#ShameonScotiabank Picket, Nov 29

Join us on November 29, 3 pm at Broadway & Commercial, Vancouver to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians by telling Scotiabank that we will not rest until they divest completely from Israeli war crimes. Any funding of genocide is too much.

Scotiabank’s asset fund has reduced its half a billion dollar investment in Elbit 4 times, but still owns 1.3% of Elbit shares (worth US$112 million as of Sept. 30/24 and now worth over US$130 million). Many groups and individuals have been part of the campaign to say #ShameonScotiabank for funding Israeli genocide; it is this collective pressure that produced results. A special shoutout to allies in the artists and writers community who embraced this issue, especially with regards to the Giller Prize.

Vancouver Action Nov. 9

Day 400 – The Genocide Continues!

VPD hears complaints by pro-Palestine advocates, then appoints former Deputy Chief to investigate

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— BDS Vancouver/Canada Palestine Association (@bds_vancouver) November 2, 2024

Arabic proverb: لمين تشكي والقاضي غريمك
Who do you complain to when the judge is your opponent?

Human Rights Groups Alarmed that Former Deputy Chief of VPD Selected to Investigate Allegations of Illegal Mass Surveillance and by Deferral of Excessive Use of Force Complaint – BC Civil Liberties Association %
(Photos: Michael YC Tseng)

Background info on legal complaint: Police Board to consider legal complaints filed against VPD for excessive use of force and surveillance of Palestine movement
Says Dania Barakat, a local Palestinian organizer:
“Across the country and around the world, we are seeing a rise in police and state repression against pro-Palestinian activists. This increasing anti-Palestinian racism is happening as we are witnessing a genocide unfolding in Gaza every day and as Canada refuses to implement a two-way arms embargo against Israel. But the VPD repression and surveillance of our actions will not stop us. The global movement for our liberation is only growing.”

Solidarity with Palestinian Advocacy and Liberation!

Tell the Canadian Government to Stop Criminalizing Palestinian Advocacy – Action Network

Now Endorsed by 19 Groups:

Africa 4 Palestine
BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish
Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation
Canada Palestine Association
Canadian Arab Federation
Canadian BDS Coalition & International Allies
Canadian Foreign Policy Institute
Canadian Lebanese Academic Forum
Coordinating Council 4 Palestine
Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle
Greater Toronto for BDS GTA4BDS
Jewish Anti-Zionist Collective Toronto
Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine-Israel (NMJPI)
Ontario Palestinian Rights Association
Palestine Solidarity Committee Saint John
Palestinian and Jewish Unity
Regina Peace Council
Socialist Action
Solidarité: Sherbrooke-Gaza

#ShutDownScotiabank

Join the campaign to force Scotiabank to complete
their divestment from Elbit and all other companies that support Israeli war crimes, occupation and the colonization of Palestine.

On October 2, activists across the Lower Mainland in BC disrupted business as usual for genocide-enabler Scotiabank and its global asset fund. Leading up to the week of action entitled RESISTING GENOCIDE: BOYCOTT FOR PALESTINIAN LIBERATION, protestors confirmed their resolve to not rest until Scotiabank and all complicit entities are forced to divest from genocide.