1/200 S2E129 - ASB KiwiSaver Divestment

We spoke with Kate from Justice for Palestine and Lulu from Stop Arming Israel about the ongoing genocide and apartheid in Palestine. They took us through the strategy and purpose of their current BDS Divestment campaign targeting ASB Bank for its investments in Motorola.

https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/don-t-bank-on-apartheid-asb-kiwisaver-divest-from-illegal-israeli-settlements-or-we-switch

Lobbying to Win webinar with Chlöe Swarbrick, 9 April 7pm https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/i9oMvpMvRPyKQhnu1Kyz-w#/registration

This episode’s co-hosts
Kyle, Kate, Lulu

Timestamps

0:00 Opening

2:52 Justice for Palestine

4:50 Stop Arming Israel

5:38 BDS 

15:15 Providing Pressure

21:27 Targets for BDS 

25:08 Kiwisaver Funds 

27:30 Global Divestments

31:05 Campaign to Divest

40:35 Tools in the BDS kit

43:47 Roadmap

49:06 Getting Involved

50:48 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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