Response to the Jewish Light Article by Michael Berg
There are factual errors and misrepresentations in the recent St. Louis Jewish Light article “City Consulting Contract Target of BDS Campaign”, written by Repps Hudson. The worst error occurs in the very first line – “When the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee (STL-PSC) joined a protest to stop St. Louis city from signing a consulting contract with Veolia Environmental Services, the distant Palestinian-Israeli conflict suddenly became a local issue.” The St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee did not join a protest. ...
St. Louis City Board Votes to Investigate Veolia Following Public Outcry!
St. Louis, Missouri — At 2:30pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at a standing-room only meeting in the mayor’s office for the St. Louis City Board of Estimate & Apportionment (E & A), the Board declined to approve a city contract with Veolia Water, putting off the vote until there can be a full investigation into the company’s history. The decision came in light of new information on the company’s involvement with ethnic discrimination in Palestine, as well as a ...
Statement by the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee on Pending St. Louis City Contract with Veolia Water
We are a diverse group of Palestinians, Israelis, Muslims, Jews, Christians, students, professors, artists, writers, environmental activists, union organizers, bakers, grandparents, and others in St. Louis united by a commitment to a lasting peace in Israel/Palestine based on freedom, justice, and equality, as part of a larger commitment to global justice. We were shocked to learn about private city negotiations with Veolia Water on a contract to guide cost-cutting for the St. Louis Water Division. Veolia Water – North America ...
Stop Carrying SodaStream
December 12, 2012 Dear Bed, Bath & Beyond Manager, We are a diverse group of St. Louisans united by a commitment to a lasting peace in Israel/Palestine based on freedom, justice, and equality for all. We are writing to you to ask your store stop carrying SodaStream, a product of an illegal settlement in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank. Bed Bath & Beyond is prominently displaying SodaStream home beverage carbonating devices during this holiday shopping season. These products are fraudulently ...
Anna Baltzer and Norman Finkelstein on the American Jewish relationship with Israel
PSC’s Anna Baltzer spoke on Saturday 6 October with Norman Finkelstein on the American Jewish relationship with Israel. You can view the talks and conversation here.
We Divest – In Honor of Rachel Corrie
As part of a nationwide campaign, we gathered on Aug, 27th,2012 in front TIAA-CREF offices in Saint Louis to show our support for divestment from Caterpillar while the verdict in Rachel Corrie’s case came out in Israel. To our surprise, we found out that we were not there alone in solidarity, and that Rachel was still remembered after all these years, not only in St Louis, but all around the world. Cindy Corrie, Rachel’s mother, sent the PSC the following ...
11th Annual National Organizers’ Conference at St. Louis University
Join us September 21-23 for our 2012 End the Occupation Annual National Organizers’ Conference at St. Louis University.Our conference is an opportunity for our member groups and activists from across the country to come together and strengthen our efforts to end U.S. support for Israeli occupation and apartheid policies toward Palestinians. With nearly 400 groups part of our coalition, this year’s conference will be a great opportunity for networking and strategizing around BDS, opposing U.S. military aid to Israel, and ...
St. Louisans Honor Slain American, Presenting Letter to Financial Giant TIAA-CREF Local Office Urging Divestment from the Israeli Occupation
St. Louis residents from the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee gathered outside the offices of retirement fund giant TIAA-CREF to mark this week’s verdict in the Israeli civil courts regarding the 2003 killing of Rachel Corrie. Those gathering including Suhad Khatib, a Jordanian-American; Hedy Epstein, a long-time human rights activist; Tim Kaminsky of the local Muslim Community; and Angela Miller, a Washington University professor and TIAA-CREF client. The group delivered letters to TIAA-CREF asking that it divest from Caterpillar Corporation, ...
The Pendulum Swings & A New Era Has Begun by Anna Baltzer
There is a moment, just before a pendulum changes direction, when it is perfectly still. It is precisely that moment that marks the end of an old way and the beginning of a new one. That is what happened for divestment at the 2012 Presbyterian Church USA (PC(USA)) General Assembly in Pittsburgh. At the General Assembly, a coalition of groups rallied to support the Israel Palestine Mission Network (IPMN) in its efforts to pass a recommendation from the Mission Responsibility ...
End Discrimination against U.S. Citizens Abroad: Support Sandra Tamari
In May 2012, U.S. citizen Sandra Tamari was detained and interrogated by the Israeli government as she landed at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion airport. When she called the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv for assistance, she was asked “Are you Jewish?” When she responded that she is Palestinian, the embassy refused to help her. This blatant discrimination, along with Israel’s systematic discrimination against Palestinian-, Arab-, and Muslim-Americans, along with U.S. citizens of varied ethnic and religious backgrounds who seek to visit ...