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Giro d’Italia and Tour de France: Road Closed to Genocide Action Alert Palestinians call for more protests than ever against the participation of the Israeli government-sponsored team in the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France cycling races this year. Let’s make sure the road is closed to genocide. Ban Apartheid Israel from Sports April 8, […]
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Sicilians protest Giro d’Italia "stained with blood" of Palestinians
May 10th, 2018 
Awake Goy Ali Abunimah Activism and BDS Beat 8 May 2018 A protest by 200 activists delayed the start of the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia in the Sicilian city of Catania on Tuesday. The activists had planned to shut the prestigious cycling race down altogether to protest how it had been launched in Israel last […]
Israel threatens Giro d’Italia protesters
May 10th, 2018 Awake Goy Ali Abunimah Activism and BDS Beat 4 May 2018 Israeli police are calling Palestinian activists in Israel and threatening them should they protest against the first stage of the Giro d’Italia bicycle race that started in Jerusalem on Friday. The threats were revealed by PACBI – the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott […]
Giro d’Italia bows to Israeli threats over Jerusalem
December 1st, 2017 Awake Goy Ali Abunimah Activism and BDS Beat 30 November 2017 Cyclists in Rome take part in a 26 November bike rally to protest the staging of the 2018 Giro d’Italia race in Israel, which activists say is part of an effort to whitewash crimes against the Palestinians. Matteo Nardone Pacifica Press Organizers of the Giro d’Italia […]
Giro d’Italia must steer away from Israel
September 23rd, 2017 Awake Goy Tamara Nassar Activism and BDS Beat 22 September 2017 Israeli mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat, who demolishes Palestinian homes to make way for settlers in the occupied city, with organizers of the 2018 Giro d’Italia cycle race. (via Twitter) Palestinians are calling on organizers of the Giro d’Italia to scrap a plan that would see […]
2018 Giro D’Italia Confirmed For Jerusalem Start, Vatican Finish
September 17th, 2017 Awake Goy Cyclingnews previously reported on the start in Israel, with plans rumoured for a time trial in Jerusalem’s Old City for the opening stage, and possible visits to Tel Aviv and the southern part of the country. Daniel Benaim, the CEO of the local organisers, Comtec Group, the Giro’s Israeli production company, confirmed the news to […]
The New Flat Earthers
June 19th, 2016 Awake Goy By Brian Dunning via skeptoidListen here, read transcript below Today we’re going to follow up on an older Skeptoid episode from a few years ago, the Flat Earth Theory. In that episode we looked at the history of belief in a flat Earth, which was mainly driven by 19th and 20th century Christian fundamentalism driving […]
Gobiernos populares de América Latina, ¿fin de ciclo o nuevo tiempo político? – See more at: http://www.alainet.org/es/articulo/174409#sthash.ugKO9Nfc.dpuf
January 18th, 2016 Awake Goy Recientemente algunos intelectuales que se autodefinen de izquierda o centro-izquierda, anunciaron que estábamos a las puertas del fin del ciclo de los gobiernos progresistas, caracterizado por el agotamiento de sus programas neodesarrollistas –que incluyen el extractivismo‑, y su “ineficiente” capacidad de gestión. Es de esperar entonces, según ellos, una avanzada de la derecha en la región, situación […]
