[Peace-discuss] Lessons from our Rally?

[Carl G. Estabrook]

Interesting. CVS is huge & expanding & perhaps thinking about whom it can & can’t offend:

"In 2017, it ranked seventh on the Fortune 500 and 18th on the Fortune Global 500 list with $177B in annual revenue. In December 2017, CVS agreed to acquire Aetna for $69 billion."


> On Apr 28, 2018, at 11:34 AM, bjornsona--- via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> FyI: I do not know if BDS had anything do to with this, however: some months ago CVS changed one of my generic meds from one sourced from Teva, in Israel, to a company in China. At first I was reluctant to accept the change, then I heard about BDS, and decides to try the new med. Not perfect, but hey. I believe the new company is Solco and it is my blood pressure med
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> ------ Original message------
> From: Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss
> Date: Sat, Apr 28, 2018 11:16 AM
> To: Francis A Boyle;
> Cc: Peace-discuss List (peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net);
> Subject:Re: [Peace-discuss] Lessons from our Rally?
> 
> And I came away from the events around Dershowitz’ appearance with the (to me) surprising conclusion that the BDS movement (especially BD) is having an effect that the government of Israel and the Israeli lobby are desperate to counter.
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> Despite the apparently legitimate criticisms of BDS by Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, and David Green, it seems that boycotts and divestment should be encouraged (as they would agree), while attention and opposition are focused on the primary and indispensable source of Israeli crimes, US foreign policy. 
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> —CGE
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> > On Apr 28, 2018, at 10:47 AM, Boyle, Francis A via Peace-discuss 
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> > For what it is worth, I came away with three lessons from our Rally. Of course people are free to disagree with me and/or add their own lessons:
> >  
> > 1. Dersh is a Chickenshit at Heart.
> > 2. The Next Generation is with Palestine and the Palestinians.
> > 3. Dersh et al.  Days are numbered and they know it.
> > fab
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