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USACBI stands in solidarity with Black struggle in Baltimore
The United States Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel stands in solidarity with Baltimore protestors against police brutality and state violence directed against African Americans. The murder of 25 year-old Freddie Gray by Baltimore Police is only the latest outrage in a long history of rampant racism and violence endured by disproportionately […]
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Take Action – Tell Dionne Warwick: Don’t Be on the Wrong Side of History Again – Cancel Your Performance in Apartheid Israel!
Jews for Palestinian Right of Return has created the following petition, appealing to Dionne Warwick to cancel her scheduled concert in apartheid Tel Aviv on May 19, 2015. Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/dionne-warwick-don-t-be-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-again-cancel-your-performance-in-apartheid-israel Dear Ms. Dionne Warwick, In 1980s, you violated the international boycott against apartheid South Africa by playing a concert at the Sun City […]
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Write a fan letter to Lauryn Hill asking her to honor the Palestinian call for boycott!
Ms. Lauryn Hill is set to perform in Israel on 7 May 2015. The presence of artists is routinely used by Israel to legitimize its policies and maintain its reputation as a normal member of the international community. Just as during the struggle against South African apartheid artists were expected not to cross the picket […]
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National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies endorses boycott of Israeli academic institutions
USACBI warmly congratulates the membership of the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies on adopting a resolution in support of the boycott of Israeli academic institutions with a unanimous vote. The National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Conference took place in San Francisco from April 15-18, 2015. The business meeting, open to […]
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Historians call for public accountability from Missouri History Museum
Sign the Petition: http://tinyurl.com/HistoriansPetitionMHM Background On March 19th , the panel discussion “Ferguson to Ayotzinapa to Palestine: Solidarity and Collaborative Action” was scheduled to take place at the Missouri History Museum. The panel discussion was intended to illuminate histories of state violence and to be a platform for connecting community activists fighting against oppression. Two […]
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Professor Noura Erakat delivers keynote Women’s History Month address at CSU Fullerton
In what is surely a first for BDS activism in the United States, Palestinian Human Rights lawyer and activist, Professor Noura Erakat was among those welcomed by a University President to deliver a public talk on Palestine. Professor Erakat spoke at California State University, Fullerton, on March 3, 2015 as the keynote speaker for the […]
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Israeli elections: USACBI Provides a Way Forward
The re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu to a fourth term as Prime Minister of Israel on a platform explicitly hostile and racist to Palestinian citizens of Israel and to Palestinian sovereignty makes starkly clear the necessity for a new way forward. Despite the occasional verbal condemnation of Netanyahu”s antics in front of the Republican-led House of Representatives, the […]
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April 23, Berkeley: “Life in Occupied Palestine”: To Exist Is to Resist!
Thursday, April 23 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, California 94705 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1560592187556145/ La Peña Cultural Center, together with Jewish Voice for Peace- Bay Area, present a journal launch, music and fundraiser featuring contributors to Life in Occupied Palestine: A Special Biography Issue: Sarah Ihmoud (Dept. of Anthropology, […]
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New “Biography” issue examines “Life in Occupied Palestine”
USACBI Organizing Collective member Cynthia Franklin, with her colleagues Morgan Cooper and Ibrahim G. Aoudé have co-edited a newly released special issue of Biography, examining “Life in Occupied Palestine.” The special journal issue was launched in Palestine with events at Al-Quds University, Bir Zeit University, the MADA Center, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, and others; it has been […]
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Event: March 27 – BDS Film & Media Studies Workshop at Concordia University in Montreal
BDS Film & Media Studies Workshop at Concordia University in Montreal Co-sponsored by the Middle East Caucus of SCMS in conjunction with USACBI, Faculty 4 Palestine, and Cinema Politica. Date / Time: Friday, March 27th at 5:30 pm Room Location: VA 114 in the VA building of Concordia University, Montreal Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/714964448619407/ This workshop will […]
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