By SHANE GOLDMACHER
Los Angeles Times
September 9, 2011
Reprinted in the Sacramento Bee at:
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/09/3897181/food-co-op-turns-into-battleground.html
"...A small band of members pushed the co-op board to strip store shelves of Israeli-made items, arguing that Israel represses its Palestinian population and the co-op should take a stand. They collected signatures and demanded a referendum on the issue, but the board said no. So the activists launched a campaign to take over some board seats. Votes will be tallied Saturday...
"...Similar battles have flared at co-ops across the nation: in Brooklyn, N.Y. (still going), Ann Arbor, Mich. (boycott rejected), Olympia, Wash. (boycott adopted). They're loosely linked through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement modeled after the old anti-apartheid boycotts."
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