[AktiviX-discuss] [BigPlan] Aktivix and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel

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Allow me to be blunt. There is one person who has an anti-anti-Israel
state position, - the discussion has occurred at least 3 times in the
last 5 years and it never leads to anything, except one person's
"negativity", which was never a proper block (Aktivix was never that
properly organised), but which in practice blocks things.

Personally I never got it, and have expressed that, and so I am pleased
to see/hear others speak out.

Block any state - whatever its religion - and block any religion -
whatever its state - as far as I am concerned.

Perhaps this is a cross roads for Aktivix?

Who is awake here? :)


On 15/05/11 20:11, Ian Gregory wrote:
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 04:17:45PM +0100, Chris wrote:
> 
>> I have re-read the discussion from March 2010 and you are correct, there
>> was no formal "block", but requests for new BDS lists have been turned
>> down and the crux of the disagreement for me is in this exchange:
>>
>> ----
>>
>>> On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 18:13 +0000, Chris wrote:
>>> > you are still opposed to aktivix letting activists who want to
>>> > organise boycotts to Israel use aktivix emails lists for this
>>> > purpose...?
>>>
>>> Yes. Our AUP excludes antisemitism, and at least some proposed or
>>> actual boycotts of Israel are -- by effect if not by intention --
>>> antisemitic.
>> ----
> 
> The fact that a person advocates BDS in no way implies that they are
> antisemitic. I am a member of the Bicycology collective and we have
> donated money to Aktivix (we use the wiki) - I don't think we would have
> done so if we had known of this policy. What next, a ban on Tibetan
> support groups for being anti-Chinese? This disturbs me.
> 
> Ian
>