action that legitimates such a state, which is the problem with the BNC-led BDS Campaign.
As I reported on July 10, the original BDS mission statement reads:
"1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall"
In fact, it still reads that way on one part of the website: http://www.bdsmovement.net/call. Unfortunately, that part of the website is historical, and reports what the original mission statement was when it was issued in 2005 (when al-Awda endorsed it), and not what it is today, which is found at http://www.bdsmovement.net/bdsintro, which reads:
"1. Ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands occupied in June 1967 and dismantling the Wall" (emphasis added)
When did this wording change? By what procedure was it amended? Were endorsers like al-Awda consulted or even notified about the change? What was the reason for the change?
1. When did the wording change?
Sorry, but I have no idea about this, and I doubt that anyone else on this list does, either. This is problematic. How can a change of this magnitude be made without the permission of its endorsers? How can endorsers be made to say something that they never endorsed? This is deception at its worst.
2. By what procedure was the statement amended?
One would think that such a change would require a proposal to and ratification by the governing committee of the BNC. However, there is no evidence that such a procedure was observed. Lacking evidence to the contrary, we must conclude that it was amended unilaterally by someone with control over the website.
3. Were endorsers like al-Awda consulted or even notified about the change?
Again, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it appears that the change in language was introduced in the most surreptitious way possible, so as to avoid notice. One is reminded of the way the British territory of Gibraltar was enlarged by moving the boundary stones at night.
4. What was the reason for the change?
This is the most troubling part of the problem. A clue may be found in the following video, posted by Gilad Atzmon:
Another clue comes from BDS Campaign founder Omar Barghouti's book, Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights. In the introduction, Barghouti describes the goal as widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> ">"ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands [occupied in 1967] and dismantling the wall" (p. 6). On page line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> ">49, Barghouti says that "BDS calls for ending Israel's 1967 military occupation of Gaza, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), and other Arab territories in Lebanon and Syria."
Obviously, Omar Barghouti is entitled to his views. Perhaps he "is genuinely convinced that the 'Zionist colonization' of 'all Arab Land' applies only to land invaded in June 1967. However, is he the one behind the unauthorized changes in the BDS mission statement? This is a question that needs to be answered, and I believe that the similarities between his statements and the amendment of the BDS mission statement justify the asking of that question without prejudice to the possibility that a satisfactory explanation might exist. Justice must presume innocence until proven otherwise.
Finally, according to Gilad Atzmon, some Zionist right wing sources name George Soros and his Open Society Institute as helping to fund BDS and some of its member organizations. We know that Soros is a "soft" Zionist and wants to preserve a Jewish state. Is his funding or that of any other funding organizations a reason for the change in the mission statement? A full disclosure of funding sources and amounts, as well as any and all conditions of funding is needed. In addition, the use of those funds, including line item amounts, is needed in order to demonstrate accountability.
I again wish to express my sorrow at bringing these matters to your attention. I hope that my concerns are unjustified. However, I also hope that you will agree that this is an issue that must be addressed.
Paul Larudee
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US student body backs divestment from Israel
Al Akhbar | June 5, 2012
The student body of an American university has become the latest Western institution to back divestment from companies involved with the Israeli army.
Arizona State University's student union unanimously passed a bill demanding the university divest from and blacklist companies that continue to provide the Israeli army with weapons and militarized equipment.
Among the companies that work with the Israeli army are Boeing, Motorola, United Technologies, Petrochina, Sinopec, and Alstom.
A statement from the university's student body said the decision was part of a wider movement to encourage Western companies to stop supporting the occupation of Palestinians.
"This announcement, coming on the last day of the 2012 school year, is another victory in the global call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) on Israel as well as other global solidarity movements calling for the end to human rights violations."
"Arizona State University, a university with an endowment of over US$735 million, aspires to be the 'New American University' with globally engaged students. We, students, at ASU want our university to make socially responsible investment decisions; we also want ASU's investments to reflect its values as an institution."
Omar Barghouti, a human rights activists and co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, hailed the decision as the beginning of a wider anti-Israel campaign at US universities.
"This qualitative BDS victory is truly inspiring as it opens the door to similar measures across US and possibly European campuses," he said.
"As the BDS movement has shown in the cases of Veolia, Alstom, G4S and Adidas, the price of corporate complicity in Israel's grave and persistent violations of international law is steadily – and rapidly – going in one direction: upward."
The BDS campaign has been targeting institutions and companies directly involved with Israel's occupation, which many activists consider as apartheid, for a number of years.
Inspired by the international boycott of apartheid in South Africa, BDS aims to mimic a similar worldwide movement to pressure the Jewish state to end its oppression of indigenous Palestinians.
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South Africa university pulls plug on Israeli Embassy
MEMO | May 21, 2012
South Africa's University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has pulled the plug on the Israeli deputy ambassador to South Africa, Yaakov Finkelstein. This is yet another blow to Israel-South Africa relations that have recently become tense.
Finkelstein was due to speak at UKZN later on today, Monday (21 May 2012), but yesterday afternoon, UKZN's Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Joseph Ayee, sent an email informing his staff that he has cancelled the lecture:
"I have re-considered the sensitivities that the visit of the Israeli Deputy Ambassador have generated. Given the negative publicity that the visit will give UKZN, I hereby cancel the visit and the lecture by the Israeli Deputy Ambassador scheduled for tomorrow, Monday, 21 May 2012….[the Israeli ambassador will bring] likely reputational damage for the institution [which] is not in the interest of all of us."
Professor Ayee's announcement came after the university was called on by students and staff to cancel the hosting of Finkelstein as it would have violated the "academic boycott" of Israel. Palestinians issued a call to the international community in 2005 for a program of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel until Israel abides by international law and basic human rights.
Early last year, another SA University, the University of Johannesburg, became the world's first university to impose an academic boycott on Israel by ending its institutional relation with Israel's Ben-Gurion University. In addition several student movements, including the South African Students Congress (SA's largest and oldest studdent body), have publicly backed the academic boycott and BDS call.
UKZN School of Social Sciences senior lecturer, Dr Lubna Nadvi commented:
"This is a positive and encouraging move by UKZN. Israel is fast becoming a pariah state, like Apartheid South Africa did, that no one really wants to be associated with – including academics and students. It can be safe to assume that UKZN's cancellation represents the general sentiment among students and staff".
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British supermarket chain to boycott all settlement trade
Boycott Israel Network | April 28, 2012
Palestine human rights campaigners today welcomed news that the UK's fifth biggest food retailer, The Co-operative Group, will "no longer engage with any supplier of produce known to be sourcing from the Israeli settlements".
