Dalit Baum

Baum

Dalit Baum, Ph.D., is a co-founder of Who Profits from the Occupation [1], an activist research initiative of the Coalition of Women for Peace [2] in Israel. During the last five years, Who Profits has become a vital resource for dozens of campaigns around the world, providing information about corporate complicity in the occupation of Palestine.

Dalit is a feminist scholar and teacher in Israel, who has been teaching about militarism and about the global economy from a feminist perspective in Israeli universities. As a feminist/ queer activist, she has been active with various groups in the Israeli anti-occupation and democratization movement, including Black Laundry, Boycott from Within, Zochrot, Anarchists against the Wall and Women in Black.

This year she works out of San Francisco with the Economic Activism for Palestine [3] Program of Global Exchange, which supports corporate accountability campaigns [4] in the U.S.

If you would like to plan a speaking event with Dalit, please contact her by email at: dalit [at] globalexchange.org or by phone at: (415) 400-9370.

For more information on Economic Activism for Palestine, visit http://www.globalexchange.org/eap [5]

Topics covered

Who Profits from the Israeli occupation, and how can the 99% make a difference?

A talk about the economy of the Israeli occupation and about corporate complicity in human rights violations, followed by a discussion of existing campaigns to hold transnational corporations accountable.

The democracy movement in Israel/ Palestine: a feminist perspective

A presentation: examples of grassroots initiatives in the last decade, with an analysis of the decline of Israeli democracy and its implications to people's organizing for peace and justice.

BDS between local and global - from protest to resistance

A workshop about the Boycott, Divest, Sanction movement in its myriad manifestations.

Strategic target choice and planning local campaigns

A workshop for activist groups interested in taking the next step in their local campaigns.

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Israeli Occupation

A workshop about the reputational and legal risks to business in Israel/ Palestine, based on the experience of various corporations in the last five years.