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500 and Farewell 9 Mar 2013 | 05:32 pm
Having written close to half a million words on the subject of BDS over the last four years, it was nice to discover a graphic (actually the Google mashup Barbara pointed us towards) that so nicely su...
BDS Lessons Learned – Paradoxes 6 Mar 2013 | 06:00 pm
The final major lesson I learned from this four-year research and writing exercise related to BDS is easily the most paradoxical one. It starts with an understanding of just how massively the deck has...
BDS Lessons Learned – Responding to Setbacks 3 Mar 2013 | 05:19 pm
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned from covering and writing about the BDS “movement” over the years is how to deal with setbacks. And, ironically, this is a lesson that’s been taught to ...
BDS Lessons Learned – Who are We? 2 Mar 2013 | 12:30 am
Some current goings on in the world of academic divestment (at Oxford University as well as the University of California system) provide insight into the next lesson I learned while studying the BDS “...
BDS Lessons Learned – Strategy and Tactics 27 Feb 2013 | 04:34 pm
The sociopathic nature of the BDS movement, which makes it impossible to work with, and challenging to confront using the normal tools of politics, also explains the nature of the tactics they use in ...
BDS Lessons Learned – Who Are We Dealing With? 25 Feb 2013 | 01:23 am
I apologize if the Lessons Learned articles I’m writing as the run up to the 500th (and final) posting to this blog will sound familiar to long-time readers. But as I noted when this wind-up/wind-down...
BDS Lessons Learned – We are not Alone 21 Feb 2013 | 10:27 pm
One of the first lessons I learned when I became involved with fighting against divest-from-Israel campaigns is that, unlike other forms of anti-Israel propaganda, BDS involves more than just Israel, ...
Good News/Bad News 18 Feb 2013 | 10:17 pm
I just realized that I’m less than a month away from publishing my 500th piece on Divest This. I know that 500 posts is small beer compared to some blogs that can turn out that many entries on a good ...
Max Brenner – Supremely Epic BDS Fail 15 Feb 2013 | 10:01 pm
Hey guys. I’m thinking of auditioning for The Onion. What do you think? A group from Northeastern University’s Self-Righteous Asshole community made their presence known last night as they marched i...
Sweet and Sour: BDS Visits Max Brenner 14 Feb 2013 | 12:36 am
It’s not often the forces of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) decide to put their sour souls on display on the sweetest day of the year. Apparently, someone got it into their head that it would...