The Co-op's decision, notified to campaigners in a statement, will immediately impact four suppliers, Agrexco, Arava Export Growers, Adafresh and Mehadrin, Israel's largest agricultural export company. Mehadrin sources produce from illegal settlements, including Beqa'ot in the Occupied Jordan Valley. During interviews with researchers, Palestinian workers in the settlement said they earn as little as €11 per day. Grapes and dates packaged in the settlement were all labelled 'Produce of Israel'.
Mehadrin's role in providing water to settlement farms and its relationship with Israeli state water company Mekorot makes the company additionally complicit with Israel's discriminatory water policies. Other companies may be affected by the Co-op's new policy if they are shown to be sourcing produce from Israel's settlements in the Occupied Territories.
Hilary Smith, Co-op member and Boycott Israel Network (BIN) agricultural trade campaign co-ordinator, said "we welcome this important decision by the Co-op to take steps toward fully realising their policy of support for human rights and ethical trading. The Co-op has taken the lead internationally in this historic decision to hold corporations to account for complicity in Israel's violations of Palestinian human rights. We strongly urge other retailers to follow suit and take similar action".
The announcement by the Co-op came just before their Regional AGMs, due to take place over the next two weeks, and where motions on this issue have been submitted for discussion. For months Co-op members have been highlighting their concerns about trade with complicit companies through co-ordinated letter-writing and discussions with local offices.
A spokesperson from the Palestinian Union of Agricultural Work Committees, which works to improve the conditions of Palestinian agricultural communities, said:
"Israeli agricultural export companies like Mehadrin profit from and are directly involved in the ongoing colonisation of occupied Palestinian land and theft of our water. Trade with such companies constitutes a major form of support for Israel's apartheid regime over the Palestinian people, so we warmly welcome this principled decision by the Co-Operative. Other European supermarkets must now take similar steps to end their complicity with Israeli violations of international law. The movement for boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law is proving to be a truly effective form of action in support of Palestinian rights".
Campaigners say that this widening of the Co-op's human rights and trade policy represents a victory for the BDS campaign, called for in 2005 by over 170 Palestinian civil society organisations. Actions across Europe to highlight the issue of complicit agricultural trade companies have included co-ordinated popular boycotts, pickets of supermarkets, lobbying and blockades of company premises.
Last year Agrexco, formerly Israel's largest agricultural goods exporter, was ordered into liquidation after posting record losses and failing to pay its creditors. Shir Hever, Israeli economist and commentator who researches the economic aspects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, said that one factor was "the fact that Agrexco has been the target of an international boycott campaign, in protest at its role in repressing Palestinians".
All other major supermarkets in the UK continue to trade with the companies that are now barred under the Co-op's human rights and trade policy.
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UK student movement takes huge step forward during Israeli Apartheid Week
By Michael Deas – The Electronic Intifada – 03/01/2012
Student solidarity groups from more than twenty UK universities held Israeli Apartheid Week events last week, raising awareness of the apartheid analysis and building boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on campus. Coming towards the end of an academic year that has seen students' unions across the country and the National Union of Students move to support BDS initiatives and many successful BDS campaigns, the week has been hailed as having taken the UK student movement for Palestine to new heights.
The week kicked off on the Monday with a national day of action, with campuses across the country organising mock checkpoints, street theatre and supermarket actions.
Focus on youth
Organisers chose to bring young activists from Palestine and South Africa as visiting speakers, resulting in energetic and action-focused panel discussions and providing students with the opportunity to hear about the latest developments in the Palestinian and South African youth movements.
In Scotland, five universities hosted talks by Adameer activist Murad Jadallah and Wassim Ghantous, a Palestinian youth activist currently active in the Belgian BDS movement. With students in Scotland especially active in organising solidarity for Khader Adnan, Murad's talks on the work Adameer had been doing to support him were particularly well timed. The announcement that Adnan was to be released came shortly before one of the biggest public events was due to start.
Yara Sadi from the Who Profits from the Occupation? project spoke alongside local activists in Leicester, Leeds and Sheffield and Israeli BDS activist Leehee Rothschild visited the universities of Sussex, Warwick and Essex.
In London, the main panel discussion featured film maker Eyal Sivan, Palestinian BDS National Committee secretariat member Rafeef Ziadah, journalist Ben White and South African student leader Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. Mbuyiseni spoke passionately of the "potent gift of international solidarity" that contributed to the downfall of South African apartheid and must be developed further to support the Palestinian struggle against Israeli apartheid.
Mbuyiseni also spoke in Nottingham and alongside Ewa Jasiewicz at a meeting at Manchester Metropolitan University that launched a campaign against the university's ties with Veolia, the French multinational that provides services to Israel's illegal settlements.
At the University of Liverpool, the Guild of Students voted to adopt a range of policy motions in support of campaigns following presentations earlier in the week by the Corporate Watch research group about their newly released BDS book Targeting Israeli Apartheid.
On Friday, the week was rounded up with a series of social events. In London, a Beats Against Apartheid event was attended by over 600 students. It was the perfect energetic ending to an inspiring week with performances from hip-hop artists Lowkey, Mic Righteous, Awate and spoken word performers Rafeef Ziadah and Jody Mcintyre among many others.
Opposition and repression
Despite much fanfare in the Israeli media, the official 'Voices for Israel' delegation made little impact. Bizarrely, meetings at which they spoke were poorly publicised and there was almost no visible presence on campuses from the official delegation.
In contrast, local pro-Israel student activists attempted to intimidate IAW organisers, with students at LSE being pelted with water balloons as they staged a mock check point on campus and there were reports of confrontational behaviour in Birmingham, Nottingham and elsewhere.
Regardless of these attempts at intimidation, Israeli Apartheid Week has been widely successful and has continued its consistent growth across the UK. Indeed, the failure of pro-Israel activists to detract from our activities in any meaningful should be seen as a further sign that the debate on UK campuses is now happening very much on our terms.
For information on the Israeli Apartheid Week events that will take place elsewhere in the world in the coming weeks, check out the official Israeli Apartheid Week website.
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Friday T&A on S&A: Skate Upton
Inspired by Skate Moss, it's Skate Upton. Like a lot of imitators, the guys at Skate Upton phone it in quite often, with low res images and animated gifs evidence. Remember Skate Bush? When is someone going to man up and put together Skatey Perry?
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This is the perfect arete problem. The feet tend to be good; however, the poor crimps and sloping arete demand balance, precision, and core strength. Sit start low and work your way up the left trending arete!
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Jeff Walker's Product Launch Formula
There's nothing that irritates me more then people who join marketers' email lists and then complain about being marketed to. Even if you don't want to product the marketer is pitching, learn from his technique – how does he present the offer? What kind of content does he frame around it? Of course the tone/voice of some folks won't jive with you – we can't please everyone. But that doesn't mean you can't learn from them. One of the biggest pieces of advice I can give is to follow what successful people do. Watch them, read them, dissect their campaigns.
