Sunday, January 11, 2009

Boycott Israel- Boycott M&S

It's not just food, its murder

Just before today's march in support of the people of Gaza, a number of Ógra and Sinn Féin activists marked the shelves of the Marks and Spencer's stores in Dublin with stickers bearing the slogan: Stop the Slaughter in Gaza- Boycott Israeli Goods.


Although not everything for sale in M&S comes from Israel, the company has a unique relationship with the Zionist state, judging support for the country as a fundamental business objective.

As Naomi Klein argues in her article from thenation.com (reprinted in the Guardian today), Israel's leaders can be comfortable that there is no economic cost to their genocidal actions in Palestine. The Israeli stockmarket has actually risen since the attack on Gaza began.



The time for using a boycott as a strategic weapon against the Zionists is now- companies who support the Israeli nation in their attacks on Palestinians should be avoided. A small trade dependent nation like Israel is very vulnerable to a boycott campaign, she says. This argument is agreed by many on the Left, not least those in Israel itself. You can read Naomi Klein's article here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090126/klein?rel=hp_curr...ently



Today's protest in M&S in Dublin ended when the security guards in the store called the Gardaí who arrived and forcefully arrested one of the demonstrators and charged him with damaging Marks and Spencer property.

Related Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/10/naomi-klein-boycott-israel






4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I dont expect you to publish this but if you want to see both sides, see this web site before any more comments about the Israel Hamas issue. www.memritv.org

Anonymous said...

I think the Umbrella Organization of Boycott Israel explains the situation very well. http://www.boycottisrael.org.uk

Anonymous said...

Hello.
I'm an old member of Jordanstown Ógra Shinn Féin and I support the Boycott oof Israeli good. Im writing to ask where I may be able to purchase stickers to do the same in M&S here at home. Please respond to cmchugh2001@hotmail.com

Christopher McHugh
http://whatsachris.blogspot.com

Oisín said...

http://www.indymedia.ie/attachments/jan2009/gaza_sticker_w_x_1.jpg

and this thread

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90529

has advice on how to do them as stickers. They are also avialable for free from the SF shop in dublin