Total Produce
On Saturday the 31st March members of the IPSC Cork branch engaged in a demonstration to promote the BDS campaign among the public. Members of the IPSC group met in Grand Parade at 1pm with microphones, Palestinian flags, a banner and distributed leaflets to members of the public. The leaflets show the most commonly sold Israeli products and brands and can be used as a reminder when shopping in super-markets. The demonstrators marched for approximately one hour following the usual itinerary through the streets of Cork city centre (Paul Street, French Church Street, Patrick Street – Oliver Plunkett Street) and stopped in front … Continue reading →
Posted April 25, 2012 in Apartheid, BDS, Boycott, Campaigns, Demonstration, Dunnes Stores, Economic Boycott, Event Report, Human Rights, Marks & Spencer, National Rights, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Protest, Tesco, Total Produce.
During the week of 20th to 27th February the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other groups marked the 8th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week with a series of actions and awareness raising events in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Belfast. Dublin, Thur 23: Première of ‘Roadmap to Apartheid’ The IPSC was proud to present the Irish Premiere of the brand new film ‘Roadmap to Apartheid’, by film-makers Ana Nogueira & Eron Davidson, a 90 minute documentary film looking at the current situation in Palestine through the lens of South African Apartheid; comparing the two regimes in a manner not flattering for … Continue reading →
Posted March 6, 2012 in Academic Boycott, Audio, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Campaigns, CRH, Cultural Boycott, Demonstration, Diamonds, Divestment, Dunnes Stores, Economic Boycott, education, EU, Event, Event Report, Film Premiere, Gaza, Hate Apartheid, Human Rights, iaw2012, Irish Government, Israeli Apartheid Week, Marks & Spencer, Multimedia, National Rights, PACBI, Photos, Political Rights, Press releases, Prisoners, Protest, Public Meeting, Sanctions, Siege of Gaza, Tesco, Total Produce, Trade Unions.
Press Release on behalf of the Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC) 12th September 2011 – Supporters of Palestinian rights claim victory as target Agrexco ordered into liquidation – Court papers warn that company is Israeli symbol whose downfall will have ‘wider implications’ – Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls on the movement internationally to celebrate this victory and to intensify BDS campaigns Campaigners for Palestinian rights are celebrating after the primary Israeli agricultural produce export company Agrexco, which has been a key target of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement in support of Palestinian rights, has been … Continue reading →
Posted September 12, 2011 in Agrexco, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Campaigns, Divestment, Economic Boycott, Human Rights, National Rights, Political Rights, Press releases, Sanctions, Statements, Total Produce, Trade Unions.
* Previous Irish bidder Total Produce no longer looking to buy Agrexco * Clear pattern of boycotted companies entering financial crisis * Boycott campaign increases international pressure on Israel Palestinian Boycott National Commitee Press Release, 15 August 2011 It emerged Thursday that Irish company Total Produce was no longer in the running to buy troubled Israeli exporter Agrexco. The Irish fruit company dropped out of the running after pressure from Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigners, who had written because of Agrexco’s involvement in illegal West Bank settlements. BDS campaigners in Ireland reacted swiftly to a call by the BDS … Continue reading →
Posted August 15, 2011 in Agrexco, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Campaigns, Divestment, Economic Boycott, Human Rights, Press releases, Statements, Total Produce and tagged Total Produce.
NOTE: TOTAL PRODUCE IS NOT IN THE FINAL RUNNING FOR THE PURCHASE OF AGREXCO, therefore letters are no longer necessary on that specific issue. Many thanks to everyone who took the time to write a letter, and of course there is no harm in writing to Total Produce demanding that they cease the importation of produce from Israel from which, according to their brochure (see image below), they source vegetables, stone fruit and salad items. Irish food company Total Produce is considering purchasing Agrexco , a notorious Israeli company complicit in Israel’s regime of occupation, colonisation and apartheid (see the … Continue reading →
Posted August 2, 2011 in Agrexco, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Divestment, Economic Boycott, Total Produce and tagged Campaigns.
Today, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign – on behalf of our partners the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), a Palestinian civil society coalition leading a global boycott Israel campaign – has urged Irish fresh produce company Total Produce not to purchase ailing Israeli exporter Agrexco. Note: You can take action on this issue by clicking here. The IPSC highlights a letter from the BNC to Total Produce published yesterday, in which the coalition details “Agrexco’s complicity with Israeli war crimes and illegal activities in the colonial settlements built on occupied Palestinian land”. Partly-owned by the Israeli government, Agrexco is responsible … Continue reading →
Posted August 2, 2011 in Agrexco, BDS, BNC, Boycott, Divestment, Economic Boycott, Press releases, Total Produce.
