Day of Action Against MEC - Edmonton

The Palestine Solidarity Network is joining Palestine solidarity activists across Canada in calling on Mountain Equipment Coop (MEC) to end its partnerships with Israeli factories and to stop sourcing from Israel. Until MEC does so, we will continue to pressure MEC to act in accordance with their stated ethics by ending its partnership with Israeli factories.

During its brutal three-week assault on Gaza just over a year ago, the Israeli military killed 1400 Palestinians, the vast majority of them civilians. A recent report to the UN by Judge Goldstone concluded that Israels attack was designed to punish, humiliate and terrorize a civilian population. Since its founding in 1948, the State of Israel has systematically oppressed the Palestinian people and denied them the fundamental rights of freedom, equality and self-determination. The ongoing illegal occupation of Palestine is defined by racism, dispossession, and brutal violence, as the recent massacre in Gaza has demonstrated.

Since the Gaza massacre of a year ago, the global Palestinian-led movement calling for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) until Israel complies with international law has accelerated. In Canada, members have been asking MEC to end its partnerships Israeli factories — including military contractors — that produce MEC brand seamless underwear and hydration systems. These partnerships are antithetical to MECs promotion of itself as an organization with rigorous ethical sourcing requirements, and its professed belief that business can advance human rights. MECs house brand partner for hydration systems is Source Vagabond, an Israeli military designer and supplier that boasts on its website (www.source-military. com) [Founder] Yoki and most of the members of our R&D team are experienced ex officers of elite IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) units. As Naomi Klein said in January 2009, The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa.

For more information: www.psnedmonton.ca

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• picket
• israel
• palestine
• boycott
• divestment
• sanctions
• edmonton

[jacoby841]

Fact few Indians guys living in USA always denounced in the UN India calling it a aggressive regime towards Kashmirs but early this year US busted the group not for denouncing India but for accepting money from band Pakistan organisation about 50,000 $ paid to each person , Same way Canada must investigate these ppl because I feel these guys are paid by pals , pals receive over $800 million a year funding , but all that money seem to vanish in thin air

[MrNeosoul99]

Is this really necessary?? It's a free country and people are allowed to purchase products from anywhere they feel like. Politics?? When's the last time you tented?? This is informative but creates conflicts and divisions. Inflammatory?? Yes!

[SUP3RZ0MB1E]

@Fadsmashers Before you make a comment about anyone else "not having brains", make sure you dont sound like an idiot. "ya got no brains". With a nonsensical comment like that, Ill automatically dismiss you as a moron. Second, try reading my comment. Dont like it, dont buy it. Dont go protesting like a whiny bitch, and ruining it for everyone else. In fact, I am heading to MEC this weekend, and I will LOOK for something made in Israel, and buy it just to spite you.

[habby06]

@Fadsmashers I stand corrected.

[Fadsmashers]

@habby06 "Lunatics" how so? Since when are humanitarian human rights activists lunatics? Are you a Nazi? Do you advocate injustice and unrelenting allegiance to an imperialist creation? Do you know anything about the creation of Israel (thats its based on thousands year old religious LUNACY) or are you just reiterating some script you've had beat in to your small head? Maybe you're a Khazar?

[Fadsmashers]

@SUP3RZ0MB1E Your name suits you because ya got no brains!!! "I hate protesting assholes" thats such an over-generalization, just the fact that you are inconvenienced by people protesting peacefully reveals how much of an insignificant twat you are.

[SUP3RZ0MB1E]

If you dont like that they sell things from Israel, then dont buy it. Simple. Dont bitch at everyone else, and try to decide what everyone else, can, or can not do. I fucking hate protesting assholes. Mind your own fucking business.

[mixedblessing]

@Sirthinks Did you watch the entire video? I do show MEC's side - they have a statement hanging in their doorway that I filmed slowly enough to read. I was also asking the participants a lot of the questions that reflect the criticisms against this sort of action (such as the use of the term apartheid). My bring Jewish is neither here nor there in this situation.

[hawkeyicockburn]

youtube posted on the CBC

Citizens' Broadcasting Cooperative

ourcbc.ning com

[hawkeyicockburn]

Democratic freedom and rights in action!

Thanks for the report mixed blessing