So now that I've got that off my chest… A word on Jeff Walker's Product Launch Formula. Killer product. I do own it, I have used the techniques I learned in it, and it can directly attribute $500,000 of income from the techniques I learned from it. Jeff is the real deal, one of the kindest people you'll meet in marketing, incredibly sincere and known to over deliver on his products in such an overwhelmingly incredibly way, we could all stand to learn from him.
No, I don't have an affiliate link for you. But I did want to let you know that if you are on the fence, afraid it's a "scam" or whatever, that Jeff is one of the good guys, and his Product Launch Formula is something I recommend and use. I cleared out my marketing library last fall and it's one of 3 products I kept, and actually the only one I've gone through in it's entirety.
Get on the list, enjoy his free content and consider of Product Launch Formula is a good fit for where you want to go with your business.
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I'll second that statement Michelle. Jeff's Product Launch Formula has been sparking great ideas into my mind since i watched his "Blueprint" earlier today.
i'm brimming with excitement since i know exactly what i'm going to be doing with it!
March 22, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Good point about learning from the email campaigns of other marketers. Maybe I'm a little overboard on this, but I actually put all the sales pitches I get as part of my swipe file.
Hey, these are some pretty savvy marketers I've gotten pitches from. I look at their campaigns as free workshops on email marketing that I can pick apart at my leisure and learn from long after whatever they're selling has run its course.


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April 20, 2007
Members Present: MaryAnn Gosser Esquilin, Chair; Jeff Galin; Paul Hart; Lee Klingler; Tim Lenz; Cliff McCue; Debbie Raines; Allen Smith; Don Torok; Miguel Vazquez
Members Absent: Marina Banchetti; Susannah Brown; Oliver Buckton; Fred Fejes; Mark Jackson; Robin Jordan; Maria Petrie
Guest(s): Lynn LaVigne, Jennifer Boxen, Terri Berns
1. Approval of March 16th Minutes
The minutes were approved as distributed.
2. Update on Freshman Reading Program - Library Exhibit for The Orchid Thief
Mary Ann met with Bill Miller, Jennifer Boxen, and Terri Berns from the Library to discuss creating an exhibit display with relation to the book. She invited Jennifer and Terri to the CCTF meeting to relay their ideas to the task force. Lyn LaVigne, also from the Library, attended to discuss the Library's instruction part of the Freshman Reading. She would like Debbie Raines to incorporate a link to the Library resource section on the Freshman Reading Blackboard site and they will send her a blurb to include as an announcement. Debbie states she has a list of people who want to write a blurb including President Brogan and Barclay Barrios and she will coordinate the messages so they appear every Monday and Thursday. Terri says the Library has vertical display cases and asked Mary Ann to contact Susan Orlean's agent to see if he would send posters of her for the displays. The Jaffe center is also willing to put together an exhibition and the MacArthur campus Library wants to be involved. Mr. Jaffe will ask the Orchid Society to bring in orchids to put in the display cases which can be rotated out and he would like to show the movie "Adaptation". The Library exhibit will run from May through September.
3. Library Representative on Core Curriculum Task Force
At the last meeting Mary Ann asked the task force if there should be a representative from the Library on the CCTF. They had no objections but said it should first go before the Council for Excellence in Undergraduate Education for approval. Also, because Fred Fejes left the meeting early he could not express his opinion and they felt he needed to be asked. Fred did not attend today's meeting so it was discussed further and moved to approve without him. Jeff Galin proposed a motion to form a Freshman Reading Committee under the UUPC to include a certain number of participants from Freshman Advising, college writing, the library, the CCTF, communications, education and 2-3 faculty reps from each college that could give recommendations to the UUPC. The motion was seconded. Debbie suggested naming the Freshman Reading Program "CORE" an acronym for Community On-line Reading Experience. Mary Ann will tweak it and circulate back to the CCTF for review and then she will ask for it to be put on the UUPC agenda.
4. Diversity "courses" in the core
Qaisar Abbas, Director of Multicultural Affairs met with Mary Ann to discuss diversity courses in the core.
5. Discussion of Composition of Core Curriculum Committee as outlined by Fred Fejes
Fred Fejes brought forth the composition of the Core Curriculum Committee (CCC) to the March 2nd UUPC meeting. His version of the composition was slightly different than the original draft composed by the CCTF and it was not revealed to the task force that this was going forth for a vote. Mary Ann and Tim Lenz will attend the Senate Meeting on April 27 to let them know the composition is premature. Diane Aragon was asked to send the original draft and Fred's copy to the task force for revision and then it will be sent to the dean of each college for their input on how the CCC should be formed. In order to proceed, it was proposed that Mary Ann remain as chair of the CCTF and invite participants from the UUPC and colleges to finish the composition of the CCC.
NOTE: As of this date, the proposal went to the Steering Committee's March 19th meeting and they recommended that several items on the composition should be fixed and sent back to UUPC for changes. The draft then went to the UUPC meeting on April 6 and a long discussion ensued over representation, the charges of the original Core Curriculum Task Force, and where to go from here. It was proposed that after the Freshman Reading Initiative is completed – one of the CCTF's original charges (the other was to look seriously at the core) – that the CCTF take on the job of transforming itself into an action subcommittee of the UUPC, the Core Curriculum Committee (CCC). Membership could be the current members of CCTF at the beginning. The CCC would then formulate its own composition – how it is to achieve appropriate representation – and to study FAU's core, whether it currently serves the needs of students adequately, and to suggest changes for the future. Motion to approve all eight points of the original proposal to establish the CCC and to have the CCTF transform itself into the CCC was put forth and passed. The Senate then convened on April 27 and approved the recommendations of the UUPC.
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There've been rumors recently that Microsoft might be shutting down Xbox Live Indies (fueled by their confirmed discontinuation of the XNA Framework, which powers all XBLIG titles). If the Indies store (and Creators Club) go away, it seems like RBN would have to die as well -- unless Microsoft were to create some kind of new platform for it, or bend their own publishing rules.
Meanwhile, Valve's announced their intentions to create a Linux-backed Steam "console" for TVs. They have a reputation for being very easy to work with, and for being supportive of user-created content. The Steam platform is also friendly to free-to-play games -- and since so many people already own instruments (which are either USB, or PC-compatible through a standard Xbox wireless controller dongle), a free-to-play Rock Band where you buy songs a la carte might bring in customers.
