Campaigns

Shame on Scotia Bank for funding genocide: Shut down Elbit comes to the Scotia Giller Prize and Scotia HQ

News, Scotiabank/Elbit /

Scotiabank is funding the genocide of the Palestinian people through its $500 million stake in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer. Scotiabank #ShutElbitDown The campaign has taken several strong actions over the last few days. On November 13,  protestors disrupted at the Scotiabank’s Giller Prize Ceremony. BREAKING: Protestors disrupt @scotiabank’s Giller Prize Ceremony this evening. […]

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Boycott Laline. Nothing beautiful about apartheid. Locations in Canada.

Company Boycotts, News /

aline, a beauty product brand, made from argon oil and dead sea products  has almost 130 locations worldwide. Laline’s parent company is FOX group Israel https://www.foxgroup.co.il/brands/fox . Laline is an Israeli company profiting from occupation (as it has locations in occupied land), supporting Israel’s pro-apartheid activities. Laline was founded in 1999 in Israel, and entered

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200 Workers block access to Toronto weapons-maker, L3Harris, amidst blockades at three other weapons plants arming Israel in Ontario and Quebec

Divestment, News /

”Nov. 10, 2023: 200 Workers block access to Toronto weapons-maker, L3Harris, amidst blockades at three other weapons plants arming Israel in Ontario and Quebec (Toronto, Ontario) Canada must stop arming Israel, said more than 200 workers who blocked the entrances to a Toronto weapons manufacturer Friday morning. On  November 9, Zim Shipping line was shut

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Canada: Stop Arming Israel

Divestment, News /

Weapons companies across Canada are making a fortune off of the carnage in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine. As we mourn the thousands of people who have been killed in the past few weeks we refuse to stand by and allow the only true winners in war — the weapons manufacturers — to continue

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Photo Gallery Week of Action: Shame on ScotiaBank, #ShutElbitDown

News, Scotiabank/Elbit /

Check out these highlights from the week of action to denounce Scotiabank for being the largest foreign investor in Israeli arms company Elbit Systems. Activists from Montreal to Vancouver to BC’s Fraser Valley were out on the streets to demand that Scotiabank stop investing in Israeli war crimes. We know Scotiabank is feeling the pressure;

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Week of Action: September 16-23, 2023: Tell Scotiabank–Divest from Elbit Systems, Divest from War Crimes (poster & downloadable leaflet)

News, Scotiabank/Elbit /

  Download brochure that local groups and others can use to inform people about Scotiabank’s investments in Elbit System:   Click here to Download: Scotiabank Leaflet for Canadian BDS Coalition   Poster download by left clicking on the image choose option save the image:   Share in the week of action. Let us know at

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Take Action: Tell Aldo that Apartheid is not a “playful style”

Company Boycotts, News /

Take a minute to write to Aldo’s CEO, David Bensadoun. Let him know that complicity with Israeli war crimes and apartheid is a crime. Write a letter   Aldo has been identified by the Israeli research organization, Who Profits, as a company operating in the colonial settlement neighborhood of Ramot in occupied East Jerusalem. This is

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July 18, Vancouver: Stopping Israel’s Killer Drones: Scotiabank, #ShutElbitDown

Events, Scotiabank/Elbit /

Tuesday, July 18 7 pm Grandview Church 1803 1st Ave E Vancouver Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1242297623113227 Join BDS Vancouver – Coast Salish for an important evening on Palestine, the struggle for justice — and the campaign to shut Elbit Systems, and its murderous drone force, down. Scotiabank, one of Canada’s biggest banks, is the largest foreign investor

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Jenin invasion underlines the need for BDS in Canada: Isolate the occupier!

Campaigns, News, Statements /

In the early morning hours of Monday, July 3, Israeli occupation forces launched a full-fledged military assault on occupied Jenin, in the West Bank of occupied Palestine, attacking the city and refugee camp with over 1,000 soldiers and 150 military vehicles, including armed drones of the type produced by Elbit Systems (of which Canada’s Scotiabank

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