Culture Jamming & Action Planning For Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Campaigns to End Israeli Apartheid

Presenters: Dunya ‘Alwan, Birthright Unplugged, Don’t Buy
Into Apartheid, The Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid, &
the U.S. Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel; Sharon Lungo, The
Ruckus Society
Culture jamming is a tactic in which tries to disrupt and/or subvert
mainstream culture and dominant and deceptive messaging.  We will
share images, video, and stories from recent projects designed to
spark public interest and action, to educate, and to garner and
create media coverage. Projects include de-shelving Israeli consumer
goods, remaking and reinstalling bus shelter graphics, subway
graphics installation, outdoor projections, appropriating Zionist
outreach materials, and stealth actions at pro-Israel events. The
goal of this work is to shift policies and practices related to
mainstream portrayals of, support for, and collusion with, deadly
and oppressive Israeli actions against Palestinians and to support
Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
Participants will be able to discuss methods and tactics. In the
second half of the workshop, we will break into action groups
around specific action strategies developed by the group, pick
locations and audiences we want to reach in our own communities, and
set dates and scenarios and go through action planning process.  Each
group will then report back to the larger group with a calendar of
planned BDS actions.  Yalla, let’s end Israeli Apartheid!!