I know we've all got lots of DLC we don't want to lose, but this seems like it might be a great way to give Rock Band a shot in the arm: having RB3/Blitz be launch titles for a "new console" (so to speak) would probably be good exposure for the brand, and it'd certainly help solidify the Steam/Linux platform as a good way to play serious games in your living room. Really, what's more of a TV game than Rock Band?


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Subj: Election Technology Council "Protects" Your Vote This article seems to represent the first salvo from the big DRE manufacturers. The gist of the story is that there are concerns about evoting but the Election Technology Council has it all under control. Boy, I feel a lot better now. Or maybe we should just... Let all our votes be counted, Steve Corrick Operation Enduring vote.org * * * Subj: FAA Warned of Violent Suspects Travel Two Weeks Before 9/11 http://archives.californiaaviation.org/airport/msg17563.html This is basically a shortened translation of an article that appeared in Cambio, a Mexican magazine. The Spanish full version can be found here: http://www.revistacambio.com/web/interior.php?idp=49&ids=4&ida=2077 The basic thrust is that Michael Canavan, head of FAA security, sent urgent memos to a number of airports warning of terrorists attempting to board passenger airliners. Again BEFORE 9/11! We never heard about this in the U.S. and Major Canavan resigned shortly after 9/11. There was another article that week in El Deber, a Bolivian newspaper, about 6 Pakistani suspects, one of whom had been identified by the U.S. as the brother of a known terrorist, who were expelled from Bolivia and " stopped in Miami where they attacked a North American federal agent". Pretty strong description, "attacked". The 6 suspects are the SAME NAMES as those in the FAA memo published in Cambio Magazine. A similar article in the Miami Herald back in the days BEFORE 9/11, discussed an incident that occurred in Miami on August 24, 2001, which seemed to be describing the same incident -- a plane with deportees aboard bound for Pakistan, was forced to turn around and return to Miami after some sort of fight broke out. Alas, all but the Cambio link (above) have disappeared from the Internet. Perhaps some intrepid researcher in Miami can go through the August 2001 back issues and find this. I wrote a letter about this back in the fall of 2001. I still find it incredible that there was this level of alarm about terrorists and airplanes in the weeks immediately BEFORE 9/11, and yet no one in the administration, according to Ms. Rice, could possibly have imagined 9/11. Regards, BC Subj: When did we land in a Buffalo Springfield song? and so on ....... I am frightened and I am appalled. Confused, too, come to think of it. As a forty year old woman, I wasn't really aware of Vietnam much as it was going on, nor did I pay much attention to the mess with Nixon. But in the last couple of years I have made it my business to look back and learn. That's something our administration desperately needs to do and frankly we desperately need them to do. Or we need them to leave. I will start with what is frightening me. We are moving rapidly into an Orwellian form of fascist government with the rabid dog, John Ashcroft, leading the pack. The pack is keeping up very well though. Today, I read once again, that the secret service is making sure that protesters are far away from Mr. Bush whenever his handlers allow him out to mangle English in front of the common folk. Now, not surprisingly, they are calling protesters terrorist sympathizers or, even worse, actually terrorists. Soon, Ashcroft will be finding more direct ways of silencing dissent. He'll come into our homes, without our knowledge and look at our computers and our books, magazines, talk to our neighbors. Geez, when does this stop! I am appalled about more than I care to write here. It is hard to believe just how far this once great country has gone down the path of fascism, corporate greed, government corruption and many other slithery things. It's happened so quickly. I long for the days of interns and blue stained dresses. Now, about the confusion. Remember I mentioned that I went back and learned about Nixon. There have been at least ten different things done by this administration that are at least as criminally malfeasant as what Nixon and his administration were involved in. Why no whisper of impeachment? Why no actual impeachment? Have we fallen so far down the rabbit hole that up looks like down and down, up? Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Apparently, in usual American form, we the people have not done our homework. Teresa Avalon Subj: An Open Letter to CNN: Stop Your Propaganda Campaign Against Democrats Jim Walton, CNN News Group President Eason Jordan, Executive Vice President and Chief News Executive On behalf of the 250,000 readers of Democrats.com News, I am writing to find out why CNN refuses to report the results of YOUR OWN latest CNN/Time poll, which shows Bush's lead over Howard Dean dropping to only 5% (51%- 46%), down from 12% in November. Since this poll has a margin of error of +/- 4%, Dean is nearly tied with Bush. Suppose the 2004 election for president were being held today and you had to choose between Howard Dean the Democrat, and George W. Bush, the Republican. For whom would you vote? CNN/Time Poll conducted by Harris Interactive. Dec. 30, 2003-Jan. 1, 2004. N=604 likely voters nationwide. MoE +/- 4. The obvious headline should be: "Howard Dean is Nearly Tied with Bush." Time included this poll in this week's magazine http://i.timeinc.net/time/covers/1101040112/poll/images/poll_1.gif but it does not appear on CNN's web site, and it was not highlighted in any political reporting over the weekend. We have no doubts why CNN did not report its own remarkable poll: because reporting this clear and simple fact would incur the wrath of Karl Rove, who wants you to convince the American people that Howard Dean is " unelectable" - in direct contradiction to the truth. The fact that you refuse to report the results of your OWN poll confirms what all Democrats know - that CNN is just one more propaganda arm of the Republican Party, barely distinguishable from FOX News. If you believe this criticism is unjust, we would welcome a meeting with your political editors to discuss your thoroughly biased coverage of the Democratic Party. Sincerely, Bob Fertik,
Co-founder Sent to: firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com, email@example.com Subj: Very Misleading Headline Nate It is a sad America, from Democracy to Dictatorship in three years. A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: to the media re: msnbc's question bush and his administration send us into a war that was not necessary, claimed they had wmd, they answer to no one. Limbaugh was popping 800 pills a day, bush says he is a good man. kobe bryant says it was consensual. then msnbc wants us to vote on their question is Brittany out of control because a 22 yr old on a lark got married..............what is the long distance rate to mars? shorty Subj: another whistleblower punished in the war on terror First they came for the gay Arabic-linguists... Then they came for the Canadian ABC News correspondent... Then they came for the wife of the US ambassador... Then they came for the Park Police head who admitted she didn't have the staffing to protect our national monuments... And by the time they came for me, our sclerotic Democratic Party leadership was so busy missing golden opportunities that the nation re-elected George Bush for 4 more years of the same bs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent to Matt Drudge: Subj: I'm confused So Matt let me get this straight. The RNC and apparently you also are outraged that moveon.org has 2 out of many ads on their web site done by the public that compare Bush to Hitler. I don't seem to remember you guys getting your panties all in a bunch 2 years ago when the