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Nancy Kricorian
Nancy Kricorian is a New York City-based writer and activist.
Website: http://www.stolenbeauty.org
Total number of comments: 20 (since 2009-10-08 02:15:10)
Nancy Kricorian is a New York City-based writer and activist.
Website: http://www.stolenbeauty.org
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Thanks for covering this important BDS win. It is only fitting that South Africa, a land that experienced the efficacy of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions as part of a multifaceted struggle against Apartheid, should be the first country to take such an action against Ahava’s illegal practices. Now consumers from South Africa will be able to look at the label on products coming from the West Bank and to make an informed choice about whether or not they want to support an ongoing military occupation.
While posted under my byline, this statement was issued by the Palestine Forum Japan, a coalition partner in the international Stolen Beauty Ahava boycott campaign. ~ N.K.
Be still my heart!
Thanks, Elinor! The arts blog of the New York Times covered this yesterday, and I posted the following comment in response:
"One can agree with Paul Auster about the terrible state of press freedom in Turkey, and disagree with his view of Israel as a bastion of free speech. In the name of state security, in addition to its regime of military censorship for the local press, the Israeli government regularly deports and imprisons journalists who try to expose the truth about Israel's brutal occupation of the West Bank. Israel has also recently passed a law that penalizes organizations and individuals who call for a boycott against Israeli products and institutions as part of the global non-violent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, which attempts to hold Israel accountable to international law."
Ian -- Thanks so much for this beautifully written (and flattering) description of the October workshop. It was an intense and productive week.
Thank god for screen shots! Makes it harder for people to hide their tracks.
Thanks, Phil, for catching this. As a fan of graphic novels in general and of Joe Sacco's work in particular, I find this beyond appalling. The fact that she so glibly describes her specious reasoning and self-censorship in the comments section is also disturbing.
An homage to the humane.
Hmm...Not quite sure how the Syrians and Libyans are germane to a boycott campaign against an Israeli cosmetics company with a factory in an illegal settlement in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank. Check out @B'tselem's new report that calls Ahava out by name (link to btselem.org
& MeretzUSA's blog post against Ahava & Soda Stream settlement products (link to meretzusa.org
There is some overlap, but more Tweets from #AhavaReborn #StolenBeauty culture jam posted here link to twitwall.com
Thanks, Salim, for this great post about the two-day culture jam. Who knew BDS online activism could be so fun? I wanted to add another of the witty posts from @bethlehemballet -- worth a follow if you are on Twitter.
@bethlehemballet
Umm al-Khair residents can't sleep because of settler harassment. They're fed up with having bags under the eyes. Suggestions? #AhavaReborn
Why didn't the Times reference Wiesenfeld's comments from last week's Jeff Dwyer column in which he claimed that Palestinians are not human?
The best thing about Friedman's self-parodic drivel is this hilarious parody that has been circulating on Twitter and Facebook today. MUST READ.
link to inanities.org
I could barely read the Golberg/Ibish piece past the first two ill-making paragraphs, but your post made me go back to skim to find this:
"It is understandable that Palestinians are supporting boycotts of products made in settlements, however, since the settlements are illegitimate and must not be legitimized."
So now it's okay to "delegitimize" the settlements and settlement products.
Would love to see this on the opinion page of the New York Times.
I believe that Phil is reacting to a liberal rabbi's support of settlements and settlement products, not his support for Ricky's. The rabbi is telling people to buy Ahava not to help Ricky's, but to pump up Ahava's sales, thereby sending profits right back to those settlements. If you look at our fliers and our press advisories and read the archive on our site, we have been completely clear about what we are boycotting.
We have never called for a boycott of Ricky's, only a boycott of Ahava Cosmetics because its practices are against international law--its factory and visitors center are in a West Bank settlement, its profits subsidize two settlements that co-own the company, and its fraudulent labeling is currently under investigation in the UK and the Netherlands. You can see more about the Stolen Beauty boycott campaign on our site: www.stolenbeauty.org.
Thanks for this thoughtful piece about your group's efforts to find a way to engage with the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Movement that fits with your values. Thanks also for promoting our Stolen Beauty Ahava boycott campaign (www.stolenbeauty.org). The goal of the Ahava boycott is to educate the public while attempting to take the profit out of the occupation--or at the very least making sure that people know that buying Ahava Cosmetics supports Israel's illegal settlement project in the Occupied West Bank. We are grateful to the Israeli Coalition of Women for Peace and their excellent web site www.whoprofits.org for providing information about the companies that are directly profiting from the Occupation.
Women in Black Vienna staged an Ahava boycott protest at the UN Compound in 2009, so the management knows what they are selling.
Thanks for linking to our Stolen Beauty AHAVA boycott campaign. We're gearing up for a coordinated day of Stolen Beauty protests in NYC, Montreal, D.C., Chicago, Austin, S.F., and L.A. for March 30th--the 2nd International BDS Day of Action. Contact me at codepinknyc@gmail.com if you want more details.