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Nobel laureate Prof. George P. Smith speaks about the importance of BDS
Prof. George P. Smith, 2018 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, spoke about BDS during his trip to Stockholm, Sweden, Dec 2018. “People of conscience all over the world have an obligation to pay attention to abuses of human rights, like [Israel’s] 71-year regime of dispossession and subjugation. “The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, that 170 […]
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Unwavering Love, Respect, and Support for Our Sister and Comrade, Dr. Angela Y. Davis
The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) extends unwavering love, respect, and support to our sister and comrade, Dr. Angela Y. Davis. We were shocked and appalled to learn on January 6th that the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) rescinded the Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award which was to […]
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The Harsh Logic of Palestinian Dispossession by David Palumbo-Liu
The following article, by USACBI Organizing Collective member and Stanford professor David Palumbo-Liu, was originally published at Jacobin magazine: The world has come to know the dire situation in Palestine via graphic eruptions of violence such as those we witnessed recently at the Great March of Return — state violence purposefully enacted against men, women, children, […]
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2018 Milestones: The Resistance Keeps Growing
USACBI welcomes 2019 with a new milestone: despite the ongoing attempts at censorship, at stifling activism, even at criminalizing BDS, we have surpassed 2000 endorsers! Our movement is fighting back, with coalitions coming together to secure multiple victories against the Israel lobby, and the resistance is growing, and rising from the grassroots upwards. Indeed, […]
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USACBI responds to Temple University’s statement concerning Professor Marc Lamont Hill
(portions of this statement appear in an oped by a member of USACBI) On December 11, 2018, the Temple University Board of Trustees issued a four-paragraph statement in response to a speech given by Professor Marc Lamont Hill at the United Nations on the occasion of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The […]
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Open Letter to the University of California taskforce: the Intersections of Policing and Divestment
The following letter by Students for Justice in Palestine-West and the Palestinian Youth Movement is fully supported by USACBI. SJP-West and the Palestinian Youth Movement issued this letter in response to requests for feedback for the University of California’s Task Force on Universitywide Policing. Dear Presidential Task Force for Universitywide Policing, We hope this letter […]
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USACBI call to action: Resist the attempts to censor Marc Lamont Hill for his clarity on Palestine
USACBI reiterates its support for Marc Lamont Hill and we stand by his principled critique of Israeli settler-colonialism and occupation of historic Palestine. Since 1977 the United Nations has hosted an International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians, an occasion passed by Resolution 181 of the General Assembly, in place since 1947. The occasion for Hill’s […]
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Marc Lamont Hill has nothing to be sorry for: USACBI stands with Prof. Hill and demands a free Palestine, from the river to the sea
On Nov. 28th, at an event marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Professor Marc Lamont Hill gave a speech at the United Nations. In it, he criticized the Israeli state’s apartheid politics and military occupation and called for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. During this speech, he called for […]
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USACBI salutes Pitzer faculty’s groundbreaking vote to suspend Study Abroad in Israel
USACBI applauds the Pitzer College faculty’s precedent-setting vote to suspend their Study Abroad program at Haifa University. Earlier this year, USACBI launched a national campaign demanding the end of Study Abroad collaborations with Israeli universities on US campuses. The Pitzer faculty vote is fully in accord with this campaign. Together with their insistence that the Pitzer President and Board of Regents implement students’ divestment resolution, their decisive […]
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USACBI demands CNN immediately reinstate Dr. Marc Lamont Hill
USACBI condemns CNN’s decision to cut ties with Dr Marc Lamont Hill and we call for his immediate reinstatement as a political commentator for the network. On November 29, 2018, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Professor Marc Lamont Hill gave a speech at the United Nations in which he called […]
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