By living in the US and paying taxes, our fine protesting friends are also supporting Palestinian apartheid.
It's also something of a misnomer to assume that all Israeli companies sold at New Seasons support the Palestinian apartheid.
I'm with you guys so far as Palestine needs to be acknowledged as a sovereign nation with all the rights and privileges afforded as such, but our friends here just come across like smarmy idiots and their antics likely do more damage than good for their cause .
I appreciate your commitment to a cause, I really do. Best of luck. Let me know if you get the store to crack. I've been protesting the Arbor Lodge New Seasons' awful, awful hotplate on a weekly basis using a similar dance routine (albeit with a bit more pop and lock) only to be repeatedly stonewalled.
Boycott the product. Sure. But the store that's supplying it? Meh. Stores shouldn't take political stances this way, they should supply goods that people want to buy.
Stuff like this serves far more to galvanize the opinions of the protesters than to actually persuade everyone. I doubt anyone in that store changed their mind, but the dancing kids must have felt great about themselves going home that day.
American citizens have a hell of a lot of nerve and hypocrisy to protest any other country's imperialistic or military policies, esp. toward a bordering piece of land that is that country's immediate concern.
you have to be kidding you protested new season? The same products are at wal mart my friends but I think you know if you went there you wouldn't come back
The Jewish population in Portland is extremely unrepresented: we donât have a single Kosher restaurant or food store. New Seasons is one of the only places in town that sells Jewish products. The situation in the middle east is much more complicated than a Flashmob, which, if successful, will not change the dynamic between Israel and Palestine, but only further make Portland Jews feel a need for a Jewish state, where we are free to have products that represent our culture.
Nearly everyone in the video is white. Why not boycott American-made foods, since weâve oppressed the Native Americans?
@ video 1: you get about 30 seconds for improvising the whole thing - and there are directions involved - it's hard to talk so fast - and even harder to listen to me talking so fast. this is what i think i said (o:
new seasons market - markets themselves as "the friendliest store in town" - new seasons market is not friendly! new seasons censors art; they refuse to boycott/divest/sanction israeli apartheid (free palestine!); new seasons owns a factory farm where unhappy cows are drowning in their own excrement*, new seasons had me falsely arrested while violating my free speech rights; i say boycott new seasons! resist! (o: [* shit]
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It's also something of a misnomer to assume that all Israeli companies sold at New Seasons support the Palestinian apartheid.
I'm with you guys so far as Palestine needs to be acknowledged as a sovereign nation with all the rights and privileges afforded as such, but our friends here just come across like smarmy idiots and their antics likely do more damage than good for their cause .
But damn, that was a sweet ass gym.
That's one persuasive point you've got there.
Flash mobs are SO last year.
Nearly everyone in the video is white. Why not boycott American-made foods, since weâve oppressed the Native Americans?
Boycott.
Don't mind the haters. They don't want people to do anything!
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@ video 1: you get about 30 seconds for improvising the whole thing - and there are directions involved - it's hard to talk so fast - and even harder to listen to me talking so fast. this is what i think i said (o:
new seasons market - markets themselves as "the friendliest store in town" - new seasons market is not friendly! new seasons censors art; they refuse to boycott/divest/sanction israeli apartheid (free palestine!); new seasons owns a factory farm where unhappy cows are drowning in their own excrement*, new seasons had me falsely arrested while violating my free speech rights; i say boycott new seasons! resist! (o: [* shit]
anarchy and peace! kristin