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Author: Seva Brodsky

Seva Brodsky grew up in Moscow and immigrated to the United States in 1981. He received his BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northeastern University in Boston, respectively. Brodsky was actively involved in the struggle against divestment in Somerville.
The Battle for Divestment from Israeli Securities in Somerville

The Battle for Divestment from Israeli Securities in Somerville

September 27, 2005 | Seva Brodsky
From summer 2003, the city of Somerville in the metropolitan Boston area became the battleground for a municipal divestment project against Israel. Previously, anti-Israeli divestment campaigns had mainly focused on universities. The Somerville Divestment Project took the form of a campaign for divestment of holdings in Israeli government bonds and stocks of companies engaging in military business with Israel.