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<div class="glw-authors">By <span class="glwnews-article-location"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2170">Nora Barrows-Friedman</a></span></div><p>Independent and community media makers in Canada have passed a groundbreaking national motion to join the Palestinian-led call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.  </p>
<p>In June, the National Campus and Community Radio Association of Canada (NCRA) ― an umbrella organisation representing more than 80 radio stations across Canada ― adopted the motion at its annual meeting. </p>
<p>NCRA said: “In doing so, the NCRA is proudly the first national media organization in Canada to join the global movement for BDS.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/48671" target="_blank">read more</a></p>