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Mideast Politics Weigh On Park Slope Co-op
Posted by
Leah Robinson
Thursday, Aug 11, 2011
Between the bright array of locally grown peppers and boxes of soy chips on the Park Slope Food Co-op's shelves sits a few all-natural products that are pulling the community apart.
The heated editorials of the Co-op's Linewaiters' Gazette evidence the dissension that Dead Sea salts and Israeli-imported persimmons are creating among members.
While Israeli and Middle-Eastern politics have been debated in the Gazette for over a decade, the proposal to stop selling Israeli products in compliance with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is far more recent. The move, which could be put to referendum in the coming weeks, has sparked debate at co-op general meetings, dozens of letters to the Gazette's editor and blog postings touting the opinions of both sides (like stopbdsparkslope.blogspot.com/ and psfcbds.wordpress.com/).
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Related topic categories: Food, International, Health and Environment, Justice
Immigrants' U.S. Paychecks A Lifeline To Home Countries
Posted by
Vincent Trivett
Monday, Jun 20, 2011
Luis Toapanta wants to move back to Ecuador to be with his two children, his wife and his parents. Unfortunately, if he were to leave New York, Luis would no longer be able to afford to send his children to school.
“I want to give them the best that I can, I want to give them the things that I didn’t have,” he says, but adds: “I am starting to think that the love of a father can be much more valuable to them than material things.”
Luis’
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Related topic categories: International, Economic Development, Immigration, Government, The Economy, Justice
