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Education Kills Fascists
By Heike Schotten. Original link: http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=685102 Remember back in 2010 when Israel denied Noam Chomsky entry into the West Bank? All the bureaucratic scurrying in the world and embarrassed tsk-tsking about “misunderstandings” with the Interior Ministry could not mitigate the transparently outrageous fact that Israel actively prevented a soft-spoken, aging academic from delivering a public lecture […]
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US BDS activism reaches the third rail
By Heike Schotten. Original publication: http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=671977 Trains typically run on tracks consisting of two rails, but when they are powered by electricity, they run on a third rail that supplies the train with electric power. Third rail systems are often used for mass transportation because they are so efficient. The third rail is nevertheless hazardous. If […]
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Boycott Israeli Cinema and TV Studies Conference at Tel Aviv University
Please add your signature to this Call by sending an e-mail with your name, affiliation (if desired), and location to boycottTAUfilmconference@gmail.com. Affirming a commitment to the pursuit of social justice and to the right of political dissent and intellectual freedom that has long been central to the humanities and to the politically-minded, intellectual tradition of cinema […]
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Support the ASA: What you can do
Click to download the original PDF file from the ASA Activism Caucus Background: In an act of international solidarity, congruent with its historic mission to advance social justice, the American Studies Association (ASA) announced on December 16, 2013, that it endorses an academic boycott of Israeli universities. This decision came about following an open public […]
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Boycott Israel Movement Erupts in the US Academy: A Statement on the ASA vote to endorse the academic boycott of Israeli Universities
USACBI congratulates the American Studies Association (ASA) for its unprecedented vote endorsing the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities. The overwhelming support of the ASA membership who voted by a significant margin (66.05% “yes” to 30.5% “no”) in favor of the academic boycott resolution is sending shockwaves through US academia and the media. This […]
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NBC: Terminate film project promoting Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing and colonization in occupied East Jerusalem
Palestinian Civil Society and National Institutions to NBC: Terminate the NBC film project promoting Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing and colonization in occupied East Jerusalem Respect corporate responsibility for international law and Palestinian human rights We, the undersigned Palestinian civil society organizations and national institutions, condemn in the strongest terms the plan of the American TV […]
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Hebrew University Conference Dealt Two Significant Blows
Statement from Campaign to Boycott the Oral History Conference at Hebrew University of Jerusalem We are pleased to announce that the planned June 2014 “International Oral History Conference” being organized by Hebrew University of Jerusalem has been dealt a double blow with the cancellation of their two international keynote speakers: Alessandro Portelli (Italy) and Mary […]
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Call to Boycott the Oral History Conference at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Open Letter
The following open letter was originally issued on August 12 to oral historians and scholars planning to participate in the June 2014 International Conference on Oral History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The letter is signed by over 375 scholars and community oral historians and counting; and is endorsed by Academic and Cultural Boycott […]
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New report highlights discrimination against Palestinians by Israeli education system
The Mossawa Centre has filed a report with the U.S. State Department summarizing the many ways Palestinian citizens in Israel are discriminated against, which includes a section about the discrimination against Palestinian citizens in the educational system in Israel. Please see page 4 for the beginning of the discussion on education in Israel. Mossawa Centre, Briefing Paper […]
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Students Support the American Studies Association Boycott Resolution
The following statement in support of the American Studies Association resolution supporting academic boycott was organized by Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine and National Students for Justice in Palestine. Contact CornellS4JP [at] gmail.com if your student group would like to sign on. Dear Curtis Marez, Lisa Duggan, Matthew Jacobson, and John Stephens: As nationwide […]
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