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Support Hampshire College Divestment
In early February, Hampshire College announced that it was divesting from a mutual fund that included from six corporations supporting Israel’s military occupation – including Motorola and Caterpillar. Now, after attack from Alan Dershowitz and other Zionist activists, Hampshire’s administration has announced that it’s divestment had nothing to do with the Israeli Occupation but rather […]
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Updated: Art vigil will protest Israeli dance troupe’s L.A. show
The first planned action from a newly organized U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel is an ad-hoc display of political art protesting another presentation of art: the performance Saturday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall by Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company. Edie Pistolesi, an art professor at Cal State Northridge, said she has […]
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A Time To Be Radical
By Nick Juliano Posted: 02/23/2009 Students have historically been at the forefront of progressive causes that challenge the existing political order and criticize inequalities such as racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. In the 1960s, Students for a Democratic Society stood alongside Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. as they addressed injustices of […]
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Academic boycott of Israel takes off in Canada
Wednesday February 25, 2009 Saed Bannoura – IMEMC Over 40 universities in Canada will be participating in activities to mark ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’, beginning on Sunday. Students from the participating universities are calling for a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions until Israel ends, what they call, apartheid policies against the Palestinians. In addition […]
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The Haverford Campaign Calls for Divestment from Israel
By Nathan Karnovsky [Bi-College News] 24 February 2009 – “Do you notice that, even among educated people, there is general recognition of the fact that the modern state of Israel was founded as a symbol of the suffering of humanity…but almost no awareness that this has been at the expense of another people who were […]
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170 Members of NYU’s Faculty Release Statement & Petition Calling for Reinstatement of Suspended Take Back NYU Students
Feb 25th, 2009 by Take Back NYU! As NYU faculty, we call on the Administration to reinstate those students who have been summarily suspended for their recent protest at Kimmel, pending proper hearings by NYU”s disciplinary board. If there is disciplinary action, it should follow–not precede–fair hearings, in which both sides are represented and the […]
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Our Open Letter To Haverford College
We, the undersigned alumni and associates of Haverford College, deplore the ongoing atrocities and injustices committed by the State of Israel against Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel. Acknowledging that Haverford’s divestment from South Africa had a positive impact on ending apartheid, we demand that Haverford College divest fully from any entity that […]
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CUPE Passes BDS Resolutions – Needs Your Support
February 23, 2009 – 3:57pm CUPE Needs Your Solidarity for Bravely Standing in Support of Palestinian Academics Find below: * Text of the two historic resolutions; * Concrete ways to show your support. Toronto, February 23, 2009 – The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) congratulates CUPE-Ontario”s University Workers Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) conference in Windsor for […]
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CUPE union votes for academic boycott of Israel
Feb 22, 2009 08:23 PM Adrian Morrow staff reporter University workers in the Canadian Union of Public Employees have passed a controversial motion calling for an academic boycott of Israel, and union members from at least one Toronto university are planning to pressure their school to cut any financial ties with the country. Although the […]
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UCLA professor helps launch boycott of Israel
Nearly 200 US professors follow suit; others cite need for pressure on Palestine, too * Anna Andersen (Contact) * Published: Monday, February 23, 2009 Sondra Hale, a UCLA professor in the anthropology and women”s studies departments, is an organizing committee member of the recently launched U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel. […]
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