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USACBI Statement and Announcement of Webinar on Climate Justice for Palestine
During this time of climate crisis, which is an existential threat to the entire biosphere of the planet, participation in the BDS campaign remains a necessary and urgent endeavor, one that supports both a free Palestine and the global movement for climate justice. For Palestinians, environmental injustice is a key component of the ongoing Nakba. […]
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USACBI joins call for Ohio State University and other institutions to cut ties with Tel Aviv University
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) supports the call for Ohio State University and other higher education institutions to cut ties with Tel Aviv University, including ending study abroad and academic exchange programs. USACBI’s campaign to Boycott Study Abroad in Israel advocates for the termination of all such programs […]
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Palestinian Academic and Scientific Organizations Call to Cut Ties With AnyVision-Sponsored Workshop
USACBI supports this call from Palestinian scientists and researchers and urges all speakers and participants to withdraw from this AnyVision-sponsored event. We, the undersigned Palestinian academic, scientific and research organizations, call on international academics and academic institutions to refrain from participating in or supporting in any way the “Fair Face Recognition and Analysis” workshop at […]
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Join Scientists for Palestine to urge release of detained Palestinian Prof. Imad Barghouthi
On Saturday, July 25, Scientists for Palestine issued an international petition to call for the immediate release of detained Palestinian astrophysicist, Prof. Imad Barghouthi, a member of the physics faculty at Al-Quds University and a former NASA employee who earned his Ph.D. at Utah State University. The statement is signed by a number of prominent […]
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Scientists for Palestine: Freedom for Imad Barghouthi
USACBI is republishing the following statement from our colleagues at Scientists for Palestine. We note the ongoing attacks on the right to science – and the right to education – in occupied Palestine and call for the immediate release of Prof. Imad Barghouthi. The ongoing targeting of Palestinian academics, including scientists, poses a direct threat […]
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Important Victory for the Campaign to Boycott Israeli Universities
The USACBI Organizing Collective is pleased to announce that a spurious lawsuit against the American Studies Association (ASA) for its vote to boycott Israeli universities has been dismissed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. This lawsuit involved four years of dragging the American Studies Association (ASA) and eight former officers–Lisa Duggan, […]
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June 30: USACBI webinar – Black Lives Matter, Israeli Annexation and BDS with Robin Kelley and Rabab Abdulhadi
The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) will host a summer webinar series on the topic of Palestine and BDS in the Age of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter. The first webinar will take place on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 10:00-11:00 AM Pacific / 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern / 8:00-9:00 PM […]
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USACBI Statement on Israel’s Annexation Threat
On July 1st, Israeli lawmakers are hoping to realize their longstanding plan to annex large portions of the West Bank. They see the months before the 2020 US presidential election as the optimum time to move forward. If the Knesset enacts Netanyahu’s electioneering promise, it will be the first de jure annexation since 1967. The […]
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New book highlights academic boycott campaigns – Enforcing Silence: Academic Freedom, Palestine and the Criticism of Israel
The new book, Enforcing Silence: Academic Freedom, Palestine and the Criticism of Israel, edited by David Landy, Ronit Lentin and Conor McCarthy, was published on May 15, 2020 and is available for print and e-book order at Zed Books. The book situates the academic boycott of Israel in the broader context of academic freedom, and includes […]
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USACBI response to Trump executive order targeting campus criticism of Israel
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) joins the large chorus of individuals and organizations denouncing President Trump’s December 11, 2019 Executive Order stifling speech and activism critical of Israel on US campuses. This executive order presents a disturbing escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to shut down criticism of […]
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