Event Title
Israel, South Africa and the Jim Crow South: Resisting Apartheid
Description
The presentation will cover the origins, motives, successes and inspirations behind the non-violent global, Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) human rights movement and the underpinning ethical principles that connect it to the struggle against apartheid South Africa and the Civil Rights movement in the US. The ethical responsibility of Americans in breaking the links of complicity with Israel's regime of occupation, colonization and apartheid are highlighted.
About the Lecturer: Omar Barghouti, Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
26-2-2015 12:00 PM
End Date
26-2-2015 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Economic sanctions--Israel; Disinvestment--Israel; Apartheid--South Africa; Civil rights movements--United States
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Israel and Palestine, Human rights, Ethical principles, Ethical responsibility
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Israel, South Africa and the Jim Crow South: Resisting Apartheid
Fairhaven College Auditorium
The presentation will cover the origins, motives, successes and inspirations behind the non-violent global, Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) human rights movement and the underpinning ethical principles that connect it to the struggle against apartheid South Africa and the Civil Rights movement in the US. The ethical responsibility of Americans in breaking the links of complicity with Israel's regime of occupation, colonization and apartheid are highlighted.
About the Lecturer: Omar Barghouti, Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights.
