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Israel Boycott Campaign at Davis Food Coop and Beyond
Up one levelA local organization allied with the Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) tried and failed to convince the Davis Food Coop and its membership to support a boycott of Israel.
Sacramento BDS Goes Statewide
BDS targets CalPERS Board of Administration and the CalSTRS Teachers Retirement Board for divestment as it collects signatures for a statewide vote in 2011.
BDS In Context
Fitting the Davis Food Coop experience into a bigger picture: BDS persists in its ill-conceived strategy, and mostly fails.
Summary of Boycott Campaign at Davis Coop
Brief description of the short-lived, attempted Israel boycott campaign at the Davis Food Coop.
The Community Response
Letter-writers from Davis, Sacramento, and across the country weighed in on the Boycott Campaign in letters to the Board and Management of the Davis Food Coop, as well as the Davis Enterprise, our local paper.
Davis Food Coop Board: February 7 Resolution
Acting on advice from Coop Counsel, the Board passed a resolution determining the Israel boycott initiative not legal as required to qualify for a member vote under the Coop's by-laws.
Davis Food Coop Board - March 15 Resolution
Text of Coop Board Resolution declaring Israel Boycott initiative "not proper" as required in Bylaws for membership vote
Coop Board Elections, 2010
In a letter to the Enterprise, Davisite Jim Stevens explains the significance of the 2010 Coop Board Elections on the BDS campaign