Republicans were running ads actually on TV morphing Dems into Saddam and Osama. Where was the outrage when war hero Max Cleland's patriotism was being impugned on behalf of Saxby Chambliss? Oh the Hypocrisy. Keep up the good work for your right wing reich. Goebbels would be proud. thank you, stevie gardiner PS-why no link to the latest Cnn/Time poll that has Dean only 5 points behind Bush 51-46? here's the link: http://www.pollingreport.com/wh04gen.htm Subj: Clark to Rove - you don't have to read my lips Tax plan: A BuzzFlash Reader Subj: July date for authority handover Buzz, A thought has occurred to me which I haven't seen mentioned anywhere. Everyone with a brain knows that a real July 1st handover or authority in Iraq isn't realistic in any meaningful way. Could it be that the July 1st date given for the handover of Iraq governance has a hidden reason-namely so that the Bush administration can set up a July 4th photo-op with some silly, repeating backdrop and that we're not only celebrating our independence but also "Iraq Independence Day"? Yes, the republican rule (certainly not governance) over the past three years has made me very cynical (and I believe that I have every right to be), but is it being too cynical to believe that they have planned to turn OUR Independence Day celebration into some kind of cheap campaign trick? A BuzzFlash Reader [BuzzFlash Note: One other possibility is that the 2004 Democratic National Convention is July 26-29. What better way to take the wind out of the convention coverage, and the anticipated anti-Bush, pro-democrat rhetoric, than to have the major networks talking about -- regardless of it's a fact -- democracy in Iraq.] Subj: NY Post editorial compares Dean supporters to Nazi's NY Post editorial compares Dean supporters to Nazi's -- Where's the outrage? Will you post a link? If its wrong for Moveon.org isn't it wrong for the Post to publish this? Select quotes: "I can predict with certainty that Dean's Internet Gestapo will pounce on this column..." "These are the techniques employed by Hitler's Brownshirts. Had Goebbels enjoyed access to the internet, he would have used the same swarm tactics as Dean's Flannelshirts." "Dean was already practicing the Big Lie. Montreal was just a stop on his journey from Munich to Berlin. He was already looking around for his Leni Riefenstahl." link: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/4965.htm thank you, stevie gardiner Subj: US troops KIA I was reading at electroniciraq.net that there appears to be discrepancies between reported US troop deaths and what Iraqi's claim they saw. And this made me wonder why I've never heard of a soldier that was initially reported as wounded, eventually dying say after a day or a week. It's always just reported that they were ambushed and "one dead, two injured." Do they all recover? Un-fucking-likely. Dave Send our troops care packages: www.AnySoldier.us David Subj: And what about the death penalty? Buzz, -- and executions by crucifixion? PWM Subj: Bush and Hitler It's laughable for the right to chastise MoveOn.org for the ads likening Bush to Hitler. Where was the outrage when Cleland was morphed into a terrorist? Dale Subj: Lieberman bashing Dean FOXNews this morning had Lieberman on, again talking about the safer with Saddam in custody stuff. What is wrong with Lieberman? He's bashing Dean on FAUX & he's got to know full well that IF HE GOT THE NOMINATION, THEY'D BE BASHING HIM! Does he really think that if he plays nice with them he'll get their endorsement, over Bush??????? George
Farago Subj: You print a lot of letters for Dean, but Kucinich makes Dean look pale as a Democrat What puts people over the edge to solidify their support for Dean? Is it because they support the death penalty? Is it because they yearn to pay more money into a private health insurance corporate handout that'll leave 10 million Americans uninsured? Is it because they can't find it in their heart to hold the Pentagon accountable to the taxpayers? Is it because they think having a "west bank" full of suicide bombers worked out so well for Israel we need one of our own, so we should stay in Iraq for years? Is it because they think a candidate with a record of beating ZERO incumbent Republicans might finally pull one off? All those positions are great, they're just not particularly Democratic positions. But all these things get shrugged off by the people who want to play "you're either with us or against us" for the nomination/coronation of Dean. And maybe Dean'd be fine, if we didn't have a candidate who: 1. Is against the death penalty. 2. Will end Halliburton sweetheart deals and get the UN in and the US out of Iraq. 3. Knows that NAFTA screwed us all and the WTO bans fixing it so will get us out of both. 4. Knows we're already paying for universal health coverage but not getting so will implement single-payer to fix it once and for all. 5. Has beaten three incumbent Republicans already, including taking a seat away during the Gingrich revolution when seats were going the other way. That candidate is Dennis Kucinich. You might remember him, he came in second or third on your own poll, yet you never mention him. He's got the best plans of any candidate to heal the illness the BFEE brought down on us. Do yourself and everybody else a favor and check him out. Dan Brown Subj: Pakistan, our "allies" and WMD Mika Subj: Please CRY! I just came from Clark MeetUp I have neither right words in my vocabulary nor a right font size and color in my computer to bring up the following information. I made a video recording of their testimony. What are we doing with our kids for our $400,000,000,000 ! Juls Subj: At least its not comparing Dean to Hitler http://michnews.com/artman/publish/article_2210.shtml I know that if you linked to every ridiculous independent right wing media story ever written, we'd be up to our ears ten thousand times in pure BS, but this one really managed to take the cake for total vitriolic incoherence. It is almost a parody of the right wing media, because not only does it suggest that Dean will command his followers to commit suicide attacks against the country should he not win election, it also suggests that Osama Bin Laden didn't fly a plane into Vermont based on the legality of civil unions, which Osama apparently supports because it helps destroy America. There is also a paragraph I enjoy that links Dean with the editorial board of the New York Times and implies that they were behind OJ Simpson's acquittal and would seek to do the same for Osama Bin Laden. Highlights: I am sure Ed Gillespie is already writing his condemnation for this article, and sending it for publication in the Washington Post. Eryk Subj: Pray for our soldiers to come home My neighbor's boyfriend recently returned from Iraq. He visited me a couple of days ago and had lost so much weight that I didn't recognize him right away. He was of average weight when he left, now he's quite thin.....and very bitter! Talking to this young man makes you weep for all of the troops. He is distressed at what is taking place and feels that the public doesn't know the truth and doesn't care to know. While there, he says the average temperature was 145 degrees, food and water were barely fit for consumption, and one of his buddies committed suicide while on guard duty outside of their tent (he had been denied leave to attend to his sick mother and again refused leave to go to the funeral after she died). This once jovial guy, despises the Bush administration and is upset at what will happen if Bush is re-elected! We couldn't talk for very long because the young fellow began to weep while reminiscing over his time in Iraq. I wrote to a local columnist (one whose articles are often printed in BuzzFlash) about this young man and suggested that more -knowledgeable- columnists interview and reveal the true feelings of these young service men and women. It will be difficult because we know what happened when a few of them spoke out right after the Iraq invasion. Let's