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Historians call for public accountability from Missouri History Museum
Sign the Petition: http://tinyurl.com/HistoriansPetitionMHM Background On March 19th , the panel discussion “Ferguson to Ayotzinapa to Palestine: Solidarity and Collaborative Action” was scheduled to take place at the Missouri History Museum. The panel discussion was intended to illuminate histories of state violence and to be a platform for connecting community activists fighting against oppression. Two […]
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Call to action: Exclude Hebrew University from all EU grants, prizes and financial instruments
EXCLUDE THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY FROM ALL EU GRANTS, PRIZES AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (The Hebrew University has strong links to the Israeli armament industry and the military.) Please urge Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation to respect the EU guidelines and rescind present grants and exclude the Hebrew University from all future grants, […]
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Professor Noura Erakat delivers keynote Women’s History Month address at CSU Fullerton
In what is surely a first for BDS activism in the United States, Palestinian Human Rights lawyer and activist, Professor Noura Erakat was among those welcomed by a University President to deliver a public talk on Palestine. Professor Erakat spoke at California State University, Fullerton, on March 3, 2015 as the keynote speaker for the […]
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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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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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Historic victory in US labor as UAW 2865 votes for BDS in landslide resolution
UAW Local 2865, the union of TAs, GAs, tutors, Readers and student workers in the University of California system, released the results of its December 4 BDS vote on December 10: a landslide victory for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel for its violation of Palestinian human rights! The vote carried, 65% YES to 35% […]
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Victory: American Anthropological Assn Resoundingly Defeats Anti-Boycott Resolution
The anthropologists’ campaign for boycott issued the following statement on the defeat of an anti-boycott resolution at the American Anthropological Association conference: AAA Resoundingly Defeats Anti-Boycott Resolution Association Also Endorses Statement on Racialized Police Violence in U.S. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 – The American Anthropological Association (AAA) rejected by acclamation a resolution aimed at shutting down […]
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USACBI urges faculty to support UAW 2865 BDS resolution
USACBI urges faculty who support the rights of the Palestinian people to support the upcoming vote on a BDS resolution in UAW 2865, the union of teaching assistants, tutors and readers across the nine University of California campuses. If this vote passes, UAW 2865 will become the first labor union in the U.S. to support BDS […]
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Over 250 Anthropologists Join the Call for a Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
More than 250 anthropologists have signed a statement endorsing the burgeoning movement to boycott Israeli academic institutions in protest of Israel’s systematic human rights violations against the Palestinian people. These violations, in which many Israeli educational institutions are complicit, include denying Palestinians their right to education and academic freedom. The full statement and signatory list are at […]
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Petition to oppose the agreement between the í‰cole Polytechnique and the Technion: No to the collaboration with the Technion, complicit in war crimes
AURDIP, France’s Association of Academics for the Respect of International Law in Palestine, along with French scholars and intellectuals, are demanding an end to the relationship between the í‰cole Polytechnique and the Technion, because of the Technion’s deep relationship with the Israeli state and military. Petition to oppose the agreement between the í‰cole Polytechnique and the […]
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