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Statement on Israel’s Latest Repression of Palestinian Universities
The Organizing Collective for the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) writes in support of Birzeit University’s call to action “to defend the Palestinian people’s right to education, free from duress, intervention, and political persecution.” We invite you to join us in heeding their call to “Work with us to […]
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Tuesday, February 15 : Resisting Attacks on Palestinian Human Rights Activists
On Tuesday, February 15, join CODEPINK Congress & Massachusetts Peace Action for the second event in their SPECIAL SERIES ON FOREIGN POLICY! Cindy Franklin of the USACBI Organizing Collective is one of the featured speakers. Click here to register. Meet Palestinian human rights activists who refuse to be silenced, despite an intense crackdown on advocates for Palestinian human rights. In the U.S., […]
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Sign On — Protect SFSU faculty members’ academic freedom: Demand SFSU President Lynn Mahoney Resign
PROTECT SFSU FACULTY MEMBERS’ ACADEMIC FREEDOM: DEMAND THAT SFSU PRESIDENT LYNN MAHONEY RESIGN Click here to sign on On September 23, 2020, San Francisco State University (SFSU) administrators collaborated with corporate tech giants Zoom, Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube to shut down a virtual Open Classroom entitled “Whose Narratives? Gender, Justice, & Resistance: A Conversation with […]
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Video: Comparative Criminalization – Repression and Resistance Across Borders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUdbFoTTfsE On Friday, November 19, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel hosted a webinar on “Comparative Criminalization: Repression and Resistance Across Borders.” Moderated by Omar Zahzah of USACBI, Eyewitness Palestine and the Palestinian Youth Movement, the webinar heard from a range of scholars, advocates and activists confronting different forms of […]
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November 19, Online Event: Comparative Criminalization: Repression and Resistance Across Borders
Friday, November 19 11 am Pacific (2 pm Eastern, 9 pm Palestine) Register here for updates: https://bit.ly/repressionevent Live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USACBI/videos/390365819489596/ Live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUdbFoTTfsE From the Israeli designation of Palestinian civil society organizations as “terrorist,” to San Francisco State University’s repression of Palestine in the classroom, to the repression student activists and faculty face […]
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USACBI salutes Sally Rooney for her support for Palestinian rights and the cultural boycott of Israel
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel salutes Irish writer Sally Rooney for supporting the Palestinian and global picket line against apartheid and colonialism. Rooney declined to sell the Hebrew-language translation rights to her latest novel, Beautiful People, Where Are You?, to an Israeli publisher. She did so explicitly in support […]
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Video and Take Action: We Will Not Be Silenced: Defending Palestine, Academic Freedom and Anti-Colonial Pedagogy: A Community Teach-In
https://youtu.be/3MaS_omiHCc On Tuesday, 28 September, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel hosted a webinar, “We Will Not Be Silenced: Defending Palestine, Academic Freedom and Anti-Colonial Pedagogy: A Community Teach-In.” The event featured a conversation with Prof. Rabab Abdulhadi, Prof. Tomomi Kinukawa and Omar Zahzah on two grievances filed against San […]
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Tues, Sept. 28: We Will Not Be Silenced: Defending Palestine, Academic Freedom and Anti-Colonial Pedagogy: A Community Teach-In
We Will Not Be Silenced: Defending Palestine, Academic Freedom and Anti-Colonial Pedagogy: A Community Teach-In Tuesday, Sept. 28 1:00 PM Pacific time (4:00 pm Eastern time, 11:00 pm Palestine time) Register for reminders: https://bit.ly/teachpal Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1030111381168628 Join the event: Live on Facebook: https://facebook.com/USACBI Live on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3MaS_omiHC Speakers: Prof. Rabab Abdulhadi, Prof. Tomomi Kinukawa, Omar Zahzah Join the […]
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Victory for Academic Freedom in Canada! (But bittersweet): University of Toronto Censure
The USACBI Organizing Collective sends its salutes and congratulations to Censure U of T and all of the scholars and activists who have worked so hard, through the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) censure of the University of Toronto, and the support for the censure by scholars around the world, to ensure that there is not […]
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Military Embargo on Israel: Over 100 organizations sign call for comprehensive arms embargo
The US Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel is a signatory of the following letter, calling for a comprehensive two-way arms embargo on Israel: that is, no arms sales to Israel or purchase of Israeli weapons. The U.S. provides at least $3.8 billion annually in military aid and support to the Israeli occupation. […]
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