pray for these service men and women who are being USED by our government to do Cheney/Halliburton/Wolfowitz/Karl Rove's dirty work. ( I intentionally left off Dubya's name because he is just a puppet. They have him thinking that God is using him, when we all know whose bidding they are doing ). D. Turner Subj: "We Live in Fictitious Times"-Michael Moore said so, I believe so. Hi Buzz, Strange fictitious goings on seem to pass for honest and real. There is a painting by Rene Magritte, on the canvas is a pipe and written words " Ceci, N'est Pas Une Pipe"---("This is Not a Pipe"), much has been written about this artwork. Much has also been written on the words of gwb which in two items are coupled together in a way to deceive the listener /reader and thus leave the impression that the two are linked. Saddam and 911 linked thus invasion was justified. Can you not just see gwb and Rove having side by side smirks? Fictitious and brazen lies to some. What brings this to mind is a recent Opinion page cartoon (Sunday 01/04/04-Ventura Star) by G. Markstein. Depicted is Gadhafi carrying what looks like three bombs to a trash bin, in which what appears to be three bombs already dumped, on one carried bomb are the words "Weapons Program". Recall in the recent Diane Sawyer interview gwb responded to a question of actual WMD and thoughts if WMD--his answer "What's the difference?" I thought gwb lost his trousers on that one. Rove must have thought so too. Thus, the quick fixit. Couple the two items and they become one and the same. A bomb is a bomb, words of Weapons Program on a bomb and it becomes a bomb--the distinction is blurred. Just the start, there are going to be concentrated efforts to continue to blur the difference. Why not just get the kid a belt, Karl? We live in fictitious times which border on becoming surreal times. The question is, how does Karl get these folks to create the lies so quick? Happy New Year---'05. '04 is going to need a lot of work Best Cole... CLICK HERE FOR PART 2 OF THE JANUARY 7, 2004 BUZZFLASH MAILBAG |
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Sunday Times: Colleges Put Stop to Bebo.com Craze
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Mark Tighe wrote an article for today's Sunday Times in Ireland (26th March 2006) about the Bebo.com craze and its banning in colleges around the country, including NUI Galway. I was interviewed for it on Thursday.
From timesonline.co.uk:
Colleges put stop to Bebo.com craze
Mark Tighe
RECRUITING 6,000 new Irish users a day, the latest internet craze to engulf Irish schools and campuses has become a victim of its own success. IT managers in colleges are blocking access to Bebo.com, the social networking website that claims more than 500,000 Irish users, because of the site's unprecedented popularity.
NUI Galway, Carlow IT, Waterford IT, Dublin Business School and Queen's University, Belfast, have all blocked access to the site after receiving complaints from students who were unable to access college computers for course-work due to hundreds of other students jamming PC suites to log on to their Bebo profiles.
"We had a significant number of students come in to our user support centre complaining that they couldn't access a computer when they went into PC suites," explained Kieran Loftus, director of computer services at NUI Galway.
"I've never seen anything that was as popular as this craze. And that's what it is — a craze. It's like Hula Hoops back ages ago, it's a cultural phenomenon of our time. There were cases where 35 out of 40 students in a suite were logged into Bebo, which obviously is not defensible as an educational activity. We have to police the resources here and had to take action."
Loftus said he recognised that Bebo was a popular site for students but blocking access was the only solution. "We aren't China," he said. "College is about being curious and we accept that. There are issues here but our job is to ensure facilities are available for educational purposes."
Bebo is aimed at the "hard to reach" 13- to 24-year-old demographic beloved of advertisers. Its success — more than 22m users worldwide have signed up since it was founded in San Francisco last July — is due to the provision of free, fully customisable websites for users. Members can upload pictures and movie clips, draw pictures on friend's pages (whiteboard) and create personal quizzes for their friends to take.
Bebo is one of a number of sites that aim to bring communities of like-minded individuals together and mirrors the success of MySpace, Friendster, Facebook and other virtual meeting places.
"All these social networks have this attractor of 'how many friends do I have?' " said John Breslin, a postdoctoral researcher at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute at NUI Galway. "When you go to these sites you see a little number beside someone's picture that says they have 20 friends, (then) you want to have 20 friends as well. It's almost like a viral thing."
Jennifer O'Brien, a postgraduate student of the master's in journalism course at NUI Galway, used Bebo to share her Father Ted clips and to keep in touch with friends. "I'm able to find out about my friends from primary school and secondary school. And I'm able to keep in touch with friends who graduated last year and are all over the country and all over the world now. It's free and I've no money so it's perfect."
The popularity of Bebo reached epidemic proportions in colleges when the facility to pool users from Irish schools and colleges was added to the site. Donna Cummins, a second-year medical student in NUI Galway, said she checks her Bebo page when she wakes up. "I'm totally a Bebo-nut. I have a few exams coming up but I'm always on it. I'd definitely say about three hours a day, it's pathetic. I think I'm getting competitive about how many friends I have. I've about 80 or 90. I think I know most of them but there are a few randomers that I've picked up along the way.
"The great thing is you can link through people from secondary school and see the profiles of friends of friends."
Cummins is one of the lucky student Galway Beboers who has internet access at her home but despite this the blocking of Bebo in NUI Galway did not go down well with her. "At the beginning I was enraged. I was saying, 'How dare Kieran Loftus and computer services . . .' But the people who did complain had a very valid reason."
Not all colleges are blocking Bebo. Sally-Ann Fisher, of Trinity College Dublin, said it does not censor or ban websites. "Although there is considerable usage of Bebo, our IS (information systems) services are working with the Students' Union, asking them to act responsibly."
Breslin says it is customary for members to publish their addresses and phone numbers on their profile but warned school children to make up a surname. "You might give your first name and some makey-up second name but you certainly shouldn't give out your phone numbers. People over 18 should be able to do that if they want to but should be aware of who has been granted permission to view their profile."
Jim Scheinman, vice-president of Bebo, said he is happy to discuss the issue with Irish colleges.
Block it and block everything
Block it and block everything associated with it and similar sites, its a pitty there isnt even some-sort a time related ban between am and afternoon for schools and educational environements .
These social networking sites should be more proactive, and potentially allow I.T admin staff the chance to submit to the host site and have it blocked from their ip at the hosts sites end - possibly even on a local time scale by request - so during class hours students do class work - no other option. Thought i would offer at least a suggestion, instead of just complaining.
Alternatively the world will end up typing like txt messages in 10 or 20 years. Nothing will get done because everyone will be online and no one will be doing real work and productive to pay for pensions for the oldies that a retiring.
