Boycott Israel- Boycott M&S

Boycott Stickers placed in Dublin stores

Just before today's march in support of the people of Gaza, a number of activists marked the shelves of the Marks and Spencer's stores in Dublin with stickers bearing the slogan: Stop the Slaughter in Gaza- Boycott Israeli Goods.

Although not everything for sale in M&S comes from Israel, the company has a unique relationship with the Zionist state, judging support for the country as a fundamental business objective.

As Naomi Klein argues in her article from thenation.com (reprinted in the Guardian today), Israel's leaders can be comfortable that there is no economic cost to their genocidal actions in Palestine. The Israeli stockmarket has actually risen since the attack on Gaza began.

The time for using a boycott as a strategic weapon against the Zionists is now- companies who support the Israeli nation in their attacks on Palestinians should be avoided. A small trade dependent nation like Israel is very vulnerable to a boycott campaign, she says. This argument is agreed by many on the Left, not least those in Israel itself. You can read Naomi Klein's article here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090126/klein?rel=hp_curr...ently

Today's protest in M&S in Dublin ended when the security guards in the store called the Gardaí who arrived and forcefully arrested one of the demonstrators and charged him with damaging Marks and Spencer property.