Co-operatives and Liberation, not necessarily in that order
The issue of starbucks comes up repetitively in BDS discussions, and I think it’s relevant to listen to what Starbucks has to say on the issue. Here’s the key bit: Is it true that Starbucks provides financial support to Israel? No. This is absolutely untrue. Rumors that Starbucks Coffee Company provides financial support to the […]
Read More Starbucks and BDSI have been hesitant to write any commentary on the recent cross Canada first nations mobilization. Hesitant because I feel I don’t understand it terribly well, and that there are others who are better situated to write commentary on what is going on. But I think that I now have something to say. The thing about […]
Read More Idle No More – between reform and insurgency, the anti/alter-colonial struggleThis documentary, made by a Jewish-Israeli living in Northern Ireland, is a remarkable collection of perspectives on conflict and identity. Ithamar Handelman Smith begins by investigating Unionist culture to find out why they identify so strongly with Israel. He finds it is because of their right-wing nationalism, and the similarity they see between criticism of […]
Read More Shalom Belfast
Only a Northern Song 