Johannesburg Israeli Apartheid Week

Welcome to Johannesburg Israeli Apartheid Week

WEDNESDAY 9th March:  HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG SCREENING 

University of the Witwatersrand

Senate House Basement 2                 

13h15

Contact: 074 181 6578

THURSDAY 10th March:  HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG SCREENING 

University of Johannesburg

UJ Humanities Common Room (C-Ring 319)                

13h00

Contact: 072 456 7260

NATIONAL FILM TOUR

Have you Heard From Johannesburg:From Selma to Soweto      

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Working Group (BDS Working Group), a part of the academic boycott campaign currently underway at the University of Johannesburg (www.ujpetition.com) will be coordinating a national film tour in conjunction with the Tri-continental Film Festival and campuses around the country.

From Selma to Soweto, is part five of the seven part series: Have you Heard From Johannesburg. This is an excellent movie about boycotts against apartheid South Africa that resonate very clearly with the growing boycott of Israel. The film deals with the boycotts that took places at campuses during the struggle to end South African apartheid. There will be a pamphlet with some FAQs that have come up regarding the boycott of Israel (it's not feasible, you end up hurting the oppressed, we should be involved in constructive engagement etc.). The movie, by using the South African struggle as a case example, answers many of these questions. 

THURSDAY 10th March: STOP SHOP

Assemble @  Wits Great Hall steps

16h30

Transport provided

A stop shop involves going into a shop that is known to sell Israeli goods, putting one or two in your trolley together with other items and then refusing to pay for all the products at the till, because trading in Israeli/settlement goods means the shop is profiting from and supporting the Israeli occupation and this is politically offensive. Through blocking as many tills as possible, generating negative media exposure and generally disrupting the day to day running of the shop, this form of action aims to send the message that selling Israeli goods will not be accepted as 'business as usual'. This form of action serves as a great awareness-raising platform, catching the attention of other shoppers,  the press  and serves as a way to demand that these supermarkets essentially stop selling Israeli products altogether.

To get some hands on experience, become a YouTube star, and for a better idea of what this action might look like, come along and join in!

please call: Robbie 074 181 6578

or email: witspsc@gmail.com