I'm 38 by the way, in N.Z the level of english has dramtically fallen to the point where txt type responses are starting to be accepted as answers to major school exams..i dont want to think what the next issue along these lines is...i doubt it would be positive.
Anyway thats my 2 cents worth.
Chill out people youll live longer, its a proven fact.
I make a new website to surf
I make a new website to surf bebo :D try with these:
username: user
password: user
also you can try with 2 more proxies below:
goodluck :)
www.bypassfilter.co.cc works
www.bypassfilter.co.cc works for me :) Try unblock filter with that.
Currently I use
Currently I use http://www.6feetunder.co.cc :P Don't know how long it will last but my school will block this for sure... :|
Anyway, have a great summer everyone! :)
I use www.fishandchips.co.cc
I use www.fishandchips.co.cc at school. It's works... for now :P
My school surely will block any proxy after a few days. If the IT admin find out too many request and bandwidth usage for any website, they will surely check the website and block it. (except wikipedia and education site lol
p/s: you also can try secure connection (https) by typing https://www.fishandchips.co.cc . Good luck anyway :D
well have thay bloked all the
well have thay bloked all the ones on this site if thay have heres one that u shoud not tell no one and then if u do then the next site i give u it will be bloked so dont tell noone ok here it is WWW.ABC-RAG.COM make shore u dont tell not one any body i have to go to get in the bath naw makeshore DO NOT TELL NO ONE and it woude HELP if people put some more filted web sites on this web sit good buye hpe u all have fun with this site DO NOT TELL NO ONE MAKE SHOR U DONT TELL NO ONE OR IT WILL BE BLOKED LIKE ALL THE ATHER ONES THAT U HAVE TRYED BECAUSE U HAVE TOLED DIFFRENT PEOPLE BYE MY BATH IS DONE NAW GOOD BYE HAVE FUN.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
i am not in unie i am in year 7
i cant believe it - they
i cant believe it - they blocked bebo!
omg the end of the world!
i think its realli stupid tht
i think its realli stupid tht they have blocked the site called bebo
i think it shuld be unblocked!!!!!
does any 1 have a site tht i can use to get on bebo???
if so reply xxxx
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Great free web proxy that gets me into myspace from my school library! All other proxies are blocked and this one is 10 times faster than any other I've used.
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www.torrnetfreak.com is a great free web proxy.
WICKED fast and not blocked by my school
No popups on this site and
No popups on this site and it's fast and still not blocked!
Also www.custom-logo-golf-balls.info is a great site as well
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go to fuck ur mom .com it works
ive been looking for ways to
ive been looking for ways to get on but tha wankers have blockd dm all ! and try yourhuman.info if bebos blockd at ur skewl or invicible.biz !!!!!
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Bebo sucks the big one, y'all
Bebo sucks the big one, y'all should crack open a spelling book"
pathetic you can't even spell! haha or neither do you have propper grammer.
i do not think bebo should be blocked, it is a hobby and if it is just a craze" it should be let run its course
Bebo sucks the big one, y'all
Bebo sucks the big one, y'all should crack open a spelling book now and then. What is it with vanity, self obsession and popularity contests. You know I work in a college IT dept and have not blocked Bebo, but if the usage gets anything like NUI Galway will have to.- Bebo- 'Now you can keep in touch with people you never gave a shit about in the first place'. In the old days a college community was the people you shared the campus with, now your all sitting in front of PC's collecting virtual friends- get on with your life! pm me, get me on Bebo, see ya on MySpace, send me a text......TALK to me!!
This one makes sence "One's
This one makes sence "One's first step in wisdom is to kuesstion everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything."
Basically.. Dis Bebo Band is
Basically.. Dis Bebo Band is sooooo Pathetic!
it really shouldn't be banned, there's nothing wrong with it..
teachers and staff are bein ridiculouse and blocking un harmful sites!
aaargh its so annoying! mark
aaargh its so annoying!
mark i tried all the websites and my schools blocked all of them! it sux man! i relllllllllllllly want 2 get on bebo but weneva i find a new site which helps, my skl just blocks it the next day! :(
how can i gt on 2 it im so
how can i gt on 2 it im so pissed off dat it wont work ffs lol cry HELP !
un bloke bebo at all schools
un bloke bebo at all schools and collges
heres a few sites that yt
heres a few sites that yt help u get on:
hope they help you lot! cus i no how annoyin it is to have it all filtered! mah skl sux!
heyh they hav blocked bebo at
heyh they hav blocked bebo at ma skool and there nowt to do now cud u find away to h=gt it bk plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
you suck i hATE YOU IM GONNA
you suck i hATE YOU
IM GONNA SUE you ppl
and alesha is gonna boy u
so put it on know or else
not really
not relly
I think it is stupid to block
I think it is stupid to block bebo we are just gonna find ways to get on it anyway
i think the schools should
i think the schools should not of blocked bebo...if its foe our safity why dont they chack what we are doing on it?
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noooo they cant block bebo!
noooo they cant block bebo! theyve done it at our school. we need access 2 the outside world, we have social lives!! this is taking it too far, we need freedom! does anyone know how you can access bebo without going through bebo.com???
In my school high school
In my school high school students use it to put home movies of gross violations and the site allows it to be shown. When I went on there I never saw anything it was just a regular chat site. I realize the reason for its popularity.
As many of my friends have been telling me they are sorry for not replying to me on bebo. The funny thing is I never sent them an invitation. Bebo has been sending programs to scan email address and solicite them to join there site IN YOUR NAME!
Nice huh a great way to publicize your web site.
These companies should be stopped from doing this. Some one should stand up to them and let all companies know they can not use our names without our permission. And send false information to our friends.
I have been sucked in to this trap once. I hope the rest of you stay away from sites like bebo. and please read the terms and conditions of the company it is so hard to trust anyone anymore you never know what they are using your personal information for.
i hate
i hate bebo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!its boring and everyone talks bou da fuckin thing 24/7!i personally cnt wait 4da day dat peodafails get st it!
I just had to comment on the
I just had to comment on the incoherency of the pro-bebo replies. Hilarious. plz contect me? Nice one Danielle. Think about it.
man y r they blocking bebo at
man y r they blocking bebo at school..its a good site..
This is not good bebo is fun
This is not good bebo is fun an i dont no why collages and schools ban this because it is a brake from all the school work plz contect me
Danielle black xx
Ugh! I'm a student at NUI
Ugh! I'm a student at NUI Galway and I can't say how GLAD I am that Bebo was blocked! I was shocked and very frustrated when I would go from computer lab to computer lab, searching just for one computer so I could check my campus email or print out a report. There were lines out the door of people waiting for a computer, and when you glanced at the screens, what did you see? Bebo!
