USACBI is a U.S. campaign focused on a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions, responding to the call of Palestinian civil society to join the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel. We believe it is time to take a public, principled stance in support of equality, self-determination, human rights (including the right to education), and true democracy.
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) calls on all US faculty, administrators, students and staff to uphold the academic boycott of Israel by refusing participation in Study Abroad programs in Israel. The academic boycott of Israel has been called for by Palestinian scholars and students living under military occupation, siege, and in an apartheid state and whose rights to education are violated on a daily basis. To enroll, or participate in any way, in a Study Abroad program at an Israeli institution means ignoring if not perpetuating the ongoing violation of the academic--and, indeed, human--freedoms of Palestinians.
Organizations and individuals are joining USACBI’s call to Stop Israel’s Dance of Death: Boycott Batsheva Dance Company’s 2025 US Tour! Check out the call to action or endorse below: The Batsheva Dance Company is launching a 2025 US tour in multiple US cities. Join the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel to boycott […]
Continue readingSTOP ISRAEL’S CONCERTO MACABRE!! BOYCOTT THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA’S 2025 U.S. TOUR! The Israel Philharmonic is launching a 2025 US tour in multiple US cities. Join the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel to boycott and protest the tour: MARCH 18 – ZIEGFELD BALLROOM – NEW YORK CITY MARCH 19 – […]
Continue readingSTOP ISRAEL’S DANCE OF DEATH!! BOYCOTT BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY’S 2025 U.S. TOUR! The Batsheva Dance Company is launching a 2025 US tour in multiple US cities. Join the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel to boycott and protest the tour: FEBRUARY 14-16 DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION MUSIC CENTER LOS ANGELES FEBRUARY 22-23 […]
Continue readingMore than 800 mathematicians from around the world have signed a statement condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza. They are calling on the scientific community to suspend all collaborations with Israeli institutions that do not explicitly denounce the genocide in Gaza and the illegal colonization of Palestine. If you are a mathematician, you can sign […]
Continue readingThe US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott (USACBI) stands in solidarity with our colleague Charlotte Kates, and we condemn her violent detention on November 14, 2024. Designations of organizations as “terrorist” by the US state and the Israeli state always lack legitimacy and credibility. In both cases, these states have failed to exhibit […]
Continue readingThe United States Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) stands with Hobart and Smith Colleges Professor Jodi Dean, who has been “relieved” of her teaching responsibilities by the school administration for her public support of the Palestinian struggle. Dean is a long-time advocate for Palestinian liberation, anticolonial and anticapitalist struggles, and the […]
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