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Cornel West joins USACBI advisory board, cancels lecture at University of Illinois in protest of Salaita firing
Dr. Cornel West, professor at Union Theological Seminary and esteemed public intellectual, has joined the Advisory Board of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. USACBI is very pleased to welcome Dr. West to its Advisory Board and looks forward to working with him in the future. In addition, Dr. West […]
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UC Davis faculty members urge implementation of divestment
The following statement from faculty members at the University of California – including USACBI Organizing Collective members Sunaina Maira and David Lloyd – published in the Daily Cal on March 6, urges the UC Davis administration to heed the call of the Associated Students at UC Davis for divesting from certain corporations that are involved […]
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USACBI congratulates the students and staff of SOAS on academic boycott endorsement
USACBI extends its warmest congratulations to the students and staff at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) for endorsing an academic boycott of Israel through the passage of a referendum that also was supported by PACBI and Palestinian student and academic unions. That 73% of the 2,056 votes cast between February 23-27, 2015 […]
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Stanford Student Senate Votes to Divest from Occupation of Palestine
Out of Occupied Palestine, the Stanford campaign for divestment, achieved a major victory on February 17, when the Undergraduate Senate of Stanford University passed the divestment resolution it had voted down only one week before. USACBI extends its warmest congratulations to the Stanford students, faculty and staff for their work for justice in Palestine. Their […]
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USACBI mourns the lives and denounces racist murder of three Arab Muslim students
The United States Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) mourns the lives and expresses condemnation of the murder of three Arab Muslim students at the University of North Carolina on February 10. 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat, who was Syrian American, his 21-year-old Palestinian American wife, Yusor Mohammad, and her sister, 19-year-old Razan […]
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USACBI Newsletter: February 2015
USACBI Newsletter Volume 1, number 1 (February 2015)Published by the US Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel http://usacbi.org USACBI Launches New Academic and Cultural Boycott Initiatives In the wake of a flurry of recent successful boycott and divestment votes, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) announces four […]
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Racism, Militarism, Poverty: From Ferguson to Palestine. In Support of Angela Davis
USACBI is a signatory of this collective statement in support of Angela Davis and UC Santa Cruz, in response to vicious attacks from the Amcha Initiative upon Davis and the university: Racism, Militarism, Poverty: From Ferguson to Palestine We support and congratulate UC Santa Cruz on their selection of Angela Davis for UCSC”s 31st annual […]
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Statement of Academics and Activists in Support of Divestment at UC Davis
The following statement by academics and activists, including members of the Organizing Collective of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, was issued in support of students at the University of California, Davis, who successfully passed a resolution for divestment in support of Palestinian human rights in their university student senate […]
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Palestinian-led community coalition supports UC Davis divestment
Students at the University of California, Davis, passed a resolution for divestment in their student senate on January 30 following a lengthy campaign; following the resolution’s victory, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi condemned the resolution supporting Palestinian human rights. The following statement in support of the students’ divestment campaign at the University of California – Davis […]
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Labor for Palestine: Historic Landslide BDS Vote by Grad Student Union at University of California
The following statement was issued by Labor for Palestine on the historic BDS vote at UAW Local 2865: Historic Landslide BDS Vote by Grad Student Union at University of California First time membership of any major union body in the US has taken a stand in support of boycott of Israel University of California graduate […]
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