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New AAUP journal explores academic boycott
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has published a new edition of the Journal of Academic Freedom, focusing on the academic boycott of Israel. The full issue is available here: http://www.aaup.org/reports-publications/journal-academic-freedom/volume-4 Articles published in the journal include: Rethinking Academic Boycotts By Marjorie Heins Palestine, Boycott, and Academic Freedom: A Reassessment Introduction By Bill V. Mullen […]
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SAIA York responds to university repression of campus Palestine activism
USACBI is a signatory to the following letter from Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York University in Toronto. SAIA York instituted a successful BDS campaign at the university, which culminated in the endorsement of the York Federation of Students (YFS) for university divestment from corporations complicit in the occupation of Palestine. They have faced a […]
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USACBI commends Mira Nair for her support of BDS and cultural boycott
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel salutes Mira Nair for her strong and clear stand with the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel, refusing an invitation to the Haifa International Film Festival in line with the cultural boycott of Israel. Nair Tweeted: I was just invited to […]
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Open Letter to Filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf: Please Be a Messenger of Freedom for Iranian and Palestinian People
We, the undersigned, are a group of Iranian scholars, artists, journalists and activists who are deeply concerned by the recent decision of Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf to take part in the Jerusalem International Film Festival from July 4-13, 2013. His participation directly violates the International call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) of the State […]
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150 organizations join statement of solidarity with BDS activists facing repression in France
USACBI is a signatory of the following statement in solidarity with BDS activists in France facing repression and criminal charges for their organizing for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel. International solidarity with French BDS activists facing repression http://www.bdsmovement.net/2013/150-orgs-stand-french-repression-11117 June 26 2013 – As more than 150 Palestine solidarity and social justice organizations from across the world, we […]
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African Americans Affirming the Jim Crow analogy in Palestine/Israel
Via US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation: On May 29th, novelist Alice Walker issued an open letter calling upon Alicia Keys to cancel her scheduled concert in Israel. The letter has created an immense stir, as those who wish to ignore the situation facing the Palestinians hasten to draw a false wall between the experiences of […]
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Belgian students vote in favor of Israel boycott
The JTA reported on June 1 that a Belgian student association voted in favor of an academic boycott of Israel. In a vote last month, the general council of the Federation of French-speaking Students in Belgium, or FEF, adopted a motion calling for “a freezing of relations with Israeli universities,” the Belgian newspaper Le Soir reported Wednesday. […]
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USACBI response to AAUP statement on academic boycott
David Lloyd, of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel’s Organizing Committee, authored the following response to the statement of the American Association of University Professors (http://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-statement-academic-boycotts) issued on May 10: The AAUP’s statement is nothing new and is as incoherent on the academic and cultural boycott of Israel as it […]
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USACBI Statement of Support for the Association for Asian American Studies
Please click here to download the AAAS Boycott Resolution, passed at the 2013 AAAS Annual Conference. We in the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) congratulate the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) for their historic and principled decision to support the boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The resolution that […]
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AAAS votes in historic decision to support boycott of Israeli academic institutions
The General Membership of the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) just voted (at their annual meeting taking place this weekend in Seattle) for a resolution in support of the boycott of Israeli academic institutions and in solidarity with the world-wide movement responding to this call from Palestinian civil society. AAAS is the FIRST academic […]
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