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Film sounds alarm on ‘authoritarian’ attacks on the right to boycott as government seeks new anti-BDS laws
by Bethany Rielly, home affairs reporter
Bahia Amawi, centre, speaks to a press conference. The Palestinian-US child speech pathologist from Texas sued the state over anti-BDS laws
[Jonah Candelario]
A TIMELY new film is sounding the alarm about “authoritarian” attacks on the right to boycott, as the government seeks to quietly introduce anti-BDS laws in Britain.
Last month, MPs passed an amendment to the Public Service Pensions Bill to prohibit public bodies from engaging in boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns.
Award-winning filmmaker Julia Bacha, whose new documentary film Boycott details the impact of anti-BDS laws in the United States on freedom of expression, has warned moves to replicate similar legislation in Britain would have “tremendously harmful consequences.”
As Israel cuts off electricity and water while threatening to ‘unleash hell,’ the British Establishment’s calls to end demonstrations only expose their own deep complicity in the ongoing oppression of Palestine, argues BEN JAMAL