This was definitely a good move. For those who want to use Bebo and don't have internet access of their own, there are always internet cafes. School computers are meant primarily for school work.
Hi John. I gave a talk to
Hi John. I gave a talk to Transition Year students from Galway schools at the Tostal na Gaeilge conference last Friday. Judging from that it's not so big (yet) in some country schools, but one city school seemed to have 100% Bebo usage.
Hello John, how can i contact
Hello John, how can i contact you?
[...] That's incredible.
[...] That's incredible. Everyone I know has heard of Bebo, even the most non-nerdy computer illiterate types. Now, how do we get TCAL to be that popular? Start posting pictures of everyone in Ireland when they are drunk? Ok then. John Breslin, a researcher at NUI Galway (And sponsor of the Best Group Blog at the Irish Blog Awards) was interviewed as part of the piece. [...]
This is no surprise - my
This is no surprise - my friends and I have taken to referring to our College computer rooms as "Bebo Land".
[...] EDIT: John posts about
[...] EDIT: John posts about it in his blog via his Xbox! Technorati Tags: beebo blogs breslin cloud ireland irish irishblogs john [...]


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Oh lordy, where do I start?
Firstly love to Sue, Jamie, Binnie and Twinks, my family, for putting up with me hogging the PC, jumping up and down with delight every time the marimba player of Toad The Wet Sprocket had emailed me even though he could remember nothing, the occasional frustration and my nearly always relentless enthusiasm to the point of obsessiveness and lots and lots and lots of very late nights. Hugs. I will get those shelves up...honest. Oh and yes, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre really did exist as did Blossom Toes, despite assertions I was making it all up as I went along. I wasn't. Honest.
Very special thanks to David Stopps for supporting this venture (and making it valid), John Braley, Robin Pike (without whom there may well have been no Friars), Kris Needs and Peter Davidson at the Bucks Herald for their help and support. Big thanks also to Adrian Roach for repeating his special 1972 Friars talent for us and also for providing the very early flyers for this site. Big thanks to Jerry Slater for the early billboard posters and some tickets and other memorabilia.
Very special thanks to Judy Pearce who provided nearly all the flyers for this site. This was probably the biggest fillip I could have had when I wasn't totally sure where this was going and stopped me banging my head on the wall. Other flyers provided by the webmaster, David Stopps, Rob Lehmann, Adrian Roach, Keith Bradbury, Gary Fitzsimmons, Mike Grant and Simon Quincey. Also thanks to Tony Flower (for flyers missing from 1977/78 and odds from 1980-1984).Thanks also to Steve Upstone who had started a history of Friars and sent me his documentation.
Billboard posters - All sourced from the David Stopps archive except thanks to Chris Loon (Toyah, Teardrop Explodes 1982, Pretenders 1981), David Bentley (Squeeze 1982), Richard Burt (Madness 1979), Andy Kinch, Simon Quincey (Solstice, Genesis 1980, Camel 1981, Marillion 1983, China Crisis 1983, Otway 1982, King Crimson 1981, Kid Creole Oct 1982, Gary Glitter 1984), Jerry Slater (1969 posters), Keith Bradbury (Dr Feelgood May 1975), John Hodgeson, John Sanders/Dayna Karas (Wire 1979), Bonzi (Killing Joke 1981, X-Mal Deutschland 1984, Sisters of Mercy 1984), Martin Baker (Slade 1981)
Thanks also to Keith for the 1973 birthday memorabilia and courtesy.
Thanks also to Simon for the FA Poll Results and autographed SLF flyer, along with our friends at UK Decay HQ. Thanks to Chris Booker for some updated lineups and setlists
All tickets sourced from the David Stopps archive, except Bowie 72, Cockney Rebel August 74 and Eurythmics (thanks Richard Burt),Stiff Little Fingers 1979 (Clive Weedon), John Martyn 1981 (thanks Andre Kreutzmann), Pink Floyd 1969, Colisseum 1969, Procol Harum 1970 (all Jerry Slater), King Crimson 1981 (Gerard Boland), X-Mal Deutschland (Mark Wright), Grandmaster Flash (Richard, surname unknown), Altered Images 1982, Nine Below Zero 1982, Pretenders 1981, Kinks 1982, Blues Band 1982, Squeeze 1982, Marillion 1982/1983/1984, Blancmange 1983, Orange Juice 1983, Howard Jones 1983/4 (all from the webmaster), Marillion Dec 1983 (Andrew Mian), Bonzi (Joboxers, Big Country 1983)
Many photographs courtesy of John Braley (mostly of Geoff Tyrrell origin). Other photos courtesy of Andy Kinch (PTO) Les Payne (Mainland), Brian Godding (Blossom Toes), Kris Needs (Graham Bond, Cockney Rebel, Dr Feelgood). Thanks to Les for delving in his scrapbook for press cuttings for the site and for an enjoyable afternoon in his company. Big thanks to Gary Leeson for retrieving the photos of many gigs 1978-1981. Thanks to Tim and Colleen Watts (Clash/Slits/Siouxsie 1978/SLF 1979). Thanks to Bob Surguy (Sore Willies 1980). Thanks to Bonzi for UK Subs and PIL pictures. Thanks to Geoff Nicholson for the East of Eden pictures. Thanks to Sue Greensmith for some of the early pictures as well. Thanks to Sarah Woods for pictures of Siouxsie and Adam and the Ants. Thanks to Chris Gibbons for the 999 pictures.
Remembering the Civic Centre gallery: Big thanks to Stuart Robb, Joss O'Kelly and Karl Vaughan (who allowed me to use pictures from his Aylesbury Remembered Facebook site of the demolition)
Thanks to Graham and Wendy Britten for the SLF 1980 autograph scans.
Thanks to Andrew Mian for photographs (mostly of Geoff Tyrell origin) of Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Toyah and Joe Jackson.
Thanks to Martin Percival for the 1994 Friars Exhibition pictures.
Huge very big thanks to Geoff Tyrell and Don Stone for allowing use of their photo collections - hugely important collections in documenting Friars history.
A big thanks to Russ Naylor and Neale Wareham for their photographic support of all the 'new' Friars gigs.
Very big thanks to Derek Pelling at the Bucks Herald for all his assistance allowing me unhindered access to the Herald's negatives archives (2011)
Thanks to those webmasters who allowed me to use material and who are linking this site to theirs - we've linked to them in the artiste pages.
A big thank you to the artistes who have contributed to this site. It was a very big (and almost unreasonable) ask to go back nearly 40 years in some cases. Big thanks to the artistes who agreed to be interviewed.
Big thanks also to those members who have written pieces for the site.
and....thanks to the 87,000 members, without whom.......sorry let's now make that 90,000 as at 2011!