Misblog

Labor unions in Britain begin organizing to boycott the state of Israel.

Britain’s, University and College Union, representing 120,000 instructors, voted to urge its members to consider their future relationships and exchanges with Israeli academics - academically boycott Israeli academics.

Shortly, thereafter Unison, representing 1.3 million public service employees said it would propose its own boycott of Israel, stating:

“Unison believes the appropriate response is to support the growing international moves towards a union-based campaign of boycott and sanctions against Israeli institutions, in line with the call from over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations including the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions and individual unions and labor collectives.”

Perhaps the people will succeed where our politicians have failed? They sure as hell can’t do any worse and we might even avoid a few more intervening wars.

Links to Misblog's:

• The Zionist Dream Has Turned Into A Nightmare Update-3a
• The Zionist Dream Has Turned Into A Nightmare Update-5
• The Zionist Dream Has Turned Into A Nightmare Update-4
• The Zionist Dream Has Turned Into A Nightmare Update-3
• The Zionist Dream Has Turned Into A Nightmare Update-2
• The Zionist Dream Has Turned Into A Nightmare Update-1
• The Zionist Dream Has Turned Into A Nightmare Update

Web:

• UPDATED 09/28/2007 NYT, Britain: Israeli Boycott Plan Deemed Illegal
• UPDATED 07/07/2007 NYT, Her Jewish State
  If Israel has taken the Jew out of exile it has failed utterly and miserably in taking the exile out of the Jew! If only it were possible for an entire nation to undergo psychotherapy en masse - that's a Zionist dream.
• UPDATED 06/09/2007 Israelis Ask, What Have We Gained Since the ’67 War?
• NY Times, Largest Labor Union in Britain May Consider a Boycott of Israel