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SWANA Region Radio: Interviews on Academic Boycott and BDS
SWANA Region Radio on KPFK conducted two interviews on 28 September, focusing on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: the first, an interview with Lisa Taraki and Omar Barghouti on the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the second with Mitri Raheb, on Palestinian Christians today. Available on audio archive […]
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Elia and Najjar: Israel’s assaults on Palestinian education amount to genocide
Nada Elia and Rima Najjar, of USACBI’s Organizing Collective, have authored a new article in Electronic Intifada on Israeli attacks on Palestinian education. Focusing on attacks on Palestinian education in 1948 Occupied Palestine and in Jerusalem, the article provides a historical and current view. “The historical context of today”s crisis in Palestinian education is critically important […]
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Anthropology Boycott Campaign: Resources for a Teach-In on Academic Boycott
Anthropologists for a Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions has produced a packet of materials, designed specifically for anthropologists supporting the campaign in the American Anthropological Association in favor of academic boycott, to hold a teach-in at your university or department. USACBI is redistributing these materials to encourage their wide usage: Have you signed on to […]
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October 6, NYC: Steven Salaita and Joseph Massad – Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom
Tuesday, October 6 7:00 pm New York University School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall Room 210, 40 Washington Square S New York, NY 10012 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/923172314428854/ Join us for a discussion with Steven Salaita and Joseph Massad on academic freedom, free speech on campus, and the movement for justice in Palestine. In the summer of 2014, […]
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Video: Bethlehem University students on the right to education
The following video, with interviews with student leaders at Bethlehem University, was created in June 2015; 4 Palestinian students and 1 professor came to Ireland for a delegation to explore building connections with Irish student unions and Irish universities, including exchange programs. The students in this video discuss the frequent violations of the Palestinian right […]
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Ekeland: In its new agreement with the Technion, the í‰cole Polytechnique maintains its disregard for international law and ethics
22 septembre |Ivar Ekeland From AURDIP – en english | fr franí§ais Economic policy has rarely been so ineffectual. Unemployment continues to rise, poverty and precarity likewise, social fractures grow. Meanwhile the budget deficit, in whose name so much has been sacrificed for so many years, refuses to shrink. Arms sales are the only healthy side […]
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October 9, Toronto: Solidarity With Palestine Book Launch
Solidarity with Palestine! Book Launches Friday, October 9, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St., Toronto, ON M6G 2L8 Website: http://beitzatoun.org/event/solidarity-with-palestine-book-launches/ Featuring Steven Salaita, Remi Kanazi, Ashley Dawson and Bill Mullen Join Haymarket Books as we celebrate the release of three important new books to fuel the struggle for justice in Palestine. This event […]
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Radio interview features Lisa Taraki and Omar Barghouti on academic boycott
SWANA REGION RADIO Voices from Kolkota to Casablanca Voices of struggle, Voices for change Monday, 21 September 2015, 3:30-4:00 PM “¨”¨KPFK/Pacifica Radio 90.7 fm, Los Angeles Streaming at kpfk.org and available on audio archive for 90 days Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) An interview with co-founders of the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel From its inception in 2004 […]
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October 14: International Day of Action on University Campuses
2nd Annual International Day of Action on University Campuses Free Palestine, End the Siege on Gaza. Immigrants and Refugees are welcome-No Human is Illegal. Affirming Global Solidarity with African Americans and Black Lives Matter. October 14th, 2015 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/883358391754677/ Resource Website: https://ida-palestine.github.io/ A call for activists and organizations on campuses across the world to organize massive […]
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September 18: Omar Barghouti on “BDS: Academia’s Role in the Struggle for Freedom and Justice”
Join us for a night with Omar Barghouti, the co-founder of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Barghouti will be presenting on academia’s role in the struggle for freedom and justice in Palestine. This event is open to the public and […]
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