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Who profits from Israel's occupation of Palestine?
The website Who Profits? identifies Israeli and international corporations directly involved in the occupation. The database is part of an on-going grassroots investigation by The Coalition of Women for Peace.
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"Boycott from within" movement: www.boycottisrael.info 
Palestinian call for BDS: www.bdsmovement.net

The Heretics: new film on women's movement

The documentary "focuses on the Heresies Collective as a microcosm of the larger international Women’s Movement in which thousands of small, intimate groups of women met together to consider their situation ... and to devise strategies for unlocking their potential and to make their work visible..."The Heresies Collective published HERESIES; A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics from 1977-1992...  All the women (ages 54-84) are still doing the work they fought for the right to do when they founded HERESIES." more information

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January 14, 2010

Helping Haiti: 'sister to sister' relief from CODEPINK

The message from US peace activists at CODEPINK: "The worst earthquake in 200 years struck Haiti this week, flattening the capital city of Port-au-Prince and, according to early estimates, killing as many as 50,000.

International aid efforts will be critical in the next few days to help prevent more human suffering. Here are several sister organizations doing effective, immediate, and grassroots disaster relief work in Haiti who will put your donation to use:

  • MADRE has worked in Haiti for many years and supporting community organizations on the ground.  Donate here.
  • Global Fund for Women is directing funds to women’s peace-building efforts and the rebuilding of organizations and communities the disaster to support long-term sustainability.  Donate here.
  • V-Day is directing funds to the V-Day Haiti Sorority Safe House in Port-au-Prince that provides shelter to women survivors of violence and their children.  Learn more and donate here.
  • The Lambdi Fund of Haiti is a second responder to the disaster, meaning after the initial assistance in Haiti, the Lambi Fund will be there in the long-term to help rebuild. Learn more and donate.
  • CODEPINKer Sasha Kramer works with the organization SOIL in Haiti and will be traveling to Port-au-Prince tomorrow with supplies and to help aid workers translate. For the next few weeks, Sasha and SOIL will be traveling back and forth between Cap Haitien and the capital with supplies and people.  All donations made in the next month will go towards earthquake relief.

Our hearts go out to the Haitian people in this time of crisis. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Sincerely,
Dana, Emily, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Janet, Jodie, Marina, Medea, Nancy, Paris, Rae, and Whitney

P.S. Educate yourself: Democracy Now had some great coverage on the U.S. policy in Haiti and how it has laid the foundation for why the impact of a natural disaster is so severe.

Take Action: Tell Obama to grant “temporary protected status” for Haitian refugees in the US."

Source: http://codepink4peace.org/blog/2010/01/how-you-can-help-in-haiti/

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