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USACBI Twitter Alert: Tell Wikimania to “edit” occupation and apartheid out of Palestine!
Ask the Wikimedia Foundation to respect the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel by moving its annual international conference, Wikimania 2011 (August 4-7), out of Haifa. See Palestinian organizers’ open call to Wikimedia, then help spread their words far and wide! “ŽTweet your message to the Wikimedia Foundation or post it on Facebook. […]
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USACBI Twitter Alert: Tell Riverdance not to dance for apartheid!
Will you tell Riverdance that entertaining apartheid is wrong?! Ask the cast and crew of Riverdance to join their set designer, Robert Ballagh, who refuses to entertain apartheid by participating in the show’s three-city tour of Israel. See letters from Ballagh and Irish Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigners telling the show to support Palestinian rights […]
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AUDIO: David Lloyd speaks about academic boycott of Israel
USACBI Organizing Collective member David Lloyd, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California, appeared on KPFK’s Radio Intifada on July 21, 2011, discussing the nature, present and future of the BDS movement and the importance of the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. Download the audio clip of the interview.
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VIDEO: The future of BDS with USACBI’s Remi Kanazi and Sunaina Maira
The following video, filmed at the Al-Awda Convention in Anaheim, California in May 2011, features USACBI Organizing Collective members Remi Kanazi and Dr. Sunaina Maira, in conversation with Ali Abunimah about the future of BDS and the movement. Highly recommended!
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USACBI Alert: Will you tell Renée Fleming to cancel her trip to Israel?
We are asking BDS supporters to get the word out and tell Renée Fleming, an American soprano, to cancel her July 27th performance in Israel! See the letter from BRICUP urging her to respect Palestinian rights and not cross the international picket line: http://www.bricup.org.uk/#185 or read the letter to Renée from Israeli activists: http://bit.ly/ReneeFleming Tweet your BDS message or […]
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Angela Davis and Gina Dent Radio Interview on BDS and Palestine
Arab Talk Radio, aired on San Francisco’s KBOO, and co-hosted by USACBI Organizing Collective member Jess Ghannam and Jamal Dajani, interviewed Angela Davis and Gina Dent concerning BDS and their trip to Palestine (see delegation report) on July 14, 2011. The full interview can be listened to or downloaded here: http://www.archive.org/details/PalestineAndBdsWithProfessorsAngelaDavisAndGinaDent
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BBC Proms: Cancel Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Invitation
Out of Tune with Human Rights BBC Proms: Cancel Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Invitation We, Palestinian cultural institutions, including the leading musical organizations, urge the BBC to cancel the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) concert at this year’s Proms [1], due to IPO’s complicity in whitewashing Israel’s persistent violations of international law and human rights. The IPO […]
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A Palestinian woman’s response to Israel’s Naomi Chazan on BDS
The following article, by Samah Sabawi, a Palestinian woman in Australia and the Public Advocate for Australians for Palestine, was published on
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Sign on: Labor Statement Demands Arms Embargo on Israel
The following statement calling for an immediate arms embargo on Israel, was published by Labor for Palestine on July 13, 2011. Click here to sign on. Whereas, on May 4, 2011, the Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (PTUC-BDS)specifically called “on trade unions around the world to actively show solidarity with the Palestinian […]
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Haneen Maikey on Resisting homophobia and occupation
The following article ran in International Viewpoint in July 2011, interviewing Haneen Maikey from Al Qaws on Palestinian queer organizing and BDS: Resisting homophobia and occupation Alex de Jong Haneen Maikey from the Palestinian queer group Al Qaws was in Amsterdam in June talking about their struggles for sexual emancipation and against the Israeli occupation. […]
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