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Petition: Call on Irish dancers to respect cultural boycott of Israel
Sign the online petition: https://www.change.org/p/carey-academy-oidance-seamus-aine-o-se-don-t-dance-for-israel-don-t-shame-our-name-call-off-your-participation-in-the-1st-israeli-feis-which-ignores-the-appeal-of-the-palestinian-people-to-boycott-divest-and-sanction-bds-the-apartheid-state-of-israel An Open Appeal to Carey Academy, Seamus & Aine O”Se, @OIDance, Anthony Davis, An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha and all Irish Dancers at home in Ireland and worldwide. The Palestinian activist community based in Ireland has recently learned of your intentions to hold the “First Israeli Feis” in Tel Aviv on […]
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JOINT STATEMENT: South African Youth and Student Groups Slam Israeli Propaganda Holiday Trips
11 June 2015 A meeting was convened earlier today by the leadership of the Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) which is composed of the African National Congress Youth League (ANC Youth League) the youth wing of South Africa’s ruling ANC party, the South African Students Congress (SASCO) representing university students at institutions of higher learning, the […]
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Vieux Farka Touré: Do not Dishonor Malian Music and Cultural Heritage by Entertaining Israeli Apartheid
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is deeply troubled to learn that you are scheduled to participate in the Red Sea Summer Jazz Festival to be held in Eliat between August 23rd and 26th, 2015.[1] We are writing to urge you not to associate your name with Israel”s regime […]
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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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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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Call to action: Exclude Hebrew University from all EU grants, prizes and financial instruments
EXCLUDE THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY FROM ALL EU GRANTS, PRIZES AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (The Hebrew University has strong links to the Israeli armament industry and the military.) Please urge Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation to respect the EU guidelines and rescind present grants and exclude the Hebrew University from all future grants, […]
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Audio: Status Hour Special Feature on Academic Freedom and Academic Boycott
Status Hour audio journal has produced a new special segment focusing on academic freedom, academic boycott, and political speech in academia. In this gripping special segment, host Tareq Radi speaks to Judith Tucker, Ilana Feldman, Nashiha Alam, Lisa Rofel, and Nadia Abu El Haj, who illuminate the challenges of passing academic boycott, as well as […]
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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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