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25 July 2015
Dear Friends and Comrades,
 
NEW "ARE YOU WITH US?" YOUTUBE VIDEO
Coinciding with this month's #BoycottWoolworths National Day of Action (last Saturday of every month) a new #BoycottWoolworths video has been released via YouTube. The video is titled "Are You With Us?" To watch the video, click here.
 
MONTHLY BOYCOTT WOOLWORTHS NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
Not shopping at Woolworths until it ends its trade with Israel is just one part of the larger #‎BoycottWoolworths campaign. Join BDS South Africa, the NC4P and various other South African civil society groups on the last Saturday of every month in the Monthly #BoycottWoolworths National Day of Action by organizing or joining a picket, protest, flashmob or other action at a Woolworths store in your city/town!
 
 
 
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#BOYCOTTWOOLWORTHS LETTER SENT TO US ARTIST PHARRELL WILLIAMS
BDS South Africa's spokesperson Kwara Kekana has written, emailed and sent via registered-mail a five page letter to US artist Pharrell Williams. BDS South Africa is calling on Williams to postpone his collaboration with Woolworths till the company ends its trade with Israel. BDS South Africa has also requested to meet with the artist to discuss the the issue in person.
 
According to various reports, Woolworths has signed-up Pharrell Williams in its "Are You With Us?" marketing campaign in an attempt to counter the #BoycottWoolworths campaign. 
 
Due to its trade with Israel, Woolworths is currently facing the largest consumer boycott South Africa has seen since the end of Apartheid. In August 2014 a call for the complete boycott of Woolworths till it ends its Israeli trade was made by various SA organizations led by the National Coalition 4 Palestine (a coalition consisting of South African civil society organizations, trade unions, youth movements and other groups). Click here, or find attached to this newsletter, the BDS SA letter to Pharell Williams.
 
JOIN US ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN ENSURING THAT PHARRELL WILLIAMS RECEIVES OUR LETTER
 
Join us on social media in ensuring that the BDS SA letter reaches Pharrell Williams. On FaceBook you can post the BDS SA letter on Pharrell's page (click here) or on Woolworths' page (click here). On Twitter use the hashtag #BoycottWoolworths and tag @Pharrell and @Woolworths_SA.
 
 
 
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