Free Speech Washington is a citizens group dedicated to preserving the right to boycott and divest from countries and corporations involved in human rights violations and abuses. Boycotting and divesting are forms of free speech afforded the highest level of constitutional protection by the United States Supreme Court. <\/p>\n
2017 has so far seen four attacks in the Washington State Legislature on free speech, the right to boycott and in particular on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. These measures include an anti-boycott bill announced in December by Senator Michael Baumgartner, House Joint Memorial 4004 and House Joint Memorial 4009 condemning the BDS Movement, and a Governors Against BDS statement delivered to Governor Inslee. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is a grassroots campaign to pressure Israel to abide by international law: end military occupation, ensure equal rights for Palestinians inside Israel, and accept the internationally-recognized Right of Return for Palestinian refugees. The BDS call is modeled after the South African boycott and thus calls for broad boycotts against Israeli institutions. Nothing in it calls for discrimination against individuals solely because of their national origin, religion, or ethnicity. Whatever your views on Israel, Palestine, or BDS, anti-boycott measures should be of concern, because they threaten our right to take collective action against injustice. <\/p>\n
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